Abstract
Autosomal-recessive hereditary inclusion-body myopathy with relative quadriceps sparing is associated with mutations in the UDP- N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/ N-acetylmannosamine kinase ( GNE) gene. Two Italian sisters affected with autosomal-recessive hIBM were shown to be compound heterozygous for a novel GNE mutation: a p.A310P amino acid change along with a p.R246W mutation on the second allele both in the epimerase domain. This is the first mutation event observed in a human GNE allele inducing a proline. Muscle biopsy showed abundant rimmed and non-rimmed vacuoles. Severe disease progression was noted in the elder sister. The Italian family further expands the wide phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of hIBM.
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