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van Doormaal PTC, Ticozzi N, Gellera C, Ratti A, Taroni F, Chiò A, Calvo A, Mora G, Restagno G, Traynor BJ, Birve A, Lemmens R, van Es MA, Saris CGJ, Blauw HM, van Vught PWJ, Groen EJN, Corrado L, Mazzini L, Del Bo R, Corti S, Waibel S, Meyer T, Ludolph AC, Goris A, van Damme P, Robberecht W, Shatunov A, Fogh I, Andersen PM, D'Alfonso S, Hardiman O, Cronin S, Rujescu D, Al-Chalabi A, Landers JE, Silani V, van den Berg LH, Veldink JH. Analysis of the KIFAP3 gene in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a multicenter survival study. Neurobiol Aging 2014; 35:2420.e13-4. [PMID: 24838185 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a multifactorial disease of environmental and genetic origin. In a previous large multicenter genome wide study, common genetic variation in the Kinesin-Associated Protein 3 (KIFAP3) gene (rs1541160) was reported to have a significant effect on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. However, this could not be replicated in 3 smaller independent cohorts. We conducted a large multicenter multivariate survival analysis (n = 2362) on the effect of genetic variation in rs1541160. The previously reported beneficial genotype did not show a significant improvement in survival in this patient group.
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Galbiati S, Stenirri S, Sbaiz L, Barberis M, Cremonesi L, Restagno G, Ferrari M. Further considerations concerning non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of craniosynostosis based on the identification of an 18 bp deletion in the TWIST1 gene by COLD-PCR. Clin Chem Lab Med 2014; 52:e129-30. [PMID: 24706433 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mignarri A, Battistini S, Tomai Pitinca ML, Monti L, Burroni L, Ginanneschi F, Ricci C, Bavazzano A, Federico A, Restagno G, Dotti MT. Double trouble? Progranulin mutation and C9ORF72 repeat expansion in a case of primary non-fluent aphasia. J Neurol Sci 2014; 341:176-8. [PMID: 24703252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mok K, Laaksovirta H, Tienari PJ, Peuralinna T, Myllykangas L, Chiò A, Traynor BJ, Nalls MA, Gurunlian N, Shatunov A, Restagno G, Mora G, Nigel Leigh P, Shaw CE, Morrison KE, Shaw PJ, Al-Chalabi A, Hardy J, Orrell RW. Homozygosity analysis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 21:1429-35. [PMID: 23612577 PMCID: PMC3829775 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may appear to be familial or sporadic, with recognised dominant and recessive inheritance in a proportion of cases. Sporadic ALS may be caused by rare homozygous recessive mutations. We studied patients and controls from the UK and a multinational pooled analysis of GWAS data on homozygosity in ALS to determine any potential recessive variant leading to the disease. Six-hundred and twenty ALS and 5169 controls were studied in the UK cohort. A total of 7646 homozygosity segments with length >2 Mb were identified, and 3568 rare segments remained after filtering 'common' segments. The mean total of the autosomal genome with homozygosity segments was longer in ALS than in controls (unfiltered segments, P=0.05). Two-thousand and seventeen ALS and 6918 controls were studied in the pooled analysis. There were more regions of homozygosity segments per case (P=1 × 10(-5)), a greater proportion of cases harboured homozygosity (P=2 × 10(-5)), a longer average length of segment (P=1 × 10(-5)), a longer total genome coverage (P=1 × 10(-5)), and a higher rate of these segments overlapped with RefSeq gene regions (P=1 × 10(-5)), in ALS patients than controls. Positive associations were found in three regions. The most significant was in the chromosome 21 SOD1 region, and also chromosome 1 2.9-4.8 Mb, and chromosome 5 in the 65 Mb region. There are more than twenty potential genes in these regions. These findings point to further possible rare recessive genetic causes of ALS, which are not identified as common variants in GWAS.
