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Naesens L, Nemegeer J, Roelens F, Vallaeys L, Meuwissen M, Janssens K, Verloo P, Ogunjimi B, Hemelsoet D, Hoste L, Roels L, De Bruyne M, De Baere E, Van Dorpe J, Dendooven A, Sieben A, Rice GI, Kerre T, Beyaert R, Uggenti C, Crow YJ, Tavernier SJ, Maelfait J, Haerynck F. Mutations in RNU7-1 Weaken Secondary RNA Structure, Induce MCP-1 and CXCL10 in CSF, and Result in Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome with Severe End-Organ Involvement. J Clin Immunol 2022; 42:962-974. [PMID: 35320431 PMCID: PMC9402729 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01209-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a type I interferonopathy usually characterized by early-onset neurologic regression. Biallelic mutations in LSM11 and RNU7-1, components of the U7 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complex, have been identified in a limited number of genetically unexplained AGS cases. Impairment of U7 snRNP function results in misprocessing of replication-dependent histone (RDH) pre-mRNA and disturbance of histone occupancy of nuclear DNA, ultimately driving cGAS-dependent type I interferon (IFN-I) release. OBJECTIVE We performed a clinical, genetic, and immunological workup of 3 unrelated patients with uncharacterized AGS. METHODS Whole exome sequencing (WES) and targeted Sanger sequencing of RNU7-1 were performed. Primary fibroblasts were used for mechanistic studies. IFN-I signature and STAT1/2 phosphorylation were assessed in peripheral blood. Cytokines were profiled on serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Histopathology was examined on brain and kidney tissue. RESULTS Sequencing revealed compound heterozygous RNU7-1 mutations, resulting in impaired RDH pre-mRNA processing. The 3' stem-loop mutations reduced stability of the secondary U7 snRNA structure. A discrete IFN-I signature in peripheral blood was paralleled by MCP-1 (CCL2) and CXCL10 upregulation in CSF. Histopathological analysis of the kidney showed thrombotic microangiopathy. We observed dysregulated STAT phosphorylation upon cytokine stimulation. Clinical overview of all reported patients with RNU7-1-related disease revealed high mortality and high incidence of organ involvement compared to other AGS genotypes. CONCLUSIONS Targeted RNU7-1 sequencing is recommended in genetically unexplained AGS cases. CSF cytokine profiling represents an additional diagnostic tool to identify aberrant IFN-I signaling. Clinical follow-up of RNU7-1-mutated patients should include screening for severe end-organ involvement including liver disease and nephropathy.
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- Leslie Naesens
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Delta, 8800, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Ghent, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650, Edegem, Belgium
- Centre for Health Economics Research & Modeling Infectious Diseases (CHERMID), Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, 2610, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, Antwerp University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, Antwerp University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Laboratory of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Laboratory of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
- Primary Immunodeficiency Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, Ghent, Belgium.
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Manivannan SN, Roovers J, Smal N, Myers CT, Turkdogan D, Roelens F, Kanca O, Chung HL, Scholz T, Hermann K, Bierhals T, Caglayan HS, Stamberger H, Mefford H, de Jonghe P, Yamamoto S, Weckhuysen S, Bellen HJ. De novo FZR1 loss-of-function variants cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Brain 2022; 145:1684-1697. [PMID: 34788397 PMCID: PMC9166542 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
FZR1, which encodes the Cdh1 subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex, plays an important role in neurodevelopment by regulating the cell cycle and by its multiple post-mitotic functions in neurons. In this study, evaluation of 250 unrelated patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and a connection on GeneMatcher led to the identification of three de novo missense variants in FZR1. Whole-exome sequencing in 39 patient-parent trios and subsequent targeted sequencing in an additional cohort of 211 patients was performed to identify novel genes involved in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Functional studies in Drosophila were performed using three different mutant alleles of the Drosophila homologue of FZR1 fzr. All three individuals carrying de novo variants in FZR1 had childhood-onset generalized epilepsy, intellectual disability, mild ataxia and normal head circumference. Two individuals were diagnosed with the developmental and epileptic encephalopathy subtype myoclonic atonic epilepsy. We provide genetic-association testing using two independent statistical tests to support FZR1 association with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Further, we provide functional evidence that the missense variants are loss-of-function alleles using Drosophila neurodevelopment assays. Using three fly mutant alleles of the Drosophila homologue fzr and overexpression studies, we show that patient variants can affect proper neurodevelopment. With the recent report of a patient with neonatal-onset with microcephaly who also carries a de novo FZR1 missense variant, our study consolidates the relationship between FZR1 and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy and expands the associated phenotype. We conclude that heterozygous loss-of-function of FZR1 leads to developmental and epileptic encephalopathies associated with a spectrum of neonatal to childhood-onset seizure types, developmental delay and mild ataxia. Microcephaly can be present but is not an essential feature of FZR1-encephalopathy. In summary, our approach of targeted sequencing using novel gene candidates and functional testing in Drosophila will help solve undiagnosed myoclonic atonic epilepsy or developmental and epileptic encephalopathy cases.
