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Bi H, Guo H, Wang Q, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Li J, Zhao W, Tuo H, Zhang Y. A Novel Variation in the Mitochondrial Complex I Assembly Factor NDUFAF5 Causes Isolated Bilateral Striatal Necrosis in Childhood. Front Neurol 2021; 12:675616. [PMID: 34177781 PMCID: PMC8223072 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.675616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Background: Bilateral striatal necrosis (BSN) is characterized by symmetrical degeneration, predominantly of the caudate and putamen nucleus, in the basal ganglia. It is associated with numerous acquired and hereditary neuro-developmental and motor dysfunction-related pathological conditions. BSN results in high morbidity and mortality among infants and children, and its diagnosis is clinically challenging due to several overlapping disease phenotypes. Therefore, a precise genetic diagnosis is urgently needed for accurate genetic counseling and improved prognostic outcomes as well. Objective: To identify novel missense mutations in the NDUFAF5 gene as a cause of childhood BSN in members of a Chinese family and summarize the clinical characteristics of patients with the NDUFAF5 gene mutations. Methods: This study included a large family living in a remote northwestern area of China. Three siblings developed a neurological disorder characterized by generalized dystonia within the first decade of their lives. Cerebral computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed bilateral lesions of the putamen. Biochemical and genetic approaches were used to identify the cause of BSN. Results: Sequence analysis showed no pathogenic variation in PANK2, SLC25A19, SLC19A3, and NUP62 genes and in the entire mitochondrial genome as well. Whole-exome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous mutations consisting of NDUFAF5:c.425A > C(p.E142A) and c.836T > G (p.M279R). The father, a healthy sister, and a healthy brother of the affected siblings carried the c.836T > G mutation, and the mother carried the c.425A > C mutation. These variants were absent in 100 ethnically matched non-BSN controls. In silico analysis demonstrated that the E142A and M279R mutations in NDUFAF5 protein significantly perturbed the normal conformation of the protein due to alterations in the hydrogen bonding patterns around the evolutionarily conserved catalytic domains, leading to its loss of function in the early stage of mitochondrial complex I assembly. Conclusions: We identified a novel compound heterozygous mutation (c.425A > C and c.836T > G) in the NDUFAF5 gene as the potential cause of autosomal recessive childhood BSN, which extended the pathogenic variation spectrum of the NDUFAF5 gene. This study provides substantial evidence for further improvement of genetic counseling and better clinical management of BSN affected individuals.
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- Hongyan Bi
- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Balint B, Charlesworth G, Stamelou M, Carr L, Mencacci NE, Wood NW, Bhatia KP. Mitochondrial complex I NUBPL mutations cause combined dystonia with bilateral striatal necrosis and cerebellar atrophy. Eur J Neurol 2019; 26:1240-1243. [PMID: 30897263 PMCID: PMC6767441 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Background and purpose The recent advances in genetics have helped to unravel the cause of many dystonia syndromes. With the broadening spectrum of genetically defined dystonia syndromes, distinct clinico‐radiological phenotypes are a welcome handle to guide the diagnostic work‐up. Methods Exome sequencing was used to elucidate the genetic cause of a syndrome characterized by generalized dystonia, pyramidal and cerebellar involvement, with bilateral striatal necrosis (BSN) and cerebellar atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging. Homozygosity mapping and linkage analysis were used in a supportive role. Known genetic causes of BSN were excluded by use of exome data or Sanger sequencing. Results Compound heterozygous mutations were identified in the NUBPL gene in a small UK kindred. The gene lay in a region of positive linkage and segregated with disease in a family of six individuals. Conclusion NUBPL mutations cause early onset, autosomal recessive generalized dystonia with cerebellar ataxia, pyramidal signs, preserved cognition and a distinct magnetic resonance imaging appearance with BSN and cerebellar atrophy.
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- B Balint
- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Second Department of Neurology, Attiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Department, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Neuroscience Department, GOSH, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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Zhong S, Wen S, Qiu Y, Yu Y, Xin L, He Y, Gao X, Fang H, Hong D, Zhang J. Bilateral striatal necrosis due to homoplasmic mitochondrial 3697G>A mutation presents with incomplete penetrance and sex bias. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019; 7:e541. [PMID: 30623604 PMCID: PMC6418351 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Heteroplasmic mitochondrial 3697G>A mutation has been associated with leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke‐like episodes (MELAS), and LHON/MELAS overlap syndrome. However, homoplasmic m.3697G>A mutation was only found in a family with Leigh syndrome, and the phenotype and pathogenicity of this homoplasmic mutation still need to be investigated in new patients. Methods The clinical interviews were conducted in 12 individuals from a multiple‐generation inherited family. Mutations were screened through exome next‐generation sequencing and subsequently confirmed by PCR‐restriction fragment length polymorphism. Mitochondrial complex activities and ATP production rate were measured by biochemical analysis. Results The male offspring with bilateral striatal necrosis (BSN) were characterized by severe spastic dystonia and complete penetrance, while the female offspring presented with mild symptom and low penetrance. All offspring carried homoplasmic mutation of NC_012920.1: m.3697G>A, p.(Gly131Ser). Biochemical analysis revealed an isolated defect of complex I, but the magnitude of the defect was higher in the male patients than that in the female ones. The ATP production rate also exhibited a similar pattern. However, no possible modifier genes on the X chromosome were identified. Conclusion Homoplasmic m.3697G>A mutation could be associated with BSN, which expanded the clinical spectrum of m.3697G>A. Our preliminary investigations had not found the underlying modifiers to support the double hit hypothesis, while the high level of estrogens in the female patients might exert a potential compensatory effect on mutant cell metabolism.
