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Mathis S, Beauvais D, Duval F, Solé G, Le Masson G. The various forms of hereditary motor neuron disorders and their historical descriptions. J Neurol 2024; 271:3978-3990. [PMID: 38816479 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-024-12462-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Motor neuron disorders comprise a clinically and pathologically heterogeneous group of neurologic diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons (including both sporadic and hereditary diseases), affecting the upper motor neurons, lower motor neurons, or both. Hereditary motor neuron disorders themselves represent a vast and heterogeneous group, with numerous clinical and genetic overlaps that can be a source of error. This narrative review aims at providing an overview of the main types of inherited motor neuron disorders by recounting the stages in their historical descriptions. For practical purposes, this review of the literature sets out their various clinical characteristics and updates the list of all the genes involved in the various forms of inherited motor neuron disorders, including spinal muscular atrophy, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hereditary spastic paraplegia, distal hereditary motor neuropathies/neuronopathies, Kennedy's disease, riboflavin transporter deficiencies, VCPopathy and the neurogenic scapuloperoneal syndrome.
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- Stéphane Mathis
- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France.
- ALS Reference Center, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France.
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases 'AOC', University Hospitals of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, FILNEMUS, Euro-NMD, Bordeaux, France.
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- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- ALS Reference Center, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases 'AOC', University Hospitals of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, FILNEMUS, Euro-NMD, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases 'AOC', University Hospitals of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, FILNEMUS, Euro-NMD, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases 'AOC', University Hospitals of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, FILNEMUS, Euro-NMD, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Neurology, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- ALS Reference Center, Nerve-Muscle Unit, University Hospital (CHU) of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), Place Amélie Raba Léon, 3300, Bordeaux, France
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases 'AOC', University Hospitals of Bordeaux (Pellegrin Hospital), University of Bordeaux, FILNEMUS, Euro-NMD, Bordeaux, France
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Brkušanin M, Kosać A, Branković-Srećković V, Jovanović K, Perić S, Karanović J, Matijašević Joković S, Garai N, Pešović J, Nikolić D, Stević Z, Brajušković G, Milić-Rašić V, Savić-Pavićević D. Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma as a Nusinersen treatment response marker in childhood-onset SMA individuals from Serbia. Front Neurol 2024; 15:1394001. [PMID: 38756215 PMCID: PMC11097956 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1394001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Introduction Biomarkers capable of reflecting disease onset and short- and long-term therapeutic effects in individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are still an unmet need and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain (pNF-H) holds significant promise. Methods We conducted a longitudinal prospective study to evaluate pNF-H levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of 29 individuals with childhood-onset SMA treated with Nuinersen (SMA type 1: n = 6, 2: n = 17, 3: n = 6). pNF-H levels before and during treatment were compared with the levels of controls (n = 22), patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (n = 17), myotonic dystrophy type 1 (n = 11), untreated SMA individuals with chronic type 3 disease (n = 8), and children with presymptomatic SMA (n = 3). Results SMA type 1 showed the highest mean CSF pNF-H levels before treatment initiation. All Nusinersen-treated individuals (types 1, 2, and 3) showed significantly elevated mean baseline CSF pNF-H compared to controls, which inversely correlated with age at disease onset, age at first dose, disease duration and the initial CHOP INTEND result (SMA type 1 and 2). During 22 months of treatment, CSF pNF-H levels declined during loading doses, stabilizing at reduced levels from the initial maintenance dose in all individuals. Baseline plasma pNF-H levels in type 1 and 2 SMA were significantly increased compared to other cohorts and decreased notably in type 1 after 2 months of treatment and type 2 after 14 months. Conversely, SMA type 3, characterized by lower baseline pNF-H levels, did not show significant fluctuations in plasma pNF-H levels after 14 months of treatment. Conclusion Our findings suggest that CSF pNF-H levels in untreated SMA individuals are significantly higher than in controls and that monitoring of CSF pNF-H levels may serve as an indicator of rapid short-term treatment response in childhood-onset SMA individuals, irrespective of the subtype of the disease, while also suggesting its potential for assessing long-term suppression of neurodegeneration. Plasma pNF-H may serve as an appropriate outcome measure for disease progression and/or response to treatment in types 1 and 2 but not in type 3. Presymptomatic infants with SMA may show elevated pNF-H levels, confirming early neuronal degeneration.
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- Miloš Brkušanin
- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University Children's Hospital Tirsova, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University Children's Hospital Tirsova, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Sharma P, Lohiya S, Vagha K, Vagha JD, Raj H, Prasad R. Spinal Muscular Atrophy With Severe Hyperlordosis: A Case Report. Cureus 2024; 16:e53898. [PMID: 38465139 PMCID: PMC10924650 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) indicates a set of inherited autosomal recessive genetic disorders, where, specifically, the anterior horn cell motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord are affected, leading to a severe form of hypotonia and muscle weakness. The incidence is exceptionally rare, commonly manifesting as slowly progressive muscular weakness and atrophy of lower limbs. As per our existing knowledge, this is the first case of SMA associated with hyperlordosis in a patient. Hyperlordosis is a deformity in spinal curvature characterized by an excessive forward spinal curve in the region of the lower back, forming the characteristic C-shape curvature in the lumbar region, just above the buttocks. Parents brought an 11-year-old male child with complaints of inability to get up from a sitting position along with difficulty in walking for the past six months. Upon physical examination, deep tendon reflexes were absent; there was severe hyperlordosis, proximal limb weakness, and notable hypotonia. In our study, we aim to understand the clinical presentation, impact, and association of hyperlordosis in a child diagnosed with SMA. This case report describes the complaints and successful diagnosis of a patient of survivor motor neuron (SMN) gene-related SMA along with severe hyperlordosis backed by evidences of electrophysiology and neuropathology. However, a complete cure and normal lifestyle are not possible due to the lack of affordable and easily accessible therapies.
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- Prachi Sharma
- Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Pediatrics and Neonatology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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Giorgia Q, Gomez Garcia de la Banda M, Smeriglio P. Role of circulating biomarkers in spinal muscular atrophy: insights from a new treatment era. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1226969. [PMID: 38020652 PMCID: PMC10679720 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1226969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a lower motor neuron disease due to biallelic mutations in the SMN1 gene on chromosome 5. It is characterized by progressive muscle weakness of limbs, bulbar and respiratory muscles. The disease is usually classified in four different phenotypes (1-4) according to age at symptoms onset and maximal motor milestones achieved. Recently, three disease modifying treatments have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), while several other innovative drugs are under study. New therapies have been game changing, improving survival and life quality for SMA patients. However, they have also intensified the need for accurate biomarkers to monitor disease progression and treatment efficacy. While clinical and neurophysiological biomarkers are well established and helpful in describing disease progression, there is a great need to develop more robust and sensitive circulating biomarkers, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and other small molecules. Used alone or in combination with clinical biomarkers, they will play a critical role in enhancing patients' stratification for clinical trials and access to approved treatments, as well as in tracking response to therapy, paving the way to the development of individualized therapeutic approaches. In this comprehensive review, we describe the foremost circulating biomarkers of current significance, analyzing existing literature on non-treated and treated patients with a special focus on neurofilaments and circulating miRNA, aiming to identify and examine their role in the follow-up of patients treated with innovative treatments, including gene therapy.
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- Querin Giorgia
- APHP, Service de Neuromyologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre Référent pour les Maladies Neuromusculaires Nord/Est/Ile de France, Paris, France
- Institut de Myologie, I-Motion Clinical Trials Platform, Paris, France
- European Reference Center Network (Euro-NMD ERN), Paris, France
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- Institut de Myologie, I-Motion Clinical Trials Platform, Paris, France
- APHP, Pediatric Neurology Department, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Centre Référent pour les Maladies Neuromusculaires Nord/Est/Ile de France, Paris, France
- APHP, Pediatric Neurology and ICU Department, Université Paris Saclay, DMU Santé de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
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- Centre of Research in Myology, Institute of Myology, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Paris, France
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Audic F. Gene therapy in spinal muscular atrophy. Arch Pediatr 2023; 30:8S12-8S17. [PMID: 38043977 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(23)00222-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Infantile SMA is a neuromuscular disease caused by the motor neuron degeneration, depending on the age of appearance of clinical signs and the evolution of the disease, three types of decreasing severity have been defined. SMA is caused by mutations or deletions of the SMN1 gene and disease. Various therapies aimed at increasing SMN protein levels have been developed. Gene therapy is part of the therapeutic arsenal now available for the treatment of SMA under certain conditions. It uses the scAAV9 vector carrying a functional copy of SMN1 to restore SMN protein expression at the cellular level. Because the adeno-associated virus genome is maintained as it is an episome, a single intravenous administration is sufficient to producing a long-lasting therapeutic effect. The effectiveness of gene replacement therapy in patients with SMA has been demonstrated in various studies. It is now clear that treatment as early as possible provides better clinical results. However, this treatment must be carried out in a suitable medical environment, with close monitoring initially due to potentially serious side effects. In France, this treatment has been available since 2019. A national committee of experts involved in the treatment of pediatric SMA patients has established that pediatric patients with SMA decide on the indications for disease-modifying therapies (DMT) in children. The French Spinal Muscular Atrophy Registry (SMA France Registry) was established in January 2020. The registry includes all patients with genetically confirmed SMN1-related SMA. All patients treated with GT are systematically included in the registry. As of July 21, 2023: 72 patients with SMA have been treated with GT in France since June 2019. The arrival of new treatments reveals new clinical phenotypes of SMA which constitute a new management challenge. Treatment as early as possible is also a very important factor for a favorable outcome and calls for presymptomatic screening. However, the arrival of these new treatments, extremely expensive raises other socio-economic questions. © 2023 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of French Society of Pediatrics.
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- Frédérique Audic
- Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires de l'enfant PACARARE, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Timone Enfants, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 14 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
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Angilletta I, Ferrante R, Giansante R, Lombardi L, Babore A, Dell’Elice A, Alessandrelli E, Notarangelo S, Ranaudo M, Palmarini C, De Laurenzi V, Stuppia L, Rossi C. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: An Evolving Scenario through New Perspectives in Diagnosis and Advances in Therapies. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14873. [PMID: 37834320 PMCID: PMC10573646 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) linked to 5q is a recessive motor neuron disease characterized by progressive and diffuse weakness and muscular atrophy. SMA is the most common neurodegenerative disease in childhood with an incidence of approximately 1 in 6000-10,000 live births, being long considered a leading cause of hereditary mortality in infancy, worldwide. The classification of SMA is based on the natural history of the disease, with a wide clinical spectrum of onset and severity. We are currently in a new therapeutic era, that, thanks to the widespread use of the newly approved disease-modifying therapies and the possibility of an early administration, should lead to a deep change in the clinical scenario and, thus, in the history of SMA. With the aim to achieve a new view of SMA, in this review we consider different aspects of this neuromuscular disease: the historical perspective, the clinical features, the diagnostic process, the psychological outcome, innovation in treatments and therapies, the possibility of an early identification of affected infants in the pre-symptomatic phase through newborn screening programs.
