Homozygous Mutation In Twnk Cases Ataxia, Sensorineural Hearing Loss And Optic Nerve Atrophy
ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE(2019)
摘要
The TWNK (C10orf2) gene encodes Twinkle, an essential helicase for mtDNA replication. Homozygous mutations in TWNK can lead to mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 7 (MTDPS7) that usually manifests as Infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA). Here, we report a 15-year-old Iranian boy with three main symptoms; ataxia, sensorineural hearing loss and optic nerves atrophy which were accompanied by other symptoms including flexion contracture, dysarthric speech, nystagmus, dystonia and borderline intellectual disability. Whole exome sequencing (WES) revealed a homozygous mutation in his TWNK gene. The mutation was a transversion which replaced a C with A (NM_021830.4 (TWNK):c.874C>A). This nucleotide substitution results in replacing a Threonine with Proline in codon 292 of Twinkle protein (p.Pro292Thr). In silico analyses showed that this amino acid change in Twinkle could be deleterious and disease-causing; therefore, we attribute the symptoms of our patient to this mutation. Our study extended the homozygous mutation spectrum of the TWNK gene that leads to IOSCA.
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C10orf2, Hearing loss, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Infantile, Iran, Optic neuropathy
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