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2. The HFE p.H63D (p.His63Asp) Polymorphism Is a Modifier of ALS Outcome in Italian and French Patients with SOD1 Mutations

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Canosa, A, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Moglia, C, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Borghero, G, Caponnetto, C, Trojsi, F, Spataro, R, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Riva, N, Tremolizzo, L, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M, Mandich, P, Conforti, F, Zollino, M, Sabatelli, M, Tarlarini, C, Lunetta, C, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Guy, N, Meininger, V, Clavelou, P, Camu, W, Chiò, A, Canosa, Antonio, Calvo, Andrea, Mora, Gabriele, Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Borghero, Giuseppe, Caponnetto, Claudia, Trojsi, Francesca, Spataro, Rossella, Volanti, Paolo, Simone, Isabella Laura, Salvi, Fabrizio, Logullo, Francesco Ottavio, Riva, Nilo, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Giannini, Fabio, Mandrioli, Jessica, Tanel, Raffaella, Murru, Maria Rita, Mandich, Paola, Conforti, Francesca Luisa, Zollino, Marcella, Sabatelli, Mario, Tarlarini, Claudia, Lunetta, Christian, Mazzini, Letizia, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Guy, Nathalie, Meininger, Vincent, Clavelou, Pierre, Camu, William, Chiò, Adriano, Canosa, A, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Moglia, C, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Borghero, G, Caponnetto, C, Trojsi, F, Spataro, R, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Riva, N, Tremolizzo, L, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M, Mandich, P, Conforti, F, Zollino, M, Sabatelli, M, Tarlarini, C, Lunetta, C, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Guy, N, Meininger, V, Clavelou, P, Camu, W, Chiò, A, Canosa, Antonio, Calvo, Andrea, Mora, Gabriele, Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Borghero, Giuseppe, Caponnetto, Claudia, Trojsi, Francesca, Spataro, Rossella, Volanti, Paolo, Simone, Isabella Laura, Salvi, Fabrizio, Logullo, Francesco Ottavio, Riva, Nilo, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Giannini, Fabio, Mandrioli, Jessica, Tanel, Raffaella, Murru, Maria Rita, Mandich, Paola, Conforti, Francesca Luisa, Zollino, Marcella, Sabatelli, Mario, Tarlarini, Claudia, Lunetta, Christian, Mazzini, Letizia, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Guy, Nathalie, Meininger, Vincent, Clavelou, Pierre, Camu, William, and Chiò, Adriano

Abstract

Background: Data from published studies about the effect of HFE polymorphisms on ALS risk, phenotype, and survival are still inconclusive. We aimed at evaluating whether the p.H63D polymorphism is a modifier of phenotype and survival in SOD1-mutated patients. Methods: We included 183 SOD1-mutated ALS patients. Mutations were classified as severe or mild according to the median survival of the study population. Patients were screened for the HFE p.H63D polymorphism. Survival was calculated using the Kaplan–Meier modeling, and differences were measured by the log-rank test. Multivariable analysis was performed with the Cox proportional hazards model (stepwise backward). Results: SOD1 severe mutation carriers show more frequent familial history for ALS and shorter survival compared to mild mutation carriers. Carriers and non-carriers of the p.H63D polymorphism did not differ in terms of sex ratio, frequency of positive familial history, age at onset, and bulbar/spinal ratio. In univariate and in Cox multivariable analysis using sex, age at onset, site of onset, family history, country of origin, and mutation severity as covariates, p.H63D carriers had a longer survival (p = 0.034 and p = 0.004). Conclusions: We found that SOD1-mutated ALS patients carrying the p.H63D HFE polymorphism have a longer survival compared to non-carriers, independently of sex, age and site of onset, family history, nation of origin, and severity of mutations, suggesting a possible role as disease progression modifier for the p.H63D HFE polymorphism in SOD1-ALS.

