一个遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调大家系的致病基因分析

目的探讨一个遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调（SCA）大家系的遗传特点和基因突变分析。方法对一个遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调（SCA）大家系进行家系调查,绘制系谱图,抽取家系成员外周血,采用聚合酶链反应和毛细管电泳对致病基因进行分析检测。结果该家系的遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调（SCA）为常染色体显性遗传,6代45人中有15人为SCA患者,4人为携带致病基因的无症状患者。患者ATX3基因的CAG三核苷酸重复65-73次。结论该家系为常染色体显性遗传的SCA3型（SCA/MJD）,患者基因突变检测分析显示异常扩增的CAG突变数与发病年龄呈明显的负相关。基因突变检测在疾病诊断和早期发现无症状患者方面有重要作用,从遗传生殖角度阻断该病的遗传有重要意义。     

遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调分子遗传学基础及进展

本文综述了遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调分子遗传学研究进展，最近国外确定了ＳＣＡ至少存在两个基因位点：在欧洲某些家系发现位于６０２２－２３的ＳＣＡ１，其致病机制与该区域的一个ＣＧＡ三核苷酸不稳定重复序列有关，而古巴家系则与１２ｑ２３－２４．１紧密连锁，并提示该病存在遗传异质性。     

黑龙江省遗传性脊髓小脑共济失调两家系报告

遗传性脊髓小脑共济失调(Spinocerebellar Ataxias,SCA)是遗传性共济失调的主要类型,包括SCA10～SCA29,根据基因、染色体位点及生化产物分类,SCA中大多数是SCA1/2/3/6/6、和8亚型,其余类型很少见[1]。遗传方式主要为常染色体显形遗传。遗传早现现象是SCA的典型表现,另外SCA还与人种有关,中国患者     

遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调分子遗传学基础及进展

本文综述了遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调（ＳＣＡ）分子遗传学研究进展，最近国外确定了ＳＣＡ至少存在两个基因位点：在欧洲某些家系发现位于６ｐ２２－２３的ＳＣＡＩ，其致病机制与该区域的一个ＣＧＡ三核苷酸不稳定重复序列有关，而古巴家系则与１２ｑ２３－２４．１紧密连锁，并提示该病存在遗传异质性。     

脊髓小脑共济失调一家系的遗传学研究

脊髓小脑共济失调是一种以运动失调为主要症状,以小脑及其传入、传出途径变性为主的疾病,具有很强的遗传异质性,目前已定位的遗传位点超过20个,但目前只有12个基因被成功克隆。文章报道一脊髓小脑共济失调家系,出现患者4代15人,发病年龄在35~50岁左右,家系成员有早发现象。部分成员未到发病年龄,以后有可能出现更多的患者。经遗传分析,该家系的遗传方式为常染色体延迟显性遗传。     

脊髓小脑性共济失调3型线粒体DNA突变的研究

目的 探索脊髓小脑性共济失调3型(spinocerebellar ataxia type 3,SCA3)与线粒体DNA(mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA)突变的关系.方法 采用测序方法对临床诊断为脊髓小脑性共济失调的患者及家系成员行MJD1基因CAG重复拷贝数检测,以基因水平确诊SCA3患者及症状前患者.然后采用聚合酶链反应、单链构象多态性分析、测序方法对基因确诊的43例SCA3患者及症状前患者和30名对照组的mtDNA片段进行分析.结果 发现SCA3组4名成员存在mtDNA位点8282.8290区域9个碱基缺失.结论 在SCA3患者及症状前患者中发现mtDNA缺失突变的现象.     

全基因组扫描定位一个先天性全白内障家系的致病基因

目的定位一个先天性全白内障家系的致病基因。方法收集一个先天性全白内障家系中10个成员的外周血样本,提取基因组DNA。应用ABI-MD10试剂盒中的常染色体382个微卫星位点,对此家系进行全基因组扫描。MLINK软件进行两点连锁分析。结果发现在D13S263位点处提示存在连锁(最大LOD=1.20,重组率θ=0),进一步检测该位点附近若干其它的微卫星标记,经连锁分析其致病基因被定位到D13S175和D13S156之间的大约53.9厘摩(cM)区域上。结论该家系致病基因位点被定位到13号染色体的13q12.11-q22.1之间的大约53.9cM区域上。此研究为探讨遗传性全白内障的发病机制提供了有价值的信息,并为该家系今后开展产前诊断奠定了基础。     

