A deletion mutation in TMEM38B associated with autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

Michael Volodarsky, Barak Markus, Idan Cohen, Orna Staretz-Chacham, Hagit Flusser, Daniella Landau, Ilan Shelef, Yshaia Langer, Ohad S Birk

The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics at the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Human mutation 2013 Apr

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Autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) was diagnosed in three unrelated Israeli Bedouin consanguineous families. Fractures were evident in all cases in infancy. Genome-wide linkage analysis ruled out association with any of the known OI genes, and identified a single homozygosity locus of approximately 2 Mb on chromosome 9 common to all affected individuals (maximum multipoint lod score 6.5). Whole exome sequencing identified only a single mutation within this locus that was shared by all affected individuals: a homozygous deletion mutation of exon 4 of TMEM38B, leading to an early stop codon and a truncated protein, as well as low TMEM38B mRNA levels. TMEM38B encodes TRIC-B, a ubiquitous component of TRIC, a monovalent cation-specific channel involved in Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores that has been shown to act in cell differentiation. Molecular mechanisms through which a TMEM38B mutation might lead to an OI phenotype are yet to be explored. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Michael Volodarsky, Barak Markus, Idan Cohen, Orna Staretz-Chacham, Hagit Flusser, Daniella Landau, Ilan Shelef, Yshaia Langer, Ohad S Birk. A deletion mutation in TMEM38B associated with autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. Human mutation. 2013 Apr;34(4):582-6