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- Ilaria Angilletta
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Psychological, Health and Territory Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy;
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
- Department of Psychological, Health and Territory Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy;
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- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy; (I.A.); (R.F.); (R.G.); (L.L.); (A.D.); (E.A.); (S.N.); (M.R.); (C.P.); (V.D.L.); (L.S.)
- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Łusakowska A, Wójcik A, Frączek A, Aragon-Gawińska K, Potulska-Chromik A, Baranowski P, Nowak R, Rosiak G, Milczarek K, Konecki D, Gierlak-Wójcicka Z, Burlewicz M, Kostera-Pruszczyk A. Long-term nusinersen treatment across a wide spectrum of spinal muscular atrophy severity: a real-world experience. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023; 18:230. [PMID: 37542300 PMCID: PMC10401775 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-023-02769-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a biallelic mutation in the SMN1 gene, resulting in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. Nusinersen is the first disease-modifying drug for all SMA types. We report on effectiveness and safety data from 120 adults and older children with SMA types 1c-3 treated with nusinersen. METHODS Patients were evaluated with the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE; n = 73) or the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infant Test of Neuromuscular Disorders (CHOP-INTEND; n = 47). Additionally, the Revised Upper Limb Module (RULM) and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were used in a subset of patients. Patients were followed for up to 30 months of nusinersen treatment (mean, SD; 23, 14 months). Subjective treatment outcomes were evaluated with the Patients Global Impression-Improvement (PGI-I) scale used in all patients or caregivers at each follow-up visit. RESULTS An increase in the mean HFMSE score was noted at month 14 (T14) (3.9 points, p < 0.001) and month 30 (T30) (5.1 points, p < 0.001). The mean RULM score increased by 0.79 points at T14 (p = 0.001) and 1.96 points (p < 0.001) at month 30 (T30). The mean CHOP-INTEND increased by 3.6 points at T14 (p < 0.001) and 5.6 points at month 26 (p < 0.001). The mean 6MWT improved by 16.6 m at T14 and 27 m at T30 vs. baseline. A clinically meaningful improvement in HFMSE (≥ 3 points) was seen in 62% of patients at T14, and in 71% at T30; in CHOP INTEND (≥ 4 points), in 58% of patients at T14 and in 80% at T30; in RULM (≥ 2 points), in 26.6% of patients at T14 and in 43.5% at T30; and in 6MWT (≥ 30-meter increase), in 26% of patients at T14 and in 50% at T30. Improved PGI-I scores were reported for 75% of patients at T14 and 85% at T30; none of the patients reporting worsening at T30. Adverse events were mild and related to lumbar puncture. CONCLUSIONS In our study, nusinersen led to continuous functional improvement over 30-month follow-up and was well tolerated by adults and older children with a wide spectrum of SMA severity.
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- Anna Łusakowska
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital, Osiedle Złotej Jesieni 1, Kraków, 31-826, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Łódź, ul. Rewolucji 1905 37/39, Łódź, 90-214, Poland
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital, Osiedle Złotej Jesieni 1, Kraków, 31-826, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, ERN EURO-NMD, ul. Banacha 1a, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland.
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Fernández-Eulate G, Theuriet J, Record CJ, Querin G, Masingue M, Leonard-Louis S, Behin A, Le Forestier N, Pegat A, Michaud M, Chanson JB, Nadaj-Pakleza A, Tard C, Bedat-Millet AL, Sole G, Spinazzi M, Salort-Campana E, Echaniz-Laguna A, Poinsignon V, Latour P, Reilly MM, Bouhour F, Stojkovic T. Phenotype Presentation and Molecular Diagnostic Yield in Non-5q Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Neurol Genet 2023; 9:e200087. [PMID: 37470033 PMCID: PMC10352921 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Background and Objectives Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is mainly caused by homozygous SMN1 gene deletions on 5q13. Non-5q SMA patients' series are lacking, and the diagnostic yield of next-generation sequencing (NGS) is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and genetic landscape of non-5q SMA and evaluate the performance of neuropathy gene panels in these disorders. Methods Description of patients with non-5q SMA followed in the different neuromuscular reference centers in France as well as in London, United Kingdom. Patients without a genetic diagnosis had undergone at least a neuropathy or large neuromuscular gene panel. Results Seventy-one patients from 65 different families were included, mostly sporadic cases (60.6%). At presentation, 21 patients (29.6%) showed exclusive proximal weakness (P-SMA), 35 (49.3%) showed associated distal weakness (PD-SMA), and 15 (21.1%) a scapuloperoneal phenotype (SP-SMA). Thirty-two patients (45.1%) had a genetic diagnosis: BICD2 (n = 9), DYNC1H1 (n = 7), TRPV4 (n = 4), VCP, HSBP1, AR (n = 2), VRK1, DNAJB2, MORC2, ASAH1, HEXB, and unexpectedly, COL6A3 (n = 1). The genetic diagnostic yield was lowest in P-SMA (6/21, 28.6%) compared with PD-SMA (16/35, 45.7%) and SP-SMA (10/15, 66.7%). An earlier disease onset and a family history of the disease or consanguinity were independent predictors of a positive genetic diagnosis. Neuropathy gene panels were performed in 59 patients with a 32.2% diagnostic yield (19/59). In 13 additional patients, a genetic diagnosis was achieved through individual gene sequencing or an alternative neuromuscular NGS. Discussion Non-5q SMA is genetically heterogeneous, and neuropathy gene panels achieve a molecular diagnosis in one-third of the patients. The diagnostic yield can be increased by sequencing of other neuromuscular and neurometabolic genes. Nevertheless, there is an unmet need to cluster these patients to aid in the identification of new genes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gorka Fernández-Eulate
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Julian Theuriet
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Christopher J Record
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Giorgia Querin
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Marion Masingue
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Sarah Leonard-Louis
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Anthony Behin
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Nadine Le Forestier
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Antoine Pegat
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Maud Michaud
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Jean-Baptiste Chanson
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Aleksandra Nadaj-Pakleza
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Celine Tard
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Anne-Laure Bedat-Millet
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Guilhem Sole
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
| | - Marco Spinazzi
- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (G.F.-E., G.Q., M. Masingue, S.L.-L., A.B., T.S.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Electromyography and Neuromuscular Department (J.T., A.P., F.B.), Hospices Civils de Lyon; Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases (C.J.R., M.M.R.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; Neurology Department (N.L.F.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (M. Michaud), Central Nancy University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (J.-B.C., A.N.-P.), Strasbourg University Hospitals; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (C.T.), U1172, Lille University Hospital; Nord/Est/Ile-de-France Neuromuscular Reference Center (A.-L.B.-M.), Rouen University Hospital; Neuromuscular Reference Center 'AOC' (G.S.), Bordeaux University Hospitals (Pellegrin Hospital); Neuromuscular Reference Center (M.S.), Angers University Hospital; Neuromuscular and ALS Reference Center (E.S.-C.), La Timone University Hospital, Marseille; French National Center for Rare Neuropathies (A.E.-L.), Neurology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University; Molecular Genetics Lab (V.P.), Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre; and Center for Biology - East (P.L.), Neurological Hereditary Disorders Unit, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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Nishio H, Niba ETE, Saito T, Okamoto K, Takeshima Y, Awano H. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Past, Present, and Future of Diagnosis and Treatment. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11939. [PMID: 37569314 PMCID: PMC10418635 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241511939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a lower motor neuron disease with autosomal recessive inheritance. The first cases of SMA were reported by Werdnig in 1891. Although the phenotypic variation of SMA led to controversy regarding the clinical entity of the disease, the genetic homogeneity of SMA was proved in 1990. Five years later, in 1995, the gene responsible for SMA, SMN1, was identified. Genetic testing of SMN1 has enabled precise epidemiological studies, revealing that SMA occurs in 1 of 10,000 to 20,000 live births and that more than 95% of affected patients are homozygous for SMN1 deletion. In 2016, nusinersen was the first drug approved for treatment of SMA in the United States. Two other drugs were subsequently approved: onasemnogene abeparvovec and risdiplam. Clinical trials with these drugs targeting patients with pre-symptomatic SMA (those who were diagnosed by genetic testing but showed no symptoms) revealed that such patients could achieve the milestones of independent sitting and/or walking. Following the great success of these trials, population-based newborn screening programs for SMA (more precisely, SMN1-deleted SMA) have been increasingly implemented worldwide. Early detection by newborn screening and early treatment with new drugs are expected to soon become the standards in the field of SMA.
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- Hisahide Nishio
- Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobe Gakuin University, 518 Arise, Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2180, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Research, Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan;
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- Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, 5-1-1 Toneyama, Toyonaka 560-8552, Japan;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital, 4-5-5 Ishi-cho, Imabari 794-0006, Japan;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan;
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- Organization for Research Initiative and Promotion, Research Initiative Center, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago 683-8503, Japan;
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Austein J, Austein F, Lüders KA, Braunschweig L, Tsaknakis K, Lorenz HM, Hell AK. Influence of Paraspinal Growth-Friendly Spinal Implants in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy on Parasol Deformity, Rib-Vertebral Angles, Thoracic, and Lung Volumes. Pediatr Neurosurg 2023; 58:185-196. [PMID: 37315541 DOI: 10.1159/000531549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and progressive neuromuscular scoliosis often require early growth-friendly spinal implant (GFSI) treatment for deformity correction with implant fixation either through pedicle screws or bilateral to the spine using ribto pelvis fixation. It has been proposed that the latter fixation may change the collapsing parasol deformity via changes in the rib-vertebral angle (RVA) with a positive effect on thoracic and lung volume. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of paraspinal GFSI with bilateral rib-to-pelvis fixation on the parasol deformity, RVA, thoracic, and lung volumes. METHODS SMA children with (n = 19) and without (n = 18) GFSI treatment were included. Last follow-up was before definite spinal fusion at puberty. Scoliosis and kyphosis angles, parasol deformity, and index, as well as convex and concave RVA, were measured on radiographs, whereas computed tomography images were used to reconstruct thoracic and lung volumes. RESULTS In all SMA children (n = 37; with or without GFSI), convex RVA was smaller than concave values at all times. GFSI did not crucially influence the RVA over the 4.6-year follow-up period. Comparing age- and disease-matched adolescents with and without prior GFSI, no effect of GFSI treatment could be detected on either RVA, thoracic, or lung volumes. Parasol deformity progressed over time despite GFSI. CONCLUSION Despite different expectations, implantation of GFSI with bilateral rib-to-pelvis fixation did not positively influence parasol deformity, RVA and/or thoracic, and lung volumes in SMA children with spinal deformity directly and over time.
