A major facilitator superfamily domain 8 frameshift variant in a cat with suspected neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

Guevar, Julien; Hug, Petra; Giebels, Felix; Durand, Alexane; Jagannathan, Vidya; Leeb, Tosso (2020). A major facilitator superfamily domain 8 frameshift variant in a cat with suspected neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 34(1), pp. 289-293. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/jvim.15663

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A 2-year-old male domestic shorthair cat was presented for a progressive history of abnormal posture, behavior, and mentation. Menace response was absent bilaterally, and generalized tremors were identified on neurological examination. A neuroanatomical diagnosis of diffuse brain dysfunction was made. A neurodegenerative disorder was suspected. Magnetic resonance imaging findings further supported the clinical suspicion. Whole-genome sequencing of the affected cat with filtering of variants against a database of unaffected cats was performed. Candidate variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing followed by genotyping of a control population. Two homozygous private (unique to individual or families and therefore absent from the breed-matched controlled population) protein-changing variants in the major facilitator superfamily domain 8 (MFSD8) gene, a known candidate gene for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 7 (CLN7), were identified. The affected cat was homozygous for the alternative allele at both variants. This is the first report of a pathogenic alteration of the MFSD8 gene in a cat strongly suspected to have CLN7.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > NeuroCenter
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > DKV - Clinical Neurology
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > DKV - Clinical Radiology
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Genetics
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH)

UniBE Contributor:

Guevar, Julien Jean, Hug, Petra, Giebels, Felix, Durand, Alexane Marie Andrée, Jagannathan, Vidya, Leeb, Tosso

Subjects:

500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0891-6640

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tosso Leeb

Date Deposited:

29 Jan 2020 08:34

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jvim.15663

PubMed ID:

31860737

Uncontrolled Keywords:

MFSD8 NCL7 cat genetics lysosomal storage disease neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis precision medicine

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.137975

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/137975

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