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    X-linked myotubular myopathy associated with an MTM1 variant in a Maine coon cat
    (Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022-09-26) Kopke MA; Shelton GD; Lyons LA; Wall MJ; Pemberton S; Gedye KR; Owen R; Guo LT; Buckley RM; Valencia JA; 99 Lives Consortium; Jones BR
    OBJECTIVE: Describe the clinical course and diagnostic and genetic findings in a cat with X-linked myotubular myopathy. CASE SUMMARY: A 7-month-old male Maine coon was evaluated for progressively worsening gait abnormalities and generalized weakness. Neurolocalization was to the neuromuscular system. Genetic testing for spinal muscular atrophy (LIX1) was negative. Given the progressive nature and suspected poor long-term prognosis, the owners elected euthanasia. Histopathology of skeletal muscle obtained post-mortem disclosed numerous rounded atrophic or hypotrophic fibers with internal nuclei or central basophilic staining. Using oxidative reactions mediated by cytochrome C oxidase and succinic dehydrogenase, scattered myofibers were observed to have central dark staining structures and a "ring-like" appearance. Given the cat's age and clinical history, a congenital myopathy was considered most likely, with the central nuclei and "ring-like" changes consistent with either centronuclear or myotubular myopathy. Whole genome sequencing identified an underlying missense variant in myotubularin 1 (MTM1), a known candidate gene for X-linked myotubular myopathy. NEW OR UNIQUE INFORMATION PROVIDED: This case is the first report of X-linked myotubular myopathy in a cat with an MTM1 missense mutation. Maine coon cat breeders may consider screening for this variant to prevent production of affected cats and to eradicate the variant from the breeding population.
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    A Deletion in GDF7 is Associated with a Heritable Forebrain Commissural Malformation Concurrent with Ventriculomegaly and Interhemispheric Cysts in Cats
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2020-06-19) Yu Y; Creighton EK; Buckley RM; Lyons LA; 99 Lives Consortium
    An inherited neurologic syndrome in a family of mixed-breed Oriental cats has been characterized as forebrain commissural malformation, concurrent with ventriculomegaly and interhemispheric cysts. However, the genetic basis for this autosomal recessive syndrome in cats is unknown. Forty-three cats were genotyped on the Illumina Infinium Feline 63K iSelect DNA Array and used for analyses. Genome-wide association studies, including a sib-transmission disequilibrium test and a case-control association analysis, and homozygosity mapping, identified a critical region on cat chromosome A3. Short-read whole genome sequencing was completed for a cat trio segregating with the syndrome. A homozygous 7 bp deletion in growth differentiation factor 7 (GDF7) (c.221_227delGCCGCGC [p.Arg74Profs]) was identified in affected cats, by comparison to the 99 Lives Cat variant dataset, validated using Sanger sequencing and genotyped by fragment analyses. This variant was not identified in 192 unaffected cats in the 99 Lives dataset. The variant segregated concordantly in an extended pedigree. In mice, GDF7 mRNA is expressed within the roof plate when commissural axons initiate ventrally-directed growth. This finding emphasized the importance of GDF7 in the neurodevelopmental process in the mammalian brain. A genetic test can be developed for use by cat breeders to eradicate this variant.