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Barbier M, Bahlo M, Pennisi A, Jacoupy M, Tankard RM, Ewenczyk C, Davies KC, Lino-Coulon P, Colace C, Rafehi H, Auger N, Ansell BRE, van der Stelt I, Howell KB, Coutelier M, Amor DJ, Mundwiller E, Guillot-Noël L, Storey E, Gardner RJM, Wallis MJ, Brusco A, Corti O, Rötig A, Leventer RJ, Brice A, Delatycki MB, Stevanin G, Lockhart PJ, Durr A. Heterozygous PNPT1 variants cause spinocerebellar ataxia type 25. Ann Neurol 2022; 92:122-137. [PMID: 35411967 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are characterized by genetic heterogeneity. Some mapped and named loci remain without a causal gene identified. Here we applied next generation sequencing (NGS) to uncover the genetic etiology of the SCA25 locus. METHODS Whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing were performed in families linked to SCA25, including the French family in which the SCA25 locus was originally mapped. Whole exome sequence data was interrogated in a cohort of 796 ataxia patients of unknown aetiology. RESULTS The SCA25 phenotype spans a slowly evolving sensory and cerebellar ataxia, in most cases attributed to ganglionopathy. A pathogenic variant causing exon skipping was identified in the gene encoding Polyribonucleotide Nucleotidyltransferase PNPase 1 (PNPT1) located in the SCA25 linkage interval. A second splice variant in PNPT1 was detected in a large Australian family with a dominant ataxia also mapping to SCA25. An additional nonsense variant was detected in an unrelated individual with ataxia. Both nonsense and splice heterozygous variants result in premature stop codons, all located in the S1-domain of PNPase. In addition, an elevated type I interferon response was observed in blood from all affected heterozygous carriers tested. PNPase notably prevents the abnormal accumulation of double-stranded mtRNAs in the mitochondria and leakage into the cytoplasm, associated with triggering a type I interferon response. INTERPRETATION This study identifies PNPT1 as a new SCA gene, responsible for SCA25, and highlights biological links between alterations of mtRNA trafficking, interferonopathies and ataxia. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mathieu Barbier
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Alessandra Pennisi
- Necker Hospital, APHP, Reference Center for Mitochondrial Diseases, Genetics Department, Institut Imagine, University of Paris, Paris, France.,Inserm UMR_S1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
| | - Maxime Jacoupy
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Rick M Tankard
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Claire Ewenczyk
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Kayli C Davies
- Bruce Lefroy Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Patricia Lino-Coulon
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Claire Colace
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Haloom Rafehi
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Nicolas Auger
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.,Paris Sciences Lettres Research University, EPHE, Paris, France
| | - Brendan R E Ansell
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Ivo van der Stelt
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, The Netherlands
| | - Katherine B Howell
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
| | - Marie Coutelier
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.,Paris Sciences Lettres Research University, EPHE, Paris, France
| | - David J Amor
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
| | - Emeline Mundwiller
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Lena Guillot-Noël
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.,Paris Sciences Lettres Research University, EPHE, Paris, France
| | - Elsdon Storey
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Medicine and Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
| | - Alfredo Brusco
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
| | - Olga Corti
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Agnès Rötig
- Necker Hospital, APHP, Reference Center for Mitochondrial Diseases, Genetics Department, Institut Imagine, University of Paris, Paris, France.,Inserm UMR_S1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
| | - Richard J Leventer
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
| | - Alexis Brice
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
| | - Martin B Delatycki
- Bruce Lefroy Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, Melbourne, 3052, Australia
| | - Giovanni Stevanin
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.,Paris Sciences Lettres Research University, EPHE, Paris, France
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- Bruce Lefroy Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
| | - Alexandra Durr
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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