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- Sathiya N Manivannan
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
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- Neurogenetics Group, VIB Centre for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Centre for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
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- Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 30105, USA
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Centre for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp 2650, Belgium
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- Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 30105, USA
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- Neurogenetics Group, VIB Centre for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp 2650, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Centre for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp 2610, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp 2650, Belgium.,Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2650, Belgium.,µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Marti-Sanchez L, Baide-Mairena H, Marcé-Grau A, Pons R, Skouma A, López-Laso E, Sigatullina M, Rizzo C, Semeraro M, Martinelli D, Carrozzo R, Dionisi-Vici C, González-Gutiérrez-Solana L, Correa-Vela M, Ortigoza-Escobar JD, Sánchez-Montañez Á, Vazquez É, Delgado I, Aguilera-Albesa S, Yoldi ME, Ribes A, Tort F, Pollini L, Galosi S, Leuzzi V, Tolve M, Pérez-Gay L, Aldamiz-Echevarría L, Del Toro M, Arranz A, Roelens F, Urreizti R, Artuch R, Macaya A, Pérez-Dueñas B. Delineating the neurological phenotype in children with defects in the ECHS1 or HIBCH gene. J Inherit Metab Dis 2021; 44:401-414. [PMID: 32677093 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The neurological phenotype of 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase (HIBCH) and short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase (SCEH) defects is expanding and natural history studies are necessary to improve clinical management. From 42 patients with Leigh syndrome studied by massive parallel sequencing, we identified five patients with SCEH and HIBCH deficiency. Fourteen additional patients were recruited through collaborations with other centres. In total, we analysed the neurological features and mutation spectrum in 19 new SCEH/HIBCH patients. For natural history studies and phenotype to genotype associations we also included 70 previously reported patients. The 19 newly identified cases presented with Leigh syndrome (SCEH, n = 11; HIBCH, n = 6) and paroxysmal dystonia (SCEH, n = 2). Basal ganglia lesions (18 patients) were associated with small cysts in the putamen/pallidum in half of the cases, a characteristic hallmark for diagnosis. Eighteen pathogenic variants were identified, 11 were novel. Among all 89 cases, we observed a longer survival in HIBCH compared to SCEH patients, and in HIBCH patients carrying homozygous mutations on the protein surface compared to those with variants inside/near the catalytic region. The SCEH p.(Ala173Val) change was associated with a milder form of paroxysmal dystonia triggered by increased energy demands. In a child harbouring SCEH p.(Ala173Val) and the novel p.(Leu123Phe) change, an 83.6% reduction of the protein was observed in fibroblasts. The SCEH and HIBCH defects in the catabolic valine pathway were a frequent cause of Leigh syndrome in our cohort. We identified phenotype and genotype associations that may help predict outcome and improve clinical management.
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- Laura Marti-Sanchez
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Paediatrics, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Hospital Agia Sofia, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Child Health, Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Unit of Paediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain
- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Metabolism, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Metabolism, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Metabolism, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Metabolism, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Paediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarrabiomed, Pamplona, Spain
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- Unit of Paediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarrabiomed, Pamplona, Spain
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- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
- Secció d'Errors Congènits del Metabolisme -IBC, Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
- Secció d'Errors Congènits del Metabolisme -IBC, Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Paediatric Neurology, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERER-ISCIII, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Group, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Cristofoli F, Moss T, Moore HW, Devriendt K, Flanagan-Steet H, May M, Jones J, Roelens F, Fons C, Fernandez A, Martorell L, Selicorni A, Maitz S, Vitiello G, Van der Hoeven G, Skinner SA, Bollen M, Vermeesch JR, Steet R, Van Esch H. De Novo Variants in LMNB1 Cause Pronounced Syndromic Microcephaly and Disruption of Nuclear Envelope Integrity. Am J Hum Genet 2020; 107:753-762. [PMID: 32910914 PMCID: PMC7536573 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Lamin B1 plays an important role in the nuclear envelope stability, the regulation of gene expression, and neural development. Duplication of LMNB1, or missense mutations increasing LMNB1 expression, are associated with autosomal-dominant leukodystrophy. On the basis of its role in neurogenesis, it has been postulated that LMNB1 variants could cause microcephaly. Here, we confirm this hypothesis with the identification of de novo mutations in LMNB1 in seven individuals with pronounced primary microcephaly (ranging from -3.6 to -12 SD) associated with relative short stature and variable degree of intellectual disability and neurological features as the core symptoms. Simplified gyral pattern of the cortex and abnormal corpus callosum were noted on MRI of three individuals, and these individuals also presented with a more severe phenotype. Functional analysis of the three missense mutations showed impaired formation of the LMNB1 nuclear lamina. The two variants located within the head group of LMNB1 result in a decrease in the nuclear localization of the protein and an increase in misshapen nuclei. We further demonstrate that another mutation, located in the coil region, leads to increased frequency of condensed nuclei and lower steady-state levels of lamin B1 in proband lymphoblasts. Our findings collectively indicate that de novo mutations in LMNB1 result in a dominant and damaging effect on nuclear envelope formation that correlates with microcephaly in humans. This adds LMNB1 to the growing list of genes implicated in severe autosomal-dominant microcephaly and broadens the phenotypic spectrum of the laminopathies.
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- Francesca Cristofoli
- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, 113 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- Greenwood Genetic Center, 106 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, 113 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, 113 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, 113 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, AZ Delta, Brugsesteenweg 90, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetic and Molecular Medicine IPER, Institut de Recerca, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Pediatric Department, ASST Lariana, Sant'Anna Hospital, Via Ravona 20, 22042 Como, Italy
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- Clinical Pediatric Genetics Unit, MBBM Foundation, S. Gerardo Hospital, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900 Monza, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine and Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, Federico II University, via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biosignalling & Therapeutics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Greenwood Genetic Center, 106 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- Laboratory of Biosignalling & Therapeutics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood Genetic Center, 113 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA.
