Biallelic SORD pathogenic variants cause Chinese patients with distal hereditary motor neuropathy

Abstract Sorbitol dehydrogenase gene (SORD) has been identified as a novel causative gene of recessive forms of hereditary neuropathy, including Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 and distal hereditary motor neuropathy (dHMN). Our findings reveal two novel variants (c.404 A > G and c.908 + 1 G &g...

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Autores principales: Hai-Lin Dong, Jia-Qi Li, Gong-Lu Liu, Hao Yu, Zhi-Ying Wu
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/16f9d9bdfe284a10959058de45bf4c41
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Sumario:Abstract Sorbitol dehydrogenase gene (SORD) has been identified as a novel causative gene of recessive forms of hereditary neuropathy, including Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 and distal hereditary motor neuropathy (dHMN). Our findings reveal two novel variants (c.404 A > G and c.908 + 1 G > C) and one known variant (c.757delG) within SORD in four Chinese dHMN families. Ex vivo cDNA polymerase chain reaction confirmed that c.908 + 1 G > C variant was associated with impaired splicing of the SORD transcript. In vitro cell functional studies showed that c.404 A > G variant resulted in aggregate formation of SORD and low protein solubility, confirming the pathogenicity of SORD variants. We have provided more evidence to establish SORD as a causative gene for dHMN.