Identification and functional characterization of the first deep intronic GLA mutation (IVS4+1326C>T) causing renal variant of Fabry disease
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Published:2022-06-20
Issue:1
Volume:17
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ISSN:1750-1172
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Container-title:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Orphanet J Rare Dis
Author:
Dai Xuantong, Zong Xue, Pan Xiaoxia, Lu Wei, Jiang Geng-Ru, Lin FujunORCID
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Fabry disease (FD, OMIM #301500) is an X-linked lysosomal disorder caused by the deficiency of α-galactosidase A (α-GalA), encoded by the GLA gene. Among more than 1100 reported GLA mutations, few were deep intronic mutations which have been linked to classic and cardiac variants of FD.
Methods and results
We report a novel hemizygous deep intronic GLA mutation (IVS4+1326C>T) in a 33-year-old Chinese man with a mild α-GalA deficiency phenotype involving isolated proteinuria and predominant globotriaosylceramide deposits in podocytes. IVS4+1326C>T, which appears to be the first deep intronic GLA mutation associated with renal variant of FD, was identified by Sanger sequencing the entire GLA genomic DNA sequence of the patient’s peripheral mononuclear blood lymphocytes (PBMCs). Further sequencing of cDNA from PBMCs of the patient revealed a minor full-length GLA transcript accounting for about 25% of total GLA transcript, along with two major aberrantly spliced GLA transcripts encoding mutant forms of α-GalA with little enzyme activity characterized by in vitro α-GalA overexpression system in the HEK293T cells. Thus, the combined clinical phenotype, genetic analysis and functional studies verified the pathogenicity of IVS4+1326C>T.
Conclusions
The identification of IVS4+1326C>T establishes a link between deep intronic GLA mutation and the renal variant of FD, which extends the mutation spectrum in GLA gene and justifies further study of how IVS4+1326C>T and potentially other deep intronic GLA mutations contribute to Fabry podocytopathy through aberrant splicing. Future studies should also assess the true incidence of IVS4+1326C>T in patients with different variants of FD, which may improve early genetic diagnosis to allow timely treatment that can prevent disease progression and improve survival.
Funder
Shanghai Hospital Development Center Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Genetics (clinical),General Medicine
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