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O recente desenvolvimento da tecnologia de sequenciação de nova geração
(NGS) revolucionou o diagnóstico molecular das doenças genéticas raras, de
difícil diagnóstico, tais como as doenças mitocondriais. O estudo destas patologias
foi implementado em 1993 pelo nosso grupo e até à data foram investigados
mais de 2500 doentes portugueses. Muitos destes doentes ainda
não dispõem de diagnóstico molecular, pelo que foi desenvolvida uma estratégia
de NGS para a identificação da mutação causal. A sequenciação de
um painel de 209 genes nucleares associados a doenças mitocondriais e do
DNA mitocondrial completo por NGS, foi realizada num sequenciador MiSeq
(Illumina). O estudo de 145 doentes permitiu identificar 41 mutações causais
e caraterizar 35 doentes. Esta investigação contribuiu para esclarecer a etiologia
molecular destes doentes (35/145; 24%), ii) alargar o espetro mutacional
destas patologias e, iii) oferecer um aconselhamento genético e um eventual
diagnóstico pré-natal aos casais em risco. O desenvolvimento de um painel,
específico para estas patologias, tem um caráter inovador e reforça o nosso
Centro como laboratório nacional para o estudo e investigação de doenças
mitocondriais.
Recent development of high throughput, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized the research and molecular diagnosis of hardto- diagnose genetic disorders such as mitochondrial disorders. The study of these diseases was implemented in 1993 by our group and to date more than 2,500 Portuguese patients have been investigated. As many of these patients do not yet have molecular diagnosis, an NGS strategy was developed to identify the causal mutation. NGS was performed in a MiSeq Illumina instrument using a custom mitochondrial gene panel with around 209 genes involved in mitochondria metabolism and the entire human mitochondrial genome. The study of 145 patients allowed the identification of 41 causal mutations and the molecular characterization of 35 patients. This investigation contributed to i) identify the pathogenic mutations in the studied patients (35/145; 24%), ii) expand the mutational spectrum in the etiology of these disorders, and iii) propose an accurate genetic counseling. Custom design panels have been widely used for molecular heterogeneous disorders however, the development of this panel will be innovative in our country strengthening our Center as a national reference for the study and research of mitochondrial disorders.
Recent development of high throughput, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized the research and molecular diagnosis of hardto- diagnose genetic disorders such as mitochondrial disorders. The study of these diseases was implemented in 1993 by our group and to date more than 2,500 Portuguese patients have been investigated. As many of these patients do not yet have molecular diagnosis, an NGS strategy was developed to identify the causal mutation. NGS was performed in a MiSeq Illumina instrument using a custom mitochondrial gene panel with around 209 genes involved in mitochondria metabolism and the entire human mitochondrial genome. The study of 145 patients allowed the identification of 41 causal mutations and the molecular characterization of 35 patients. This investigation contributed to i) identify the pathogenic mutations in the studied patients (35/145; 24%), ii) expand the mutational spectrum in the etiology of these disorders, and iii) propose an accurate genetic counseling. Custom design panels have been widely used for molecular heterogeneous disorders however, the development of this panel will be innovative in our country strengthening our Center as a national reference for the study and research of mitochondrial disorders.
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Keywords
Doenças Mitocondriais Sequenciação de Nova Geração Doenças Genéticas Saúde Pública
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Boletim Epidemiológico Observações. 2018 janeiro-abril;7(21):5-8
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP