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- Julia Austein
- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany,
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- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopaedics; Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Soini V, Hell AK, Metzger L, Jäckle K, Braunschweig L, Lüders KA, Lorenz HM, Tsaknakis K. Scoliosis Treatment With Growth-Friendly Spinal Implants (GFSI) Relates to Low Bone Mineral Mass in Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy. J Pediatr Orthop 2023:01241398-990000000-00271. [PMID: 37104756 DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000002422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) frequently develop neuromuscular scoliosis at an early age, requiring surgical treatment with growth-friendly spinal implants (GFSI), such as magnetically controlled growing rods. This study investigated the effect of GFSI on the volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) of the spine in SMA children. METHODS Seventeen children (age 13.2±1.2 y) with SMA and GFSI-treated spinal deformity were compared with 25 scoliotic SMA children (age 12.9±1.7 y) without prior surgical treatment as well as age-matched healthy controls (n=29; age 13.3±2.0). Clinical, radiologic, and demographic data were analyzed. For the calculation of the vBMD Z-scores of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, phantom precalibrated spinal computed tomography scans were analyzed using quantitative computed tomography (QCT). RESULTS Average vBMD was lower in SMA patients with GFSI (82.1±8.4 mg/cm3) compared with those without prior treatment (108.0±6.8 mg/cm3). The difference was more prominent in and around the thoracolumbar region. The vBMD of all SMA patients was significantly lower in comparison with healthy controls, especially in SMA patients with previous fragility fractures. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study support the hypothesis of reduced vertebral bone mineral mass in SMA children with scoliosis at the end of GFSI treatment in comparison with SMA patients undergoing primary spinal fusion. Improving vBMD through pharmaceutical therapy in SMA patients could have a beneficial effect on the surgical outcome of scoliosis correction while reducing complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic Level III.
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- Venla Soini
- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Göttingen; Göttingen, Germany
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Nusinersen for adults with spinal muscular atrophy. Neurol Sci 2023:10.1007/s10072-023-06698-9. [PMID: 36854931 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-06698-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Nusinersen was effective in improving motor function and survival in infantile and childhood-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and the value of real-world experiences in adult SMA patients increase gradually. Here, we present our clinical experience in adult SMA patients treated with nusinersen according to CHERISH study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-two SMA patients treated with nusinersen were included in the study. RESULTS Median age at nusinersen initiation was 33.5 (20.0-60.0) years and 23 of SMA patients were male. Six (18.8%) patients had SMA type 2, and 26 (81.2%) had SMA type 3. Median follow-up period of patients under nusinersen treatment was 17 months (9-21). Twenty-three patients improved by at least 3 Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE) points after loading doses. There was significant HFMSE score increase in type 3 patients at each time point, whereas type 2 patients seem to benefit from nusinersen loading doses, subsequently stayed stable. Motor improvement was positively correlated with baseline HFMSE scores in patients whose baseline HFMSE scores were ≤47. There was a correlation between the changes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale Revised (ALSFRS-R) score and HFMSE scores. Ambulatory patients who could not show clinically meaningful increase in HFMSE scores improved at least 30 m by 6-min walk test (6MWT). CONCLUSION Overall, 78% of patients have responded to treatment according to HFMSE or 6MWT. ALSFRS-R and 6MWT may be alternative tools to monitor nusinersen effect.
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Clarke LA, Amaral MD. What Can RNA-Based Therapy Do for Monogenic Diseases? Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15010260. [PMID: 36678889 PMCID: PMC9863139 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The use of RNA-based approaches to treat monogenic diseases (i.e., hereditary disorders caused by mutations in single genes) has been developed on different fronts. One approach uses small antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to modulate RNA processing at various stages; namely, to enhance correct splicing, to stimulate exon skipping (to exclude premature termination codon variants), to avoid undesired messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript degradation via the nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) pathway, or to induce mRNA degradation where they encode toxic proteins (e.g., in dominant diseases). Another approach consists in administering mRNA, which, like gene therapy, is a mutation-agnostic approach with potential application to any recessive monogenic disease. This is simpler than gene therapy because instead of requiring targeting of the nucleus, the mRNA only needs to be delivered to the cytoplasm. Although very promising (as demonstrated by COVID-19 vaccines), these approaches still have potential for optimisation, namely regarding delivery efficiency, adverse drug reactions and toxicity.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The development of new therapies has brought spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) into the spotlight. However, this was preceded by a long journey - from the first clinical description to the discovery of the genetic cause to molecular mechanisms of RNA and DNA technology. RECENT FINDINGS Since 2016, the antisense oligonucleotide nusinersen has been (FDA) approved for the treatment of SMA, followed by the gene replacement therapy onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi in 2019 and the small-molecule risdiplam in 2020. These drugs, all targeting upregulation of the SMN protein not only showed remarkable effects in clinical trials but also in real-world settings. SMA has been implemented in newborn screening in many countries around the world. SMN-independent strategies targeting skeletal muscle, for example, may play another therapeutic approach in the future. SUMMARY This review aims to summarize the major clinical and basic science achievements in the field of SMA.
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- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Hell AK, Grages A, Braunschweig L, Lueders KA, Austein F, Lorenz HM, Lippross S, Tsaknakis K. Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Have Reduced Vertebral Body Height and Depth and Pedicle Size in Comparison to Age-Matched Healthy Controls. World Neurosurg 2022; 165:e352-e356. [PMID: 35717014 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) develop spinal deformity, which may require surgical intervention. In addition to poor bone stock, vertebral body shape may hinder the placement of spinal implants resulting in complications and poor outcome. The aim of this study was to analyze whether vertebral body morphology of children and adolescents with SMA is altered in comparison to healthy age-matched controls. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, 17 children with SMA (mean age 8.7 ±1.0 years) and 13 adolescents with SMA (mean age 13.6 ±1.4 years), all with some degree of neuromuscular scoliosis, were analyzed by standardized radiographic measurements to evaluate vertebral body height and depth. Results were compared with age-matched healthy controls (n = 10 children; mean age 9.1 ± 1.6 years; n = 20 adolescents, mean age 13.1 ± 0.5 years). Computed tomography scans of 27 adolescents with SMA (13.5 ±1.2 years) and 25 healthy age-matched controls (13.8 ±2.0 years) were analyzed to define pedicle diameters. RESULTS All children and adolescents with SMA had decreased vertebral height and depth in comparison to age-matched healthy controls. In adolescents, reduced depth was more pronounced than height in the thoracic spine. Pedicle size was significantly reduced in the lower thoracic and lumbar area. CONCLUSIONS Reduced vertebral body height and depth and pedicle size in children and adolescents with SMA may influence surgical treatment of spinal deformity. Surgeons should be aware of anatomical differences and choose implant devices accordingly.
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- Anna K Hell
- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Rad N, Cai H, Weiss MD. Management of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the Adult Population. Muscle Nerve 2022; 65:498-507. [PMID: 35218574 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders resulting from the loss of spinal motor neurons. 95% of patients share a pathogenic mechanism of loss of survival motor neuron (SMN) 1 protein expression due to homozygous deletions or other mutations of the SMN1 gene, with the different phenotypes influenced by variable copy numbers of the SMN2 gene. Advances in supportive care, disease modifying treatment and novel gene therapies have led to an increase in the prevalence of SMA, with a third of SMA patients now represented by adults. Despite the growing number of adult patients, consensus on the management of SMA has focused primarily on the pediatric population. As the disease burden is vastly different in adult SMA, an approach to treatment must be tailored to their unique needs. This review will focus on the management of the adult SMA patient as they age and will discuss proper transition of care from a pediatric to adult center, including the need for continued monitoring for osteoporosis, scoliosis, malnutrition, and declining mobility and functioning. As in the pediatric population, multidisciplinary care remains the best approach to the management of adult SMA. Novel and emerging therapies such as nusinersen and risdiplam provide hope for these patients, though these medications are of uncertain efficacy in this population and require additional study.
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- Nassim Rad
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Perez-Siles G, Ellis M, Ashe A, Grosz B, Vucic S, Kiernan MC, Morris KA, Reddel SW, Kennerson ML. A Compound Heterozygous Mutation in Calpain 1 Identifies a New Genetic Cause for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 4 (SMA4). Front Genet 2022; 12:801253. [PMID: 35126465 PMCID: PMC8807693 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.801253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular diseases characterized by degeneration of anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, leading to muscular atrophy and weakness. Although the major cause of SMA is autosomal recessive exon deletions or loss-of-function mutations of survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, next generation sequencing technologies are increasing the genetic heterogeneity of SMA. SMA type 4 (SMA4) is an adult onset, less severe form of SMA for which genetic and pathogenic causes remain elusive.Whole exome sequencing in a 30-year-old brother and sister with SMA4 identified a compound heterozygous mutation (p. G492R/p. F610C) in calpain-1 (CAPN1). Mutations in CAPN1 have been previously associated with cerebellar ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia. Using skin fibroblasts from a patient bearing the p. G492R/p. F610C mutation, we demonstrate reduced levels of CAPN1 protein and protease activity. Functional characterization of the SMA4 fibroblasts revealed no changes in SMN protein levels and subcellular distribution. Additional cellular pathways associated with SMA remain unaffected in the patient fibroblasts, highlighting the tissue specificity of CAPN1 dysfunction in SMA4 pathophysiology. This study provides genetic and functional evidence of CAPN1 as a novel gene for the SMA4 phenotype and expands the phenotype of CAPN1 mutation disorders.
