Molecular characterization of Egyptian patients with glycogen storage disease type IIIa

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Abstract

Glycogen storage disease type IIIa (GSD IIIa) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by excessive accumulation of abnormal glycogen in the liver and muscles and caused by a deficiency in the glycogen debranching enzyme. The spectrum of AGL mutations in GSD IIIa patients depends on ethnic group-prevalent mutations have been reported in the North African Jewish population and in an isolate such as the Faroe islands, because of the founder effect, whereas heterogeneous mutations are responsible for the pathogenesis in Japanese patients. To shed light on molecular characteristics in Egypt, where high rate of consanguinity and large family size increase the frequency of recessive genetic diseases, we have examined three unrelated patients from the same area in Egypt. We identified three different individual AGL mutations; of these, two are novel deletions [4-bp deletion (750-753delAGAC) and 1-bp deletion (2673delT)] and one the nonsense mutation (W1327X) previously reported. All are predicted to lead to premature termination, which completely abolishes enzyme activity. Three consanguineous patients are homozygotes for their individual mutations. Haplotype analysis of mutant AGL alleles showed that each mutation was located on a different haplotype. Our results indicate the allelic heterogeneity of the AGL mutation in Egypt. This is the first report of AGL mutations in the Egyptian population. © The Japan Society of Human Genetics and Springer-Verlag 2005.

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Endo, Y., Fateen, E., Aoyama, Y., Horinishi, A., Ebara, T., Murase, T., … Okubo, M. (2005). Molecular characterization of Egyptian patients with glycogen storage disease type IIIa. Journal of Human Genetics, 50(10), 538–542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10038-005-0291-3

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