Thirty-four novel mutations of the GLA gene in 121 patients with Fabry disease

Hum Mutat. 2005 Apr;25(4):412. doi: 10.1002/humu.9327.

Abstract

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-chromosomal disorder caused by mutations in the GLA gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. We performed mutation screening on a cohort of 121 patients including 84 male and 37 female index cases and identified a total of 90 different mutations, 34 of which are reported for the first time here. Both point mutations (74.4%) and 'short length' rearrangements (25.6%) were found, including missense (54.4%), nonsense (14.4%), and splice site point mutations (5.6%), deletions (17.8%) or insertions/duplications (5.6%) of a few nucleotides, and complex rearrangements including larger deletions (2.2%). GLA mutations were identified in 82 (97.6%) of the 84 unrelated male patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Cohort Studies
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Fabry Disease / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Point Mutation
  • alpha-Galactosidase / genetics*

Substances

  • alpha-Galactosidase