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To date, four families with spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA5) with four distinct mutations in the spectrin, beta, nonerythrocytic 2 gene (SPTBN2) have been reported worldwide. In the present study, we identified the first Japanese family with SCA5, and analyzed this family clinically and genetically. The clinical features of the five patients in this family revealed late-onset autosomal-dominant pure cerebellar ataxia. We collected DNA samples from the majority of the family members across two generations, and exome sequencing combined with Sanger sequencing revealed a novel heterozygous three-nucleotide in-frame deletion mutation (c.2608_2610delGAG) in exon 14 of the SPTBN2 gene. This mutation cosegregated with the disease in the family and resulted in a glutamic acid deletion (p.E870del) in the sixth spectrin repeat, which is highly conserved in the SPTBN2 gene. This is the first three-nucleotide in-frame deletion mutation in this region of the beta-3 spectrin protein highly likely to be pathogenic based on exome and bioinformatic data.
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We thank the family for participating in this study. We also thank Drs Hayashi and Akiyama, Akiyama Neurosurgery Clinic, for referring the patients to us, and Drs Honda and Shimazaki, Department of Neurology, Jichi Medical University, and Dr Kinya Ishikawa, Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, for the molecular testing of the proband for SCA1, SCA2, MJD, SCA6, SCA7, SCA8, SCA12, SCA17, SCA31 and DRPLA. This work was supported by a grant from the Research Committee for Ataxic Diseases (YT) of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan.
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Wang, Y., Koh, K., Miwa, M. et al. A Japanese SCA5 family with a novel three-nucleotide in-frame deletion mutation in the SPTBN2 gene: a clinical and genetic study. J Hum Genet 59, 569–573 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2014.74
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