Early-onset severe hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1 with S331F SPTLC1 mutation.
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Suh BC, Hong YB, Nakhro K, Nam SH, Chung KW, Choi BO
Early-onset severe hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1 with S331F SPTLC1 mutation.
Mol Med Rep. 2014 Feb;9(2):481-6. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1808. Epub 2013 Nov 18.
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Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I (HSAN I) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by prominent sensory impairment, resulting in foot ulcers or amputations and has a juvenile to adult onset. The major underlying causes of HSAN I are mutations in SPTLC1, which encodes the first subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT). To date, there have been no reports with regard to an HSAN patient of Korean origin. In this report we discussed an HSAN I patient with a missense mutation in SPTLC1 (c.992C>T: p.S331F). The patient had noticed frequent falls, lower leg weakness and hand tremors at age five. The patient also presented with foot ulcers, muscle hypotrophy, cataracts, hoarseness, vocal cord palsy and respiratory difficulties and succumbed to the condition at the age of 28 years. In accordance with previous reports, a mutation in Ser331 in the present patient was associated with early-onset and a severe phenotype. Therefore, Ser331 in SPTLC1 is a crucial amino acid, which characterizes the HSAN I phenotype.