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2023

3. Association of Variants in the SPTLC1 Gene with Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Johnson, JO, Chia, R, Miller, DE, Li, R, Kumaran, R, Abramzon, Y, Alahmady, N, Renton, AE, Topp, SD, Gibbs, JR, Cookson, MR, Sabir, MS, Dalgard, CL, Troakes, C, Jones, AR, Shatunov, A, Iacoangeli, A, Al Khleifat, A, Ticozzi, N, Silani, V, Gellera, C, Blair, IP, Dobson-Stone, C, Kwok, JB, Bonkowski, ES, Palvadeau, R, Tienari, PJ, Morrison, KE, Shaw, PJ, Al-Chalabi, A, Brown, RH, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Al-Saif, H, Gotkine, M, Leigh, F, Chang, IJ, Perlman, SJ, Glass, I, Scott, AI, Shaw, CE, Basak, AN, Landers, JE, Chiò, A, Crawford, TO, Smith, BN, Traynor, BJ, Fallini, C, Gkazi, AS, Scotter, EL, Kenna, KP, Keagle, P, Tiloca, C, Vance, C, Colombrita, C, King, A, Pensato, V, Castellotti, B, Baas, F, ten Asbroek, ALMA, McKenna-Yasek, D, McLaughlin, RL, Polak, M, Asress, S, Esteban-Pérez, J, Stevic, Z, D’Alfonso, S, Mazzini, L, Comi, GP, Del Bo, R, Ceroni, M, Gagliardi, S, Querin, G, Bertolin, C, van Rheenen, W, Rademakers, R, van Blitterswijk, M, Lauria, G, Duga, S, Corti, S, Cereda, C, Corrado, L, Sorarù, G, Williams, KL, Nicholson, GA, Leblond-Manry, C, Rouleau, GA, Hardiman, O, Veldink, JH, van den Berg, LH, Pall, H, Turner, MR, Talbot, K, Taroni, F, García-Redondo, A, Wu, Z, Glass, JD, Ratti, A, Adeleye, A, Soltis, AR, Alba, C, Viollet, C, Bacikova, D, Hupalo, DN, Sukumar, G, Pollard, HB, Wilkerson, MD, Martinez, EM, Ahmed, S, Arepalli, S, Baloh, RH, Bowser, R, Brady, CB, Brice, A, Broach, J, Campbell, RH, Camu, W, Cooper-Knock, J, Ding, J, Drepper, C, Drory, VE, Dunckley, TL, Eicher, JD, England, BK, Faghri, F, Feldman, E, Floeter, MK, Fratta, P, Geiger, JT, Gerhard, G, Gibson, SB, Hardy, J, Harms, MB, Heiman-Patterson, TD, Hernandez, DG, Jansson, L, Kirby, J, Kowall, NW, Laaksovirta, H, Landeck, N, Landi, F, Le Ber, I, Lumbroso, S, MacGowan, DJL, Maragakis, NJ, Mouzat, K, Murphy, NA, Myllykangas, L, Nalls, MA, Orrell, RW, Ostrow, LW, Pamphlett, R, Pickering-Brown, S, Pioro, EP, Pletnikova, O, Pliner, HA, Pulst, SM, Ravits, JM, Rivera, A, Robberecht, W, Rogaeva, E, Rollinson, S, Rothstein, JD, Scholz, SW, Sendtner, M, Sidle, KC, Simmons, Z, Singleton, AB, Smith, N, Stone, DJ, Troncoso, JC, Valori, M, Van Damme, P, Van Deerlin, VM, Van Den Bosch, L, Zinman, L, Angelocola, SM, Ausiello, FP, Barberis, M, Bartolomei, I, Battistini, S, Bersano, E, Bisogni, G, Borghero, G, Brunetti, M, Cabona, C, Canale, F, Canosa, A, Cantisani, TA, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Cardinali, P, Carrera, P, Casale, F, Colletti, T, Conforti, FL, Conte, A, Conti, E, Corbo, M, Cuccu, S, Dalla Bella, E, D’Errico, E, DeMarco, G, Dubbioso, R, Ferrarese, C, Ferraro, PM, Filippi, M, Fini, N, Floris, G, Fuda, G, Gallone, S, Gianferrari, G, Giannini, F, Grassano, M, Greco, L, Iazzolino, B, Introna, A, La Bella, V, Lattante, S, Liguori, R, Logroscino, G, Logullo, FO, Lunetta, C, Mandich, P, Mandrioli, J, Manera, U, Manganelli, F, Marangi, G, Marinou, K, Marrosu, MG, Martinelli, I, Messina, S, Moglia, C, Mosca, L, Murru, MR, Origone, P, Passaniti, C, Petrelli, C, Petrucci, A, Pozzi, S, Pugliatti, M, Quattrini, A, Ricci, C, Riolo, G, Riva, N, Russo, M, Sabatelli, M, Salamone, P, Salivetto, M, Salvi, F, Santarelli, M, Sbaiz, L, Sideri, R, Simone, I, Simonini, C, Spataro, R, Tanel, R, Tedeschi, G, Ticca, A, Torriello, A, Tranquilli, S, Tremolizzo, L, Trojsi, F, Vasta, R, Vacchiano, V, Vita, G, Volanti, P, Zollino, M, Zucchi, E, Johnson J.O., Chia R., Miller D.E., Li R., Kumaran R., Abramzon Y., Alahmady N., Renton A.E., Topp S.D., Gibbs J.R., Cookson M.R., Sabir M.S., Dalgard C.L., Troakes C., Jones A.R., Shatunov A., Iacoangeli A., Al Khleifat A., Ticozzi N., Silani V., Gellera C., Blair I.P., Dobson-Stone C., Kwok J.B., Bonkowski E.S., Palvadeau R., Tienari P.J., Morrison K.E., Shaw P.J., Al-Chalabi A., Brown R.H., Calvo A., Mora G., Al-Saif H., Gotkine M., Leigh F., Chang I.J., Perlman S.J., Glass I., Scott A.I., Shaw C.E., Basak A.N., Landers J.E., Chio A., Crawford T.O., Smith B.N., Traynor B.J., Fallini C., Gkazi A.S., Scotter E.L., Kenna K.P., Keagle P., Tiloca C., Vance C., Colombrita C., King A., Pensato V., Castellotti B., Baas F., Ten Asbroek A.L.M.A., McKenna-Yasek D., McLaughlin R.L., Polak M., Asress S., Esteban-Perez J., Stevic Z., D'Alfonso S., Mazzini L., Comi G.P., Del Bo R., Ceroni M., Gagliardi S., Querin G., Bertolin C., Van Rheenen W., Rademakers R., Van Blitterswijk M., Lauria G., Duga S., Corti S., Cereda C., Corrado L., Soraru G., Williams K.L., Nicholson G.A., Leblond-Manry C., Rouleau G.A., Hardiman O., Veldink J.H., Van Den Berg L.H., Pall H., Turner M.R., Talbot K., Taroni F., Garcia-Redondo A., Wu Z., Glass J.D., Ratti A., Adeleye A., Soltis A.R., Alba C., Viollet C., Bacikova D., Hupalo D.N., Sukumar G., Pollard H.B., Wilkerson M.D., Martinez E.M., Ahmed S., Arepalli S., Baloh R.H., Bowser R., Brady C.B., Brice A., Broach J., Campbell R.H., Camu W., Cooper-Knock J., Ding J., Drepper C., Drory V.E., Dunckley T.L., Eicher J.D., England B.K., Faghri F., Feldman E., Floeter M.K., Fratta P., Geiger J.T., Gerhard G., Gibson S.B., Hardy J., Harms M.B., Heiman-Patterson T.D., Hernandez D.G., Jansson L., Kirby J., Kowall N.W., Laaksovirta H., Landeck N., Landi F., Le Ber I., Lumbroso S., Macgowan D.J.L., Maragakis N.J., Mouzat K., Murphy N.A., Myllykangas L., Nalls M.A., Orrell R.W., Ostrow L.W., Pamphlett R., Pickering-Brown S., Pioro E.P., Pletnikova O., Pliner H.A., Pulst S.M., Ravits J.M., Rivera A., Robberecht W., Rogaeva E., Rollinson S., Rothstein J.D., Scholz S.W., Sendtner M., Sidle K.C., Simmons Z., Singleton A.B., Smith N., Stone D.J., Troncoso J.C., Valori M., Van Damme P., Van Deerlin V.M., Van Den Bosch L., Zinman L., Angelocola S.M., Ausiello F.P., Barberis M., Bartolomei I., Battistini S., Bersano E., Bisogni G., Borghero G., Brunetti M., Cabona C., Canale F., Canosa A., Cantisani T.A., Capasso M., Caponnetto C., Cardinali P., Carrera P., Casale F., Colletti T., Conforti F.L., Conte A., Conti E., Corbo M., Cuccu S., Dalla Bella E., D'Errico E., Demarco G., Dubbioso R., Ferrarese C., Ferraro P.M., Filippi M., Fini N., Floris G., Fuda G., Gallone S., Gianferrari G., Giannini F., Grassano M., Greco L., Iazzolino B., Introna A., La Bella V., Lattante S., Liguori R., Logroscino G., Logullo F.O., Lunetta C., Mandich P., Mandrioli J., Manera U., Manganelli F., Marangi G., Marinou K., Marrosu M.G., Martinelli I., Messina S., Moglia C., Mosca L., Murru M.R., Origone P., Passaniti C., Petrelli C., Petrucci A., Pozzi S., Pugliatti M., Quattrini A., Ricci C., Riolo G., Riva N., Russo M., Sabatelli M., Salamone P., Salivetto M., Salvi F., Santarelli M., Sbaiz L., Sideri R., Simone I., Simonini C., Spataro R., Tanel R., Tedeschi G., Ticca A., Torriello A., Tranquilli S., Tremolizzo L., Trojsi F., Vasta R., Vacchiano V., Vita G., Volanti P., Zollino M., Zucchi E., Johnson, J. O., Chia, R., Miller, D. E., Li, R., Kumaran, R., Abramzon, Y., Alahmady, N., Renton, A. E., Topp, S. D., Gibbs, J. R., Cookson, M. R., Sabir, M. S., Dalgard, C. L., Troakes, C., Jones, A. R., Shatunov, A., Iacoangeli, A., Al Khleifat, A., Ticozzi, N., Silani, V., Gellera, C., Blair, I. P., Dobson-Stone, C., Kwok, J. B., Bonkowski, E. S., Palvadeau, R., Tienari, P. J., Morrison, K. E., Shaw, P. J., Al-Chalabi, A., Brown, R. H., Calvo, A., Mora, G., Al-Saif, H., Gotkine, M., Leigh, F., Chang, I. J., Perlman, S. J., Glass, I., Scott, A. I., Shaw, C. E., Basak, A. N., Landers, J. E., Chio, A., Crawford, T. O., Smith, B. N., Traynor, B. J., Fallini, C., Gkazi, A. S., Scotter, E. L., Kenna, K. P., Keagle, P., Tiloca, C., Vance, C., Colombrita, C., King, A., Pensato, V., Castellotti, B., Baas, F., Ten Asbroek, A. L. M. A., McKenna-Yasek, D., Mclaughlin, R. L., Polak, M., Asress, S., Esteban-Perez, J., Stevic, Z., D'Alfonso, S., Mazzini, L., Comi, G. P., Del Bo, R., Ceroni, M., Gagliardi, S., Querin, G., Bertolin, C., Van Rheenen, W., Rademakers, R., Van Blitterswijk, M., Lauria, G., Duga, S., Corti, S., Cereda, C., Corrado, L., Soraru, G., Williams, K. L., Nicholson, G. A., Leblond-Manry, C., Rouleau, G. A., Hardiman, O., Veldink, J. H., Van Den Berg, L. H., Pall, H., Turner, M. R., Talbot, K., Taroni, F., Garcia-Redondo, A., Wu, Z., Glass, J. D., Ratti, A., Adeleye, A., Soltis, A. R., Alba, C., Viollet, C., Bacikova, D., Hupalo, D. N., Sukumar, G., Pollard, H. B., Wilkerson, M. D., Martinez, E. M., Ahmed, S., Arepalli, S., Baloh, R. H., Bowser, R., Brady, C. B., Brice, A., Broach, J., Campbell, R. H., Camu, W., Cooper-Knock, J., Ding, J., Drepper, C., Drory, V. E., Dunckley, T. L., Eicher, J. D., England, B. K., Faghri, F., Feldman, E., Floeter, M. K., Fratta, P., Geiger, J. T., Gerhard, G., Gibson, S. B., Hardy, J., Harms, M. B., Heiman-Patterson, T. D., Hernandez, D. G., Jansson, L., Kirby, J., Kowall, N. W., Laaksovirta, H., Landeck, N., Landi, F., Le Ber, I., Lumbroso, S., Macgowan, D. J. L., Maragakis, N. J., Mouzat, K., Murphy, N. A., Myllykangas, L., Nalls, M. A., Orrell, R. W., Ostrow, L. W., Pamphlett, R., Pickering-Brown, S., Pioro, E. P., Pletnikova, O., Pliner, H. A., Pulst, S. M., Ravits, J. M., Rivera, A., Robberecht, W., Rogaeva, E., Rollinson, S., Rothstein, J. D., Scholz, S. W., Sendtner, M., Sidle, K. C., Simmons, Z., Singleton, A. B., Smith, N., Stone, D. J., Troncoso, J. C., Valori, M., Van Damme, P., Van Deerlin, V. M., Van Den Bosch, L., Zinman, L., Angelocola, S. M., Ausiello, F. P., Barberis, M., Bartolomei, I., Battistini, S., Bersano, E., Bisogni, G., Borghero, G., Brunetti, M., Cabona, C., Canale, F., Canosa, A., Cantisani, T. A., Capasso, M., Caponnetto, C., Cardinali, P., Carrera, P., Casale, F., Colletti, T., Conforti, F. L., Conte, A., Conti, E., Corbo, M., Cuccu, S., Dalla Bella, E., D'Errico, E., Demarco, G., Dubbioso, R., Ferrarese, C., Ferraro, P. M., Filippi, M., Fini, N., Floris, G., Fuda, G., Gallone, S., Gianferrari, G., Giannini, F., Grassano, M., Greco, L., Iazzolino, B., Introna, A., La Bella, V., Lattante, S., Liguori, R., Logroscino, G., Logullo, F. O., Lunetta, C., Mandich, P., Mandrioli, J., Manera, U., Manganelli, F., Marangi, G., Marinou, K., Marrosu, M. G., Martinelli, I., Messina, S., Moglia, C., Mosca, L., Murru, M. R., Origone, P., Passaniti, C., Petrelli, C., Petrucci, A., Pozzi, S., Pugliatti, M., Quattrini, A., Ricci, C., Riolo, G., Riva, N., Russo, M., Sabatelli, M., Salamone, P., Salivetto, M., Salvi, F., Santarelli, M., Sbaiz, L., Sideri, R., Simone, I., Simonini, C., Spataro, R., Tanel, R., Tedeschi, G., Ticca, A., Torriello, A., Tranquilli, S., Tremolizzo, L., Trojsi, F., Vasta, R., Vacchiano, V., Vita, G., Volanti, P., Zollino, M., Zucchi, E., Başak, Ayşe Nazlı (ORCID 0000-0001-9257-3540 & YÖK ID 1512), Palvadeau, Robin, Johnson, Janel O., Chia, Ruth, Miller, Danny E., Li, Rachel, Kumaran, Ravindran, Abramzon, Yevgeniya, Alahmady, Nada, Renton, Alan E., Topp, Simon D., Gibbs, J. Raphael, Cookson, Mark R., Sabir, Marya S., Dalgard, Clifton L., Troakes, Claire, Jones, Ashley R., Shatunov, Aleksey, Lacoangeli, Alfredo, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Ticozzi, Nicola, Silani, Vincenzo, Gellera, Cinzia, Blair, Ian P., Dobson-Stone, Carol, Kwok, John B., Bonkowski, Emily S., Tienari, Pentti J., Morrison, Karen E., Shaw, Pamela J., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Jr, Robert H. 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Subjects
Hereditary sensory neuropathy, L-serine, Mutations, Deoxysphingolipids, Accumulation, Enzyme complex, Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase, Whole Exome Sequencing, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, Family history, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Child, Index case, Exome sequencing, Original Investigation, 0303 health sciences, Neurosciences and neurology, 3. Good health, Child, Preschool, Failure to thrive, Female, medicine.symptom, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, L-SERINE, Comments, Human, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Mutation, Young Adult, Clinical Neurology, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, DEOXYSPHINGOLIPIDS, Internal medicine, Exome Sequencing, Online First, Juvenile, Preschool, 030304 developmental biology, ACCUMULATION, Science & Technology, SPTLC1, business.industry, MUTATIONS, Research, 3112 Neurosciences, medicine.disease, HEREDITARY SENSORY NEUROPATHY, juvenile, 3111 Biomedicine, Neurology (clinical), Neurosciences & Neurology, ALS, genetic, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
Abstract

