Clinical and genetic characteristics of Nonaka myopathy (GNE-myopathy) in russian patients

Дадали, Е. Л.; Шаркова, И. В.; Руденская, Г. Е.; Никитин, С. С.; Муртазина, А. Ф.; Рыжкова, О. П.; Чухрова, А. Л.

doi:10.17650/2222-8721-2019-9-3-56-66

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“…From 2017 to 2021, 31 patients from 27 unrelated non-consanguineous families were diagnosed with GNEM by genetic testing. Nine patients out of them were described previously [ 21 ]. The cohort of patients included 9 males (29%) and 22 females (71%).…”

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Genetic and Clinical Spectrum of GNE Myopathy in Russia

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Никитин

Rudenskaya

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GNE myopathy (GNEM) is a rare hereditary disease, but at the same time, it is the most common distal myopathy in several countries due to a founder effect of some pathogenic variants in the GNE gene. We collected the largest cohort of patients with GNEM from Russia and analyzed their mutational spectrum and clinical data. In our cohort, 10 novel variants were found, including 2 frameshift variants and 2 large deletions. One novel missense variant c.169_170delGCinsTT (p.(Ala57Phe)) was detected in 4 families in a homozygous state and in 3 unrelated patients in a compound heterozygous state. It was the second most frequent variant in our cohort. All families with this novel frequent variant were non-consanguineous and originated from the 3 neighboring areas in the European part of Russia. The clinical picture of the patients carrying this novel variant was typical, but the severity of clinical manifestation differed significantly. In our study, we reported two atypical cases expanding the phenotypic spectrum of GNEM. One female patient had severe quadriceps atrophy, hand joint contractures, keloid scars, and non-classical pattern on leg muscle magnetic resonance imaging, which was more similar to atypical collagenopathy rather than GNEM. Another patient initially had been observed with spinal muscular atrophy due to asymmetric atrophy of hand muscles and results of electromyography. The peculiar pattern of muscle involvement on magnetic resonance imaging consisted of pronounced changes in the posterior thigh muscle group with relatively spared muscles of the lower legs, apart from the soleus muscles. Different variants in the GNE gene were found in both atypical cases. Thus, our data expand the mutational and clinical spectrum of GNEM.

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