OMIA:002757-9615 : Ataxia, cerebellar, RALGAPA1-related in Canis lupus familiaris (dog) |
Categories: Nervous system phene
Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 608884 (gene) , 618797 (trait)
Links to MONDO diseases: No links.
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Considered a defect: yes
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2023
Molecular basis: Christen et al. (2023) identified a likely causal variant in Belgian shepherd dogs: "Combined linkage and homozygosity mapping delineated a 5.5 Mb critical interval. The comparison of whole-genome sequence data of one affected dog to 929 control genomes revealed a private homozygous ~4.8 kb deletion in the critical interval, Chr8:14,468,376_14,473,136del4761. The deletion comprises exon 35 of the RALGAPA1 gene, XM_038544497.1:c.6080-2893_6944+1003del. It is predicted to introduce a premature stop codon into the transcript, truncating ~23% of the wild-type open reading frame of the encoded Ral GTPase-activating protein catalytic subunit α 1, XP_038400425.1:(p.Val2027Glnfs*7)."
Genetic engineering:
Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing
Clinical features: Christen et al. (2023) "investigated a [Belgian shepherd] litter in which two puppies developed cerebellar ataxia. The clinical signs stabilized at around six weeks of age, but remained visible into adulthood. ... Genotyping additional ataxic Belgian shepherd dogs revealed three additional homozygous mutant dogs from a single litter, which had been euthanized at five weeks of age due to their severe clinical phenotype."
Pathology: Christen et al. (2023): "Histopathology revealed cytoplasmic accumulation of granular material within cerebellar Purkinje cells [in affected Belgian shepherds]."
Prevalence: Christen et al. (2023): "Genotyping a cohort of almost 900 Belgian shepherd dogs [for the ~4.8 kb deletion] showed ... a carrier frequency of 5% in the population."
Breed:
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Dog) (VBO_0200144).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RALGAPA1 | Ral GTPase activating protein, alpha subunit 1 (catalytic) | Canis lupus familiaris | 8 | NC_051812.1 (14570610..14327816) | RALGAPA1 | Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene |
Variants
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| OMIA Variant ID | Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Type of Variant | Source of Genetic Variant | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Inferred EVA rsID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Belgian Shepherd Dog (Dog) | Ataxia, cerebellar, RALGAPA1-related | RALGAPA1 | deletion, gross (>20) | Naturally occurring variant | UU_Cfam_GSD_1.0 | 8 | g.14468376_14473136del | c.6080-2893_6944+1003del | p.(V2027Qfs*7) | XM_038544497.1; XP_038400425.1; published as g.14,468,376_14,473,136del4761 | 2023 | 37628572 |
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:002757-9615: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
Reference
| 2023 | Christen, M., Zdora, I., Leschnik, M., Jagannathan, V., Puff, C., Hünerfauth, E., Volk, H.A., Baumgärtner, W., Koch, T.C., Schäfer, W., Kleiter, M., Leeb, T. : |
| RALGAPA1 deletion in Belgian shepherd dogs with cerebellar ataxia. Genes (Basel) 14, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37628572. DOI: 10.3390/genes14081520. |
Edit History
- Created by Imke Tammen2 on 27 Aug 2023
- Changed by Tosso Leeb on 30 Aug 2023