Pablo Iruzubieta, Alberto Damborenea, Mihaela Ioghen, Simon Bajew, Roberto Fernandez-Torrón, Ana Töpf, Álvaro Herrero-Reiriz, Diana Epure, Katharina Vill, Aurelio Hernández-Laín, María Manterola, Mikel Azkargorta, Oihane Pikatza-Menoio, Laura Pérez-Fernandez, Mikel García-Puga, Gisela Gaina, Alexandra Bastian, Ioana Streata, Maggie C Walter, Wolfgang Müller-Felber, Simone Thiele, Saioa Moragón, Nerea Bastida-Lertxundi, Aitziber López-Cortajarena, Felix Elortza, Gorka Gereñu, Sonia Alonso-Martin, Volker Straub, David de Sancho, Raluca Teleanu, Adolfo López de Munain, Lorea Blázquez
Alterations in RNA-splicing are a molecular hallmark of several neurological diseases, including muscular dystrophies where mutations in genes involved in RNA metabolism or characterised by alterations in RNA splicing have been described. Here, we present five patients from two unrelated families with a limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) phenotype carrying a biallelic variant in SNUPN gene. Snurportin-1, the protein encoded by SNUPN, plays an important role in the nuclear transport of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), essential components of the spliceosome...
February 15, 2024: Brain