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Goris A, van Setten J, Diekstra F, Ripke S, Patsopoulos NA, Sawcer SJ, van Es M, Andersen PM, Melki J, Meininger V, Hardiman O, Landers JE, Brown RH, Shatunov A, Leigh N, Al-Chalabi A, Shaw CE, Traynor BJ, Chiò A, Restagno G, Mora G, Ophoff RA, Oksenberg JR, Van Damme P, Compston A, Robberecht W, Dubois B, van den Berg LH, De Jager PL, Veldink JH, de Bakker PIW. No evidence for shared genetic basis of common variants in multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:1916-22. [PMID: 24234648 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Genome-wide association studies have been successful in identifying common variants that influence the susceptibility to complex diseases. From these studies, it has emerged that there is substantial overlap in susceptibility loci between diseases. In line with those findings, we hypothesized that shared genetic pathways may exist between multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). While both diseases may have inflammatory and neurodegenerative features, epidemiological studies have indicated an increased co-occurrence within individuals and families. To this purpose, we combined genome-wide data from 4088 MS patients, 3762 ALS patients and 12 030 healthy control individuals in whom 5 440 446 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were successfully genotyped or imputed. We tested these SNPs for the excess association shared between MS and ALS and also explored whether polygenic models of SNPs below genome-wide significance could explain some of the observed trait variance between diseases. Genome-wide association meta-analysis of SNPs as well as polygenic analyses fails to provide evidence in favor of an overlap in genetic susceptibility between MS and ALS. Hence, our findings do not support a shared genetic background of common risk variants in MS and ALS.
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Messina M, Daidola G, Restagno G, Lavacca A, Ranghino A, Biancone L, Segoloni GP. A case report of AA amyloidosis associated with familial periodic fever syndrome diagnosed after kidney transplantation: never say never. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:2778-81. [PMID: 24034047 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Recurrent or "de novo" AA amyloidosis in the renal allograft is rarely described. We describe a case of severe nephrotic syndrome in a recipient of a kidney graft with a previous diagnosis of polycystic nephropathy caused by AA amyloidosis diagnosed only after the renal transplantation. The disease was possibly a tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS). TRAPS is a rare hereditary inflammatory disease never reported to the best of our knowledge, as a de novo diagnosis in the transplantation setting. Biopsy of the renal graft, indicated for the onset of heavy proteinuria, and genetic investigation provided the clues for diagnosis.
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Galbiati S, Monguzzi A, Soriani N, Stenirri S, Lalatta F, Seia M, Restagno G, Damin F, Chiari M, Ferrari M. Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases by advanced technologies. Clin Biochem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mereuta OM, Baldovino S, Errichiello E, Binello GB, Restagno G, Battaglia GG, Mazzucco G, Roccatello D. Systemic AA amyloidosis as a unique manifestation of a combined mutation of TNFRSF1A and MEFV genes. Amyloid 2013; 20:122-6. [PMID: 23461592 DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2013.775119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We report the case of a 22-year-old Caucasian woman presenting with a new-onset nephrotic syndrome with normal renal function during the 35th week of pregnancy. AA (secondary) amyloidosis was further diagnosed at the renal biopsy. Extensive genetic testing revealed that the patient was heterozygous for both TNFRSF1A p.R92Q and MEFV p.M694I mutations leading to an autoinflammatory syndrome characterized by amyloid deposition as the sole manifestation.
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Menegatti E, Berardi D, Messina M, Ferrante I, Giachino O, Spagnolo B, Restagno G, Cognolato L, Roccatello D. Lab-on-a-chip: emerging analytical platforms for immune-mediated diseases. Autoimmun Rev 2012; 12:814-20. [PMID: 23219952 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Miniaturization of analytical procedures has a significant impact on diagnostic testing since it provides several advantages such as: reduced sample and reagent consumption, shorter analysis time and less sample handling. Lab-on-a-chip (LoC), usually silicon, glass, or silicon-glass, or polymer disposable cartridges, which are produced using techniques inherited from the microelectronics industry, could perform and integrate the operations needed to carry out biochemical analysis through the mechanical realization of a dedicated instrument. Analytical devices based on miniaturized platforms like LoC may provide an important contribution to the diagnosis of high prevalence and rare diseases. In this paper we review some of the uses of Lab-on-a-chip in the clinical diagnostics of immune-mediated diseases and we provide an overview of how specific applications of these technologies could improve and simplify several complex diagnostic procedures.
