The genetic and clinical spectrum in a cohort of 39 families with complex inherited peripheral neuropathies

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With complicated conditions and a large number of potentially causative genes, the diagnosis of a patient with complex inherited peripheral neuropathies (IPNs) is challenging. To provide an overview of the genetic and clinical features of 39 families with complex IPNs from central south China and to optimize the molecular diagnosis approach to this group of heterogeneous diseases, a total of 39 index patients from unrelated families were enrolled, and detailed clinical data were collected. TTR Sanger sequencing, hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) gene panel, and dynamic mutation detection in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCAs) were performed according to the respective additional clinical features. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was used in patients with negative or unclear results. Dynamic mutation detection in NOTCH2NLC and RCF1 was applied as a supplement to WES. As a result, an overall molecular diagnosis rate of 89.7% was achieved. All 21 patients with predominant autonomic dysfunction and multiple organ system involvement carried pathogenic variants in TTR, among which nine had c.349G > T (p.A97S) hotspot variants. Five out of 7 patients (71.4%) with muscle involvement harbored biallelic pathogenic variants in GNE. Five out of 6 patients (83.3%) with spasticity reached definite genetic causes in SACS, KIF5A, BSCL2, and KIAA0196, respectively. NOTCH2NLC GGC repeat expansions were identified in all three cases accompanied by chronic coughing and in one patient accompanied by cognitive impairment. The pathogenic variants, p.F284S and p.G111R in GNE, and p.K4326E in SACS, were first reported. In conclusion, transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN), GNE myopathy, and neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) were the most common genotypes in this cohort of complex IPNs. NOTCH2NLC dynamic mutation testing should be added to the molecular diagnostic workflow. We expanded the genetic and related clinical spectrum of GNE myopathy and ARSACS by reporting novel variants.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:270

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurology - 270(2023), 10 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 4959-4967

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Mengli [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Honglan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaobo [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Shunxiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Huadong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiying [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Qiao [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Ranhui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Junling [VerfasserIn]
Zuchner, Stephan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Beisha [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ruxu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATTR-PN
Complex inherited peripheral neuropathies
EC 3.6.4.4
GNE myopathy
Journal Article
KIF5A protein, human
Kinesins
Molecular diagnosis workflow
NIID

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Date Completed 21.09.2023

Date Revised 22.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00415-023-11821-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358666368