Key Points Question What genetic variants are associated with juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? Findings In this family-based genetic study, exome sequencing was performed in 3 patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and failure to thrive; this identified de novo variants in SPTLC1 (p.Ala20Ser in 2 patients and p.Ser331Tyr in 1 patient). Variants in SPTLC1 are a known cause of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, type 1A, and these data extend the phenotype associated with this gene. Meaning De novo variants in the SPTLC1 gene are associated with juvenile ALS, a fatal neurological disorder., This genetic association study identifies genetic variants associated with juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis., Importance Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare form of ALS characterized by age of symptom onset less than 25 years and a variable presentation. Objective To identify the genetic variants associated with juvenile ALS. Design, Setting, and Participants In this multicenter family-based genetic study, trio whole-exome sequencing was performed to identify the disease-associated gene in a case series of unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and severe growth retardation. The patients and their family members were enrolled at academic hospitals and a government research facility between March 1, 2016, and March 13, 2020, and were observed until October 1, 2020. Whole-exome sequencing was also performed in a series of patients with juvenile ALS. A total of 66 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS participated in the study. Patients were selected for the study based on their diagnosis, and all eligible participants were enrolled in the study. None of the participants had a family history of neurological disorders, suggesting de novo variants as the underlying genetic mechanism. Main Outcomes and Measures De novo variants present only in the index case and not in unaffected family members. Results Trio whole-exome sequencing was performed in 3 patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and their parents. An additional 63 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS were subsequently screened for variants in the SPTLC1 gene. De novo variants in SPTLC1 (p.Ala20Ser in 2 patients and p.Ser331Tyr in 1 patient) were identified in 3 unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and failure to thrive. A fourth variant (p.Leu39del) was identified in a patient with juvenile ALS where parental DNA was unavailable. Variants in this gene have been previously shown to be associated with autosomal-dominant hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy, type 1A, by disrupting an essential enzyme complex in the sphingolipid synthesis pathway. Conclusions and Relevance These data broaden the phenotype associated with SPTLC1 and suggest that patients presenting with juvenile ALS should be screened for variants in this gene.

Published
2021

6. Association of Variants in the SPTLC1 Gene With Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Author

Johnson, J, Chia, R, Miller, D, Li, R, Kumaran, R, Abramzon, Y, Alahmady, N, Renton, A, Topp, S, Gibbs, J, Cookson, M, Sabir, M, Dalgard, C, Troakes, C, Jones, A, Shatunov, A, Iacoangeli, A, Al Khleifat, A, Ticozzi, N, Silani, V, Gellera, C, Blair, I, Dobson-Stone, C, Kwok, J, Bonkowski, E, Palvadeau, R, Tienari, P, Morrison, K, Shaw, P, Al-Chalabi, A, Brown, R, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Al-Saif, H, Gotkine, M, Leigh, F, Chang, I, Perlman, S, Glass, I, Scott, A, Shaw, C, Basak, A, Landers, J, Chiò, A, Crawford, T, Smith, B, Traynor, B, Fallini, C, Gkazi, A, Scotter, E, Kenna, K, Keagle, P, Tiloca, C, Vance, C, Colombrita, C, King, A, Pensato, V, Castellotti, B, Baas, F, Ten Asbroek, A, McKenna-Yasek, D, Mclaughlin, R, Polak, M, Asress, S, Esteban-Pérez, J, Stevic, Z, D'Alfonso, S, Mazzini, L, Comi, G, Del Bo, R, Ceroni, M, Gagliardi, S, Querin, G, Bertolin, C, van Rheenen, W, Rademakers, R, van Blitterswijk, M, Lauria, G, Duga, S, Corti, S, Cereda, C, Corrado, L, Sorarù, G, Williams, K, 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Rademakers, R, van Blitterswijk, M, Lauria, G, Duga, S, Corti, S, Cereda, C, Corrado, L, Sorarù, G, Williams, K, Nicholson, G, Leblond-Manry, C, Rouleau, G, Hardiman, O, Veldink, J, van den Berg, L, Pall, H, Turner, M, Talbot, K, Taroni, F, García-Redondo, A, Wu, Z, Glass, J, Ratti, A, Adeleye, A, Soltis, A, Alba, C, Viollet, C, Bacikova, D, Hupalo, D, Sukumar, G, Pollard, H, Wilkerson, M, Martinez, E, Ahmed, S, Arepalli, S, Baloh, R, Bowser, R, Brady, C, Brice, A, Broach, J, Campbell, R, Camu, W, Cooper-Knock, J, Ding, J, Drepper, C, Drory, V, Dunckley, T, Eicher, J, England, B, Faghri, F, Feldman, E, Floeter, M, Fratta, P, Geiger, J, Gerhard, G, Gibson, S, Hardy, J, Harms, M, Heiman-Patterson, T, Hernandez, D, Jansson, L, Kirby, J, Kowall, N, Laaksovirta, H, Landeck, N, Landi, F, Le Ber, I, Lumbroso, S, Macgowan, D, Maragakis, N, Mouzat, K, Murphy, N, Myllykangas, L, Nalls, M, Orrell, R, Ostrow, L, Pamphlett, R, Pickering-Brown, S, Pioro, E, Pletnikova, O, Pliner, H, Pulst, S, Ravits, J, Rivera, A, Robberecht, W, Rogaeva, E, Rollinson, S, Rothstein, J, Scholz, S, Sendtner, M, Sidle, K, Simmons, Z, Singleton, A, Smith, N, Stone, D, Troncoso, J, Valori, M, Van Damme, P, Van Deerlin, V, Van Den Bosch, L, Zinman, L, Angelocola, S, Ausiello, F, Barberis, M, Bartolomei, I, Battistini, S, Bersano, E, Bisogni, G, Borghero, G, Brunetti, M, Cabona, C, Canale, F, Canosa, A, Cantisani, T, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Cardinali, P, Carrera, P, Casale, F, Colletti, T, Conforti, F, Conte, A, Conti, E, Corbo, M, Cuccu, S, Dalla Bella, E, D'Errico, E, Demarco, G, Dubbioso, R, Ferrarese, C, Ferraro, P, Filippi, M, Fini, N, Floris, G, Fuda, G, Gallone, S, Gianferrari, G, Giannini, F, Grassano, M, Greco, L, Iazzolino, B, Introna, A, La Bella, V, Lattante, S, Liguori, R, Logroscino, G, Logullo, F, Lunetta, C, Mandich, P, Mandrioli, J, Manera, U, Manganelli, F, Marangi, G, Marinou, K, Marrosu, M, Martinelli, I, Messina, S, Moglia, C, Mosca, L, Murru, M, Origone, P, Passaniti, C, Petrelli, C, Petrucci, A, Pozzi, S, Pugliatti, M, Quattrini, A, Ricci, C, Riolo, G, Riva, N, Russo, M, Sabatelli, M, Salamone, P, Salivetto, M, Salvi, F, Santarelli, M, Sbaiz, L, Sideri, R, Simone, I, Simonini, C, Spataro, R, Tanel, R, Tedeschi, G, Ticca, A, Torriello, A, Tranquilli, S, Tremolizzo, L, Trojsi, F, Vasta, R, Vacchiano, V, Vita, G, Volanti, P, Zollino, M, Zucchi, E, Johnson, Janel O, Chia, Ruth, Miller, Danny E, Li, Rachel, Kumaran, Ravindran, Abramzon, Yevgeniya, Alahmady, Nada, Renton, Alan E, Topp, Simon D, Gibbs, J Raphael, Cookson, Mark R, Sabir, Marya S, Dalgard, Clifton L, Troakes, Claire, Jones, Ashley R, Shatunov, Aleksey, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Ticozzi, Nicola, Silani, Vincenzo, Gellera, Cinzia, Blair, Ian P, Dobson-Stone, Carol, Kwok, John B, Bonkowski, Emily S, Palvadeau, Robin, Tienari, Pentti J, Morrison, Karen E, Shaw, Pamela J, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Brown, Robert H, Calvo, Andrea, Mora, Gabriele, Al-Saif, Hind, Gotkine, Marc, Leigh, Fawn, Chang, Irene J, Perlman, Seth J, Glass, Ian, Scott, Anna I, Shaw, Christopher E, Basak, A Nazli, Landers, John E, Chiò, Adriano, Crawford, Thomas O, Smith, Bradley N, Traynor, Bryan J, Fallini, Claudia, Gkazi, Athina Soragia, Scotter, Emma L, Kenna, Kevin P, Keagle, Pamela, Tiloca, Cinzia, Vance, Caroline, Colombrita, Claudia, King, Andrew, Pensato, Viviana, Castellotti, Barbara, Baas, Frank, Ten Asbroek, Anneloor L M A, McKenna-Yasek, Diane, McLaughlin, Russell L, Polak, Meraida, Asress, Seneshaw, Esteban-Pérez, Jesús, Stevic, Zorica, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Mazzini, Letizia, Comi, Giacomo P, Del Bo, Roberto, Ceroni, Mauro, Gagliardi, Stella, Querin, Giorgia, Bertolin, Cinzia, van Rheenen, Wouter, Rademakers, Rosa, van Blitterswijk, Marka, Lauria, Giuseppe, Duga, Stefano, Corti, Stefania, Cereda, Cristina, Corrado, Lucia, Sorarù, Gianni, Williams, Kelly L, Nicholson, Garth A, Leblond-Manry, Claire, Rouleau, Guy A, Hardiman, Orla, Veldink, Jan H, van den Berg, Leonard H, Pall, Hardev, Turner, Martin R, Talbot, Kevin, Taroni, Franco, García-Redondo, Alberto, Wu, Zheyang, Glass, Jonathan D, Ratti, Antonia, Adeleye, Adelani, Soltis, Anthony R, Alba, Camille, Viollet, Coralie, Bacikova, Dagmar, Hupalo, Daniel N, Sukumar, Gauthaman, Pollard, Harvey B, Wilkerson, Matthew D, Martinez, Elisa McGrath, Ahmed, Sarah, Arepalli, Sampath, Baloh, Robert H, Bowser, Robert, Brady, Christopher B, Brice, Alexis, Broach, James, Campbell, Roy H, Camu, William, Cooper-Knock, John, Ding, Jinhui, Drepper, Carsten, Drory, Vivian E, Dunckley, Travis L, Eicher, John D, England, Bryce K, Faghri, Faraz, Feldman, Eva, Floeter, Mary Kay, Fratta, Pietro, Geiger, Joshua T, Gerhard, Glenn, Gibson, Summer B, Hardy, John, Harms, Matthew B, Heiman-Patterson, Terry D, Hernandez, Dena G, Jansson, Lilja, Kirby, Janine, Kowall, Neil W, Laaksovirta, Hannu, Landeck, Natalie, Landi, Francesco, Le Ber, Isabelle, Lumbroso, Serge, MacGowan, Daniel J L, Maragakis, Nicholas J, Mouzat, Kevin, Murphy, Natalie A, Myllykangas, Liisa, Nalls, Mike A, Orrell, Richard W, Ostrow, Lyle W, Pamphlett, Roger, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, Pioro, Erik P, Pletnikova, Olga, Pliner, Hannah A, Pulst, Stefan M, Ravits, John M, Rivera, Alberto, Robberecht, Wim, Rogaeva, Ekaterina, Rollinson, Sara, Rothstein, Jeffrey D, Scholz, Sonja W, Sendtner, Michael, Sidle, Katie C, Simmons, Zachary, Singleton, Andrew B, Smith, Nathan, Stone, David J, Troncoso, Juan C, Valori, Miko, Van Damme, Philip, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M, Van Den Bosch, Ludo, Zinman, Lorne, Angelocola, Stefania M, Ausiello, Francesco P, Barberis, Marco, Bartolomei, Ilaria, Battistini, Stefania, Bersano, Enrica, Bisogni, Giulia, Borghero, Giuseppe, Brunetti, Maura, Cabona, Corrado, Canale, Fabrizio, Canosa, Antonio, Cantisani, Teresa A, Capasso, Margherita, Caponnetto, Claudia, Cardinali, Patrizio, Carrera, Paola, Casale, Federico, Colletti, Tiziana, Conforti, Francesca L, Conte, Amelia, Conti, Elisa, Corbo, Massimo, Cuccu, Stefania, Dalla Bella, Eleonora, D'Errico, Eustachio, DeMarco, Giovanni, Dubbioso, Raffaele, Ferrarese, Carlo, Ferraro, Pilar M, Filippi, Massimo, Fini, Nicola, Floris, Gianluca, Fuda, Giuseppe, Gallone, Salvatore, Gianferrari, Giulia, Giannini, Fabio, Grassano, Maurizio, Greco, Lucia, Iazzolino, Barbara, Introna, Alessandro, La Bella, Vincenzo, Lattante, Serena, Liguori, Rocco, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Logullo, Francesco O, Lunetta, Christian, Mandich, Paola, Mandrioli, Jessica, Manera, Umberto, Manganelli, Fiore, Marangi, Giuseppe, Marinou, Kalliopi, Marrosu, Maria Giovanna, Martinelli, Ilaria, Messina, Sonia, Moglia, Cristina, Mosca, Lorena, Murru, Maria R, Origone, Paola, Passaniti, Carla, Petrelli, Cristina, Petrucci, Antonio, Pozzi, Susanna, Pugliatti, Maura, Quattrini, Angelo, Ricci, Claudia, Riolo, Giulia, Riva, Nilo, Russo, Massimo, Sabatelli, Mario, Salamone, Paolina, Salivetto, Marco, Salvi, Fabrizio, Santarelli, Marialuisa, Sbaiz, Luca, Sideri, Riccardo, Simone, Isabella, Simonini, Cecilia, Spataro, Rossella, Tanel, Raffaella, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Ticca, Anna, Torriello, Antonella, Tranquilli, Stefania, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Trojsi, Francesca, Vasta, Rosario, Vacchiano, Veria, Vita, Giuseppe, Volanti, Paolo, Zollino, Marcella, and Zucchi, Elisabetta