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- Shanshan Zhong
- Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Rice GI, Kitabayashi N, Barth M, Briggs TA, Burton AC, Carpanelli ML, Cerisola AM, Colson C, Dale RC, Danti FR, Darin N, De Azua B, De Giorgis V, De Goede CGL, Desguerre I, De Laet C, Eslahi A, Fahey MC, Fallon P, Fay A, Fazzi E, Gorman MP, Gowrinathan NR, Hully M, Kurian MA, Leboucq N, Lin JPSM, Lines MA, Mar SS, Maroofian R, Martí-Sanchez L, McCullagh G, Mojarrad M, Narayanan V, Orcesi S, Ortigoza-Escobar JD, Pérez-Dueñas B, Petit F, Ramsey KM, Rasmussen M, Rivier F, Rodríguez-Pombo P, Roubertie A, Stödberg TI, Toosi MB, Toutain A, Uettwiller F, Ulrick N, Vanderver A, Waldman A, Livingston JH, Crow YJ. Genetic, Phenotypic, and Interferon Biomarker Status in ADAR1-Related Neurological Disease. Neuropediatrics 2017; 48:166-184. [PMID: 28561207 PMCID: PMC5985975 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
We investigated the genetic, phenotypic, and interferon status of 46 patients from 37 families with neurological disease due to mutations in ADAR1. The clinicoradiological phenotype encompassed a spectrum of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, isolated bilateral striatal necrosis, spastic paraparesis with normal neuroimaging, a progressive spastic dystonic motor disorder, and adult-onset psychological difficulties with intracranial calcification. Homozygous missense mutations were recorded in five families. We observed a p.Pro193Ala variant in the heterozygous state in 22 of 23 families with compound heterozygous mutations. We also ascertained 11 cases from nine families with a p.Gly1007Arg dominant-negative mutation, which occurred de novo in four patients, and was inherited in three families in association with marked phenotypic variability. In 50 of 52 samples from 34 patients, we identified a marked upregulation of type I interferon-stimulated gene transcripts in peripheral blood, with a median interferon score of 16.99 (interquartile range [IQR]: 10.64-25.71) compared with controls (median: 0.93, IQR: 0.57-1.30). Thus, mutations in ADAR1 are associated with a variety of clinically distinct neurological phenotypes presenting from early infancy to adulthood, inherited either as an autosomal recessive or dominant trait. Testing for an interferon signature in blood represents a useful biomarker in this context.
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- Gillian I. Rice
- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Manchester Academic
Health Science Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine
and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, INSERM UMR 1163,
Paris, France,Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Institut Imagine, Hôpital
Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris
Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Manchester Academic
Health Science Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine
and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom,Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Central Manchester
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science
Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, St George’s
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Facultad de Medicina, UDELAR,
Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Clinique de Génétique, Hôpital Jeanne de
Flandre, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Children’s
Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Developmental Neurosciences, Institute of Child
Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom,Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London,
United Kingdom,Department of Paediatrics, Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza
University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Sciences,
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Son Llátzer, Palma de
Mallorca, Spain
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, C. Mondino National
Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants
Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Nutrition and metabolic Unit, Hôpital Universitaire des
Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad
University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, St George’s University
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, California, San
Francisco, United States
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- Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Clinical and
Experimental Sciences, Civil Hospital, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, United States
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants
Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Developmental Neurosciences, Institute of Child
Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom,Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London,
United Kingdom
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- General Neurology and Complex Motor Disorders Service, Evelina
Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation
Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, St. Louis Children’s
Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
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- Medical Research, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, Exeter Medical
School, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Neurology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu,
Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Royal Manchester
Children’s Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad
University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenomics Division, Center for Rare Childhood Disorders, TGen
–The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, C. Mondino National
Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Child Neurology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu,
Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Clinique de Génétique, Hôpital Jeanne de
Flandre, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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- Neurogenomics Division, Center for Rare Childhood Disorders, TGen
–The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences for Children, and Unit for