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- G. Perez-Siles
- Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- *Correspondence: G. Perez-Siles , ; M. L. Kennerson,
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- Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Nerve Research Center, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- *Correspondence: G. Perez-Siles , ; M. L. Kennerson,
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Ballreich J, Ezebilo I, Khalifa BA, Choe J, Anderson G. Coverage of genetic therapies for spinal muscular atrophy across fee-for-service Medicaid programs. J Manag Care Spec Pharm 2021; 28:39-47. [PMID: 34949120 PMCID: PMC10372955 DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2022.28.1.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Genetic therapies are a promising treatment for children born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); however, their high price tags can evoke coverage restrictions. OBJECTIVE: To assess variation in coverage guidelines across fee-for-service state Medicaid programs for 2 novel genetic therapies, nusinersen and onasemnogene abeparvovec, that treat SMA. We also assessed the association of these coverage guidelines with use of the 2 genetic therapies. METHODS: We evaluated fee-for-service Medicaid coverage policies for nusinersen and onasemnogene abeparvovec from publicly available websites for the period February 2020-March 2020. We then documented areas of agreement and disagreement across 4 key coverage domains. We used 2018 and 2019 state Medicaid drug utilization data to calculate the use of nusinersen across Medicaid programs and assessed that use against the restrictiveness of the coverage guidelines. RESULTS: We identified 19 state Medicaid coverage guidelines for nusinersen. Most states agreed on diagnostics requirements; however, there were disagreements based on ventilator status. We identified 17 state Medicaid coverage guidelines for onasemnogene abeparvovec. There was more discordance in these coverage guidelines compared with nusinersen, notably in domains of SMN2 gene count and ventilator status. When comparing utilization of nusinersen with coverage restrictions, we found that the more restrictive states had considerably lower utilization of nusinersen. CONCLUSIONS: There was significant variation across fee-for-service Medicaid coverage policies for nusinersen and onasemnogene abeparvovec. Although states can impose individual coverage guidelines for each drug, we presented policy options that could reduce variation and potentially decrease the cost burden of these drugs. DISCLOSURES: This study was funded by Arnold Ventures. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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- Jeromie Ballreich
- Department of Health Policy & Management and Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Health Policy & Management and Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Health Policy & Management and Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Health Policy & Management and Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Health Policy & Management and Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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Genetic architecture of motor neuron diseases. J Neurol Sci 2021; 434:120099. [PMID: 34965490 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.120099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are rare and frequently fatal neurological disorders in which motor neurons within the brainstem and spinal cord regions slowly die. MNDs are primarily caused by genetic mutations, and > 100 different mutant genes in humans have been discovered thus far. Given the fact that many more MND-related genes have yet to be discovered, the growing body of genetic evidence has offered new insights into the diverse cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the aetiology and pathogenesis of MNDs. This search may aid in the selection of potential candidate genes for future investigation and, eventually, may open the door to novel interventions to slow down disease progression. In this review paper, we have summarized detailed existing research findings of different MNDs, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), spinal bulbar muscle atrophy (SBMA) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) in relation to their complex genetic architecture.
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RNA-binding protein dysfunction in neurodegeneration. Essays Biochem 2021; 65:975-986. [PMID: 34927200 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is a prerequisite for cellular viability and plasticity. In particular, post-mitotic cells such as neurons rely on a tightly regulated safeguard system that allows for regulated protein expression. Previous investigations have identified RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) as crucial regulators of protein expression in nerve cells. However, during neurodegeneration, their ability to control the proteome is progressively disrupted. In this review, we examine the malfunction of key RBPs such as TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), Fused in Sarcoma (FUS), Staufen, Pumilio and fragile-X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Therefore, we focus on two key aspects of RBP dysfunctions in neurodegeneration: protein aggregation and dysregulation of their target RNAs. Moreover, we discuss how the chaperone system responds to changes in the RBP-controlled transcriptome. Based on recent findings, we propose a two-hit model in which both, harmful RBP deposits and target mRNA mistranslation contribute to neurodegeneration observed in RBPathologies.
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Mercuri E. Spinal muscular atrophy: from rags to riches. Neuromuscul Disord 2021; 31:998-1003. [PMID: 34736637 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of this paper is to provide a short history of spinal muscular atrophy, from the first descriptions of the disease to the impact of the most recent therapeutical advances on the disease course. The paper provides an overview of how the field has progressed over the years after the availability of care recommendations and, more recently of the new therapies. The paper also highlights the new challenges related to the interpretation of the efficacy of the new therapies and how these are likely to affect several aspects such as the classification of spinal muscular atrophy. We will also discuss the need for further work to better define possible new phenotypes and new methods of assessments and how these should be reflected in the care recommendations. The results in presymptomatic patients will finally highlight the need for neonatal screening.
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- Eugenio Mercuri
- Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy; Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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Navarrete-Opazo A, Garrison S, Waite M. Molecular Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Systematic Review. Neurol Clin Pract 2021; 11:e524-e536. [PMID: 34484951 DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background There is an unmet need for reliable biomarkers to predict disease severity, prognosis, and treatment effect in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The purpose of this review is to evaluate the clinical utility of blood-based biomarkers in patients with SMA. Methods A systematic review of MEDLINE, DARE, PEDro, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database, LILACS, OTSeeker, SpeechBITE, CINAHL, Scopus, Science Direct, clinicaltrial.gov, OpenGrey, and Google Scholar was performed with the last search data of June 30, 2019. Results Survival motor neuron (SMN)-related biomarkers showed an important interpatient and cell variability with a wide overlap between SMA phenotypes and healthy controls. Several plasma protein analytes correlated with motor scores; however, validation studies are needed to rule out false positives. DNA methylation analysis distinguished between patients with mild/moderate SMA and healthy controls. Plasma phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain (pNF-H) levels increased with disease severity and declined considerably after nusinersen treatment. Conclusion There is no sufficient evidence to support the clinical utility of SMN-related biomarkers to predict disease severity in SMA. pNF-H appears to be a promising biomarker of disease activity and treatment effect in SMA. Further studies should include longitudinal assessments of patients with SMA across functional groups and comparisons with age-matched healthy controls to evaluate the stability of putative biomarkers over time and in response to SMA therapeutics. PROSPERO registration: CRD42019139050.
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- Aurora Research Institute, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI
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- Aurora Research Institute, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI
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Hensel N, Brickwedde H, Tsaknakis K, Grages A, Braunschweig L, Lüders KA, Lorenz HM, Lippross S, Walter LM, Tavassol F, Lienenklaus S, Neunaber C, Claus P, Hell AK. Altered bone development with impaired cartilage formation precedes neuromuscular symptoms in spinal muscular atrophy. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 29:2662-2673. [PMID: 32644125 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease of newborns and children caused by mutations or deletions of the survival of motoneuron gene 1 resulting in low levels of the SMN protein. While neuromuscular degeneration is the cardinal symptom of the disease, the reduction of the ubiquitously expressed SMN additionally elicits non-motoneuron symptoms. Impaired bone development is a key feature of SMA, but it is yet unknown whether this is an indirect functional consequence of muscle weakness or caused by bone-intrinsic mechanisms. Therefore, we radiologically examined SMA patients in a prospective, non-randomized cohort study characterizing bone size and bone mineral density (BMD) and performed equivalent measurements in pre-symptomatic SMA mice. BMD as well as lumbar vertebral body size were significantly reduced in SMA patients. This growth defect but not BMD reduction was confirmed in SMA mice by μCT before the onset of neuromuscular symptoms indicating that it is at least partially independent of neuromuscular degeneration. Interestingly, the number of chondroblasts in the hypertrophic zone of the growth plate was significantly reduced. This was underlined by RNAseq and expression data from developing SMA mice vertebral bodies, which revealed molecular changes related to cell division and cartilage remodeling. Together, these findings suggest a bone intrinsic defect in SMA. This phenotype may not be rescued by novel drugs that enhance SMN levels in the central nervous system only.
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- Niko Hensel
- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neurosciences (ZSN), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neurosciences (ZSN), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neurosciences (ZSN), Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Trauma, Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Yu AM, Tu MJ. Deliver the promise: RNAs as a new class of molecular entities for therapy and vaccination. Pharmacol Ther 2021; 230:107967. [PMID: 34403681 PMCID: PMC9477512 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2021.107967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The concepts of developing RNAs as new molecular entities for therapies have arisen again and again since the discoveries of antisense RNAs, direct RNA-protein interactions, functional noncoding RNAs, and RNA-directed gene editing. The feasibility was demonstrated with the development and utilization of synthetic RNA agents to selectively control target gene expression, modulate protein functions or alter the genome to manage diseases. Rather, RNAs are labile to degradation and cannot cross cell membrane barriers, making it hard to develop RNA medications. With the development of viable RNA technologies, such as chemistry and pharmaceutics, eight antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) (fomivirsen, mipomersen, eteplirsen, nusinersen, inotersen, golodirsen, viltolarsen and casimersen), one aptamer (pegaptanib), and three small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) (patisiran, givosiran and lumasiran) have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for therapies, and two mRNA vaccines (BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273) under Emergency Use Authorization for the prevention of COVID-19. Therefore, RNAs have become a great addition to small molecules, proteins/antibodies, and cell-based modalities to improve the public health. In this article, we first summarize the general characteristics of therapeutic RNA agents, including chemistry, common delivery strategies, mechanisms of actions, and safety. By overviewing individual RNA medications and vaccines approved by the FDA and some agents under development, we illustrate the unique compositions and pharmacological actions of RNA products. A new era of RNA research and development will likely lead to commercialization of more RNA agents for medical use, expanding the range of therapeutic targets and increasing the diversity of molecular modalities.
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- Ai-Ming Yu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Blatnik AJ, McGovern VL, Burghes AHM. What Genetics Has Told Us and How It Can Inform Future Experiments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a Perspective. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8494. [PMID: 34445199 PMCID: PMC8395208 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor neuron loss and subsequent atrophy of skeletal muscle. SMA is caused by deficiency of the essential survival motor neuron (SMN) protein, canonically responsible for the assembly of the spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Therapeutics aimed at increasing SMN protein levels are efficacious in treating SMA. However, it remains unknown how deficiency of SMN results in motor neuron loss, resulting in many reported cellular functions of SMN and pathways affected in SMA. Herein is a perspective detailing what genetics and biochemistry have told us about SMA and SMN, from identifying the SMA determinant region of the genome, to the development of therapeutics. Furthermore, we will discuss how genetics and biochemistry have been used to understand SMN function and how we can determine which of these are critical to SMA moving forward.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Rightmire Hall, Room 168, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (A.J.B.III); (V.L.M.)
