Complete sequencing of the SMN2 gene in SMA patients detects SMN gene deletion junctions and variants in SMN2 that modify the SMA phenotype

Human Genetics
Corey RuhnoArthur H M Burghes

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a progressive motor neuron disease caused by loss or mutation of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene and retention of SMN2. We performed targeted capture and sequencing of the SMN2, CFTR, and PLS3 genes in 217 SMA patients. We identified a 6.3 kilobase deletion that occurred in both SMN1 and SMN2 (SMN1/2) and removed exons 7 and 8. The deletion junction was flanked by a 21 bp repeat that occurred 15 times in the SMN1/2 gene. We screened for its presence in 466 individuals with the known SMN1 and SMN2 copy numbers. In individuals with 1 SMN1 and 0 SMN2 copies, the deletion occurred in 63% of cases. We modeled the deletion junction frequency and determined that the deletion occurred in both SMN1 and SMN2. We have identified the first deletion junction where the deletion removes exons 7 and 8 of SMN1/2. As it occurred in SMN1, it is a pathogenic mutation. We called variants in the PLS3 and SMN2 genes, and tested for association with mild or severe exception patients. The variants A-44G, A-549G, and C-1897T in intron 6 of SMN2 were significantly associated with mild exception patients, but no PLS3 variants correlated with severity. The variants occurred in 14 out of 58 of our mild exception pati...Continue Reading

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
SMA
electrophoresis
PCR
GTPases
antisense oligonucleotide

Software Mentioned

GnomAD
PolyPhen
Repeat Masker
Python script
Ensembl
R
Alamut
Picard Tools
MDiGS
R Core Team

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