Mitotic and meiotic stability of the CAG repeat in the X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy gene

Clinical Genetics
M WatanabeS Hirai

Abstract

X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) occurs due to an expansion of the trinucleotide repeat (CAG)n in the androgen receptor gene. Anticipation is relatively rare in SBMA in contrast to spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCAl), and dentatorubral and pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) which show obvious paternal anticipation. The differences in the CAG repeat number were compared among sperm, leukocytes and skeletal muscles of SBMA patients. In SBMA, the sperm of most patients and the skeletal muscle of all patients showed the same repeat number as their leukocytes, whereas the increase in the repeat number from leukocytes to sperm was evident in SCA1 and DRPLA patients. The higher mosaicism level in sperm compared with leukocytes was common in SBMA, SCA1 and DRPLA, and the level of sperm was lower in SBMA than in SCA1 and DRPLA. Thus, spermatogenesis was suggested to be strongly associated with paternal anticipation. The mosaicism level was smaller in SBMA than in other (CAG)n expanded disorders, and smallest in the SBMA carrier females. These findings demonstrate that the CAG repeat in SBMA is relatively stable in mitotic and meiotic, processes, and there is a possibility that the lower mosaicism level of the carrier fema...Continue Reading

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