Congenital and Hereditary Neuromuscular Disorders, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo,
Norway
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- Department of Neuropédiatrie and CR Maladies
Neuromusculaires, CHU de Montpellier, France,PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214,
Montpellier, France
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- Centro de Diagnóstico de Enfermedades Moleculares, Centro
de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma Madrid,
CIBERER, IDIPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neuropédiatrie and CR Maladies
Neuromusculaires, CHU de Montpellier, France,INSERM U1051, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
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- Neuropediatric Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm,
Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ghaem Medical Center, School of
Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Pediatric Immunology-Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, Institut
Imagine, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance
Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France,Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, CHRU Tours,
Tours, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds,
United Kingdom
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Manchester Academic
Health Science Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine
and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom,Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, INSERM UMR 1163,
Paris, France,Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Institut Imagine, Hôpital
Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris
Descartes University, Paris, France
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Crow YJ, Chase DS, Lowenstein Schmidt J, Szynkiewicz M, Forte GMA, Gornall HL, Oojageer A, Anderson B, Pizzino A, Helman G, Abdel-Hamid MS, Abdel-Salam GM, Ackroyd S, Aeby A, Agosta G, Albin C, Allon-Shalev S, Arellano M, Ariaudo G, Aswani V, Babul-Hirji R, Baildam EM, Bahi-Buisson N, Bailey KM, Barnerias C, Barth M, Battini R, Beresford MW, Bernard G, Bianchi M, Billette de Villemeur T, Blair EM, Bloom M, Burlina AB, Carpanelli ML, Carvalho DR, Castro-Gago M, Cavallini A, Cereda C, Chandler KE, Chitayat DA, Collins AE, Sierra Corcoles C, Cordeiro NJV, Crichiutti G, Dabydeen L, Dale RC, D'Arrigo S, De Goede CGEL, De Laet C, De Waele LMH, Denzler I, Desguerre I, Devriendt K, Di Rocco M, Fahey MC, Fazzi E, Ferrie CD, Figueiredo A, Gener B, Goizet C, Gowrinathan NR, Gowrishankar K, Hanrahan D, Isidor B, Kara B, Khan N, King MD, Kirk EP, Kumar R, Lagae L, Landrieu P, Lauffer H, Laugel V, La Piana R, Lim MJ, Lin JPSM, Linnankivi T, Mackay MT, Marom DR, Marques Lourenço C, McKee SA, Moroni I, Morton JEV, Moutard ML, Murray K, Nabbout R, Nampoothiri S, Nunez-Enamorado N, Oades PJ, Olivieri I, Ostergaard JR, Pérez-Dueñas B, Prendiville JS, Ramesh V, Rasmussen M, Régal L, Ricci F, Rio M, Rodriguez D, Roubertie A, Salvatici E, Segers KA, Sinha GP, Soler D, Spiegel R, Stödberg TI, Straussberg R, Swoboda KJ, Suri M, Tacke U, Tan TY, te Water Naude J, Wee Teik K, Thomas MM, Till M, Tonduti D, Valente EM, Van Coster RN, van der Knaap MS, Vassallo G, Vijzelaar R, Vogt J, Wallace GB, Wassmer E, Webb HJ, Whitehouse WP, Whitney RN, Zaki MS, Zuberi SM, Livingston JH, Rozenberg F, Lebon P, Vanderver A, Orcesi S, Rice GI. Characterization of human disease phenotypes associated with mutations in TREX1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1, ADAR, and IFIH1. Am J Med Genet A 2015; 167A:296-312. [PMID: 25604658 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is an inflammatory disease occurring due to mutations in any of TREX1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1, ADAR or IFIH1. We report on 374 patients from 299 families with mutations in these seven genes. Most patients conformed to one of two fairly stereotyped clinical profiles; either exhibiting an in utero disease-onset (74 patients; 22.8% of all patients where data were available), or a post-natal presentation, usually within the first year of life (223 patients; 68.6%), characterized by a sub-acute encephalopathy and a loss of previously acquired skills. Other clinically distinct phenotypes were also observed; particularly, bilateral striatal necrosis (13 patients; 3.6%) and non-syndromic spastic paraparesis (12 patients; 3.4%). We recorded 69 deaths (19.3% of patients with follow-up data). Of 285 patients for whom data were available, 210 (73.7%) were profoundly disabled, with no useful motor, speech and intellectual function. Chilblains, glaucoma, hypothyroidism, cardiomyopathy, intracerebral vasculitis, peripheral neuropathy, bowel inflammation and systemic lupus erythematosus were seen frequently enough to be confirmed as real associations with the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome phenotype. We observed a robust relationship between mutations in all seven genes with increased type I interferon activity in cerebrospinal fluid and serum, and the increased expression of interferon-stimulated gene transcripts in peripheral blood. We recorded a positive correlation between the level of cerebrospinal fluid interferon activity assayed within one year of disease presentation and the degree of subsequent disability. Interferon-stimulated gene transcripts remained high in most patients, indicating an ongoing disease process. On the basis of substantial morbidity and mortality, our data highlight the urgent need to define coherent treatment strategies for the phenotypes associated with mutations in the Aicardi-Goutières syndrome-related genes. Our findings also make it clear that a window of therapeutic opportunity exists relevant to the majority of affected patients and indicate that the assessment of type I interferon activity might serve as a useful biomarker in future clinical trials.
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- Yanick J Crow
- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Institut Imagine, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France; Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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