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Mobility and quality of life among adults with 5q-spinal muscular atrophy: the influence of individual history. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2021; 65:101552. [PMID: 34273571 DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vu-Han TL, Reisener MJ, Putzier M, Pumberger M. [Scoliosis in spinal muscular atrophy]. DER ORTHOPADE 2021; 50:657-663. [PMID: 34232342 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-021-04131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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5q-spinal muscular atrophy (5q-SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by a biallelic mutation of the survival of motor neuron 1 SMN1 gene. The resulting lack of SMN protein causes a progressive degeneration of anterior motor neurons and muscular atrophy, which leads to a progressive scoliosis in two-thirds of affected cases. Depending on the disease subtype and severity, affected patients can subsequently develop respiratory insufficiency, leading to a fatal outcome. Ground-breaking research on this devastating disorder has led to the approval of novel therapies that may alter the clinical course of this disease in the future. Here we present a summary of these new therapies, current operative strategies for 5q-SMA associated scoliosis and provide an outlook for possible implications for the future.
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- T-L Vu-Han
- Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland.
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- Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland
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Advances of Antisense Oligonucleotide Technology in the Treatment of Hereditary Neurodegenerative Diseases. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2021; 2021:6678422. [PMID: 34211575 PMCID: PMC8211492 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6678422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Antisense nucleic acids are single-stranded oligonucleotides that have been specially chemically modified, which can bind to RNA expressed by target genes through base complementary pairing and affect protein synthesis at the level of posttranscriptional processing or protein translation. In recent years, the application of antisense nucleic acid technology in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases has made remarkable progress. In 2016, the US FDA approved two antisense nucleic acid drugs for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and the development to treat other neurodegenerative diseases has also entered the clinical stage. Therefore, ASO represents a treatment with great potential. The article will summarize ASO therapies in terms of mechanism of action, chemical modification, and administration methods and analyze their role in several common neurodegenerative diseases, such as SMA, DMD, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This article systematically summarizes the great potential of antisense nucleic acid technology in the treatment of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases.
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Gadgil A, Raczyńska KD. U7 snRNA: A tool for gene therapy. J Gene Med 2021; 23:e3321. [PMID: 33590603 PMCID: PMC8243935 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Most U-rich small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) are complexes that mediate the splicing of pre-mRNAs. U7 snRNP is an exception in that it is not involved in splicing but is a key factor in the unique 3' end processing of replication-dependent histone mRNAs. However, by introducing controlled changes in the U7 snRNA histone binding sequence and in the Sm motif, it can be used as an effective tool for gene therapy. The modified U7 snRNP (U7 Sm OPT) is thus not involved in the processing of replication-dependent histone pre-mRNA but targets splicing by inducing efficient skipping or inclusion of selected exons. U7 Sm OPT is of therapeutic importance in diseases that are an outcome of splicing defects, such as myotonic dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, β-thalassemia, HIV-1 infection and spinal muscular atrophy. The benefits of using U7 Sm OPT for gene therapy are its compact size, ability to accumulate in the nucleus without causing any toxic effects in the cells, and no immunoreactivity. The risk of transgene misregulation by using U7 Sm OPT is also low because it is involved in correcting the expression of an endogenous gene controlled by its own regulatory elements. Altogether, using U7 Sm OPT as a tool in gene therapy can ensure lifelong treatment, whereas an oligonucleotide or other drug/compound would require repeated administration. It would thus be strategic to harness these unique properties of U7 snRNP and deploy it as a tool in gene therapy.
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- Ankur Gadgil
- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of BiologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznanPoland
- Center for Advanced TechnologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznanPoland
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- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of BiologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznanPoland
- Center for Advanced TechnologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznanPoland
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Baranello G, Gorni K, Daigl M, Kotzeva A, Evans R, Hawkins N, Scott DA, Mahajan A, Muntoni F, Servais L. Prognostic Factors and Treatment-Effect Modifiers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 110:1435-1454. [PMID: 33792051 PMCID: PMC9292571 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare, progressive neuromuscular disease characterized by loss of motor neurons and muscle atrophy. Untreated infants with type 1 SMA do not achieve major motor milestones, and death from respiratory failure typically occurs before 2 years of age. Individuals with types 2 and 3 SMA exhibit milder phenotypes and have better functional and survival outcomes. Herein, a systematic literature review was conducted to identify factors that influence the prognosis of types 1, 2, and 3 SMA. In untreated infants with type 1 SMA, absence of symptoms at birth, a later symptom onset, and a higher survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2) copy number are all associated with increased survival. Disease duration, age at treatment initiation, and, to a lesser extent, baseline function were identified as potential treatment‐modifying factors for survival, emphasizing that early treatment with disease‐modifying therapies (DMT) is essential in type 1 SMA. In patients with types 2 and 3 SMA, factors considered prognostic of changes in motor function were SMN2 copy number, age, and ambulatory status. Individuals aged 6–15 years were particularly vulnerable to developing complications (scoliosis and progressive joint contractures) which negatively influence functional outcomes and may also affect the therapeutic response in patients. Age at the time of treatment initiation emerged as a treatment‐effect modifier on the outcome of DMTs. Factors identified in this review should be considered prior to designing or analyzing studies in an SMA population, conducting population matching, or summarizing results from different studies on the treatments for SMA.
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- Giovanni Baranello
- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.,Developmental Neurology Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University College of London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital National Health Service Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Child Neurology Reference Center for Neuromuscular Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Références des Maladies Neuromusculaires, University Hospital Liège & University of La Citadelle, Liège, Belgium.,Department of Paediatrics, Muscular Dystrophy UK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Volpe JJ. Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - the potential for cure of a fatal disease. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2021; 14:153-157. [PMID: 33459670 PMCID: PMC8075397 DOI: 10.3233/npm-200680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- J J Volpe
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Pierzchlewicz K, Kępa I, Podogrodzki J, Kotulska K. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Use of Functional Motor Scales in the Era of Disease-Modifying Treatment. Child Neurol Open 2021; 8:2329048X211008725. [PMID: 33997096 PMCID: PMC8107939 DOI: 10.1177/2329048x211008725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic condition characterized by progressive motoneuron loss. Infants affected by SMA type 1 do not gain developmental milestones and acutely decline, requiring ventilatory support. Several scales are used to assess motor disability and its progression in SMA. Recently, 3 disease-modifying therapies have been approved for SMA patients: nusinersen, an intrathecal antisense oligonucleotide enhancing SMN protein production by the SMN2 gene, risdiplam, also influencing the SMN2 gene to stimulate SMN production but administered orally, and onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi, an SMN1 gene replacement therapy. Thus, the functional scales should now be applicable for patients improving their motor function over time to assess treatment efficacy. In this paper, we compare different functional scales used in SMA patients. Their usefulness in different SMA types, age groups, and feasibility in daily clinical practice is described below. Some changes in motor function assessments in SMA are also suggested.
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- Katarzyna Pierzchlewicz
- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Children’s Memorial Health
Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Children’s Memorial Health
Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Children’s Memorial Health
Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Children’s Memorial Health
Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Continuous lengthening potential after four years of magnetically controlled spinal deformity correction in children with spinal muscular atrophy. Sci Rep 2020; 10:22420. [PMID: 33380733 PMCID: PMC7773735 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79821-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) are commonly implanted for the treatment of early-onset scoliosis. While most authors report favorable short-term results, little is known about long-term deformity correction. This prospective cohort study assesses spinal deformity control in a homogeneous spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patient group treated with MCGR implants, a standardized lengthening protocol and a minimum follow-up of four years. 17 SMA patients with progressive scoliosis were treated with MCGR implanted parallel to the spine with rib-to-pelvis fixation. Radiologic measurements were performed before and after MCGR implantation and during external lengthening procedures. These included measurements of the scoliotic curve, kyphosis, lordosis, pelvic obliquity and the spinal length. Additional clinical data of the complications were also analyzed. 17 children (mean age 7.4 years) were surgically treated and underwent a total of 376 lengthenings. Complication rates were 3.5% in respect to all interventions or 41% of the patients had complications during 3.5% of the lengthening sessions. The initial implantation significantly reduced the main scoliotic curve by 59%, with the correction remaining constant throughout the follow-up. Pelvic obliquity was also significantly and permanently corrected by 72%, whereas kyphosis and lordosis were not influenced. The spinal length could be significantly increased mostly during the first year of treatment. Bilateral implantation of MCGRs for correction of spinal deformity in children with SMA showed no decrease of the lengthening potential during a four-year follow-up. Therefore, the previously described ‘law of diminishing returns’ could not be applied to this patient population. Level of Evidence/Clinical relevance: Therapeutic Level IV.
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Vu-Han TL, Weiß C, Pumberger M. Novel therapies for spinal muscular atrophy are likely changing the patient phenotype. Spine J 2020; 20:1893-1898. [PMID: 32858169 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Tu-Lan Vu-Han
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery Berlin Mitte; Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin 10117, Germany.
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- Center for chronically sick children, Department of Neuropediatrics; Charité University, Medicine Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery Berlin Mitte; Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin 10117, Germany
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Auslander N, Ramos DM, Zelaya I, Karathia H, Crawford TO, Schäffer AA, Sumner CJ, Ruppin E. The GENDULF algorithm: mining transcriptomics to uncover modifier genes for monogenic diseases. Mol Syst Biol 2020; 16:e9701. [PMID: 33438800 PMCID: PMC7754056 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20209701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Modifier genes are believed to account for the clinical variability observed in many Mendelian disorders, but their identification remains challenging due to the limited availability of genomics data from large patient cohorts. Here, we present GENDULF (GENetic moDULators identiFication), one of the first methods to facilitate prediction of disease modifiers using healthy and diseased tissue gene expression data. GENDULF is designed for monogenic diseases in which the mechanism is loss of function leading to reduced expression of the mutated gene. When applied to cystic fibrosis, GENDULF successfully identifies multiple, previously established disease modifiers, including EHF, SLC6A14, and CLCA1. It is then utilized in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and predicts U2AF1 as a modifier whose low expression correlates with higher SMN2 pre-mRNA exon 7 retention. Indeed, knockdown of U2AF1 in SMA patient-derived cells leads to increased full-length SMN2 transcript and SMN protein expression. Taking advantage of the increasing availability of transcriptomic data, GENDULF is a novel addition to existing strategies for prediction of genetic disease modifiers, providing insights into disease pathogenesis and uncovering novel therapeutic targets.