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- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory for the Genetics of Cognition, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Renaud M, Moreira MC, Ben Monga B, Rodriguez D, Debs R, Charles P, Chaouch M, Ferrat F, Laurencin C, Vercueil L, Mallaret M, M'Zahem A, Pacha LA, Tazir M, Tilikete C, Ollagnon E, Ochsner F, Kuntzer T, Jung HH, Beis JM, Netter JC, Djamshidian A, Bower M, Bottani A, Walsh R, Murphy S, Reiley T, Bieth É, Roelens F, Poll-The BT, Lourenço CM, Jardim LB, Straussberg R, Landrieu P, Roze E, Thobois S, Pouget J, Guissart C, Goizet C, Dürr A, Tranchant C, Koenig M, Anheim M. Clinical, Biomarker, and Molecular Delineations and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations of Ataxia With Oculomotor Apraxia Type 1. JAMA Neurol 2019; 75:495-502. [PMID: 29356829 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Importance Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) is an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia due to mutations in the aprataxin gene (APTX) that is characterized by early-onset cerebellar ataxia, oculomotor apraxia, axonal motor neuropathy, and eventual decrease of albumin serum levels. Objectives To improve the clinical, biomarker, and molecular delineation of AOA1 and provide genotype-phenotype correlations. Design, Setting, and Participants This retrospective analysis included the clinical, biological (especially regarding biomarkers of the disease), electrophysiologic, imaging, and molecular data of all patients consecutively diagnosed with AOA1 in a single genetics laboratory from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2014. Data were analyzed from January 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016. Main Outcomes and Measures The clinical, biological, and molecular spectrum of AOA1 and genotype-phenotype correlations. Results The diagnosis of AOA1 was confirmed in 80 patients (46 men [58%] and 34 women [42%]; mean [SD] age at onset, 7.7 [7.4] years) from 51 families, including 57 new (with 8 new mutations) and 23 previously described patients. Elevated levels of α-fetoprotein (AFP) were found in 33 patients (41%); hypoalbuminemia, in 50 (63%). Median AFP level was higher in patients with AOA1 (6.0 ng/mL; range, 1.1-17.0 ng/mL) than in patients without ataxia (3.4 ng/mL; range, 0.8-17.2 ng/mL; P < .01). Decreased albumin levels (ρ = -0.532) and elevated AFP levels (ρ = 0.637) were correlated with disease duration. The p.Trp279* mutation, initially reported as restricted to the Portuguese founder haplotype, was discovered in 53 patients with AOA1 (66%) with broad white racial origins. Oculomotor apraxia was found in 49 patients (61%); polyneuropathy, in 74 (93%); and cerebellar atrophy, in 78 (98%). Oculomotor apraxia correlated with the severity of ataxia and mutation type, being more frequent with deletion or truncating mutations (83%) than with presence of at least 1 missense variant (17%; P < .01). Mean (SD) age at onset was higher for patients with at least 1 missense mutation (17.7 [11.4] vs 5.2 [2.6] years; P < .001). Conclusions and Relevance The AFP level, slightly elevated in a substantial fraction of patients, may constitute a new biomarker for AOA1. Oculomotor apraxia may be an optional finding in AOA1 and correlates with more severe disease. The p.Trp279* mutation is the most frequent APTX mutation in the white population. APTX missense mutations may be associated with a milder phenotype.
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- Mathilde Renaud
- Service de Neurologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)-U964, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Unité Mixte de Recherché (UMR) 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)-U964, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Unité Mixte de Recherché (UMR) 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Faculté de Médecine et Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo
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- Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau, Paris, France.,Centre de Référence de Neurogénétique, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Hôpitaux Universitaires Est Parisien, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Groupe de Recherch Clinique ConCer-LD, Sorbonne Universités, l'Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Université Paris 06, Paris, France.,Neuroprotection du Cerveau en Développement, INSERM U1141, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Etablissement Hospitalier Spécialisé, Algers, Algeria
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- Service de Neurologie, Etablissement Hospitalier Spécialisé de Ben Aknoun, Algers, Algeria
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- Service de Neurologie C, Hopital Neurologique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, UMR 5229, Bron, France
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- Exploration Fonctionnelle du Système Nerveux, Pôle de Psychiatrie, Neurologie et Rééducation Neurologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble, Grenoble, France.,INSERM U836, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Bâtiment Edmond J. Safra, Chemin Fortuné Ferrini, La Tronche, France
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- Exploration Fonctionnelle du Système Nerveux, Pôle de Psychiatrie, Neurologie et Rééducation Neurologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- Service de Neurologie, CHU Mustapha, Algers, Algeria
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- Service de Neuro-ophtalmologie, Hôpital Neurologique, CHU Lyon, Bron, France
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut Régional de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Centre de Lay-Saint-Christophe, France
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Service de Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Suisse
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- Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,National Ataxia Clinic, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin, National Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Ataxia Clinic, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin, National Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Public Health and Environment, Greeley, Colorado
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Hopital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Neurogenetics Unit, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Neurogenetics Clinic, Department of Child Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurologie C, Hopital Neurologique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, UMR 5229, Bron, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique de Maladies Rares EA7402, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Université de Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM U1211, Laboratoire Maladies Rares Génétique et Métabolisme, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de La Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)-U964, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Unité Mixte de Recherché (UMR) 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique de Maladies Rares EA7402, Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Université de Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)-U964, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Unité Mixte de Recherché (UMR) 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.,Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Dardour L, Roelens F, Race V, Souche E, Holvoet M, Devriendt K. SPG20 mutation in three siblings with familial hereditary spastic paraplegia. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2017; 3:mcs.a001537. [PMID: 28679690 PMCID: PMC5495031 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a001537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Troyer syndrome (MIM#275900) is an autosomal recessive form of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia. It is characterized by progressive lower extremity spasticity and weakness, dysarthria, distal amyotrophy, developmental delay, short stature, and subtle skeletal abnormalities. It is caused by deleterious mutations in the SPG20 gene, encoding spartin, on Chromosome 13q13. Until now, six unrelated families with a genetically confirmed diagnosis have been reported. Here we report the clinical findings in three brothers of a consanguineous Moroccan family, aged 24, 17, and 7 yr old, with spastic paraplegia, short stature, motor and cognitive delay, and severe intellectual disability. Targeted exon capture and sequencing showed a homozygous nonsense mutation in the SPG20 gene, c.1369C>T (p.Arg457*), in the three affected boys.