辽宁地区脊髓小脑性共济失调一大家系分子遗传学研究

目的研究一脊髓小脑性共济失调大家系的基因分型。方法收集该脊髓小脑性共济失调大家系中的13名患者的血液标本,结合该家系的临床表现和我国该类疾病的发病率,采用聚合酶链反应对SCA1、SCA2和SCA3/MJD三个基因的三核苷酸重复片段进行扩增,并通过琼脂糖凝胶电泳和PCR产物测序的方法确定所有正常和异常扩增等位基因内三核苷酸重复次数。结果 SCA1和SCA2基因内三核苷酸重复次数在正常范围内,SCA3/MJD的两个等位基因中一个等位基因三核苷酸重复次数在正常范围内,另一个等位基因三核苷酸重复次数在异常范围内。结论该家系经基因诊断确诊为SCA3/MJD型。     

脊髓小脑性共济失调一家系的基因诊断和产前诊断

目的 确定一脊髓小脑性共济失调(spinocerehellar ataxia,SCA)家系具体分型,并开展症状前患者检测和产前诊断.方法 收集该脊髓小脑性共济失调家系中的2例患者的血液标本,结合该家系的临床表现和我国该类疾病的发病率,采用聚合酶链反应对SCA1、SCA2和SCA3/MJD 3个基因的三核苷酸重复片段进行扩增,并通过琼脂糖凝胶电泳和PCR产物测序的方法确定所有正常和异常扩增等位基因内三核苷酸重复次数.明确致病基因后,对患者子女进行症状前检测,并对1例怀孕症状前患者进行了产前诊断.结果 SCA1和SCA2基因内三核苷酸重复次数在正常范围内,SCA3/MJD的2个等位基因中1个等位基因三核苷酸重复次数在正常范围内,另1个等位基因三核苷酸重复次数在异常范围内.患者子女有1人携带异常等位基因,胎儿携带异常等位基因.结论 该家系经基因诊断确诊为SCA3/MJD型,有1人为症状前患者,该症状前患者所孕胎儿也为症状前患者.     

中国大陆遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调患者PURATROPHIN-1基因c.-16C＞T突变研究

目的 研究中国大陆遗传性脊髓小脑型共济失调(spinocerebellar ataxia,scA)患者PURATROPHIN-1 c.-16C＞T突变分布.方法 应用聚合酶链反应.限制性片段长度多态技术,对已经排除了SCA1、SCA2、SCA3、SCA6、SCA7、SCA17和齿状核.红核.苍白球路易体萎缩的68个常染色体显性遗传SCA家系的先证者及119例散发SCA患者进行PURATROPHIN-1基因c.-16C＞T突变检测.结果 未发现PUPURATROPHIN-1基因c.-16C＞T突变.结论 PURATROPHIN-1基因c.-16C＞T突变在中国大陆SCA人群中罕见.     

Molecular genetic analysis of a new form of spinocerebellar ataxia in a Chinese Han family

The pathological changes of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs), mainly include the degeneration of the cerebellum, spinal cord and brainstem. To investigate the genotype of a three-generation Chinese Han pedigree with an autosomal dominant SCA for clinical diagnosis and genetic counseling, direct mutation test and linkage analysis were performed. SCA1–8, SCA10–14, SCA17, SCA27 and dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) were excluded by mutation analysis while SCA15/16/29, SCA18, SCA19/22, SCA20, SCA21, SCA23, SCA25, SCA26, SCA28 and SCA30 were excluded by linkage analysis. Therefore, we excluded all of the previously identified SCA-associated genes and loci. Interestingly, one patient (III-13) had a novel mutation of the pleckstrin homology domain containing, family G (with RhoGef domain) member 4 gene (PLEKHG4), and another patient (II-7) had a novel mutation of the β-III spectrin gene (SPTBN2) (Genbank accession numbers FJ905766 and FJ811850, respectively). However, mutations of the PLEKHG4 gene and the SPTBN2 gene are not the causes of SCAs in this family. We conclude that this autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia family is likely a new genotype of SCAs.     

Localization of a gene responsible for autosomal recessive demyelinating neuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths to chromosome 11q23 by homozygosity mapping and haplotype sharing

Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) with focally folded myelin sheaths, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B (CMT4B), is a distinct clinical entity belonging to the heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive demyelinating neuropathies. We first described a large pedigree with CMT4B, which showed a high consanguinity level and an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. Through conventional linkage analysis, we excluded linkage of the locus segregating in this pedigree to any of the known genes responsible for other HMSNs. Using homozygosity mapping and haplotype sharing analysis, we were able to localize the disease gene in a 4 cM interval on chromosome 11q23, between the D11S1332 and D11S917 loci. On the basis of the clinical characteristics of the disease, we propose that this locus corresponds to the CMT4B gene.      