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Chiò A, Calvo A, Mazzini L, Cantello R, Mora G, Moglia C, Corrado L, D'Alfonso S, Majounie E, Renton A, Pisano F, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Traynor BJ, Restagno G. Extensive genetics of ALS: a population-based study in Italy. Neurology 2012; 79:1983-9. [PMID: 23100398 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182735d36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with mutations of major amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) genes in a prospectively ascertained, population-based epidemiologic series of cases. METHODS The study population includes all ALS cases diagnosed in Piemonte, Italy, from January 2007 to June 2011. Mutations of SOD1, TARDBP, ANG, FUS, OPTN, and C9ORF72 have been assessed. RESULTS Out of the 475 patients included in the study, 51 (10.7%) carried a mutation of an ALS-related gene (C9ORF72, 32; SOD1, 10; TARDBP, 7; FUS, 1; OPTN, 1; ANG, none). A positive family history for ALS or frontotemporal dementia (FTD) was found in 46 (9.7%) patients. Thirty-one (67.4%) of the 46 familial cases and 20 (4.7%) of the 429 sporadic cases had a genetic mutation. According to logistic regression modeling, besides a positive family history for ALS or FTD, the chance to carry a genetic mutation was related to the presence of comorbid FTD (odds ratio 3.5; p = 0.001), and age at onset ≤54 years (odds ratio 1.79; p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS We have found that ∼11% of patients with ALS carry a genetic mutation, with C9ORF72 being the commonest genetic alteration. Comorbid FTD or a young age at onset are strong indicators of a possible genetic origin of the disease.
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Calvo A, Ilardi A, Moglia C, Canosa A, Carrara G, Valentini C, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Restagno G, Chiò A. An ALS case with a novel D90N-SOD1 heterozygous missense mutation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 13:393-5. [PMID: 22632444 DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.673170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of motor neuron disease. We describe the case of a patient with a rapidly progressive form of ALS characterized by both upper and lower motor neuron impairment, no early bulbar signs and severe pain in all four extremities. The patient had a heterozygous c.271G > A mutation in SOD1, leading to an amino acids substitution of asparagine to aspartate at position 90 of the protein chain (p.D90N). Our report confirms that ALS patients with D90 codon heterozygous mutations may be associated with rapid progression and a prominent pain syndrome.
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Calvo A, Moglia C, Canosa A, Cistaro A, Valentini C, Carrara G, Soldano E, Ilardi A, Bersano E, Bertuzzo D, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Restagno G, Chiò A. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia with predominant manifestations of obsessive–compulsive disorder associated to GGGGCC expansion of the c9orf72 gene. J Neurol 2012; 259:2723-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6640-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chiò A, Mora G, Restagno G, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Barberis M, Ferrucci L, Canosa A, Manera U, Moglia C, Fuda G, Traynor BJ, Calvo A. UNC13A influences survival in Italian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: a population-based study. Neurobiol Aging 2012; 34:357.e1-5. [PMID: 22921269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 07/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The common variant rs12608932, located within an intron of UNC13A gene on chromosome 19p13.3, has been suggested to influence susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as survival, in patients of north European descent. To examine this possibility further, we evaluated the association of rs12608932 with susceptibility and survival in a population-based cohort of 500 Italian ALS patients and 1457 Italian control samples. Although rs12608932 was not associated with ALS susceptibility in our series (p = 0.124), it was significantly associated with survival under the recessive model (median survival for AA/AC genotypes = 3.5 years [interquartile range, 2.2-6.4]; CC = 2.5 years [interquartile range, 1.6-4.2]; p = 0.017). Furthermore, rs12608932 genotype remained an independent prognostic factor in Cox multivariable analysis adjusting for other factors known to influence survival (p = 0.023). Overall, minor allele carrier status of rs12608932 was strongly associated with an approximate 1-year reduction of survival in ALS patients, making it a significant determinant of phenotype variation. The identification of UNC13A as a modifier of prognosis among sporadic ALS patients potentially provides a new therapeutic target aimed at slowing disease progression.