Abstract

Importance: Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare form of ALS characterized by age of symptom onset less than 25 years and a variable presentation. Objective: To identify the genetic variants associated with juvenile ALS. Design, setting, and participants: In this multicenter family-based genetic study, trio whole-exome sequencing was performed to identify the disease-associated gene in a case series of unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and severe growth retardation. The patients and their family members were enrolled at academic hospitals and a government research facility between March 1, 2016, and March 13, 2020, and were observed until October 1, 2020. Whole-exome sequencing was also performed in a series of patients with juvenile ALS. A total of 66 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS participated in the study. Patients were selected for the study based on their diagnosis, and all eligible participants were enrolled in the study. None of the participants had a family history of neurological disorders, suggesting de novo variants as the underlying genetic mechanism. Main outcomes and measures: De novo variants present only in the index case and not in unaffected family members. Results: Trio whole-exome sequencing was performed in 3 patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and their parents. An additional 63 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS were subsequently screened for variants in the SPTLC1 gene. De novo variants in SPTLC1 (p.Ala20Ser in 2 patients and p.Ser331Tyr in 1 patient) were identified in 3 unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and failure to thrive. A fourth variant (p.Leu39del) was identified in a patient with juvenile ALS where parental DNA was unavailable. Variants in this gene have been previously shown to be associated with autosomal-dominant hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy, type 1A, by disrupting an essential enzyme complex in the sphingolipid synthesis

Published
2021

8. Shared polygenic risk and causal inferences in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Author

Bandres‐Ciga, S, Noyce, AJ, Hemani, G, Nicolas, A, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Arosio, A, Barberis, M, Bartolomei, I, Battistini, S, Benigni, M, Borghero, G, Brunetti, M, Cammarosano, S, Cannas, A, Canosa, A, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Caredda, C, Carrera, P, Casale, F, Cavallaro, S, Chiò, A, Colletti, T, Conforti, FL, Conte, A, Corrado, L, Costantino, E, D'Alfonso, S, Fasano, A, Femiano, C, Ferrarese, C, Fini, N, Floris, G, Fuda, G, Giannini, F, Grassano, M, Ilardi, A, La Bella, V, Lattante, S, Logroscino, G, Logullo, FO, Loi, D, Lunetta, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Mandrioli, J, Manera, U, Marangi, G, Marinou, K, Marrali, G, Marrosu, MG, Mazzini, L, Melis, M, Messina, S, Moglia, C, Monsurro, MR, Mosca, L, Occhineri, P, Origone, P, Pani, C, Penco, S, Petrucci, A, Piccirillo, G, Pirisi, A, Pisano, F, Pugliatti, M, Restagno, G, Ricci, C, Rita Murru, M, Riva, N, Sabatelli, M, Salvi, F, Santarelli, M, Sideri, R, Simone, I, Spataro, R, Tanel, R, Tedeschi, G, Tranquilli, S, Tremolizzo, L, Trojsi, F, Volanti, P, Zollino, M, Abramzon, Y, Arepalli, S, Baloh, RH, Bowser, R, Brady, CB, Brice, A, Broach, J, Campbell, RH, Camu, W, Chia, R, Cooper‐Knock, J, Cusi, D, Ding, J, Drepper, C, Drory, VE, Dunckley, TL, Eicher, JD, Faghri, F, Feldman, E, Kay Floeter, M, Fratta, P, Geiger, JT, Gerhard, G, Gibbs, JR, Gibson, SB, Glass, JD, Hardy, J, Harms, MB, Heiman‐Patterson, TD, Hernandez, DG, Jansson, L, Kamel, F, Kirby, J, Kowall, NW, Laaksovirta, H, Landi, F, Le Ber, I, Lumbroso, S, MacGowan, DJL, Maragakis, NJ, Mouzat, K, Murphy, NA, Myllykangas, L, Nalls, MA, Orrell, RW, Ostrow, LW, Pamphlett, R, Pickering‐Brown, S, Pioro, E, Pliner, HA, Pulst, SM, Ravits, JM, Renton, AE, Rivera, A, Robbrecht, W, Rogaeva, E, Rollinson, S, Rothstein, JD, Salvi, E, Scholz, SW, Sendtner, M, Shaw, PJ, Sidle, KC, Simmons, Z, Singleton, AB, Stone, DC, Sulkava, R, Tienari, PJ, Traynor, BJ, Trojanowski, JQ, Troncoso, JC, Van Damme, P, Van Deerlin, VM, Van Den Bosch, L, Zinman, L, Stone, DJ, Bandres-Ciga, Sara, Noyce, Alastair J., Hemani, Gibran, Nicolas, Aude, Calvo, Andrea, Mora, Gabriele, Arosio, Alessandro, Barberis, Marco, Bartolomei, Ilaria, Battistini, Stefania, Benigni, Michele, Borghero, Giuseppe, Brunetti, Maura, Cammarosano, Stefania, Cannas, Antonino, Canosa, Antonio, Capasso, Margherita, Caponnetto, Claudia, Caredda, Carla, Carrera, Paola, Casale, Federico, Cavallaro, Sebastiano, Chiò, Adriano, Colletti, Tiziana, Conforti, Francesca L., Conte, Amelia, Corrado, Lucia, Costantino, Emanuela, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Fasano, Antonio, Femiano, Cinzia, Ferrarese, Carlo, Fini, Nicola, Floris, Gianluca, Fuda, Giuseppe, Giannini, Fabio, Grassano, Maurizio, Ilardi, Antonio, La Bella, Vincenzo, Lattante, Serena, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Logullo, Francesco O., Loi, Daniela, Lunetta, Christian, Mancardi, Gianluigi, Mandich, Paola, Mandrioli, Jessica, Manera, Umberto, Marangi, Giuseppe, Marinou, Kalliopi, Marrali, Giuseppe, Marrosu, Maria Giovanna, Mazzini, Letizia, Melis, Maurizio, Messina, Sonia, Moglia, Cristina, Monsurro, Maria Rosaria, Mosca, Lorena, Occhineri, Patrizia, Origone, Paola, Pani, Carla, Penco, Silvana, Petrucci, Antonio, Piccirillo, Giovanni, Pirisi, Angelo, Pisano, Fabrizio, Pugliatti, Maura, Restagno, Gabriella, Ricci, Claudia, Rita Murru, Maria, Riva, Nilo, Sabatelli, Mario, Salvi, Fabrizio, Santarelli, Marialuisa, Sideri, Riccardo, Simone, Isabella, Spataro, Rossella, Tanel, Raffaella, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Tranquilli, Stefania, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Trojsi, Francesca, Volanti, Paolo, Zollino, Marcella, Abramzon, Yevgeniya, Arepalli, Sampath, Baloh, Robert H., Bowser, Robert, Brady, Christopher B., Brice, Alexi, Broach, Jame, Campbell, Roy H., Camu, William, Chia, Ruth, Cooper-Knock, John, Cusi, Daniele, Ding, Jinhui, Drepper, Carsten, Drory, Vivian E., Dunckley, Travis L., Eicher, John D., Faghri, Faraz, Feldman, Eva, Kay Floeter, Mary, Fratta, Pietro, Geiger, Joshua T., Gerhard, Glenn, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Gibson, Summer B., Glass, Jonathan D., Hardy, John, Harms, Matthew B., Heiman-Patterson, Terry D., Hernandez, Dena G., Jansson, Lilja, Kamel, Freya, Kirby, Janine, Kowall, Neil W., Laaksovirta, Hannu, Landi, Francesco, Le Ber, Isabelle, Lumbroso, Serge, Macgowan, Daniel J. L., Maragakis, Nicholas J., Mouzat, Kevin, Murphy, Natalie A., Myllykangas, Liisa, Nalls, Mike A., Orrell, Richard W., Ostrow, Lyle W., Pamphlett, Roger, Pickering-Brown, Stuart, Pioro, Erik, Pliner, Hannah A., Pulst, Stefan M., Ravits, John M., Renton, Alan E., Rivera, Alberto, Robbrecht, Wim, Rogaeva, Ekaterina, Rollinson, Sara, Rothstein, Jeffrey D., Salvi, Erika, Scholz, Sonja W., Sendtner, Michael, Shaw, Pamela J., Sidle, Katie C., Simmons, Zachary, Singleton, Andrew B., Stone, David C., Sulkava, Raimo, Tienari, Pentti J., Traynor, Bryan J., Trojanowski, John Q., Troncoso, Juan C., Van Damme, Philip, Van Deerlin, Vivianna M., Van Den Bosch, Ludo, Zinman, Lorne, Stone, David J., Van Damme, P, Bandres-Ciga, S, Noyce, A, Hemani, G, Nicolas, A, Calvo, A, Mora, G, Tienari, P, Stone, D, Nalls, M, Singleton, A, Chiò, A, Traynor, Bryan, J, Tremolizzo, L, Department of Neurosciences, Neurologian yksikkö, Clinicum, HUS Neurocenter, Translational neuroradiology unit [Bethesda], National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [Bethesda] (NINDS), National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH)-National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), Univ Granada, Hosp Univ Granada, Inst Invest Biosanitaria Ibs GRANADA, Escuela Andaluza Salud Publ, Granada, Spain, Partenaires INRAE, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), University College of London [London] (UCL), University of Bristol [Bristol], Département de Physique, Université de Genève, Université de Genève (UNIGE), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), University G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Università degli studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti-Pescara [Chieti-Pescara] (Ud'A), Department of Neurology, A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità, and IRCAD, Novara, Department of Health Sciences, UPO University, UPO University, Dipartimento di Matematica 'Ulisse Dini', Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), Department of Neurology, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca [Milano] (UNIMIB), Department of Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore [Roma] (Unicatt), Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA), Istituto di Genetica Medica, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Ospedale Binaghi, Via Is Guadazzonis 2, Cagliari, Italy, University of Novara, IRCCS-Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Ferrara (UniFE), S. Anna Hospital, Department of Neuroscience, Catholic University, Roma, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institute of Medical Genetics, Catholic University, Rome, Italy, Department of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (CRICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Princeton University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana], University of Illinois System, Centre référent Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique [CHRU Montpellier] (SLA CHRU Montpellier), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center [Te Aviv], University of New Haven [Connecticut], Emory University [Atlanta, GA], UCL Institute of neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Disease, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Boston University [Boston] (BU), Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Laboratoire de Biochimie [CHRU Nîmes], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU Nîmes), Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California-University of California, Tanz Center Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases [Toronto], University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Milano, Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] (JMU), Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)-Penn State System-Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)-Penn State System, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia], Metacohorts Consortium, Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), University of Helsinki, Merck Research Laboratories, National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine [Bethesda] (CNRM), and Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJM)

