Diagnosis of a patient with Spinocerebellar ataxia type 29 due to a novel variant of ITPR1 gene

Abstract

To explore the clinical and genetic characteristics of a child with spinocerebellar ataxia type 29 (SCA29) due to novel variant of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 (ITPR1) gene. The child was subjected high-throughput sequencing, and candidate variant was verified by Sanger sequencing of his family members. The child was found to harbor a c.800C>T (p.T267M) variant of the ITPR1 gene, which was not found in his parents and their fetus. The variant has occurred in a hotspot of the ITPR1 gene variants and was unreported before in China. Based on his clinical and genetic characteristics, the child was diagnosed with SCA29. The novel heterozygous c.800C>T (p.T267M) of the ITPR1 gene probably underlay the SCA29 in this child.