High Frequency of Pathogenic Rearrangements in SPG11 and Extensive Contribution of Mutational Hotspots and Founder Alleles

Guenther, Sven and Elert-Dobkowska, Ewelina and Soehn, Anne S. and Hinreiner, Sophie and Yoon, Grace and Heller, Raoul and Hellenbroich, Yorck and Huebner, Christian A. and Ray, Peter N. and Hehr, Ute and Bauer, Peter and Sulek, Anna and Beetz, Christian (2016) High Frequency of Pathogenic Rearrangements in SPG11 and Extensive Contribution of Mutational Hotspots and Founder Alleles. HUMAN MUTATION, 37 (7). pp. 703-709. ISSN 1059-7794, 1098-1004

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Abstract

Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in SPG 11 cause a wide spectrum of recessively inherited, neuro-degenerative disorders including hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. By comprehensive screening of three large cohorts of HSP index patients, we identified 83 alleles with "small" mutations and 13 alleles that carry large genomic rearrangements. Including relevant data from previous studies, we estimate that copy number variants (CNVs) account for similar to 19% of pathogenic SPG11 alleles. The breakpoints for all novel and some previously reported CNVs were determined by long-range PCR and sequencing. This revealed several Alu-associated recombination hotspots. We also found evidence for additional mutational mechanisms, including for a two-step event in which an Alu retrotransposition preceded the actual rearrangement. Apparently independent samples with identical breakpoints were analyzed by microsatellite PCRs. The resulting haplotypes suggested the existence of two rearrangement founder alleles. Our findings widen the spectra of mutations and mutational mechanisms in SPG11, underscore the pivotal role played by Alus, and are of high diagnostic relevance for a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes including the most frequent form of recessive HSP. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY-NUMBER MUTATIONS; THIN CORPUS-CALLOSUM; STRUCTURAL VARIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENTS; SPATACSIN MUTATIONS; DELETION; RECOMBINATION; SPECTRUM; Copy number variant; Founder allele; Mutational hotspot; SPG11
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Humangenetik
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2019 10:28
Last Modified: 22 Mar 2019 10:28
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/3675

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