Hereditary tyrosinaemia type I in Norway: incidence and three novel small deletions in the fumarylacetoacetase gene

Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2012 Sep;72(5):369-73. doi: 10.3109/00365513.2012.676210. Epub 2012 May 4.

Abstract

A total of 28 Norwegians have been diagnosed with hereditary tyrosinaemia type I (HT1) over the last 30 years. In this study, 19 of these patients were investigated. Three novel small deletions were found (NM_000137.1(FAH): c.615delT, p.Phe205LeufsX2, NM_000137.1(FAH): c.744delG, p.Pro249HisfsX55 and NM_000137.1(FAH):c835delC) pGln279ArgfsX25, all of them leading to a change in the reading frame and a premature stop codon. We hereby genetically characterized 51 of the 56 disease-causing alleles, identifying nine different disease-causing mutations in the Norwegian population. We found that 65% of the Norwegian HT1 patients are compound heterozygous for different mutations. Thus, the relatively high incidence of HT1 in Norway of 1 in 74,800 live births is not due to single founder effects or high incidence of parental consanguinity.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Exons
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Association Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydrolases / genetics*
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Models, Molecular
  • Norway / epidemiology
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Sequence Deletion*
  • Tyrosinemias / enzymology
  • Tyrosinemias / epidemiology*
  • Tyrosinemias / genetics*

Substances

  • Hydrolases
  • fumarylacetoacetase