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- Noam Auslander
- Cancer Data Science Laboratory (CDSL)National Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMDUSA
- National Center for Biotechnology InformationNational Library of MedicineNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMDUSA
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- Department of NeuroscienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Interdepartmental Program in BioinformaticsUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene ExpressionNational Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthMDUSA
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- Department of PediatricsJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Cancer Data Science Laboratory (CDSL)National Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMDUSA
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- Department of NeuroscienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Cancer Data Science Laboratory (CDSL)National Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMDUSA
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Schieweck R, Ninkovic J, Kiebler MA. RNA-binding proteins balance brain function in health and disease. Physiol Rev 2020; 101:1309-1370. [PMID: 33000986 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Posttranscriptional gene expression including splicing, RNA transport, translation, and RNA decay provides an important regulatory layer in many if not all molecular pathways. Research in the last decades has positioned RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) right in the center of posttranscriptional gene regulation. Here, we propose interdependent networks of RBPs to regulate complex pathways within the central nervous system (CNS). These are involved in multiple aspects of neuronal development and functioning, including higher cognition. Therefore, it is not sufficient to unravel the individual contribution of a single RBP and its consequences but rather to study and understand the tight interplay between different RBPs. In this review, we summarize recent findings in the field of RBP biology and discuss the complex interplay between different RBPs. Second, we emphasize the underlying dynamics within an RBP network and how this might regulate key processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity. Importantly, we envision that dysfunction of specific RBPs could lead to perturbation within the RBP network. This would have direct and indirect (compensatory) effects in mRNA binding and translational control leading to global changes in cellular expression programs in general and in synaptic plasticity in particular. Therefore, we focus on RBP dysfunction and how this might cause neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Based on recent findings, we propose that alterations in the entire regulatory RBP network might account for phenotypic dysfunctions observed in complex diseases including neurodegeneration, epilepsy, and autism spectrum disorders.
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- Rico Schieweck
- Biomedical Center (BMC), Department for Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Biomedical Center (BMC), Department for Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Biomedical Center (BMC), Department for Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Yu AM, Choi YH, Tu MJ. RNA Drugs and RNA Targets for Small Molecules: Principles, Progress, and Challenges. Pharmacol Rev 2020; 72:862-898. [PMID: 32929000 PMCID: PMC7495341 DOI: 10.1124/pr.120.019554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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RNA-based therapies, including RNA molecules as drugs and RNA-targeted small molecules, offer unique opportunities to expand the range of therapeutic targets. Various forms of RNAs may be used to selectively act on proteins, transcripts, and genes that cannot be targeted by conventional small molecules or proteins. Although development of RNA drugs faces unparalleled challenges, many strategies have been developed to improve RNA metabolic stability and intracellular delivery. A number of RNA drugs have been approved for medical use, including aptamers (e.g., pegaptanib) that mechanistically act on protein target and small interfering RNAs (e.g., patisiran and givosiran) and antisense oligonucleotides (e.g., inotersen and golodirsen) that directly interfere with RNA targets. Furthermore, guide RNAs are essential components of novel gene editing modalities, and mRNA therapeutics are under development for protein replacement therapy or vaccination, including those against unprecedented severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pandemic. Moreover, functional RNAs or RNA motifs are highly structured to form binding pockets or clefts that are accessible by small molecules. Many natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic antibiotics (e.g., aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides, oxazolidinones, and phenicols) can directly bind to ribosomal RNAs to achieve the inhibition of bacterial infections. Therefore, there is growing interest in developing RNA-targeted small-molecule drugs amenable to oral administration, and some (e.g., risdiplam and branaplam) have entered clinical trials. Here, we review the pharmacology of novel RNA drugs and RNA-targeted small-molecule medications, with a focus on recent progresses and strategies. Challenges in the development of novel druggable RNA entities and identification of viable RNA targets and selective small-molecule binders are discussed. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: With the understanding of RNA functions and critical roles in diseases, as well as the development of RNA-related technologies, there is growing interest in developing novel RNA-based therapeutics. This comprehensive review presents pharmacology of both RNA drugs and RNA-targeted small-molecule medications, focusing on novel mechanisms of action, the most recent progress, and existing challenges.
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MESH Headings
- Aptamers, Nucleotide/pharmacology
- Aptamers, Nucleotide/therapeutic use
- Betacoronavirus
- COVID-19
- Chemistry Techniques, Analytical/methods
- Chemistry Techniques, Analytical/standards
- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
- Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy
- Drug Delivery Systems/methods
- Drug Development/organization & administration
- Drug Discovery
- Humans
- MicroRNAs/pharmacology
- MicroRNAs/therapeutic use
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/therapeutic use
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy
- RNA/adverse effects
- RNA/drug effects
- RNA/pharmacology
- RNA, Antisense/pharmacology
- RNA, Antisense/therapeutic use
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/pharmacology
- RNA, Ribosomal/drug effects
- RNA, Ribosomal/pharmacology
- RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology
- RNA, Small Interfering/therapeutic use
- RNA, Viral/drug effects
- Ribonucleases/metabolism
- Riboswitch/drug effects
- SARS-CoV-2
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- Ai-Ming Yu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California (A.-M.Y., Y.H.C., M.-J.T.) and College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute for Drug Development, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyang-si, Gyonggi-do, Republic of Korea (Y.H.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California (A.-M.Y., Y.H.C., M.-J.T.) and College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute for Drug Development, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyang-si, Gyonggi-do, Republic of Korea (Y.H.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California (A.-M.Y., Y.H.C., M.-J.T.) and College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute for Drug Development, Dongguk University-Seoul, Goyang-si, Gyonggi-do, Republic of Korea (Y.H.C.)
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Fang YL, Li N, Zhi XF, Zheng J, Liu Y, Pu LJ, Gu CY, Shu JB, Cai CQ. Discovery of specific mutations in spinal muscular atrophy patients by next-generation sequencing. Neurol Sci 2020; 42:1827-1833. [PMID: 32895776 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-020-04697-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a type of autosomal recessive genetic disease, which seriously threatens the health and lives of children and adolescents. We attempted to find some genes and mutations related to the onset of SMA. Eighty-three whole-blood samples were collected from 28 core families, including 28 probands with clinically suspected SMA (20 SMA patients, 5 non-SMA children, and 3 patients with unknown etiology) and their parents. The multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA) was performed for preliminary diagnosis. The high-throughput sequencing technology was used to conduct the whole-exome sequencing analysis. We analyzed the mutations in adjacent genes of SMN1 gene and the unique mutations that only occurred in SMA patients. According to the MLPA results, 20 probands were regarded as experimental group and 5 non-SMA children as control group. A total of 10 mutations were identified in the adjacent genes of SMN1 gene. GUSBP1 g.[69515863G>A], GUSBP1 g.[69515870C>T], and SMA4 g.[69515738C>A] were the top three most frequent sites. SMA4 g.[69515726A>G] and OCLN c.[818G>T] have not been reported in the existing relevant researches. Seventeen point mutations in the DYNC1H1 gene were only recognized in SMA children, and the top two most common mutations were c.[2869-34A>T] and c.[345-89A>G]; c.[7473+105C>T] was the splicing mutation that might change the mRNA splicing site. The mutations of SMA4 g.[69515726A>G], OCLN c.[818G>T], DYNC1H1 c.[2869-34A>T], DYNC1H1 c.[345-89A>G], and DYNC1H1 c.[7473+105C>T] in the adjacent genes of SMN1 gene and other genes might be related to the onset of SMA.
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- Yu-Lian Fang
- Institute of Pediatrics, Tianjin Children's Hospital, 238 Longyan Road, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300134, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The Pediatric Clinical College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300134, China.,Department of Neonatology, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, 300134, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The Pediatric Clinical College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300134, China.,Department of Neonatology, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, 300134, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Tianjin Children's Hospital, 238 Longyan Road, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300134, China. .,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects for Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin, 300134, China.
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Tianjin Children's Hospital, 238 Longyan Road, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300134, China. .,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects for Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin, 300134, China. .,Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Children's Hospital, Tianjin, 300134, China.
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Jaudon F, Baldassari S, Musante I, Thalhammer A, Zara F, Cingolani LA. Targeting Alternative Splicing as a Potential Therapy for Episodic Ataxia Type 2. Biomedicines 2020; 8:E332. [PMID: 32899500 PMCID: PMC7555146 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8090332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) is an autosomal dominant neurological disorder characterized by paroxysmal attacks of ataxia, vertigo, and nausea that usually last hours to days. It is caused by loss-of-function mutations in CACNA1A, the gene encoding the pore-forming α1 subunit of P/Q-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Although pharmacological treatments, such as acetazolamide and 4-aminopyridine, exist for EA2, they do not reduce or control the symptoms in all patients. CACNA1A is heavily spliced and some of the identified EA2 mutations are predicted to disrupt selective isoforms of this gene. Modulating splicing of CACNA1A may therefore represent a promising new strategy to develop improved EA2 therapies. Because RNA splicing is dysregulated in many other genetic diseases, several tools, such as antisense oligonucleotides, trans-splicing, and CRISPR-based strategies, have been developed for medical purposes. Here, we review splicing-based strategies used for genetic disorders, including those for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular dystrophy, and frontotemporal dementia with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17, and discuss their potential applicability to EA2.
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- Fanny Jaudon
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy;
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (I.M.); (F.Z.)
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (I.M.); (F.Z.)
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 16132 Genoa, Italy;
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (S.B.); (I.M.); (F.Z.)
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy;
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 16132 Genoa, Italy;
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Adami R, Bottai D. Spinal Muscular Atrophy Modeling and Treatment Advances by Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Studies. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2020; 15:795-813. [PMID: 31863335 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-019-09910-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by specific and predominantly lower motor neuron (MN) loss. SMA is the main reason for infant death, while about one in 40 children born is a healthy carrier. SMA is caused by decreased levels of production of a ubiquitously expressed gene: the survival motor neuron (SMN). All SMA patients present mutations of the telomeric SMN1 gene, but many copies of a centromeric, partially functional paralog gene, SMN2, can somewhat compensate for the SMN1 deficiency, scaling inversely with phenotypic harshness. Because the study of neural tissue in and from patients presents too many challenges and is very often not feasible; the use of animal models, such as the mouse, had a pivotal impact in our understanding of SMA pathology but could not portray totally satisfactorily the elaborate regulatory mechanisms that are present in higher animals, particularly in humans. And while recent therapeutic achievements have been substantial, especially for very young infants, some issues should be considered for the treatment of older patients. An alternative way to study SMA, and other neurological pathologies, is the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from patients. In this work, we will present a wide analysis of the uses of iPSCs in SMA pathology, starting from basic science to their possible roles as therapeutic tools.