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0301 basic medicine, Linkage disequilibrium, Multifactorial Inheritance, Multivariate analysis, LD SCORE REGRESSION, DYSLIPIDEMIA, Genome-wide association study, 3124 Neurology and psychiatry, 0302 clinical medicine, PROTECTIVE FACTOR, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, 3. Good health, ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, risk factor, BIAS, Neurology, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION, Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, LD score regression, Mendelian randomization, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, public resource, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Clinical psychology, Human, Clinical Neurology, Biology, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Mendelian Randomization Analysi, MESH: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study / methods, Mendolian Randomization Analysis / methods, Exercise, Genetic association, Science & Technology, [SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 3112 Neurosciences, Neurosciences, 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, CHOLESTEROL HOMEOSTASIS, Causal inference, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Neurosciences & Neurology, Neurology (clinical), Genome-Wide Association Study, ALS, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify shared polygenic risk and causal associations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS: Linkage disequilibrium score regression and Mendelian randomization were applied in a large-scale, data-driven manner to explore genetic correlations and causal relationships between >700 phenotypic traits and ALS. Exposures consisted of publicly available genome-wide association studies (GWASes) summary statistics from MR Base and LD-hub. The outcome data came from the recently published ALS GWAS involving 20,806 cases and 59,804 controls. Multivariate analyses, genetic risk profiling, and Bayesian colocalization analyses were also performed. RESULTS: We have shown, by linkage disequilibrium score regression, that ALS shares polygenic risk genetic factors with a number of traits and conditions, including positive correlations with smoking status and moderate levels of physical activity, and negative correlations with higher cognitive performance, higher educational attainment, and light levels of physical activity. Using Mendelian randomization, we found evidence that hyperlipidemia is a causal risk factor for ALS and localized putative functional signals within loci of interest. INTERPRETATION: Here, we have developed a public resource (https://lng-nia.shinyapps.io/mrshiny) which we hope will become a valuable tool for the ALS community, and that will be expanded and updated as new data become available. Shared polygenic risk exists between ALS and educational attainment, physical activity, smoking, and tenseness/restlessness. We also found evidence that elevated low-desnity lipoprotein cholesterol is a causal risk factor for ALS. Future randomized controlled trials should be considered as a proof of causality. Ann Neurol 2019;85:470-481. ispartof: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY vol:85 issue:4 pages:470-481 ispartof: location:United States status: published

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9. Fourth meeting of the European Neurological Society 25–29 June 1994 Barcelona, Spain: Abstracts of Symposia and free communications

