Homozygous splice‐site mutation c.78 + 5G&gt;A in <i>PMP22</i> causes congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy

Neuropathology - Tập 39 Số 6 - Trang 441-446 - 2019
Rui Wu1, Fu Jun1, Lingchao Meng1, He Lv1, Zhaoxia Wang1, Zhi-rong Jia1, Yun Yuan1
1Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

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Congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy (CHN) presents in the neonatal period and results in delayed development of sensory and motor functions due to several gene mutations including in EGR2, MPZ, CNTNAP1, and PMP22. The phenotype of homozygous splice‐site mutation in the PMP22 gene has not been described in humans or animal models. Here we describe a family carrying a pathogenic splice‐site c.78 + 5G>A mutation in the PMP22 gene. We evaluated the clinical, electrophysiological, histological, and genetic features of the family. The proband with homozygous mutation presented with CHN, while his consanguineous parents with heterozygous mutation were asymptomatic. The proband was a 7‐year‐old boy. He had motor retardation after birth and had remained unable to walk independently at the time of the study. The compound muscle action potentials and sensory nerve action potentials were not recordable in the boy. The motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities of the parents were slightly to moderately decreased, although they had no symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. The sural nerve biopsy of the boy revealed hypomyelinating neuropathy with absence of large myelinated fibers, no myelin breakdown products, and numerous basal lamina onion bulb formations. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a homozygous splice‐site mutation in the PMP22 gene in humans. Our study expands the phenotype and genotype of PMP22‐related neuropathy.

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Neuropathology

Tập 39 Số 6

441-446

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