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Sabatelli M, Lattante S, Conte A, Marangi G, Luigetti M, Del Grande A, Chiò A, Corbo M, Giannini F, Mandrioli J, Mora G, Calvo A, Restagno G, Lunetta C, Penco S, Battistini S, Zeppilli P, Bizzarro A, Capoluongo E, Neri G, Rossini PM, Zollino M. Replication of association of CHRNA4 rare variants with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the Italian multicentre study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 13:580-4. [PMID: 22873564 DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.704926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels widely expressed throughout the mammalian brain, including bulbar and spinal motor neurons. They are involved in neuroprotection and in control of release of many neurotransmitters, including glutamate. Previous data raised the hypothesis that rare variants in the region coding the intracellular loop subunits of nAChRs might represent one of several genetic risk factors for SALS. The aim of present study was to replicate the study in an independent cohort of ALS patients. We analysed 718 sporadic ALS patients from five Italian ALS centres and 1300 ethnically matched controls. We focused primarily on CHRNA4, encoding α4 subunit, since most mutations were previously detected in this gene. We observed a significant association between CHRNA4 mutations and ALS (OR 2.91; 95% CI 1.4080-6.0453; p = 0.0056). Most mutations detected in patients were not present in the dbSNP134 and in 3500 ethnically matched control chromosomes and affected evolutionary conserved amino acid residues. In conclusion, the present data confirm that CHRNA4 variants are overrepresented in SALS strengthening the hypothesis can they act as predisposing genetic factors for SALS.
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Sabatelli M, Conforti FL, Zollino M, Mora G, Monsurrò MR, Volanti P, Marinou K, Salvi F, Corbo M, Giannini F, Battistini S, Penco S, Lunetta C, Quattrone A, Gambardella A, Logroscino G, Simone I, Bartolomei I, Pisano F, Tedeschi G, Conte A, Spataro R, La Bella V, Caponnetto C, Mancardi G, Mandich P, Sola P, Mandrioli J, Renton AE, Majounie E, Abramzon Y, Marrosu F, Marrosu MG, Murru MR, Sotgiu MA, Pugliatti M, Rodolico C, Moglia C, Calvo A, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Traynor BJ, Borghero G, Restagno G, Chiò A. C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the Italian sporadic ALS population. Neurobiol Aging 2012; 33:1848.e15-20. [PMID: 22418734 PMCID: PMC3372681 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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It has been recently reported that a large proportion of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are associated with a hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72. We have assessed 1757 Italian sporadic ALS cases, 133 from Sardinia, 101 from Sicily, and 1523 from mainland Italy. Sixty (3.7%) of 1624 mainland Italians and Sicilians and 9 (6.8%) of the 133 Sardinian sporadic ALS cases carried the pathogenic repeat expansion. None of the 619 regionally matched control samples (1238 chromosomes) carried the expansion. Twenty-five cases (36.2%) had behavioral FTD in addition to ALS. FTD or unspecified dementia was also detected in 19 pedigrees (27.5%) in first-degree relatives of ALS patients. Cases carrying the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion survived 1 year less than cases who did not carry this mutation. In conclusion, we found that C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions represents a sizeable proportion of apparent sporadic ALS in the Italian and Sardinian population, representing by far the most common mutation in Italy and the second most common in Sardinia.
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Chiò A, Restagno G, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Calvo A, Canosa A, Moglia C, Floris G, Tacconi P, Marrosu F, Marrosu MG, Murru MR, Majounie E, Renton AE, Abramzon Y, Pugliatti M, Sotgiu MA, Traynor BJ, Borghero G. ALS/FTD phenotype in two Sardinian families carrying both C9ORF72 and TARDBP mutations. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2012; 83:730-3. [PMID: 22550220 PMCID: PMC4568835 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the isolated population of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island, ∼25% of ALS cases carry either a p.A382T mutation of the TARDBP gene or a GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9ORF72 gene. OBJECTIVE To describe the co-presence of two genetic mutations in two Sardinian ALS patients. METHODS We identified two index ALS cases carrying both the p.A382T missense mutation of TARDBP gene and the hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72 gene. RESULTS The index case of Family A had bulbar ALS and frontemporal dementia (FTD) at 43. His father, who carried the hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72 gene, had spinal ALS and FTD at 64 and his mother, who carried the TARDBP gene p.A382T missense mutation, had spinal ALS and FTD at 69. The index case of Family B developed spinal ALS without FTD at 35 and had a rapid course to respiratory failure. His parents are healthy at 62 and 63. The two patients share the known founder risk haplotypes across both the C9ORF72 9p21 locus and the TARDBP 1p36.22 locus. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that in rare neurodegenerative causing genes can co-exist within the same individuals and are associated with a more severe disease course.
