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A duplication of the entire MYOT gene was identified as the molecular cause of late-onset myotilinopathy, highlighting the utility of long-read sequencing for structural variants.
Case Report (n=2)
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Adds rare myotilinopathy cases; leaves open genotype-phenotype correlations and management strategies.
BACKGROUND: myotilinopathy is a very rare inherited muscle disease that belongs to the group of myofibrillar myopathies. These diseases share a common alteration of the sarcomere organization at the level of the Z disk resulting in pathological protein aggregation, autophagic abnormalities, and ultimately muscle degeneration. Most reported cases are due to dominant missense mutations in the MYOT gene, two of which are largely recurrent. METHODS: We describe the clinical, radiological, pathological, and molecular analysis including long-read sequencing of a family affected by late-onset dominant proximodistal myopathy and muscle hypertrophy. RESULTS: We identified a duplication of the entire MYOT gene as the molecular cause of late-onset-myotilinopapthy with typical clinical and pathological features. CONCLUSIONS: This study expands the molecular spectrum of myotilinopathy and highlights the use of long-read sequencing in the diagnosis of genetic neurological diseases caused by duplications and genomic structural variants. Myotilinopathy as well as other myofibrillar and distal myopathies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients affected by distal muscle weakness, even when presenting at an old age.
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Spinazzi et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Late-onset myotilinopathy (n=2). MYOT gene duplication was evaluated on Molecular diagnosis of myotilinopathy. A duplication of the entire MYOT gene was identified as the molecular cause of late-onset myotilinopathy, highlighting the utility of long-read sequencing for structural variants.
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