TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive diagnosis of Rett's syndrome relying on genetic, epigenetic and expression evidence of deficiency of the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene
T2 - study of a cohort of Israeli patients.
AU - Petel-Galil, Y.
AU - Benteer, B.
AU - Galil, Y. P.
AU - Zeev, B. B.
AU - Greenbaum, I.
AU - Vecsler, M.
AU - Goldman, B.
AU - Lohi, H.
AU - Minassian, B. A.
AU - Gak, E.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - BACKGROUND: Despite advances in the characterisation of mutations in the MECP2-coding region, a small proportion of classic RTT cases remain without recognisable mutations. Objective and METHODS: To identify previously unknown mutations, a quantitative assay was established, providing estimates of MECP2_e1 and MECP2_e2 expression levels in peripheral blood. A systematic analysis of an Israeli cohort of 82 patients with classic and atypical RTT is presented, including sequence analysis of the MECP2-coding region, MLPA, XCI and quantitative expression assays. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A novel mis-sense mutation at ca 453C-->T (pD151E), resulting in a change of a conserved residue at the methyl-binding domain, and a rare GT deletion of intron 1 donor splice site are reported. It is shown that various MECP2 mutations had distinct effects on MECP2 expression levels in peripheral blood. The most significant (p<0.001) reduction in the expression of both MECP2 isoforms was related to the presence of the intron 1 donor splice-site mutation. Using quantitative expression assays, it was shown that several patients with classic and atypical RTT with no mutation findings had significantly lower MECP2 expression levels. Further research on these patients may disclose still elusive non-coding regulatory MECP2 mutations.
AB - BACKGROUND: Despite advances in the characterisation of mutations in the MECP2-coding region, a small proportion of classic RTT cases remain without recognisable mutations. Objective and METHODS: To identify previously unknown mutations, a quantitative assay was established, providing estimates of MECP2_e1 and MECP2_e2 expression levels in peripheral blood. A systematic analysis of an Israeli cohort of 82 patients with classic and atypical RTT is presented, including sequence analysis of the MECP2-coding region, MLPA, XCI and quantitative expression assays. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A novel mis-sense mutation at ca 453C-->T (pD151E), resulting in a change of a conserved residue at the methyl-binding domain, and a rare GT deletion of intron 1 donor splice site are reported. It is shown that various MECP2 mutations had distinct effects on MECP2 expression levels in peripheral blood. The most significant (p<0.001) reduction in the expression of both MECP2 isoforms was related to the presence of the intron 1 donor splice-site mutation. Using quantitative expression assays, it was shown that several patients with classic and atypical RTT with no mutation findings had significantly lower MECP2 expression levels. Further research on these patients may disclose still elusive non-coding regulatory MECP2 mutations.
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U2 - 10.1136/jmg.2006.041285
DO - 10.1136/jmg.2006.041285
M3 - Letter
C2 - 17142618
AN - SCOPUS:34249944103
SN - 0022-2593
VL - 43
SP - e56
JO - Journal of medical genetics
JF - Journal of medical genetics
IS - 12
ER -