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- Raffaella Adami
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, via A. di Rudinì 8, 20142, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, via A. di Rudinì 8, 20142, Milan, Italy.
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Berciano MT, Castillo-Iglesias MS, Val-Bernal JF, Lafarga V, Rodriguez-Rey JC, Lafarga M, Tapia O. Mislocalization of SMN from the I-band and M-band in human skeletal myofibers in spinal muscular atrophy associates with primary structural alterations of the sarcomere. Cell Tissue Res 2020; 381:461-478. [PMID: 32676861 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-020-03236-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a deletion or mutation of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Reduced SMN levels lead to motor neuron degeneration and muscular atrophy. SMN protein localizes to the cytoplasm and Cajal bodies. Moreover, in myofibrils from Drosophila and mice, SMN is a sarcomeric protein localized to the Z-disc. Although SMN participates in multiple functions, including the biogenesis of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins, its role in the sarcomere is unclear. Here, we analyzed the sarcomeric organization of SMN in human control and type I SMA skeletal myofibers. In control sarcomeres, we demonstrate that human SMN is localized to the titin-positive M-band and actin-positive I-band, and to SMN-positive granules that flanked the Z-discs. Co-immunoprecipitation assays revealed that SMN interacts with the sarcomeric protein actin, α-actinin, titin, and profilin2. In the type I SMA muscle, SMN levels were reduced, and atrophic (denervated) and hypertrophic (nondenervated) myofibers coexisted. The hypertrophied myofibers, which are potential primary targets of SMN deficiency, exhibited sites of focal or segmental alterations of the actin cytoskeleton, where the SMN immunostaining pattern was altered. Moreover, SMN was relocalized to the Z-disc in overcontracted minisarcomeres from hypertrophic myofibers. We propose that SMN could have an integrating role in the molecular components of the sarcomere. Consequently, low SMN levels might impact the normal sarcomeric architecture, resulting in the disruption of myofibrils found in SMA muscle. This primary effect might be independent of the neurogenic myopathy produced by denervation and contribute to pathophysiology of the SMA myopathy.
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- María T Berciano
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Santander, Spain
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- Unidad de Patología, Departamento de Ciencias Médicas y Quirúrgicas, Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Santander, Spain.
- Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Santander, Spain.
- Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, Spain.
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Glial cells involvement in spinal muscular atrophy: Could SMA be a neuroinflammatory disease? Neurobiol Dis 2020; 140:104870. [PMID: 32294521 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.104870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe, inherited disease characterized by the progressive degeneration and death of motor neurons of the anterior horns of the spinal cord, which results in muscular atrophy and weakness of variable severity. Its early-onset form is invariably fatal in early childhood, while milder forms lead to permanent disability, physical deformities and respiratory complications. Recently, two novel revolutionary therapies, antisense oligonucleotides and gene therapy, have been approved, and might prove successful in making long-term survival of these patients likely. In this perspective, a deep understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms and of their impact on the interactions between motor neurons and other cell types within the central nervous system (CNS) is crucial. Studies using SMA animal and cellular models have taught us that the survival and functionality of motor neurons is highly dependent on a whole range of other cell types, namely glial cells, which are responsible for a variety of different functions, such as neuronal trophic support, synaptic remodeling, and immune surveillance. Thus, it emerges that SMA is likely a non-cell autonomous, multifactorial disease in which the interaction of different cell types and disease mechanisms leads to motor neurons failure and loss. This review will introduce the different glial cell types in the CNS and provide an overview of the role of glial cells in motor neuron degeneration in SMA. Furthermore, we will discuss the relevance of these findings so far and the potential impact on the success of available therapies and on the development of novel ones.
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Wadman RI, van der Pol WL, Bosboom WMJ, Asselman F, van den Berg LH, Iannaccone ST, Vrancken AFJE. Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy types II and III. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020; 1:CD006282. [PMID: 32006461 PMCID: PMC6995983 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006282.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene on chromosome 5, or a heterozygous deletion in combination with a (point) mutation in the second SMN1 allele. This results in degeneration of anterior horn cells, which leads to progressive muscle weakness. Children with SMA type II do not develop the ability to walk without support and have a shortened life expectancy, whereas children with SMA type III develop the ability to walk and have a normal life expectancy. This is an update of a review first published in 2009 and previously updated in 2011. OBJECTIVES To evaluate if drug treatment is able to slow or arrest the disease progression of SMA types II and III, and to assess if such therapy can be given safely. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Neuromuscular Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and ISI Web of Science conference proceedings in October 2018. In October 2018, we also searched two trials registries to identify unpublished trials. SELECTION CRITERIA We sought all randomised or quasi-randomised trials that examined the efficacy of drug treatment for SMA types II and III. Participants had to fulfil the clinical criteria and have a homozygous deletion or hemizygous deletion in combination with a point mutation in the second allele of the SMN1 gene (5q11.2-13.2) confirmed by genetic analysis. The primary outcome measure was change in disability score within one year after the onset of treatment. Secondary outcome measures within one year after the onset of treatment were change in muscle strength, ability to stand or walk, change in quality of life, time from the start of treatment until death or full-time ventilation and adverse events attributable to treatment during the trial period. Treatment strategies involving SMN1-replacement with viral vectors are out of the scope of this review, but a summary is given in Appendix 1. Drug treatment for SMA type I is the topic of a separate Cochrane Review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We followed standard Cochrane methodology. MAIN RESULTS The review authors found 10 randomised, placebo-controlled trials of treatments for SMA types II and III for inclusion in this review, with 717 participants. We added four of the trials at this update. The trials investigated creatine (55 participants), gabapentin (84 participants), hydroxyurea (57 participants), nusinersen (126 participants), olesoxime (165 participants), phenylbutyrate (107 participants), somatotropin (20 participants), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) (nine participants), valproic acid (33 participants), and combination therapy with valproic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) (61 participants). Treatment duration was from three to 24 months. None of the studies investigated the same treatment and none was completely free of bias. All studies had adequate blinding, sequence generation and reporting of primary outcomes. Based on moderate-certainty evidence, intrathecal nusinersen improved motor function (disability) in children with SMA type II, with a 3.7-point improvement in the nusinersen group on the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE; range of possible scores 0 to 66), compared to a 1.9-point decline on the HFMSE in the sham procedure group (P < 0.01; n = 126). On all motor function scales used, higher scores indicate better function. Based on moderate-certainty evidence from two studies, the following interventions had no clinically important effect on motor function scores in SMA types II or III (or both) in comparison to placebo: creatine (median change 1 higher, 95% confidence interval (CI) -1 to 2; on the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), scale 0 to 264; n = 40); and combination therapy with valproic acid and carnitine (mean difference (MD) 0.64, 95% CI -1.1 to 2.38; on the Modified Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale (MHFMS), scale 0 to 40; n = 61). Based on low-certainty evidence from other single studies, the following interventions had no clinically important effect on motor function scores in SMA types II or III (or both) in comparison to placebo: gabapentin (median change 0 in the gabapentin group and -2 in the placebo group on the SMA Functional Rating Scale (SMAFRS), scale 0 to 50; n = 66); hydroxyurea (MD -1.88, 95% CI -3.89 to 0.13 on the GMFM, scale 0 to 264; n = 57), phenylbutyrate (MD -0.13, 95% CI -0.84 to 0.58 on the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale (HFMS) scale 0 to 40; n = 90) and monotherapy of valproic acid (MD 0.06, 95% CI -1.32 to 1.44 on SMAFRS, scale 0 to 50; n = 31). Very low-certainty evidence suggested that the following interventions had little or no effect on motor function: olesoxime (MD 2, 95% -0.25 to 4.25 on the Motor Function Measure (MFM) D1 + D2, scale 0 to 75; n = 160) and somatotropin (median change at 3 months 0.25 higher, 95% CI -1 to 2.5 on the HFMSE, scale 0 to 66; n = 19). One small TRH trial did not report effects on motor function and the certainty of evidence for other outcomes from this trial were low or very low. Results of nine completed trials investigating 4-aminopyridine, acetyl-L-carnitine, CK-2127107, hydroxyurea, pyridostigmine, riluzole, RO6885247/RG7800, salbutamol and valproic acid were awaited and not available for analysis at the time of writing. Various trials and studies investigating treatment strategies other than nusinersen (e.g. SMN2-augmentation by small molecules), are currently ongoing. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Nusinersen improves motor function in SMA type II, based on moderate-certainty evidence. Creatine, gabapentin, hydroxyurea, phenylbutyrate, valproic acid and the combination of valproic acid and ALC probably have no clinically important effect on motor function in SMA types II or III (or both) based on low-certainty evidence, and olesoxime and somatropin may also have little to no clinically important effect but evidence was of very low-certainty. One trial of TRH did not measure motor function.
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- Renske I Wadman
- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis locatie WestDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdamNetherlands
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDepartment of Pediatrics5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallasTexasUSA75390
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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Schorling DC, Pechmann A, Kirschner J. Advances in Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - New Phenotypes, New Challenges, New Implications for Care. J Neuromuscul Dis 2020; 7:1-13. [PMID: 31707373 PMCID: PMC7029319 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-190424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is caused by autosomal recessive mutations in SMN1 and results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle weakness. The spectrum of disease severity ranges from early onset with respiratory failure during the first months of life to a mild, adult-onset type with slow rate of progression. Over the past decade, new treatment options such as splicing modulation of SMN2 and SMN1 gene replacement by gene therapy have been developed. First drugs have been approved for treatment of patients with SMA and if initiated early they can significantly modify the natural course of the disease. As a consequence, newborn screening for SMA is explored and implemented in an increasing number of countries. However, available evidence for these new treatments is often limited to a small spectrum of patients concerning age and disease stage. In this review we provide an overview of available and emerging therapies for spinal muscular atrophy and we discuss new phenotypes and associated challenges in clinical care. Collection of real-world data with standardized outcome measures will be essential to improve both the understanding of treatment effects in patients of all SMA subtypes and the basis for clinical decision-making in SMA.