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- Leila Dardour
- Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Vandervore L, Stouffs K, Tanyalçin I, Vanderhasselt T, Roelens F, Holder-Espinasse M, Jørgensen A, Pepin MG, Petit F, Khau Van Kien P, Bahi-Buisson N, Lissens W, Gheldof A, Byers PH, Jansen AC. Bi-allelic variants in COL3A1 encoding the ligand to GPR56 are associated with cobblestone-like cortical malformation, white matter changes and cerebellar cysts. J Med Genet 2017; 54:432-440. [PMID: 28258187 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Collagens are one of the major constituents of the pial membrane, which plays a crucial role in neuronal migration and cortical lamination during brain development. Type III procollagen, the chains of which are encoded by COL3A1, is the ligand of the G protein-coupled receptor 56 (GPR56), also known as adhesion G protein-coupled receptor G1. Bi-allelic mutations in GPR56 give rise to cobblestone-like malformation, white matter changes and cerebellar dysplasia. This report shows that bi-allelic mutations in COL3A1 are associated with a similar phenotype. METHODS Exome analysis was performed in a family consisting of two affected and two non-affected siblings. Brain imaging studies of this family and of two previously reported individuals with bi-allelic mutations in COL3A1 were reviewed. Functional assays were performed on dermal fibroblasts. RESULTS Exome analysis revealed a novel homozygous variant c.145C>G (p.Pro49Ala) in exon 2 of COL3A1. Brain MRI in the affected siblings as well as in the two previously reported individuals with bi-allelic COL3A1 mutations showed a brain phenotype similar to that associated with mutations in GPR56. CONCLUSION Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in COL3A1 are associated with cobblestone-like malformation in all three families reported to date. The variability of the phenotype across patients suggests that genetic alterations in distinct domains of type III procollagen can lead to different outcomes. The presence of cobblestone-like malformation in patients with bi-allelic COL3A1 mutations emphasises the critical role of the type III collagen-GPR56 axis and the pial membrane in the regulation of brain development and cortical lamination.
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- Laura Vandervore
- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Service de Génétique Clinique, Hôpital J. de Flandre, Lille, France
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- Institut Imagine, Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cités, Paris, France
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- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Medicine (Medical Genetics), University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Neurogenetics Research Group, Research Cluster Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology Unit, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Adegbola A, Musante L, Callewaert B, Maciel P, Hu H, Isidor B, Picker-Minh S, Le Caignec C, Delle Chiaie B, Vanakker O, Menten B, Dheedene A, Bockaert N, Roelens F, Decaestecker K, Silva J, Soares G, Lopes F, Najmabadi H, Kahrizi K, Cox GF, Angus SP, Staropoli JF, Fischer U, Suckow V, Bartsch O, Chess A, Ropers HH, Wienker TF, Hübner C, Kaindl AM, Kalscheuer VM. Redefining the MED13L syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 23:1308-17. [PMID: 25758992 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Congenital cardiac and neurodevelopmental deficits have been recently linked to the mediator complex subunit 13-like protein MED13L, a subunit of the CDK8-associated mediator complex that functions in transcriptional regulation through DNA-binding transcription factors and RNA polymerase II. Heterozygous MED13L variants cause transposition of the great arteries and intellectual disability (ID). Here, we report eight patients with predominantly novel MED13L variants who lack such complex congenital heart malformations. Rather, they depict a syndromic form of ID characterized by facial dysmorphism, ID, speech impairment, motor developmental delay with muscular hypotonia and behavioral difficulties. We thereby define a novel syndrome and significantly broaden the clinical spectrum associated with MED13L variants. A prominent feature of the MED13L neurocognitive presentation is profound language impairment, often in combination with articulatory deficits.
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- Abidemi Adegbola
- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- CHU Nantes, Service de Genetique Medicale, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France.,INSERM, UMR 957, Pathophysiology of Bone Resorption and Therapy of Primary Bone Tumours, Equipe Ligue Contre le Cancer 2012, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- CHU Nantes, Service de Genetique Medicale, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France.,INSERM, UMR 957, Pathophysiology of Bone Resorption and Therapy of Primary Bone Tumours, Equipe Ligue Contre le Cancer 2012, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Pediatric Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Pediatrics Department, Heilig Hart Hospital, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Institute for Molecular and Celular Biology (IBMC), Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Medical Genetics Dr Jacinto Magalhães, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Genetic Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Genetic Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Biogen Idec, 12 Cambridge Center, Building 6, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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De Rocker N, Vergult S, Koolen D, Jacobs E, Hoischen A, Zeesman S, Bang B, Béna F, Bockaert N, Bongers EM, de Ravel T, Devriendt K, Giglio S, Faivre L, Joss S, Maas S, Marle N, Novara F, Nowaczyk MJM, Peeters H, Polstra A, Roelens F, Rosenberg C, Thevenon J, Tümer Z, Vanhauwaert S, Varvagiannis K, Willaert A, Willemsen M, Willems M, Zuffardi O, Coucke P, Speleman F, Eichler EE, Kleefstra T, Menten B. Refinement of the critical 2p25.3 deletion region: the role of MYT1L in intellectual disability and obesity. Genet Med 2014; 17:460-6. [PMID: 25232846 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2014.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Submicroscopic deletions of chromosome band 2p25.3 are associated with intellectual disability and/or central obesity. Although MYT1L is believed to be a critical gene responsible for intellectual disability, so far no unequivocal data have confirmed this hypothesis. METHODS In this study we evaluated a cohort of 22 patients (15 sporadic patients and two families) with a 2p25.3 aberration to further refine the clinical phenotype and to delineate the role of MYT1L in intellectual disability and obesity. In addition, myt1l spatiotemporal expression in zebrafish embryos was analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and whole-mount in situ hybridization. RESULTS Complete MYT1L deletion, intragenic deletion, or duplication was observed in all sporadic patients, in addition to two patients with a de novo point mutation in MYT1L. The familial cases comprise a 6-Mb deletion in a father and his three children and a 5' MYT1L overlapping duplication in a father and his two children. Expression analysis in zebrafish embryos shows specific myt1l expression in the developing brain. CONCLUSION Our data strongly strengthen the hypothesis that MYT1L is the causal gene for the observed syndromal intellectual disability. Moreover, because 17 patients present with obesity/overweight, haploinsufficiency of MYT1L might predispose to weight problems with childhood onset.Genet Med 17 6, 460-466.
