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Nonsense mutation in exon 3 of the proteolipid protein gene (PLP) in a family with an unusual form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

โœ Scribed by Hodes, M. E.; Blank, C. A.; Pratt, V. M.; Morales, J.; Napier, J.; Dlouhy, S. R.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
180 KB
Volume
69
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299

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โœฆ Synopsis

We report a Gโ†’A transition at nucleotide 431 of the proteolipid protein gene (PLP) results in a nonsense codon in a family with an unusual form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). The mutation, which creates a second AluI restriction site, results in a nonsense mutation in PLP. The clinical picture resembles somewhat that of X-linked spastic paraplegia (SPG). It differs from this and both the classical and connatal forms of PMD in that it is relatively mild in form, onset is delayed beyond age 2 years, nystagmus is absent, tremors are prominent, mental retardation is not severe, some patients show dementia or personality disorders, the disease is progressive rather than static in some, and several females show signs of disease. The nonsense mutation, which is in exon 3B, should block the synthesis of normal PLP but spare DM20, the isoform whose persistence has been associated with mild forms of PLP-associated disease in both humans and mice. Am. J. Med Genet. 69:121-125, 1997.

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