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| العنوان: |
Relative contribution of mutations in genes for autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathies: a genotype-phenotype correlation study. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ines Dierick, Jonathan Baets, Joy Irobi, An Jacobs, Els De Vriendt, Tine Deconinck, Luciano Merlini, Peter Van den Bergh, Vedrana Milic Rasic, Wim Robberecht, Dirk Fischer, Raul Juntas Morales, Zoran Mitrovic, Pavel Seeman, Radim Mazanec, Andrzej Kochanski, Albena Jordanova, Michaela Auer-Grumbach, A. T. J. M. Helderman-van den Enden, John H. J. Wokke |
| المصدر: |
Brain: A Journal of Neurology. May2008, Vol. 131 Issue 5, p1217-1217. 1p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*NEURONS, *SPINAL cord, *MOTOR neurons, *NERVOUS system |
| مستخلص: |
Distal hereditary motor neuropathy (HMN) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting spinal α-motor neurons. Since 2001, mutations in six different genes have been identified for autosomal dominant distal HMN; glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS), dynactin 1 (DCTN1), small heat shock 27 kDa protein 1 (HSPB1), small heat shock 22 kDa protein 8 (HSPB8), Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL2) and senataxin (SETX). In addition a mutation in the (VAMP)-associated protein B and C (VAPB) was found in several Brazilian families with complex and atypical forms of autosomal dominantly inherited motor neuron disease. We have investigated the distribution of mutations in these seven genes in a cohort of 112 familial and isolated patients with a diagnosis of distal motor neuropathy and found nine different disease-causing mutations in HSPB8, HSPB1, BSCL2 and SETX in 17 patients of whom 10 have been previously reported. No mutations were found in GARS, DCTN1 and VAPB. The phenotypic features of patients with mutations in HSPB8, HSPB1, BSCL2 and SETX fit within the distal HMN classification, with only one exception; a C-terminal HSPB1-mutation was associated with upper motor neuron signs. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a genetic mosaicism in transmitting an HSPB1 mutation. This study, performed in a large cohort of familial and isolated distal HMN patients, clearly confirms the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of distal HMN and provides a basis for the development of algorithms for diagnostic mutation screening in this group of disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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