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Novel Alu-mediated deletions of the SMN1 gene were identified by ultra-long read sequencing technology in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. | LitMetric

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by biallelic variants of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. In this study, our aim was to make a molecular diagnosis in two patients with SMA carrying only one SMN1 copy number. Using ultra-long read sequencing (Ultra-LRS), 1415 bp deletion and 3348 bp deletion of the SMN1 gene were identified in patient 1 and the father of patient 2, respectively. Ultra-LRS revealed two novel deletions, starting from the SMN1 promoter to intron 1. It also accurately provided the location of the deletion breakpoints in the SMN1 gene: chr5 g.70,924,798-70,926,212 for a 1415 bp deletion; chr5 g.70,922,695-70,926,042 for a 3348 bp deletion. By analyzing the breakpoint junctions, we identified that these genomic sequences were composed of Alu sequences, including AluJb, AluYm1, AluSq, and AluYm1, indicating that Alu-mediated rearrangements are a mechanism of SMN1 deletion events. In addition, full-length SMN1 transcripts and SMN protein in patient 1 were significantly decreased (p < 0.01), suggesting that a 1415 bp deletion that included the transcription and translation initiation sites of the SMN1 gene had severe consequences for SMN expression. Ultra-LRS can easily distinguish highly homozygous genes compared to other detection technologies, which is useful for detecting SMN1 intragenic mutations, to quickly discover structural rearrangements and to precisely present the breakpoint positions.

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