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Bandres-Ciga, S., Noyce, A. J., Hemani, G., Nicolas, A., Calvo, A., Mora, G., Arosio, A., Barberis, M., Bartolomei, I., Battistini, S., Benigni, M., Borghero, G., Brunetti, M., Cammarosano, S., Cannas, A., Canosa, A., Capasso, Monica, Caponnetto, C., Caredda, C., Carrera, P., Casale, F., Cavallaro, S., Chio, A., Colletti, T., Conforti, F. L., Conte, Amelia, Corrado, L., Costantino, E., D'Alfonso, Sandra, Fasano, Alfonso, Femiano, C., Ferrarese, C., Fini, N., Floris, G., Fuda, G., Giannini, F., Grassano, M., Ilardi, A., La Bella, V., Lattante, Serena, Logroscino, Giandomenico, Logullo, F. O., Loi, D., Lunetta, C., Mancardi, G., Mandich, P., Mandrioli, J., Manera, U., Marangi, Giuseppe, Marinou, K., Marrali, G., Marrosu, M. G., Mazzini, L., Melis, M., Messina, S., Moglia, C., Monsurro, M. R., Mosca, Luigi, Occhineri, P., Origone, P., Pani, C., Penco, S., Petrucci, A., Piccirillo, G., Pirisi, A., Pisano, F., Pugliatti, M., Restagno, G., Ricci, C., Rita Murru, M., Riva, N., Sabatelli, Mario, Salvi, F., Santarelli, M., Sideri, R., De Simone, Idor, Spataro, R., Tanel, R., Tedeschi, G., Tranquilli, S., Tremolizzo, L., Trojsi, F., Volanti, P., Zollino, Marcella, Abramzon, Y., Arepalli, S., Baloh, R. H., Bowser, R., Brady, C. B., Brice, A., Broach, J., Campbell, R. H., Camu, W., Chia, R., Cooper-Knock, J., Cusi, D., Ding, J., Drepper, C., Drory, V. E., Dunckley, T. L., Eicher, J. D., Faghri, F., Feldman, E., Kay Floeter, M., Fratta, P., Geiger, J. T., Gerhard, G., Gibbs, J. R., Gibson, S. B., Glass, J. D., Hardy, J., Harms, M. B., Heiman-Patterson, T. D., Hernandez, D. G., Jansson, L., Kamel, F., Kirby, J., Kowall, N. W., Laaksovirta, H., Landi, Francesco, Le Ber, I., Lumbroso, S., Macgowan, D. J. L., Maragakis, N. J., Mouzat, K., Murphy, N. A., Myllykangas, L., Nalls, M. A., Orrell, R. W., Ostrow, L. W., Pamphlett, R., Pickering-Brown, S., Pioro, E., Pliner, H. A., Pulst, S. M., Ravits, J. M., Renton, A. E., Rivera, A., Robbrecht, W., Rogaeva, E., Rollinson, S., Rothstein, J. D., Salvi, E., Scholz, S. W., Sendtner, M., Shaw, P. J., Sidle, K. C., Simmons, Z., Singleton, A. B., Stone, D. C., Sulkava, R., Tienari, P. J., Traynor, B. J., Trojanowski, J. Q., Troncoso, J. C., Van Damme, P., Van Deerlin, V. M., Van Den Bosch, L., Zinman, L., Stone, D. J., Capasso M., Conte A., D'Alfonso S., Fasano A., Lattante S. (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), Logroscino G. (ORCID:0000-0003-1301-5343), Marangi G. (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Mosca L. (ORCID:0000-0003-4641-0841), Sabatelli M. (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino M. (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Landi F. (ORCID:0000-0002-3472-1389), Bandres-Ciga, S., Noyce, A. J., Hemani, G., Nicolas, A., Calvo, A., Mora, G., Arosio, A., Barberis, M., Bartolomei, I., Battistini, S., Benigni, M., Borghero, G., Brunetti, M., Cammarosano, S., Cannas, A., Canosa, A., Capasso, Monica, Caponnetto, C., Caredda, C., Carrera, P., Casale, F., Cavallaro, S., Chio, A., Colletti, T., Conforti, F. L., Conte, Amelia, Corrado, L., Costantino, E., D'Alfonso, Sandra, Fasano, Alfonso, Femiano, C., Ferrarese, C., Fini, N., Floris, G., Fuda, G., Giannini, F., Grassano, M., Ilardi, A., La Bella, V., Lattante, Serena, Logroscino, Giandomenico, Logullo, F. O., Loi, D., Lunetta, C., Mancardi, G., Mandich, P., Mandrioli, J., Manera, U., Marangi, Giuseppe, Marinou, K., Marrali, G., Marrosu, M. G., Mazzini, L., Melis, M., Messina, S., Moglia, C., Monsurro, M. R., Mosca, Luigi, Occhineri, P., Origone, P., Pani, C., Penco, S., Petrucci, A., Piccirillo, G., Pirisi, A., Pisano, F., Pugliatti, M., Restagno, G., Ricci, C., Rita Murru, M., Riva, N., Sabatelli, Mario, Salvi, F., Santarelli, M., Sideri, R., De Simone, Idor, Spataro, R., Tanel, R., Tedeschi, G., Tranquilli, S., Tremolizzo, L., Trojsi, F., Volanti, P., Zollino, Marcella, Abramzon, Y., Arepalli, S., Baloh, R. H., Bowser, R., Brady, C. B., Brice, A., Broach, J., Campbell, R. H., Camu, W., Chia, R., Cooper-Knock, J., Cusi, D., Ding, J., Drepper, C., Drory, V. E., Dunckley, T. L., Eicher, J. D., Faghri, F., Feldman, E., Kay Floeter, M., Fratta, P., Geiger, J. T., Gerhard, G., Gibbs, J. R., Gibson, S. B., Glass, J. D., Hardy, J., Harms, M. B., Heiman-Patterson, T. D., Hernandez, D. G., Jansson, L., Kamel, F., Kirby, J., Kowall, N. W., Laaksovirta, H., Landi, Francesco, Le Ber, I., Lumbroso, S., Macgowan, D. J. L., Maragakis, N. J., Mouzat, K., Murphy, N. A., Myllykangas, L., Nalls, M. A., Orrell, R. W., Ostrow, L. W., Pamphlett, R., Pickering-Brown, S., Pioro, E., Pliner, H. A., Pulst, S. M., Ravits, J. M., Renton, A. E., Rivera, A., Robbrecht, W., Rogaeva, E., Rollinson, S., Rothstein, J. D., Salvi, E., Scholz, S. W., Sendtner, M., Shaw, P. J., Sidle, K. C., Simmons, Z., Singleton, A. B., Stone, D. C., Sulkava, R., Tienari, P. J., Traynor, B. J., Trojanowski, J. Q., Troncoso, J. C., Van Damme, P., Van Deerlin, V. M., Van Den Bosch, L., Zinman, L., Stone, D. J., Capasso M., Conte A., D'Alfonso S., Fasano A., Lattante S. (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), Logroscino G. (ORCID:0000-0003-1301-5343), Marangi G. (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Mosca L. (ORCID:0000-0003-4641-0841), Sabatelli M. (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino M. (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), and Landi F. (ORCID:0000-0002-3472-1389)

Abstract

Objective: To identify shared polygenic risk and causal associations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods: Linkage disequilibrium score regression and Mendelian randomization were applied in a large-scale, data-driven manner to explore genetic correlations and causal relationships between >700 phenotypic traits and ALS. Exposures consisted of publicly available genome-wide association studies (GWASes) summary statistics from MR Base and LD-hub. The outcome data came from the recently published ALS GWAS involving 20,806 cases and 59,804 controls. Multivariate analyses, genetic risk profiling, and Bayesian colocalization analyses were also performed. Results: We have shown, by linkage disequilibrium score regression, that ALS shares polygenic risk genetic factors with a number of traits and conditions, including positive correlations with smoking status and moderate levels of physical activity, and negative correlations with higher cognitive performance, higher educational attainment, and light levels of physical activity. Using Mendelian randomization, we found evidence that hyperlipidemia is a causal risk factor for ALS and localized putative functional signals within loci of interest. Interpretation: Here, we have developed a public resource (https://lng-nia.shinyapps.io/mrshiny) which we hope will become a valuable tool for the ALS community, and that will be expanded and updated as new data become available. Shared polygenic risk exists between ALS and educational attainment, physical activity, smoking, and tenseness/restlessness. We also found evidence that elevated low-desnity lipoprotein cholesterol is a causal risk factor for ALS. Future randomized controlled trials should be considered as a proof of causality. Ann Neurol 2019;85:470–481.

Published
2019

12. ATNX2 is not a regulatory gene in Italian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion

Author

Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B. J, Johnson, J. O, Nalls, M. A, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Trojsi, F, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F. O, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Capasso, M, Tremolizzo, L, Battistini, S, Murru, M. R, Origone, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Restagno, G, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Conforti, F. L, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Lauria Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Arosio, A, Ferrarese, C, Tedeschi, G, Monsurrò, M. R, Piccirillo, G, Femiano, C, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M. G, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L. D, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, T. B, Loi, D, Chiò, A., Mora, G., Sabatelli, M., Caponnetto, C., Lunetta, C., Traynor, B., Johnson, J., Nalls, M., Calvo, A., Moglia, C., Borghero, G., Trojsi, F., LA BELLA, V., Volanti, P., Simone, I., Salvi, F., Logullo, F., Riva, N., Carrera, P., Giannini, F., Mandrioli, J., Tanel, R., Capasso, M., Tremolizzo, L., Battistini, S., Murru, M., Origone, P., Zollino, M., Penco, S., Mazzini, L., D'Alfonso, S., Restagno, G., Brunetti, M., Barberis, M., Conforti, F., Chiò, Adriano, Mora, Gabriele, Sabatelli, Mario, Caponnetto, Claudia, Lunetta, Christian, Traynor, Bryan J, Johnson, Janel O, Nalls, Mike A, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Borghero, Giuseppe, Trojsi, Francesca, La Bella, Vincenzo, Volanti, Paolo, Simone, Isabella, Salvi, Fabrizio, Logullo, Francesco O, Riva, Nilo, Carrera, Paola, Giannini, Fabio, Mandrioli, Jessica, Tanel, Raffaella, Capasso, Margherita, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Battistini, Stefania, Murru, Maria Rita, Origone, Paola, Zollino, Marcella, Penco, Silvana, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Pinter, Gl, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Arosio, A, Ferrarese, C, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Piccirillo, G, Femiano, C, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Tanel, R, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, Ld, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, Tb, Loi, D, Mazzini, Letizia, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Restagno, Gabriella, Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Conforti, Francesca L., Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Trojsi, F, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Capasso, M, Tremolizzo, L, Battistini, S, Murru, M, Origone, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Restagno, G, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Conforti, F, Lauria Pinter, G, Tedeschi, G, Monsurrò, M, Marrosu, M, Parish, L, and Cau, T

Subjects
Male, 0301 basic medicine, Aging, C9ORF72, Genetic Association Studie, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, C9orf72, medicine, Allele, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosi, Aged, Ataxin-2, Regulator gene, ATXN2, Phenotype, Neuroscience (all), Medicine (all), Developmental Biology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Neurology (clinical), Genetics, DNA Repeat Expansion, Protein, General Neuroscience, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, C9orf72 Protein, Italy, Population study, Female, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Trinucleotide repeat expansion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human
Abstract

There are indications that both familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and sporadic ALS phenotype and prognosis are partly regulated by genetic and environmental factors, supporting the theory that ALS is a multifactorial disease. The aim of this article was to assess the role of ATXN2 intermediate length repeats in a large series of Italian and Sardinian ALS patients and controls carrying a pathogenetic C9ORF72 GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat. A total of 1972 ALS cases were identified through the database of the Italian ALS Genetic consortium, a collaborative effort including 18 ALS centers throughout Italy. The study population included: (1) 276 Italian and 57 Sardinian ALS cases who carried the C9ORF72 expansion; (2) 1340 Italian and 299 Sardinian ALS cases not carrying the C9ORF72 expansion. A total of healthy 1043 controls were also assessed. Most Italian and Sardinian cases and controls were homozygous for 22/22 or 23/23 repeats or heterozygous for 22/23 repeats of the ATXN2 gene. ATXN2 intermediate length repeats alleles (≥28) were detected in 3 (0.6%) Italian ALS cases carrying the C9ORF72 expansion, in none of the Sardinian ALS cases carrying the expansion, in 60 (4.3%) Italian cases not carrying the expansion, and in 6 (2.0%) Sardinian ALS cases without C9ORF72 expansion. Intermediate length repeat alleles were found in 12 (1.5%) Italian controls and 1 (0.84%) Sardinian controls. Therefore, ALS patients with C9ORF72 expansion showed a lower frequency of ATXN2 polyQ intermediate length repeats than both controls (Italian cases, p = 0.137; Sardinian cases, p = 0.0001) and ALS patients without C9ORF72 expansion (Italian cases, p = 0.005; Sardinian cases, p = 0.178). In our large study on Italian and Sardinian ALS patients with C9ORF72 GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion, compared to age-, gender- and ethnic-matched controls, ATXN2 polyQ intermediate length does not represent a modifier of ALS risk, differently from non- C9ORF72 mutated patients.

Published
2015

13. The HFE H63D (p.His63Asp) polymorphism is a modifier of ALS outcome in Italian and French patients with SOD1 mutations

Author

Canosa, A., Calvo, A., Gabriele Mora, Brunetti, M., Barberis, M., Borghero, G., Caponnetto, C., Monsurro, M. R., La Bella, V., Volanti, P., Simone, I., Salvi, F., Riva, N., Tremolizzo, L., Giannini, F., Mandrioli, J., Murru, M. R., Mandich, P., Conforti, F., Sabatelli, M., Lunetta, C., Meininger, V., Clavelou, P., Camu, W., and Chio, A.