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- Nina De Rocker
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Paediatric Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Center for Developmental Disorders, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Human Genetics, Leuven University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, Leuven University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- West of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, UVA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Human Genetics, Leuven University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, UVA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis Roeselare-Menen, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Center for Applied Human Molecular Genetics, Kennedy Center, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Département de Génétique Clinique, CHRU de Montpellier, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Fieremans N, Bauters M, Belet S, Verbeeck J, Jansen AC, Seneca S, Roelens F, De Baere E, Marynen P, Froyen G. De novo MECP2 duplications in two females with intellectual disability and unfavorable complete skewed X-inactivation. Hum Genet 2014; 133:1359-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1469-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Djémié T, Weckhuysen S, Holmgren P, Hardies K, Van Dyck T, Hendrickx R, Schoonjans AS, Van Paesschen W, Jansen AC, De Meirleir L, Selim LAM, Girgis MY, Buyse G, Lagae L, Smets K, Smouts I, Claeys KG, Van den Bergh V, Grisar T, Blatt I, Shorer Z, Roelens F, Afawi Z, Helbig I, Ceulemans B, De Jonghe P, Suls A. PRRT2 mutations: exploring the phenotypical boundaries. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014; 85:462-5. [PMID: 24101679 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the proline-rich transmembrane protein 2 (PRRT2) gene have been identified in patients with benign (familial) infantile convulsions (B(F)IC), infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis (ICCA) and paroxysmal dyskinesias (PDs). However it remains unknown whether PRRT2 mutations are causal in other epilepsy syndromes. After we discovered a PRRT2 mutation in a large family with ICCA containing one individual with febrile seizures (FS) and one individual with West syndrome, we analysed PRRT2 in a heterogeneous cohort of patients with different types of infantile epilepsy. METHODS We screened a cohort of 460 patients with B(F)IC or ICCA, fever related seizures or infantile epileptic encephalopathies. All patients were tested for point mutations using direct sequencing. RESULTS We identified heterozygous mutations in 16 individuals: 10 familial and 6 sporadic cases. All patients were diagnosed with B(F)IC, ICCA or PD. We were not able to detect mutations in any of the other epilepsy syndromes. Several mutation carriers had learning disabilities and/or impaired fine motor skills later in life. CONCLUSIONS PRRT2 mutations do not seem to be involved in the aetiology of FS or infantile epileptic encephalopathies. Therefore B(F)IC, ICCA and PD remain the core phenotypes associated with PRRT2 mutations. The presence of learning disabilities or neuropsychiatric problems in several mutation carriers calls for additional clinical studies addressing this developmental aspect in more detail.
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- Tania Djémié
- Neurogenetics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, , Antwerp, Belgium
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Vergult S, Van Binsbergen E, Sante T, Nowak S, Vanakker O, Claes K, Poppe B, Van der Aa N, van Roosmalen MJ, Duran K, Tavakoli-Yaraki M, Swinkels M, van den Boogaard MJ, van Haelst M, Roelens F, Speleman F, Cuppen E, Mortier G, Kloosterman WP, Menten B. Mate pair sequencing for the detection of chromosomal aberrations in patients with intellectual disability and congenital malformations. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 22:652-9. [PMID: 24105367 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Recently, microarrays have replaced karyotyping as a first tier test in patients with idiopathic intellectual disability and/or multiple congenital abnormalities (ID/MCA) in many laboratories. Although in about 14-18% of such patients, DNA copy-number variants (CNVs) with clinical significance can be detected, microarrays have the disadvantage of missing balanced rearrangements, as well as providing no information about the genomic architecture of structural variants (SVs) like duplications and complex rearrangements. Such information could possibly lead to a better interpretation of the clinical significance of the SV. In this study, the clinical use of mate pair next-generation sequencing was evaluated for the detection and further characterization of structural variants within the genomes of 50 ID/MCA patients. Thirty of these patients carried a chromosomal aberration that was previously detected by array CGH or karyotyping and suspected to be pathogenic. In the remaining 20 patients no causal SVs were found and only benign aberrations were detected by conventional techniques. Combined cluster and coverage analysis of the mate pair data allowed precise breakpoint detection and further refinement of previously identified balanced and (complex) unbalanced aberrations, pinpointing the causal gene for some patients. We conclude that mate pair sequencing is a powerful technology that can provide rapid and unequivocal characterization of unbalanced and balanced SVs in patient genomes and can be essential for the clinical interpretation of some SVs.
