Founder effect of the TTTCA repeat insertions in SAMD12 causing BAFME1

Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy type 1 (BAFME1) in several Japanese and Chinese families has recently been found to be caused by pentanucleotide repeat expansions in SAMD12. We identified a Thai family with six members affected with BAFME. Microsatellite studies suggested a linkage to the BAFME1 region on chromosome 8q24. Subsequently, long-read whole-genome sequencing showed the (TTTTA)446(TTTCA)149 in intron 4 of SAMD12 in an affected member. Repeat-primed PCR and long-range PCR revealed that the pentanucleotide repeat expansions segregated with the disease status. Our Thai family is the first non-Japanese and non-Chinese family with BAFME1. SNP array showed that the aberrant repeats had the same haplotype as those previously determined in Japanese and Chinese patients suggesting a common ancestry. The variant is estimated to arise ~12,000 years ago.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 29(2021), 2 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 343-348

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yeetong, Patra [VerfasserIn]
Chunharas, Chaipat [VerfasserIn]
Pongpanich, Monnat [VerfasserIn]
Bennett, Mark F [VerfasserIn]
Srichomthong, Chalurmpon [VerfasserIn]
Pasutharnchat, Nath [VerfasserIn]
Suphapeetiporn, Kanya [VerfasserIn]
Bahlo, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Shotelersuk, Vorasuk [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SAMD12 protein, human

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Date Completed 18.01.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41431-020-00729-1

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NLM31544133X