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The objective of this study was to examine the contribution of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTG<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LMOD<\/jats:styled-content>1<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYH<\/jats:styled-content>11,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYLK<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> mutations in an Australasian cohort of patients with a diagnosis of primary CIPO associated with visceral myopathy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pediatric and adult patients with primary CIPO and suspected visceral myopathy were recruited from across Australia and New Zealand. Sanger sequencing of the genes encoding enteric gamma\u2010actin (<jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTG<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic>) and smooth muscle leiomodin (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LMOD<\/jats:styled-content>1) was performed on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> from patients, and their relatives, where available. <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYH<\/jats:styled-content>11<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYLK<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> were screened by next\u2010generation sequencing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Key results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified heterozygous missense variants in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTG<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic> in 7 of 17 families (~41%) diagnosed with CIPO and its associated conditions. We also identified a previously unpublished missense mutation (c.443C&gt;T, p.Arg148Leu) in one family. One case presented with megacystis\u2010microcolon\u2010intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome <jats:italic>in utero<\/jats:italic> with subsequent termination of pregnancy at 28\u00a0weeks' gestation. All of the substitutions identified occurred at arginine residues. No likely pathogenic variants in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LMOD<\/jats:styled-content>1<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYH<\/jats:styled-content>11,<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYLK<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> were identified within our cohort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and inferences<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTG<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic> mutations represent a significant underlying cause of primary CIPO with visceral myopathy and associated phenotypes in Australasian patients. Thus, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTG<\/jats:styled-content>2<\/jats:italic> sequencing should be considered in cases presenting with hypoperistalsis phenotypes with suspected visceral myopathy. 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