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- Sarah Vergult
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department for Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1] Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium [2] Department for Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Weckhuysen S, Mandelstam S, Suls A, Audenaert D, Deconinck T, Claes LRF, Deprez L, Smets K, Hristova D, Yordanova I, Jordanova A, Ceulemans B, Jansen A, Hasaerts D, Roelens F, Lagae L, Yendle S, Stanley T, Heron SE, Mulley JC, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE, de Jonghe P. KCNQ2 encephalopathy: emerging phenotype of a neonatal epileptic encephalopathy. Ann Neurol 2012; 71:15-25. [PMID: 22275249 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 mutations are known to be responsible for benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS). A few reports on patients with a KCNQ2 mutation with a more severe outcome exist, but a definite relationship has not been established. In this study we investigated whether KCNQ2/3 mutations are a frequent cause of epileptic encephalopathies with an early onset and whether a recognizable phenotype exists. METHODS We analyzed 80 patients with unexplained neonatal or early-infantile seizures and associated psychomotor retardation for KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 mutations. Clinical and imaging data were reviewed in detail. RESULTS We found 7 different heterozygous KCNQ2 mutations in 8 patients (8/80; 10%); 6 mutations arose de novo. One parent with a milder phenotype was mosaic for the mutation. No KCNQ3 mutations were found. The 8 patients had onset of intractable seizures in the first week of life with a prominent tonic component. Seizures generally resolved by age 3 years but the children had profound, or less frequently severe, intellectual disability with motor impairment. Electroencephalography (EEG) at onset showed a burst-suppression pattern or multifocal epileptiform activity. Early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed characteristic hyperintensities in the basal ganglia and thalamus that later resolved. INTERPRETATION KCNQ2 mutations are found in a substantial proportion of patients with a neonatal epileptic encephalopathy with a potentially recognizable electroclinical and radiological phenotype. This suggests that KCNQ2 screening should be included in the diagnostic workup of refractory neonatal seizures of unknown origin.
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- Sarah Weckhuysen
- Neurogenetics Group, VIB-Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Meyts I, Jansen K, Renard M, Bossuyt X, Roelens F, Régal L, Lagae L, Buyse G. Neuromyelitis optica-IgG+ optic neuritis associated with celiac disease and dysgammaglobulinemia: a role for tacrolimus? Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2011; 15:265-7. [PMID: 20937563 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Revised: 09/08/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present a pediatric case of recurrent optic neuritis, celiac disease, partial IgA and IgG3 deficiency in the context of anti-aquaporin-4 auto-immunity and familial IgA deficiency with celiac disease. Treatment with tacrolimus was successful in preventing disease relapses. This case stresses the relevance of central nervous system anti-aquaporin-4 auto-immunity in a broader context of immune dysregulation and neuro-immunology.
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- Isabelle Meyts
- Pediatric Immune Deficiencies, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Briñas L, Richard P, Quijano-Roy S, Gartioux C, Ledeuil C, Lacène E, Makri S, Ferreiro A, Maugenre S, Topaloglu H, Haliloglu G, Pénisson-Besnier I, Jeannet PY, Merlini L, Navarro C, Toutain A, Chaigne D, Desguerre I, de Die-Smulders C, Dunand M, Echenne B, Eymard B, Kuntzer T, Maincent K, Mayer M, Plessis G, Rivier F, Roelens F, Stojkovic T, Taratuto AL, Lubieniecki F, Monges S, Tranchant C, Viollet L, Romero NB, Estournet B, Guicheney P, Allamand V. Early onset collagen VI myopathies: Genetic and clinical correlations. Ann Neurol 2010; 68:511-20. [PMID: 20976770 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Mutations in the genes encoding the extracellular matrix protein collagen VI (ColVI) cause a spectrum of disorders with variable inheritance including Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, Bethlem myopathy, and intermediate phenotypes. We extensively characterized, at the clinical, cellular, and molecular levels, 49 patients with onset in the first 2 years of life to investigate genotype-phenotype correlations. METHODS Patients were classified into 3 groups: early-severe (18%), moderate-progressive (53%), and mild (29%). ColVI secretion was analyzed in patient-derived skin fibroblasts. Chain-specific transcript levels were quantified by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and mutation identification was performed by sequencing of complementary DNA. RESULTS ColVI secretion was altered in all fibroblast cultures studied. We identified 56 mutations, mostly novel and private. Dominant de novo mutations were detected in 61% of the cases. Importantly, mutations causing premature termination codons (PTCs) or in-frame insertions strikingly destabilized the corresponding transcripts. Homozygous PTC-causing mutations in the triple helix domains led to the most severe phenotypes (ambulation never achieved), whereas dominant de novo in-frame exon skipping and glycine missense mutations were identified in patients of the moderate-progressive group (loss of ambulation). INTERPRETATION This work emphasizes that the diagnosis of early onset ColVI myopathies is arduous and time-consuming, and demonstrates that quantitative RT-PCR is a helpful tool for the identification of some mutation-bearing genes. Moreover, the clinical classification proposed allowed genotype-phenotype relationships to be explored, and may be useful in the design of future clinical trials.
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Monbaliu E, Ortibus E, Roelens F, Desloovere K, Deklerck J, Prinzie P, de Cock P, Feys H. Rating scales for dystonia in cerebral palsy: reliability and validity. Dev Med Child Neurol 2010; 52:570-5. [PMID: 20132143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIM This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Barry-Albright Dystonia Scale (BADS), the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Movement Scale (BFMMS), and the Unified Dystonia Rating Scale (UDRS) in patients with bilateral dystonic cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD Three raters independently scored videotapes of 10 patients (five males, five females; mean age 13 y 3 mo, SD 5 y 2 mo, range 5-22 y). One patient each was classified at levels I-IV in the Gross Motor Function Classification System and six patients were classified at level V. Reliability was measured by (1) intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for interrater reliability, (2) standard error of measurement (SEM) and smallest detectable difference (SDD), and (3) Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency. Validity was assessed by Pearson's correlations among the three scales used and by content analysis. RESULTS Moderate to good interrater reliability was found for total scores of the three scales (ICC: BADS=0.87; BFMMS=0.86; UDRS=0.79). However, many subitems showed low reliability, in particular for the UDRS. SEM and SDD were respectively 6.36% and 17.72% for the BADS, 9.88% and 27.39% for the BFMMS, and 8.89% and 24.63% for the UDRS. High internal consistency was found. Pearson's correlations were high. Content validity showed insufficient accordance with the new CP definition and classification. INTERPRETATION Our results support the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the scales; however, taking into consideration the limitations in reliability, including the large SDD values and the content validity, further research on methods of assessment of dystonia is warranted.
