Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most common motor neuron disease of the adulthood. Genetic analyses performed on cases with sporadic ALS (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) have revealed mutations most commonly in the genes C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2. The aim of this study was to investi...

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Main Authors: Ciftci Vildan, Darbas Sule, Bilgen Turker, Uysal Hilmi, Karauzum Berker Sibel
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2019.1582400
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author Ciftci Vildan
Darbas Sule
Bilgen Turker
Uysal Hilmi
Karauzum Berker Sibel
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Darbas Sule
Bilgen Turker
Uysal Hilmi
Karauzum Berker Sibel
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description Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most common motor neuron disease of the adulthood. Genetic analyses performed on cases with sporadic ALS (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) have revealed mutations most commonly in the genes C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and incidence of these most common genomic alterations in these genes of 30 ALS cases. Increase in the number of hexanucleotide repeats within the gene C9orf72 was investigated using the fragment analysis method. A heterozygote c.-45 + 162_-45 + 163insGGGGCC alteration was observed in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene in only two sALS cases (6.6%), c.72 + 133C>T alteration was observed in the first intron of the SOD1 gene in six fALS and two sALS cases (26.6%), a c.169 + 41C>A alteration was observed in the second intron of the same gene in one case, a c.239 + 34A>C alteration was observed in the third intron of the same gene in three fALS cases (10%), and a c.714 + 67_714 + 68insG alteration was observed in the fifth intron of the TARDBP gene in six sALS cases (20%). Three different genomic alterations were detected in the FUS gene; two silent variants p.G49G (c.147C>A) in 3 cases (10%) and p.Y97Y (c.291C>T) in 25 cases (83%) and an intronic variant c.1067-61T˃C in 4 cases (13%). A novel missense variant, p.G457H (c.1371G>C), was observed in the UBQLN2 gene in one case with sALS. Our study has revealed three novel and previously reported genomic alterations in the ALS-related genes.
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spelling doaj.art-00a0e91c306d441bbcc5fbd0b911f91c2022-12-22T03:37:54ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Medicine2331-205X2019-01-016110.1080/2331205X.2019.15824001582400Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCiftci Vildan0Darbas Sule1Bilgen Turker2Uysal Hilmi3Karauzum Berker Sibel4Akdeniz UniversityAkdeniz UniversityNamık Kemal UniversityAkdeniz UniversityAkdeniz UniversityAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most common motor neuron disease of the adulthood. Genetic analyses performed on cases with sporadic ALS (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) have revealed mutations most commonly in the genes C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and incidence of these most common genomic alterations in these genes of 30 ALS cases. Increase in the number of hexanucleotide repeats within the gene C9orf72 was investigated using the fragment analysis method. A heterozygote c.-45 + 162_-45 + 163insGGGGCC alteration was observed in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene in only two sALS cases (6.6%), c.72 + 133C>T alteration was observed in the first intron of the SOD1 gene in six fALS and two sALS cases (26.6%), a c.169 + 41C>A alteration was observed in the second intron of the same gene in one case, a c.239 + 34A>C alteration was observed in the third intron of the same gene in three fALS cases (10%), and a c.714 + 67_714 + 68insG alteration was observed in the fifth intron of the TARDBP gene in six sALS cases (20%). Three different genomic alterations were detected in the FUS gene; two silent variants p.G49G (c.147C>A) in 3 cases (10%) and p.Y97Y (c.291C>T) in 25 cases (83%) and an intronic variant c.1067-61T˃C in 4 cases (13%). A novel missense variant, p.G457H (c.1371G>C), was observed in the UBQLN2 gene in one case with sALS. Our study has revealed three novel and previously reported genomic alterations in the ALS-related genes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2019.1582400alsc9orf72sod1tardbpfusubqln2
spellingShingle Ciftci Vildan
Darbas Sule
Bilgen Turker
Uysal Hilmi
Karauzum Berker Sibel
Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Cogent Medicine
als
c9orf72
sod1
tardbp
fus
ubqln2
title Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
title_full Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
title_fullStr Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
title_short Genetic alterations of C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, and UBQLN2 genes in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
title_sort genetic alterations of c9orf72 sod1 tardbp fus and ubqln2 genes in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
topic als
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sod1
tardbp
fus
ubqln2
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2019.1582400
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