Frequency of spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 in Australian patients with spinocerebellar ataxia

The frequencies of various genetically defined spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) vary in different populations presumably due to founder effects. No data have been published on the Australian population. Although predominantly of Anglo-Celtic extraction, Australia has also received considerable influx from southeastern Europe and more recently eastern and southeastern Asia. We examined the frequency of mutations for SCA types 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 in southeastern Australia. Of 88 pedigrees with multiple-affected members, SCA type 1 (SCA1) accounted for 16%, SCA2 for 6%, SCA3 for 12%, SCA6 for 17%, SCA7 for 2%, and 47% (41 pedigrees) were negative for each of SCA1, 2, 3, and 6. Twenty of the 41 negative pedigrees were also negative for dentatorubralpallidoluysian atrophy, and indeed dentatorubralpallidoluysian atrophy has not been reported in Australia. In addition, no pedigree information was available on a further four patients with SCA1, three patients with SCA2, three patients with SCA3, and three patients with SCA6. One SCA1 and two SCA2 patients had no other known affected family members. In total, of 63 pedigrees or individuals with positive tests, 30% were those with SCA1, 15% with SCA2, 22% with SCA3, 30% with SCA6, and 3% with SCA7. Judging by pedigree names, four of the nine SCA2 positive individuals/pedigrees were of Italian extraction, and four of the 14 SCA3 positive individuals/pedigrees were of Chinese descent, whereas only 1 of the 20 SCA1 positive individuals/pedigrees were non-Anglo-Celtic. These results are in accordance with the known ethnic composition of the Australian population and with gene frequencies in these constituent ethnic groups reported by others. The frequency of large-normal alleles for SCA1 and SCA3 in the population reflects the prevalence of these two diseases, supporting the hypothesis that disease alleles arise by expansion of large-normal alleles.     

Analysis of spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, and Friedreich''s ataxia genes in spinocerebellar ataxia patients in the UK.

Accurate clinical diagnosis of the spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) can be difficult because of overlap in phenotype with other disorders and variation in clinical manifestations. Six SCA loci have been mapped and four disease causing genes identified, in addition to the causative gene for Friedreich's ataxia (FA). All of the identified mutations are expansions of trinucleotide repeat tracts. The SCA2 and SCA6 genes were published recently. The extent of the normal CAG size ranges at these loci and the relative frequencies of the known causes of SCA in the UK are not known. This study first investigated the normal size ranges of the SCA2 and SCA6 loci by genotyping control populations of West African and South African subjects, since African populations generally show the greatest allelic diversity. We found one allele larger than the previously determined normal range for SCA2, and our results at the SCA6 locus agreed with the previously reported normal range. The second component of the study assessed the relative frequencies of the SCA1, 2, 3, and 6, DRPLA, and FA trinucleotide repeat mutations in 146 patients presenting with SCA-like symptoms referred to genetic diagnostic laboratories in the UK. We detected mutations in 14% of patients referred with a diagnosis of autosomal dominant SCA, and in 15% of patients referred with spinocerebellar ataxia where we did not have sufficient family history data available to allow categorisation as familial or sporadic cases. Friedreich's ataxia accounted for 3% of the latter category of cases in our sample, but the most common causes of SCA were SCA2 and SCA6.     

Duchenne型肌营养不良症家系的多重PCR和STR—PCR基因诊断

目的该研究率先开展温州地区Duchenne型肌营养不良症（DMD）家系的缺失基因诊断特别是STR单体型连锁基因诊断,为基于DMD症状前、携带者基因诊断结果的遗传咨询和生育指导提供依据。方法针对4例DMD先证者,采用多重PCR检测常见18个外显子缺失,进行直接基因诊断。针对未能发现常见外显子缺失的DMD先证者及其有关家系成员,采用短串联重复序列（STR）PCR检测5个位点（3’CA、44CA、45CA、49CA和50CA）STR多态性,进行间接单体型连锁基因诊断。结果家系二的先证者缺失外显子3、4和6。其余3个家系的先证者的异常x染色体均肯定来源于其母亲。家系一先证者外婆肯定是携带者。家系三先证者年幼（4周岁）弟弟肯定为正常人,将来年龄大了也不会发病,先证者外婆肯定是携带者。家系四先证者刚出生的妹妹肯定是遗传携带者,将来其生育儿子有遗传患病风险。结论该研究的DMD家系的缺失和STR单体型连锁基因诊断,特别是对症状前男孩的诊断、对无患病后代的女性携带者的检出,具有非常重要的实际意义,可以为遗传咨询和生育指导提供可靠依据。     