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- E Monbaliu
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Goizet C, Boukhris A, Maltete D, Guyant-Maréchal L, Truchetto J, Mundwiller E, Hanein S, Jonveaux P, Roelens F, Loureiro J, Godet E, Forlani S, Melki J, Auer-Grumbach M, Fernandez JC, Martin-Hardy P, Sibon I, Sole G, Orignac I, Mhiri C, Coutinho P, Durr A, Brice A, Stevanin G. SPG15 is the second most common cause of hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum. Neurology 2009; 73:1111-9. [PMID: 19805727 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181bacf59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are very heterogeneous inherited neurodegenerative disorders. Our group recently identified ZFYVE26 as the gene responsible for one of the clinical and genetic entities, SPG15. Our aim was to describe its clinical and mutational spectra. METHODS We analyzed all exons of SPG15/ZFYVE26 gene by direct sequencing in a series of 60 non-SPG11 HSP subjects with associated mental or MRI abnormalities, including 30 isolated cases. The clinical data were collected through the SPATAX network. RESULTS We identified 13 novel truncating mutations in ZFYVE26, 12 of which segregated at the homozygous or compound heterozygous states in 8 new SPG15 families while 1 was found at the heterozygous state in a single family. Two of 3 splice site mutations were validated on mRNA of 2 patients. The SPG15 phenotype in 11 affected individuals was characterized by early onset HSP, severe progression of the disease, and mental impairment dominated by cognitive decline. Thin corpus callosum and white matter hyperintensities were MRI hallmarks of the disease in this series. CONCLUSIONS The mutations are truncating, private, and distributed along the entire coding sequence of ZFYVE26, which complicates the analysis of this gene in clinical practice. In our series of patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia-thin corpus callosum, the largest analyzed so far, SPG15 was the second most frequent form (11.5%) after SPG11. Both forms share similar clinical and imaging presentations with very few distinctions, which are, however, insufficient to infer the molecular diagnosis when faced with a single patient.
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Moog U, Roelens F, Mortier GR, Sijstermans H, Kelly M, Cox GF, Robson CD, Kimonis VE. Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis accompanied by the formation of bone cysts: Harboring clues to pathogenesis? Am J Med Genet A 2008; 143A:2973-80. [PMID: 18000896 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (ECCL) is a sporadically occurring neurocutaneous disorder characterized by ocular anomalies, mainly choristomas; by skin lesions consisting of hairless fatty tissue nevi (nevus psiloliparus), focal dermal hypoplasia, alopecia, and periocular skin tags; and by CNS anomalies, including intracranial and spinal lipomas and often mental retardation and seizures. Here, we report on three boys with ECCL with typical abnormalities of the eyes, skin and brain and, in addition, coarctation of the aorta. All three children developed multiple cystic bone lesions, which progressively spread throughout the skeleton in Patient 1 and was shown histologically to be non-ossifying fibromas in Patient 2. We hypothesize that ECCL may be caused by mosaicism for a mutated gene involved in benign mesenchymal tumors and in vasculogenesis.
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- Ute Moog
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Ramaekers VT, Sequeira JM, Artuch R, Blau N, Temudo T, Ormazabal A, Pineda M, Aracil A, Roelens F, Laccone F, Quadros EV. Folate receptor autoantibodies and spinal fluid 5-methyltetrahydrofolate deficiency in Rett syndrome. Neuropediatrics 2007; 38:179-83. [PMID: 18058624 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rett syndrome was associated with low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5MTHF) in 42-50% of European patients whereas approximately 93% of the patients from North-America had a normal CSF 5MTHF status. We determined the CSF folate status in Rett patients living in North- and South-Western Europe and measured serum folate receptor (FR) autoantibodies of the blocking type to explain the reduced folate transport across the choroid plexus. Irrespective of their MECP2 genotype and despite normal plasma folate values, 14 of 33 Rett patients (42%) had low CSF folate levels. Blocking FR autoantibodies were found in 8 of the Rett patients (24%), 6 of whom had low CSF folate levels. FR autoimmunity was primarily found within the group of Rett patients with low CSF folate status with a higher incidence in North-Western Europe. In Rett patients from North-America 74 of 76 girls had higher folate values in both serum and CSF than European patients. The food folate fortification in North-America may account for the higher folate levels and may prevent CFD in these Rett patients. FR autoimmunity occurred predominantly in Rett patients from North-Western Europe and may contribute to cerebral folate deficiency (CFD).
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- V T Ramaekers
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany.
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Delmulle L, Bellahcène A, Dhooge W, Comhaire F, Roelens F, Huvaere K, Heyerick A, Castronovo V, De Keukeleire D. Anti-proliferative properties of prenylated flavonoids from hops (Humulus lupulus L.) in human prostate cancer cell lines. Phytomedicine 2006; 13:732-4. [PMID: 16678392 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Chalcones xanthohumol (X) and desmethylxanthohumol (DMX), present in hops (Humulus lupulus L.), and the corresponding flavanones isoxanthohumol (IX, from X), 8-prenylnaringenin (8-PN, from DMX), and 6-prenylnaringenin (6-PN, from DMX), have been examined in vitro for their anti-proliferative activity on human prostate cancer cells PC-3 and DU145. X proved to be the most active compound in inhibiting the growth of the cell lines with IC50 values of 12.3+/-1.1 microM for DU145 and 13.2+/-1.1 microM for PC-3. 6-PN was the second most active growth inhibitor, particularly in PC-3 cells (IC50 of 18.4+/-1.2 microM). 8-PN, a highly potent phytoestrogen, exhibited pronounced anti-proliferative effects on PC-3 and DU145 (IC50 of 33.5+/-1.0 and 43.1+/-1.2 microM, respectively), and IX gave comparable activities (IC50 of 45.2+/-1.1 microM for PC-3 and 47.4+/-1.1 microM for DU145). DMX was the least active compound. It was evidenced for the first time that this family of prenylated flavonoids from hops effectively inhibits proliferation of prostate cancer cells in vitro.
