This review analyses how these studies using Bscl2(-/-) mice brought new insights into seipin function and the mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of BSCL.
Mutations in Gng3lg and AGPAT2 in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy and Brunzell syndrome: phenotype variability suggests important modifier effects.
Mutations in Gng3lg and AGPAT2 in Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy and Brunzell syndrome: phenotype variability suggests important modifier effects.
Distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V (dHMN-V) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (CMT) type 2 presenting with predominant hand involvement, also known as CMT2D and Silver syndrome (SS) are rare phenotypically overlapping diseases which can be caused by mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip Congenital Lipodystrophy 2 (BSCL2) and in the glycyl-tRNA synthetase encoding (GARS) genes.
Seipinopathies are a group of inherited diseases affecting upper and lower motor neurons due to mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy 2 gene (BSCL2).
Monogenic forms of insulin resistance, such as familial partial lipodystrophy, which results from mutations in either LMNA (encoding lamin A/C) or PPARG (encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma), and congenital generalized lipodystrophy, which results from mutations in either AGPAT2 (encoding 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase) or BSCL2 (encoding seipin), can display features seen in the common metabolic syndrome.
To confirm the clinical hypothesis of congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) or Berardinelli-Seip syndrome, the sequences of AGPAT2 (encoding for 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase beta) and BSCL2 (encoding for seipin) candidate genes were analyzed.
We recently found heterozygous mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL2, seipin) gene causing SPG17 and distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V (distal HMN V).
The 669insA mutation in exon 4 of the BSCL2 gene was identified as the major genetic alteration leading to BSCL in a group of 22 patients from the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.