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Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features
We identified the known c.1_9del mutation in the PLEC gene in four unrelated females from consanguineous families of Turkish origin. All individuals presented with slowly progressive limb-girdle weakness without any dermatological findings, and dystrophic changes observed in their muscle biopsies. A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32605089 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11070716 |
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author | Mroczek, Magdalena Durmus, Hacer Töpf, Ana Parman, Yesim Straub, Volker |
author_facet | Mroczek, Magdalena Durmus, Hacer Töpf, Ana Parman, Yesim Straub, Volker |
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description | We identified the known c.1_9del mutation in the PLEC gene in four unrelated females from consanguineous families of Turkish origin. All individuals presented with slowly progressive limb-girdle weakness without any dermatological findings, and dystrophic changes observed in their muscle biopsies. Additionally, the neurological examination revealed ptosis, facial weakness, fatigability, and muscle cramps in all four cases. In two patients, repetitive nerve stimulation showed a borderline decrement and a high jitter was detected in all patients by single-fiber electromyography. Clinical improvement was observed after treatment with pyridostigmine and salbutamol was started. We further characterize the phenotype of patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R17 clinically, by muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and by describing a common 3.8 Mb haplotype in three individuals from the same geographical region. In addition, we review the neuromuscular symptoms associated with PLEC mutations and the role of plectin in the neuromuscular junction. |
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spelling | pubmed-73971872020-08-16 Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features Mroczek, Magdalena Durmus, Hacer Töpf, Ana Parman, Yesim Straub, Volker Genes (Basel) Article We identified the known c.1_9del mutation in the PLEC gene in four unrelated females from consanguineous families of Turkish origin. All individuals presented with slowly progressive limb-girdle weakness without any dermatological findings, and dystrophic changes observed in their muscle biopsies. Additionally, the neurological examination revealed ptosis, facial weakness, fatigability, and muscle cramps in all four cases. In two patients, repetitive nerve stimulation showed a borderline decrement and a high jitter was detected in all patients by single-fiber electromyography. Clinical improvement was observed after treatment with pyridostigmine and salbutamol was started. We further characterize the phenotype of patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R17 clinically, by muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and by describing a common 3.8 Mb haplotype in three individuals from the same geographical region. In addition, we review the neuromuscular symptoms associated with PLEC mutations and the role of plectin in the neuromuscular junction. MDPI 2020-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7397187/ /pubmed/32605089 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11070716 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mroczek, Magdalena Durmus, Hacer Töpf, Ana Parman, Yesim Straub, Volker Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title | Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title_full | Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title_fullStr | Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title_full_unstemmed | Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title_short | Four Individuals with a Homozygous Mutation in Exon 1f of the PLEC Gene and Associated Myasthenic Features |
title_sort | four individuals with a homozygous mutation in exon 1f of the plec gene and associated myasthenic features |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32605089 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11070716 |
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