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Abramzon Y, Johnson JO, Scholz SW, Taylor JP, Brunetti M, Calvo A, Mandrioli J, Benatar M, Mora G, Restagno G, Chiò A, Traynor BJ. Valosin-containing protein (VCP) mutations in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Aging 2012; 33:2231.e1-2231.e6. [PMID: 22572540 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Revised: 04/07/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We recently reported that mutations in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene are a cause of 1%-2% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases, but their role in the pathogenesis of sporadic ALS is unclear. We undertook mutational screening of VCP in 701 sporadic ALS cases. Three pathogenic variants (p.Arg159Cys, p.Asn387Thr, and p.R662C) were found in three U.S. cases, each of whom presented with progressive upper and lower motor neuron signs consistent with definite ALS by El Escorial diagnostic criteria. Our data indicate that VCP mutations may underlie apparently sporadic ALS but account for <1% of this form of disease.
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Calvo A, Borghero G, Cannas A, Marrosu M, Murru M, Floris G, Traynor B, Renton A, Moglia C, Canosa A, Ilardi A, Cammarosano S, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Restagno G, Chio A. An ALS-FTD Patient Carrying a Double Pathogenetic Mutation of C9ORF72 and TARDBP: Case Report (IN9-1.006). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.in9-1.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chio A, Borghero G, Sabatelli M, Corbo M, Mora G, Giannini F, Conforti F, Penco S, Calvo A, Pugliatti M, Sotgiu A, Logroscino G, Traynor B, Renton A, Majounie E, Lauria G, Caponnetto C, Mandrioli J, Salvi F, Volanti P, La Bella V, Monsurro M, Zollino M, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Restagno G. C9ORF72 in a Large Series of Italian and Sardinian Familial and Sporadic ALS Patients (IN9-1.003). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.in9-1.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chio A, Restagno G, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Calvo A, Moglia C, Traynor B, Renton A, Majounie E, Corrado L, D'Alfonso S, Mora G, Mazzini L, PARALS Study Group. Genetics of ALS in Italy: A Population-Based Study (IN9-1.007). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.in9-1.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chio A, Borghero G, Sabatelli M, Corbo M, Mora G, Giannini F, Conforti F, Penco S, Calvo A, Pugliatti M, Sotgiu A, Logroscino G, Traynor B, Renton A, Majounie E, Lauria G, Caponnetto C, Mandrioli J, Salvi F, Volanti P, La Bella V, Monsurro M, Zollino M, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Restagno G. C9ORF72 in a Large Series of Italian and Sardinian Familial and Sporadic ALS Patients (P05.161). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chio A, Restagno G, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Calvo A, Moglia C, Traynor B, Renton A, Majounie E, Corrado L, D'Alfonso S, Mora G, Mazzini L, PARALS Study Group. Genetics of ALS in Italy: A Population-Based Study (S05.005). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.s05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Calvo A, Borghero G, Cannas A, Marrosu M, Murru M, Floris G, Traynor B, Renton A, Moglia C, Canosa A, Ilardi A, Cammarosano S, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Restagno G, Chio A. An ALS-FTD Patient Carrying a Double Pathogenetic Mutation of C9ORF72 and TARDBP: Case Report (P01.100). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p01.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Restagno G, Gomez A, Lombardo F, Cocco E, Calvo A, Ghiglione P, Mutani R, Chiò A. The IVS1 +319 t>a of SOD1 gene is not an ALS causing mutation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/14660820410021276a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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