Unexpected partial RNA deletion by two different novel COL6A2 mutations
leads to Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy
Abstract
Limb weakness is an uncommon symptom in children, with multiple
factors contributing to related diseases, particularly genetic
disorders. A nine-year-old boy presented with slowly progressive muscle
weakness of the limb-girdle muscles. We evaluated the clinical symptoms,
laboratory tests, imaging examinations, and pathological examinations of
this proband. We combined whole-exome and Sanger sequencing to identify
the novel compound heterozygous pathogenic mutations NM 001849.3:
c.1970-10_1978 del CGGCTTGCAGGGACGCGTG and c.2462-3C>A in
COL6A2 in this proband inherited from the mother and father,
respectively. Mutational confirmation at the mRNA level demonstrated
that the proband carried a homozygous abnormal sequence with 23bp
deletions (c.2462-2484 del GGACGCGTGTGGGCGTGGTGCAG) at the beginning of
exon 26. In contrast, both parents and sibling have normal sequences
with no clinical symptoms. The results of this study further expand the
mutational spectrum and will be helpful for further molecular diagnosis.