Subjects
HFE polymorphism, SOD1, ALS
Published
2018

15. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

Author

Nicolas, A, Kenna, K, Renton, A, Ticozzi, N, Faghri, F, Chia, R, Dominov, J, Kenna, B, Nalls, M, Keagle, P, Rivera, A, van Rheenen, W, Murphy, N, van Vugt, J, Geiger, J, van der Spek, R, Pliner, H, Shankaracharya, N, Smith, B, Marangi, G, Topp, S, Abramzon, Y, Gkazi, A, Eicher, J, Kenna, A, Logullo, F, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Borghero, G, Murru, M, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Origone, P, Mandich, P, Conforti, F, Cavallaro, S, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Penco, S, Mosca, L, Lunetta, C, Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Volanti, P, Mandrioli, J, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Tremolizzo, L, Arosio, A, Ferrarese, C, Trojsi, F, Tedeschi, G, Monsurrò, M, Piccirillo, G, Femiano, C, Ticca, A, Ortu, E, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Sabatelli, M, Zollino, M, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Occhineri, P, Giannini, F, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Cau, T, Loi, D, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Restagno, G, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Ilardi, A, Manera, U, Grassano, M, Tanel, R, Pisano, F, Mazzini, L, Messina, S, D'Alfonso, S, Corrado, L, Ferrucci, L, Harms, M, Goldstein, D, Shneider, N, Goutman, S, Simmons, Z, Miller, T, Chandran, S, Pal, S, Manousakis, G, Appel, S, Simpson, E, Wang, L, Baloh, R, Gibson, S, Bedlack, R, Lacomis, D, Sareen, D, Sherman, A, Bruijn, L, Penny, M, Moreno, C, Kamalakaran, S, Allen, A, Boone, B, Brown, R, Carulli, J, Chesi, A, Chung, W, Cirulli, E, Cooper, G, Couthouis, J, Day-Williams, A, Dion, P, Gitler, A, Glass, J, Han, Y, Harris, T, Hayes, S, Jones, A, Keebler, J, Krueger, B, Lasseigne, B, Levy, S, Lu, Y, Maniatis, T, McKenna-Yasek, D, Myers, R, Petrovski, S, Pulst, S, Raphael, A, Ravits, J, Ren, Z, Rouleau, G, Sapp, P, Sims, K, Staropoli, J, Waite, L, Wang, Q, Wimbish, J, Xin, W, Phatnani, H, Kwan, J, Broach, J, Arcila-Londono, X, Lee, E, Van Deerlin, V, Fraenkel, E, Ostrow, L, Baas, F, Zaitlen, N, Berry, J, Malaspina, A, Fratta, P, Cox, G, Thompson, L, Finkbeiner, S, Dardiotis, E, Hornstein, E, Macgowan, D, Heiman-Patterson, T, Hammell, M, Patsopoulos, N, Dubnau, J, Nath, A, Musunuri, R, Evani, U, Abhyankar, A, Zody, M, Kaye, J, Wyman, S, Lenail, A, Lima, L, Rothstein, J, Svendsen, C, Van Eyk, J, Maragakis, N, Kolb, S, Cudkowicz, M, Baxi, E, Benatar, M, Taylor, J, Wu, G, Rampersaud, E, Wuu, J, Rademakers, R, Züchner, S, Schule, R, Mccauley, J, Hussain, S, Cooley, A, Wallace, M, Clayman, C, Barohn, R, Statland, J, Swenson, A, Jackson, C, Trivedi, J, Khan, S, Katz, J, Jenkins, L, Burns, T, Gwathmey, K, Caress, J, Mcmillan, C, Elman, L, Pioro, E, Heckmann, J, So, Y, Walk, D, Maiser, S, Zhang, J, Silani, V, Gellera, C, Ratti, A, Taroni, F, Lauria, G, Verde, F, Fogh, I, Tiloca, C, Comi, G, Sorarù, G, Cereda, C, De Marchi, F, Corti, S, Ceroni, M, Siciliano, G, Filosto, M, Inghilleri, M, Peverelli, S, Colombrita, C, Poletti, B, Maderna, L, Del Bo, R, Gagliardi, S, Querin, G, Bertolin, C, Pensato, V, Castellotti, B, Camu, W, Mouzat, K, Lumbroso, S, Corcia, P, Meininger, V, Besson, G, Lagrange, E, Clavelou, P, Guy, N, Couratier, P, Vourch, P, Danel, V, Bernard, E, Lemasson, G, Laaksovirta, H, Myllykangas, L, Jansson, L, Valori, M, Ealing, J, Hamdalla, H, Rollinson, S, Pickering-Brown, S, Orrell, R, Sidle, K, Hardy, J, Singleton, A, Johnson, J, Arepalli, S, Polak, M, Asress, S, Al-Sarraj, S, King, A, Troakes, C, Vance, C, de Belleroche, J, ten Asbroek, A, Muñoz-Blanco, J, Hernandez, D, Ding, J, Gibbs, J, Scholz, S, Floeter, M, Campbell, R, Landi, F, Bowser, R, Kirby, J, Pamphlett, R, Gerhard, G, Dunckley, T, Brady, C, Kowall, N, Troncoso, J, Le Ber, I, Kamel, F, Van Den Bosch, L, Strom, T, Meitinger, T, Shatunov, A, Van Eijk, K, de Carvalho, M, Kooyman, M, Middelkoop, B, Moisse, M, Mclaughlin, R, Van Es, M, Weber, M, Boylan, K, Van Blitterswijk, M, Morrison, K, Basak, A, Mora, J, Drory, V, Shaw, P, Turner, M, Talbot, K, Hardiman, O, Williams, K, Fifita, J, Nicholson, G, Blair, I, Esteban-Pérez, J, García-Redondo, A, Al-Chalabi, A, Al Kheifat, A, Andersen, P, Chio, A, Cooper-Knock, J, Dekker, A, Redondo, A, Gotkine, M, Hide, W, Iacoangeli, A, Kiernan, M, Landers, J, Mill, J, Neto, M, Pardina, J, Newhouse, S, Pinto, S, Pulit, S, Robberecht, W, Shaw, C, Sproviero, W, Tazelaar, G, van Damme, P, van den Berg, L, van Eijk, K, van Es, M, Veldink, J, Zatz, M, Bauer, D, Twine, N, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Brice, A, Feldman, E, Ludolph, A, Weishaupt, J, Trojanowski, J, Stone, D, Tienari, P, Chiò, A, Traynor, B, Nicolas, Aude, Kenna, Kevin P., Renton, Alan E., Ticozzi, Nicola, Faghri, Faraz, Chia, Ruth, Dominov, Janice A., Kenna, Brendan J., Nalls, Mike A., Keagle, Pamela, Rivera, Alberto M., van Rheenen, Wouter, Murphy, Natalie A., van Vugt, Joke J. F. 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Abstract

To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls. Independently, we performed a rare variant burden analysis comparing 1,138 index familial ALS cases and 19,494 controls. Through both approaches, we identified kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) as a novel gene associated with ALS. Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG10) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 (CMT2). In contrast, ALS-associated mutations are primarily located at the C-terminal cargo-binding tail domain and patients harboring loss-of-function mutations displayed an extended survival relative to typical ALS cases. Taken together, these results broaden the phenotype spectrum resulting from mutations in KIF5A and strengthen the role of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS. Using a large-scale genome-wide association study and exome sequencing, we identified KIF5A as a novel gene associated with ALS. Our data broaden the phenotype resulting from mutations in KIF5A and highlight the importance of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS.

Published
2018

16. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

Author

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P., Soraru, G., Cereda, C., De Marchi, F., Corti, S., Ceroni, M., Siciliano, Giovanni, Filosto, M., Inghilleri, M., Peverelli, S., Colombrita, C., Poletti, B., Maderna, L., Del Bo, R., Gagliardi, S., Querin, G., Bertolin, C., Pensato, V., Castellotti, B., Camu, W., Mouzat, K., Lumbroso, S., Corcia, P., Meininger, V., Besson, G., Lagrange, E., Clavelou, P., Guy, N., Couratier, P., Vourch, P., Danel, V., Bernard, E., Lemasson, G., Laaksovirta, H., Myllykangas, L., Jansson, L., Valori, Vanna Maria, Ealing, J., Hamdalla, H., Rollinson, S., Pickering-Brown, S., Orrell, R. W., Sidle, K. C., Hardy, J., Singleton, A. B., Johnson, J. O., Arepalli, S., Polak, M., Asress, S., Al-Sarraj, S., King, A., Troakes, C., Vance, C., de Belleroche, J., ten Asbroek, A. L. M. A., Munoz-Blanco, J. L., Hernandez, D. G., Ding, J., Gibbs, J. R., Scholz, S. W., Floeter, M. K., Campbell, R. H., Landi, Francesco, Bowser, R., Kirby, J., Pamphlett, R., Gerhard, G., Dunckley, T. L., Brady, C. B., Kowall, N. W., Troncoso, J. C., Le Ber, I., Heiman-Patterson, T. D., Kamel, F., Van Den Bosch, L., Strom, T. M., Meitinger, T., Shatunov, A., Van Eijk, K. R., de Carvalho, M., Kooyman, M., Middelkoop, B., Moisse, M., Mclaughlin, R. L., Van Es, M. A., Weber, M., Boylan, K. B., Van Blitterswijk, M., Morrison, K. E., Basak, A. N., Mora, J. S., Drory, V. E., Shaw, P. J., Turner, M. R., Talbot, K., Hardiman, O., Williams, K. L., Fifita, J. A., Nicholson, G. A., Blair, I. P., Esteban-Perez, J., Garcia-Redondo, A., Al-Chalabi, A., Al Kheifat, A., Andersen, P. M., Chio, A., Cooper-Knock, J., Dekker, A., Redondo, A. G., Gotkine, M., Hide, W., Iacoangeli, A., Kiernan, M., Landers, J. E., Mill, J., Neto, M. M., Pardina, J. M., Newhouse, S., Pinto, S., Pulit, S., Robberecht, W., Shaw, C., Sproviero, W., Tazelaar, G., Van Damme, P., van den Berg, L. H., van Vugt, J., Veldink, J. H., Zatz, M., Bauer, D. C., Twine, N. A., Rogaeva, E., Zinman, L., Brice, A., Feldman, E. L., Ludolph, A. C., Weishaupt, J. H., Trojanowski, J. Q., Stone, D. J., Tienari, P., Shaw, C. E., Traynor, B. J., Marangi G. (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Logroscino G. (ORCID:0000-0003-1301-5343), Capasso M., Mosca L. (ORCID:0000-0003-4641-0841), Fasano A., Sabatelli M. (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino M. (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Conte A., Luigetti M. (ORCID:0000-0001-7539-505X), Lattante S. (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), D'Alfonso S., Siciliano G., Valori M., and Landi F. (ORCID:0000-0002-3472-1389)

Abstract

To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 controls. Independently, we performed a rare variant burden analysis comparing 1,138 index familial ALS cases and 19,494 controls. Through both approaches, we identified kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) as a novel gene associated with ALS. Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG10) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 (CMT2). In contrast, ALS-associated mutations are primarily located at the C-terminal cargo-binding tail domain and patients harboring loss-of-function mutations displayed an extended survival relative to typical ALS cases. Taken together, these results broaden the phenotype spectrum resulting from mutations in KIF5A and strengthen the role of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS. Using a large-scale genome-wide association study and exome sequencing, we identified KIF5A as a novel gene associated with ALS. Our data broaden the phenotype resulting from mutations in KIF5A and highlight the importance of cytoskeletal defects in the pathogenesis of ALS.