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- L Delmulle
- Ghent University-UGent, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, and Ghent University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Belgium
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Verhoeven K, Claeys KG, Züchner S, Schröder JM, Weis J, Ceuterick C, Jordanova A, Nelis E, De Vriendt E, Van Hul M, Seeman P, Mazanec R, Saifi GM, Szigeti K, Mancias P, Butler IJ, Kochanski A, Ryniewicz B, De Bleecker J, Van den Bergh P, Verellen C, Van Coster R, Goemans N, Auer-Grumbach M, Robberecht W, Milic Rasic V, Nevo Y, Tournev I, Guergueltcheva V, Roelens F, Vieregge P, Vinci P, Moreno MT, Christen HJ, Shy ME, Lupski JR, Vance JM, De Jonghe P, Timmerman V. MFN2 mutation distribution and genotype/phenotype correlation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2. Brain 2006; 129:2093-102. [PMID: 16714318 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mutations in mitofusin 2 (MFN2) have been reported in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 (CMT2) families. To study the distribution of mutations in MFN2 we screened 323 families and isolated patients with distinct CMT phenotypes. In 29 probands, we identified 22 distinct MFN2 mutations, and 14 of these mutations have not been reported before. All mutations were located in the cytoplasmic domains of the MFN2 protein. Patients presented with a classical but rather severe CMT phenotype, since 28% of them were wheelchair-dependent. Some had additional features as optic atrophy. Most patients had an early onset and severe disease status, whereas a smaller group experienced a later onset and milder disease course. Electrophysiological data showed in the majority of patients normal to slightly reduced nerve conduction velocities with often severely reduced amplitudes of the compound motor and sensory nerve action potentials. Examination of sural nerve specimens showed loss of large myelinated fibres and degenerative mitochondrial changes. In patients with a documented family history of CMT2 the frequency of MFN2 mutations was 33% indicating that MFN2 mutations are a major cause in this population.
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- Kristien Verhoeven
- Peripheral Neuropathy Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology Antwerpen, Belgium
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Giusti B, Lucarini L, Pietroni V, Lucioli S, Bandinelli B, Sabatelli P, Squarzoni S, Petrini S, Gartioux C, Talim B, Roelens F, Merlini L, Topaloglu H, Bertini E, Guicheney P, Pepe G. Dominant and recessive COL6A1 mutations in Ullrich scleroatonic muscular dystrophy. Ann Neurol 2005; 58:400-10. [PMID: 16130093 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In this study, we characterized five Ullrich scleroatonic muscular dystrophy patients (two Italians, one Belgian, and two Turks) with a clinical phenotype showing different degrees of severity, all carrying mutations localized in COL6A1. We sequenced the three entire COL6 complementary DNA. Three of five patients have recessive mutations: two patients (P1and P3) have homozygous single-nucleotide deletions, one in exon 9 and one in exon 22; one patient (P2) has a homozygous single-nucleotide substitution leading to a premature termination codon in exon 31. The nonsense mutation of P2 also causes a partial skipping of exon 31 with the formation of a premature termination codon in exon 32 in 15% of the total COL6A1 messenger RNA. The remaining two patients carry a heterozygous glycine substitution in exons 9 and 10 inside the triple-helix region; both are dominant mutations because the missense mutations are absent in the DNA of their respective parents. As for the three homozygous recessive mutations, the apparently healthy consanguineous parents all carry a heterozygous mutated allele. Here, for the first time, we report a genotype-phenotype correlation demonstrating that heterozygous glycine substitutions in the triple-helix domain of COL6A1 are dominant and responsible for a milder Ullrich scleroatonic muscular dystrophy phenotype, and that recessive mutations in COL6A1 correlate with more severe clinical and biochemical Ullrich scleroatonic muscular dystrophy phenotypes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Betti Giusti
- Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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AIM To define neonatal pial middle cerebral artery infarction. METHODS A retrospective study was made of neonates in whom focal arterial infarction had been detected ultrasonographically. A detailed study was made of cortical middle cerebral artery infarction subtypes. RESULTS Forty infarctions, with the exception of those in a posterior cerebral artery, were detected ultrasonographically over a period of 10 years. Most were confirmed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Factor V Leiden heterozygosity was documented in three. The onset was probably antepartum in three, and associated with fetal distress before labour in one. There were 19 cases of cortical middle cerebral artery stroke. The truncal type (n=13) was more common than complete (n = 5) middle cerebral artery infarction. Of six infarcts in the anterior trunk, four were in term infants and five affected the right hemisphere. Clinical seizures were part of the anterior truncal presentation in three. One of these infants, with involvement of the primary motor area, developed a severe motor hemisyndrome. The Bayley Mental Developmental Index was above 80 in all of three infants tested with anterior truncal infarction. Of seven patients with posterior truncal infarction, six were at or near term. Six of these lesions were left sided. Clinical seizures were observed in three. A mild motor hemisyndrome developed in at least three of these infants due to involvement of parieto-temporal non-primary cortex. CONCLUSIONS Inability to differentiate between truncal and complete middle cerebral artery stroke is one of the explanations for the reported different outcomes. Severe motor hemisyndrome can be predicted from neonatal ultrasonography on the basis of primary motor cortex involvement. Clinical seizures were recognised in less than half of the patients with truncal infarction; left sided presentation was present in the posterior, but not the anterior truncal type of infarction. Asphyxia is a rare cause of focal arterial infarction.
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- P Govaert
- Department of Neonatology, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
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