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Arch Iran Med. 2023;26(5): 279-284.
doi: 10.34172/aim.2023.43
PMID: 38301092
PMCID: PMC10685863
Scopus ID: 85171445703
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Case Report

Expanding the Molecular Spectrum of HK1-Related Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 4G; the First Report in Iran

Masoumeh Goleyjani Moghadam 1 ORCID logo, Zohreh Elahi 1,2, Mohamad Soveyzi 1, Sanaz Arzhangi 1, Shahriar Nafissi 3,4, Hossein Najmabadi 1,2, Kimia Kahrizi 1, Zohreh Fattahi 1,2* ORCID logo

1 Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Kariminejad - Najmabadi Pathology & Genetics Center, Tehran, Iran
3 Iranian Neuromuscular Research Center (INMRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Zohreh Fattahi, Email: zohrehfattahi@gmail.com

Abstract

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4G (CMT4G) was first reported in Balkan Gypsies as a myelinopathy starting with progressive distal lower limb weakness, followed by upper limb involvement and prominent distal sensory impairment later in the patient’s life. So far, CMT4G has been only reported in European Roma communities with two founder homozygous variants; g.9712G>C and g.11027G>A, located in the 5’-UTR of the HK1 gene. Here, we present the first Iranian CMT4G patient manifesting progressive distal lower limb weakness from 11 years of age and diagnosed with chronic demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Whole-exome sequencing for this patient revealed a homozygous c.19C>T (p. Arg7*) variant in the HK1 gene. This report expands the mutational spectrum of the HK1-related CMT disorder and provides supporting evidence for the observation of CMT4G outside the Roma population. Interestingly, the same Arg7* variant is recently observed in another unrelated Pakistani CMT patient, proposing a possible prevalence of this variant in the Middle Eastern populations.

Cite this article as: Goleyjani Moghadam M, Elahi Z, Soveyzi M, Arzhangi S, Nafissi S, Najmabadi H, et al. Expanding the molecular spectrum of HK1-related Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 4G; the first report in Iran. Arch Iran Med. 2023;26(5):279- 284. doi: 10.34172/aim.2023.43
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Submitted: 08 Jan 2023
Accepted: 05 Mar 2023
ePublished: 01 May 2023
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