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Identification and functional characterization of a novel heterozygous splice‑site mutation in the calpain 3 gene causes rare autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy

  • Authors:
    • Bin Mao
    • Jie Yang
    • Xiaodong Zhao
    • Xueling Jia
    • Xin Shi
    • Lihui Zhao
    • Santasree Banerjee
    • Lili Zhang
    • Xiaoling Ma

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  • Published online on: January 11, 2024     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2024.12385
  • Article Number: 97

  • Copyright: © Mao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Limb‑girdle muscular dystrophies are a group of extremely heterogenous neuromuscular disorders that manifest with gradual and progressive weakness of both proximal and distal muscles. Autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMDD4) or calpainopathy is a very rare form of myopathy characterized by weakness and atrophy of both proximal and distal muscles with a variable age of onset. LGMDD4 is caused by germline heterozygous mutations of the calpain 3 (CAPN3) gene. Patients with LGMDD4 often show extreme phenotypic heterogeneity; however, most patients present with gait difficulties, increased levels of serum creatine kinase, myalgia and back pain. In the present study, a 16‑year‑old male patient, clinically diagnosed with LGMDD4, was investigated. The proband had been suffering from weakness and atrophy of both of their proximal and distal muscles, and had difficulty walking and standing independently. The serum creatine kinase levels (4,754 IU/l; normal, 35‑232 IU/l) of the patient were markedly elevated. The younger sister and mother of the proband were also clinically diagnosed with LGMDD4, while the father was phenotypically normal. Whole exome sequencing identified a heterozygous novel splice‑site (c.2440‑1G>A) mutation in intron 23 of the CAPN3 gene in the proband. Sanger sequencing confirmed that this mutation was also present in both the younger sister and mother of the proband, but the father was not a carrier of this mutation. This splice‑site (c.2440‑1G>A) mutation causes aberrant splicing of CAPN3 mRNA, leading to the skipping of the last exon (exon 24) of CAPN3 mRNA and resulting in the removal of eight amino acids from the C‑terminal of domain IV of the CAPN3 protein. Hence, this splice site mutation causes the formation of a truncated CAPN3 protein (p.Trp814*) of 813 amino acids instead of the wild‑type CAPN3 protein that consists of 821 amino acids. This mutation causes partial loss of domain IV (PEF domain) in the CAPN3 protein, which is involved in calcium binding and homodimerization; therefore, this is a loss‑of‑function mutation. Relative expression of the mutated CAPN3 mRNA was reduced in comparison with the wild‑type CAPN3 mRNA in the proband, and their younger sister and mother. This mutation was also not present in 100 normal healthy control individuals of the same ethnicity. The present study reported the first case of CAPN3 gene‑associated LGMDD4 in the Chinese population.
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Mao B, Yang J, Zhao X, Jia X, Shi X, Zhao L, Banerjee S, Zhang L and Ma X: Identification and functional characterization of a novel heterozygous splice‑site mutation in the calpain 3 gene causes rare autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy. Exp Ther Med 27: 97, 2024
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Mao, B., Yang, J., Zhao, X., Jia, X., Shi, X., Zhao, L. ... Ma, X. (2024). Identification and functional characterization of a novel heterozygous splice‑site mutation in the calpain 3 gene causes rare autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 27, 97. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2024.12385
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Mao, B., Yang, J., Zhao, X., Jia, X., Shi, X., Zhao, L., Banerjee, S., Zhang, L., Ma, X."Identification and functional characterization of a novel heterozygous splice‑site mutation in the calpain 3 gene causes rare autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 27.3 (2024): 97.
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Mao, B., Yang, J., Zhao, X., Jia, X., Shi, X., Zhao, L., Banerjee, S., Zhang, L., Ma, X."Identification and functional characterization of a novel heterozygous splice‑site mutation in the calpain 3 gene causes rare autosomal dominant limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 27, no. 3 (2024): 97. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2024.12385