A novel locus for autosomal dominant, non-syndromic hearing impairment (DFNA18) maps to chromosome 3q22 immediately adjacent to the DM2 locus

Investigating a large German pedigree with non-syndromic hearing impairment of early onset and autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, linkage to known DFNA loci was excluded and in a subsequent genomic scan the phenotype was mapped to a 10-cM interval on chromosome 3q22; a maximum two-point lod score of 3.77 was obtained for the marker D3S1292. The new locus, DFNA18, is excluded from neighbouring deafness loci, DFNB15 and USH3, and it overlaps with the recently described DM2/PROMM locus. As hearing loss has been described as one feature of the PROMM phenotype, the DFNA18 gene might also be responsible for hearing loss in DM2/PROMM.     

DMD基因内微卫星标记对女性携带者的诊断意义

目的对1临床诊断为Duchenne肌营养不良家系中两名女性个体进行连锁分析,以确定她们是否为Duchenne肌营养不良致病基因携带者。方法抽取家系成员外周血并提取基因组DNA,选取3个DMD基因内微卫星标记作引物进行PCR扩增,扩增产物经ABI PRISM377测序仪电泳后进行连锁分析。结果在我们所研究的Duchenne肌营养不良家系中,一女性个体为Duchenne肌营养不良致病基因携带者,而另一女性个体为正常基因型。结论基因内标记可以排除染色体交换,运用DMD基因内微卫星标记可以成功诊断Duchenne肌营养不良家系中女性个体是否为致病基因携带者。     

A common disease haplotype segregating in spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) pedigrees of diverse ethnic origin

The identification of a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion, located within the coding sequence of the ataxin-2 gene, as the mutation underlying spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) has facilitated direct investigation of pedigrees previously excluded from linkage analysis due to insufficient size or pedigree structure. We have previously described the identification of the ancestral disease haplotype segregating in the Cuban founder population used to assign the disease locus to chromosome 12q23-24.1. We now report evidence for the segregation of the identical core haplotype in pedigrees of diverse ethnic origin from India, Japan and England, established by the analysis of the loci D12S1672 and D12S1333 located 20kb proximal and 200 kb distal to the triplet repeat motif respectively. Interpretation of this data is suggestive that for these pedigrees at least, the mutation has arisen on a single ancestral or predisposing chromosome.     

Autosomal dominant sensory/motor neuropathy with Ataxia (SMNA): Linkage to chromosome 7q22-q32

The autosomal dominant (AD) spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and hereditary sensory neuropathies (HSN) are heterogeneous disorders characterized by variable clinical, electrophysiological, and neuropathological profiles. The SCAs are clinically characterized by slowly progressive incoordination of gait often associated with poor coordination of hands, speech, and eyes. Peripheral neuropathy is not a frequent part of the SCA syndrome. In contrast, the HSNs are primarily characterized by progressive sensory loss. There is substantial clinical overlap between the various SCAs and the various HSNs, and they often cannot be differentiated on the basis of clinical or neuro-imaging studies. We have identified a five-generation American family of Irish ancestry with a unique neurological disorder displaying an AD pattern of inheritance. There was variable expressivity and severity of symptoms including sensory loss, ataxia, pyramidal tract signs, and muscle weakness. Nerve conduction studies were consistent with a sensory axonal neuropathy. Muscle biopsy revealed neurogenic atrophy and brain MRI showed mild cerebellar atrophy. To identify the responsible locus we pursued a whole genome linkage analysis. After analyzing 114 markers, linkage to D7S486 was detected with a two point LOD score of 4.79 at theta = 0.00. Evaluation of additional markers in the region provided a maximum LOD score of 6.36 at theta = 0.00 for marker D7S2554. Haplotype analysis delimited an approximately 14-cM region at 7q22-q32 between markers D7S2418 and D7S1804 cosegregating with the disease. Because this disorder does not easily fall into either the SCA or HSN categories, it is designated sensory/motor neuropathy with ataxia (SMNA).