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Mutations in POLR3A and POLR3B are a major cause of hypomyelinating leukodystrophies with or without dental abnormalities and/or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

2013; BMJ; Volume: 50; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101357

1468-6244

Hussein Daoud, Martine Tétreault, William T. Gibson, Kether Guerrero, Ana S.A. Cohen, Janina Gburek‐Augustat, Matthis Synofzik, Bernard Brais, Cathy A. Stevens, Rocío Sánchez‐Carpintero, Cyril Goizet, Sakkubai Naidu, Adeline Vanderver, Geneviève Bernard,

melanin and skin pigmentation

Background Leukodystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterised by abnormal central nervous system white matter. Mutations in POLR3A and POLR3B genes were recently reported to cause four clinically overlapping hypomyelinating leukodystrophy phenotypes. Our aim was to investigate the presence and frequency of POLR3A and POLR3B mutations in patients with genetically unexplained hypomyelinating leukodystrophies with typical clinical and/or radiologic features of Pol III-related leukodystrophies. Methods The entire coding region and the flanking exon/intron boundaries of POLR3A and/or POLR3B genes were amplified and sequenced in 14 patients. Results Recessive mutations in POLR3A or POLR3B were uncovered in all 14 patients. Eight novel mutations were identified in POLR3A : six missenses, one nonsense, and one frameshift mutation. Seven patients carried compound heterozygous mutations in POLR3B , of whom six shared the common mutation in exon 15 (p.V523E). Seven novel mutations were identified in POLR3B : four missenses, two splice sites, and one intronic mutation. Conclusions To date, our group has described 37 patients, of whom 27 have mutations in POLR3A and 10 in POLR3B, respectively. Altogether, our results further support the proposal that POLR3A and POLR3B mutations are a major cause of hypomyelinating leukodystrophies and suggest that POLR3A mutations are more frequent.