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
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Wadman RI, van der Pol WL, Bosboom WMJ, Asselman F, van den Berg LH, Iannaccone ST, Vrancken AFJE. Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy type I. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019; 12:CD006281. [PMID: 31825542 PMCID: PMC6905354 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006281.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene on chromosome 5, or a heterozygous deletion in combination with a point mutation in the second SMN1 allele. This results in degeneration of anterior horn cells, which leads to progressive muscle weakness. By definition, children with SMA type I are never able to sit without support and usually die or become ventilator dependent before the age of two years. There have until very recently been no drug treatments to influence the course of SMA. We undertook this updated review to evaluate new evidence on emerging treatments for SMA type I. The review was first published in 2009 and previously updated in 2011. OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy and safety of any drug therapy designed to slow or arrest progression of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type I. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Neuromuscular Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and ISI Web of Science conference proceedings in October 2018. We also searched two trials registries to identify unpublished trials (October 2018). SELECTION CRITERIA We sought all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-RCTs that examined the efficacy of drug treatment for SMA type I. Included participants had to fulfil clinical criteria and have a genetically confirmed deletion or mutation of the SMN1 gene (5q11.2-13.2). The primary outcome measure was age at death or full-time ventilation. Secondary outcome measures were acquisition of motor milestones, i.e. head control, rolling, sitting or standing, motor milestone response on disability scores within one year after the onset of treatment, and adverse events and serious adverse events attributable to treatment during the trial period. Treatment strategies involving SMN1 gene replacement with viral vectors are out of the scope of this review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We followed standard Cochrane methodology. MAIN RESULTS We identified two RCTs: one trial of intrathecal nusinersen in comparison to a sham (control) procedure in 121 randomised infants with SMA type I, which was newly included at this update, and one small trial comparing riluzole treatment to placebo in 10 children with SMA type I. The RCT of intrathecally-injected nusinersen was stopped early for efficacy (based on a predefined Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination-Section 2 (HINE-2) response). At the interim analyses after 183 days of treatment, 41% (21/51) of nusinersen-treated infants showed a predefined improvement on HINE-2, compared to 0% (0/27) of participants in the control group. This trial was largely at low risk of bias. Final analyses (ranging from 6 months to 13 months of treatment), showed that fewer participants died or required full-time ventilation (defined as more than 16 hours daily for 21 days or more) in the nusinersen-treated group than the control group (hazard ratio (HR) 0.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.32 to 0.89; N = 121; a 47% lower risk; moderate-certainty evidence). A proportion of infants in the nusinersen group and none of 37 infants in the control group achieved motor milestones: 37/73 nusinersen-treated infants (51%) achieved a motor milestone response on HINE-2 (risk ratio (RR) 38.51, 95% CI 2.43 to 610.14; N = 110; moderate-certainty evidence); 16/73 achieved head control (RR 16.95, 95% CI 1.04 to 274.84; moderate-certainty evidence); 6/73 achieved independent sitting (RR 6.68, 95% CI 0.39 to 115.38; moderate-certainty evidence); 7/73 achieved rolling over (RR 7.70, 95% CI 0.45 to 131.29); and 1/73 achieved standing (RR 1.54, 95% CI 0.06 to 36.92; moderate-certainty evidence). Seventy-one per cent of nusinersen-treated infants versus 3% of infants in the control group were responders on the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infant Test of Neuromuscular Disorders (CHOP INTEND) measure of motor disability (RR 26.36, 95% CI 3.79 to 183.18; N = 110; moderate-certainty evidence). Adverse events and serious adverse events occurred in the majority of infants but were no more frequent in the nusinersen-treated group than the control group (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.92 to 1.05 and RR 0.70, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.89, respectively; N = 121; moderate-certainty evidence). In the riluzole trial, three of seven children treated with riluzole were still alive at the ages of 30, 48, and 64 months, whereas all three children in the placebo group died. None of the children in the riluzole or placebo group developed the ability to sit, which was the only milestone reported. There were no adverse effects. The certainty of the evidence for all measured outcomes from this study was very low, because the study was too small to detect or rule out an effect, and had serious limitations, including baseline differences. This trial was stopped prematurely because the pharmaceutical company withdrew funding. Various trials and studies investigating treatment strategies other than nusinersen, such as SMN2 augmentation by small molecules, are ongoing. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Based on the very limited evidence currently available regarding drug treatments for SMA type 1, intrathecal nusinersen probably prolongs ventilation-free and overall survival in infants with SMA type I. It is also probable that a greater proportion of infants treated with nusinersen than with a sham procedure achieve motor milestones and can be classed as responders to treatment on clinical assessments (HINE-2 and CHOP INTEND). The proportion of children experiencing adverse events and serious adverse events on nusinersen is no higher with nusinersen treatment than with a sham procedure, based on evidence of moderate certainty. It is uncertain whether riluzole has any effect in patients with SMA type I, based on the limited available evidence. Future trials could provide more high-certainty, longer-term evidence to confirm this result, or focus on comparing new treatments to nusinersen or evaluate them as an add-on therapy to nusinersen.
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis locatie WestDepartment of NeurologyAmsterdamNetherlands
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDepartment of Pediatrics5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallasTexasUSA75390
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- University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf MagnusDepartment of NeurologyHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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Srivastava G, Srivastava P. Spinal muscular atrophy – a revisit of the diagnosis and treatment modalities. Int J Neurosci 2019; 129:1103-1118. [DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2019.1635128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bozorg Qomi S, Asghari A, Salmaninejad A, Mojarrad M. Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Common Therapeutic Advances. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2019; 38:226-238. [PMID: 31060440 DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2018.1520374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive destructive motor neuron disease which is characterized primarily by the degeneration of α-motor neurons in the ventral gray horn of the spinal cord. It mainly affects children and represents the most common reason of inherited infant mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS We provide an overview of the recent therapeutic strategies for the treatment of SMA together with available and developing therapeutic strategies. For this purpose, Google Scholar and PubMed databases were searched for literature on SMA, therapy and treatment. Titles were reviewed and 96 were selected and assessed in this paper. RESULT Over the last two decades, different therapeutic strategies have been proposed for SMA. Some methods are in the pre-clinical, others the clinical phase. CONCLUSION By emergence of the new approaches, especially in gene therapy, effective treatment in the close future is probable.
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- Saeed Bozorg Qomi
- a Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran.,b Medical Genetics Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran
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- c Department of Medical Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran
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- d Drug Applied Research Center, Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran
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- a Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran.,b Medical Genetics Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences , Mashhad , Iran
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Kumari E, Shang Y, Cheng Z, Zhang T. U1 snRNA over-expression affects neural oscillations and short-term memory deficits in mice. Cogn Neurodyn 2019; 13:313-323. [PMID: 31354878 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-019-09528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) and other RNA spliceosomal components are involved in neurological and psychiatric disorders. U1 snRNA has recently been demonstrated to be altered in pathology in some neurodegenerative diseases, but whether it has a causative role is not clear. Here we have studied this by overexpressing U1 snRNA in mice and measured their hippocampal oscillatory patterns and brain functions. Novel object recognition test showed that the recognition index was significantly decreased in the U1 snRNA over-expression mice compared to that in the C57BL mice. U1 snRNA over-expression regulated not only the pattern of neural oscillations but also the expression of neuron excitatory and inhibitory proteins. Here we show that U1 snRNA over-expression contains the shrinkage distribution of theta-power, theta-phase lock synchronization, and theta and low-gamma cross-frequency coupling in the hippocampus. The alternations of neuron receptors by the U1 snRNA overexpression also modulated the decreasing of recognition index, the energy distribution of theta power spectrum with the reductions of theta phase synchronization and phase-amplitude coupling between theta and low-gamma. Linking these all together, our results suggest that U1 snRNA overexpression particularly causes a deficit in short-term memory. These findings make a bedrock of our research that U1 snRNA bridges the gap about the mechanism behind short-term memory based on the molecular and mesoscopic level.
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- Ekta Kumari
- 1College of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials Ministry of Education, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071 People's Republic of China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials Ministry of Education, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071 People's Republic of China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials Ministry of Education, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071 People's Republic of China.,2State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 People's Republic of China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials Ministry of Education, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071 People's Republic of China
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BACKGROUND Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder classified into four types based on the age of onset of the disease. Early onset is correlated with a higher mortality rate, mainly due to respiratory complications. Valproic acid (VPA) is a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor that has shown positive results on SMA both in experimental and cohort studies. OBJECTIVES This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of VPA in patients with SMA. METHODS Eleven databases were systematically searched on 30 May 2017 for clinical trials that reported the efficacy and safety of VPA in SMA patients. The primary outcome was the efficacy of VPA in terms of gross motor function and expression of both full-length spinal motor neuron (SMN) gene (FL-SMN) and exon 7-lacking SMN. The secondary outcome was the safety of VPA in terms of reported adverse effects. The protocol was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42017067203). RESULTS Five of the ten included studies were used in the meta-analysis (n = 126). The overall effect estimate, comparing pre- and post-VPA treatment, regardless of carnitine co-administration and design of the studies, showed significant improvement in gross motor function (standard mean difference [SMD] = 0.302, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.048-0.556, P = 0.02) using the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale (HFMS), Modified Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale (MHFMS), and MHFMS-Extend, with no significant heterogeneity. Similarly, in non-randomized controlled studies, the results indicated that there was a significant improvement detected (SMD = 0.335, 95% CI 0.041-0.628, P = 0.025), with no significant heterogeneity. Meanwhile, our results suggest that there was no significant improvement in treatment with co-administered carnitine (SMD = 0.28, 95% CI - 0.02 to 0.581, P = 0.067). No significant differences were found between pre- and post-VPA treatment co-administered with carnitine, in terms of the change in FL-SMN and exon 7-lacking SMN. Qualitative synthesis showed that other motor functions were not improved, while respiratory function test results were contradictory. Regarding the safety of the treatment, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial reported no statistically significant differences for adverse events (AEs) between groups. Moreover, most of the included studies reported no serious AEs related to VPA use, although weight gain, gastrointestinal symptoms and respiratory symptoms were notable problems. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that VPA treatment results in an improvement in gross motor functions for SMA patients, but not in other assessments of motor function or, possibly, in respiratory function. Furthermore, VPA appears to be a relatively safe drug, although treatment may be associated with a wide range of AEs (including body weight increase, fatigue, fever, flu-like symptoms, irritability, and pain). Double-blind, randomized, controlled trials are required to confirm these findings.
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Gayduk AI, Vlasov YV. Spinal muscular atrophy in samara region. Epidemiology, classification, prospects for health care. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2019; 119:88-93. [DOI: 10.17116/jnevro201911912188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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