Published
2018

17. HFE p.H63D polymorphism does not influence ALS phenotype and survival

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Chio, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Monsurro, M, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Nilo, R, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M, Mandich, P, Zollino, M, Conforti, F, Penco, S, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Restagno, G, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Capasso, M, Mancardi, G, Origone, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Georgoulopoulou, E, Tremolizzo, L, Tedeschi, G, Trojsi, F, Piccirillo, G, Cristillo, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Bertuzzo, D, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, T, Loi, D, Chio A., Mora G., Sabatelli M., Caponnetto C., Lunetta C., Traynor B. J., Johnson J. O., Nalls M. A., Calvo A., Moglia C., Borghero G., Monsurro M. R., La Bella V., Volanti P., Simone I., Salvi F., Logullo F. O., Nilo R., Giannini F., Mandrioli J., Tanel R., Murru M. R., Mandich P., Zollino M., Conforti F. L., Penco S., Brunetti M., Barberis M., Restagno G., Logroscino G., Bartolomei I., Capasso M., Mancardi G., Origone P., Marinou K., Sideri R., Mosca L., Pinter G. L., Corbo M., Fini N., Georgoulopoulou E., Tremolizzo L., Tedeschi G., Trojsi F., Piccirillo G., Cristillo V., Spataro R., Colletti T., Conte A., Luigetti M., Lattante S., Marangi G., Santarelli M., Petrucci A., Battistini S., Ricci C., Benigni M., Casale F., Marrali G., Fuda G., Ossola I., Cammarosano S., Ilardi A., Bertuzzo D., Pisano F., Costantino E., Pani C., Puddu R., Caredda C., Piras V., Tranquilli S., Cuccu S., Corongiu D., Melis M., Milia A., Marrosu F., Marrosu M. G., Floris G., Cannas A., Ticca A., Pugliatti M., Pirisi A., Parish L. D., Occhineri P., Ortu E., Cau T. B., Loi D., Chio, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Monsurro, M, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Nilo, R, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M, Mandich, P, Zollino, M, Conforti, F, Penco, S, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Restagno, G, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Capasso, M, Mancardi, G, Origone, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Georgoulopoulou, E, Tremolizzo, L, Tedeschi, G, Trojsi, F, Piccirillo, G, Cristillo, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Bertuzzo, D, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, T, Loi, D, Chio A., Mora G., Sabatelli M., Caponnetto C., Lunetta C., Traynor B. J., Johnson J. O., Nalls M. A., Calvo A., Moglia C., Borghero G., Monsurro M. R., La Bella V., Volanti P., Simone I., Salvi F., Logullo F. O., Nilo R., Giannini F., Mandrioli J., Tanel R., Murru M. R., Mandich P., Zollino M., Conforti F. L., Penco S., Brunetti M., Barberis M., Restagno G., Logroscino G., Bartolomei I., Capasso M., Mancardi G., Origone P., Marinou K., Sideri R., Mosca L., Pinter G. L., Corbo M., Fini N., Georgoulopoulou E., Tremolizzo L., Tedeschi G., Trojsi F., Piccirillo G., Cristillo V., Spataro R., Colletti T., Conte A., Luigetti M., Lattante S., Marangi G., Santarelli M., Petrucci A., Battistini S., Ricci C., Benigni M., Casale F., Marrali G., Fuda G., Ossola I., Cammarosano S., Ilardi A., Bertuzzo D., Pisano F., Costantino E., Pani C., Puddu R., Caredda C., Piras V., Tranquilli S., Cuccu S., Corongiu D., Melis M., Milia A., Marrosu F., Marrosu M. G., Floris G., Cannas A., Ticca A., Pugliatti M., Pirisi A., Parish L. D., Occhineri P., Ortu E., Cau T. B., and Loi D.

Abstract

It has been recently reported that the p.His63Asp polymorphism of the HFE gene accelerates disease progression both in the SOD1 transgenic mouse and in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. We have evaluated the effect of HFE p.His63Asp polymorphism on the phenotype in 1351 Italian ALS patients (232 of Sardinian ancestry). Patients were genotyped for the HFE p.His63Asp polymorphism (CC, GC, and GG). All patients were also assessed for C9ORF72, TARDBP, SOD1, and FUS mutations. Of the 1351 ALS patients, 363 (29.2%) were heterozygous (GC) for the p.His63Asp polymorphism and 30 (2.2%) were homozygous for the minor allele (GG). Patients with CC, GC, and GG polymorphisms did not significantly differ by age at onset, site of onset of symptoms, and survival; however, in SOD1 patients with CG or GG polymorphism had a significantly longer survival than those with a CC polymorphism. Differently from what observed in the mouse model of ALS, the HFE p.His63Asp polymorphism has no effect on ALS phenotype in this large series of Italian ALS patients.

Published
2015

18. Genetic counselling in ALS: facts, uncertainties and clinical suggestions

Author

Chio, A., Battistini, Stefania, Calvo, A., Caponnetto, C., Conforti, F. L., Corbo, M., Giannini, Fabio, Mandrioli, J., Mora, G., Sabatelli, M., Ajmone, C., Mastro, E., Pain, D., Mandich, P., Penco, S., Restagno, G., Zollino, M., Surbone, A., Monsurro, M. R., Tedeschi, G., Conte, A., Luigetti, M., Lattante, S., Marangi, G., Volanti, P., Marinou, K., Papetti, L., Lunetta, C., Pintor, G. L., Salvi, F., Bartolomei, I., Quattrone, A., Gambardella, A., Logroscino, G., Simone, I., Pisano, F., Spataro, R., La Bella, V., Colletti, T., Mancardi, G., Origone, P., Sola, P., Borghero, G., Marrosu, F., Marrosu, M. G., Murru, M. R., Floris, G., Cannas, A., Piras, V., Costantino, E., Pani, C., Sotgiu, M. A., Pugliatti, M., Parish, L. D., Cossu, P., Ticca, A., Rodolico, C., Portaro, S., Ricci, Claudia, Moglia, C., Ossola, I., Brunetti, M., Barberis, M., Canosa, A., Cammarosano, S., Bertuzzo, D., Fuda, G., Ilardi, A., Manera, U., Pastore, I., Sproviero, W., Logullo, F., Tanel, R., Chiò, A, Battistini, S, Calvo, A, Caponnetto, C, Conforti, FL, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Ajmone, C, Mastro, E, Pain, D, Mandich, P, Penco, S, Restagno, G, Zollino, M, Surbone, A, Conforti, Fl, Italsgen, Consortium, Among, Collaborator, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, and Surbone, A.

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medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, GENETICS, Genetic counseling, Genetic Counseling, Gene mutation, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, medicine, Humans, Genetic Testing, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Genetic discrimination, Psychiatry, Genetic testing, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, medicine.disease, Penetrance, ALS, 3. Good health, Psychiatry and Mental health, Phenotype, Frontotemporal Dementia, Mutation, Surgery, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Neurology (clinical), business, Motor neurone disease, Frontotemporal dementia
Abstract

The clinical approach to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been largely modified by the identification of novel genes, the detection of gene mutations in apparently sporadic patients, and the discovery of the strict genetic and clinical relation between ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). As a consequence, clinicians are increasingly facing the dilemma on how to handle genetic counselling and testing both for ALS patients and their relatives. On the basis of existing literature on genetics of ALS and of other late-onset life-threatening disorders, we propose clinical suggestions to enable neurologists to provide optimal clinical and genetic counselling to patients and families. Genetic testing should be offered to ALS patients who have a first-degree or second-degree relative with ALS, FTD or both, and should be discussed with, but not offered to, all other ALS patients, with special emphasis on its major uncertainties. Presently, genetic testing should not be proposed to asymptomatic at-risk subjects, unless they request it or are enrolled in research programmes. Genetic counselling in ALS should take into account the uncertainties about the pathogenicity and penetrance of some genetic mutations; the possible presence of mutations of different genes in the same individual; the poor genotypic/phenotypic correlation in most ALS genes; and the phenotypic pleiotropy of some genes. Though psychological, social and ethical implications of genetic testing are still relatively unexplored in ALS, we recommend multidisciplinary counselling that addresses all relevant issues, including disclosure of tests results to family members and the risk for genetic discrimination.

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2014
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19. The MITOS system predicts long-term survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Tramacere, Irene, Dalla Bella, Eleonora, Chiò, Adriano, Mora, Gabriele, Filippini, Graziella, Lauria, Giuseppe, EPOS Trial Study Group, Antonini, G, Borghero, G, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Corbo, M, Eleopra, R, Riva, N, Filosto, M, Giannini, Fabio, Granieri, E, La Bella, V, Logroscino, G, Mandrioli, J, Mazzini, L, Monsurrò, Mr, Pietrini, V, Quatrale, R, Rizzi, R, Salvi, F, Siciliano, G, Sorarù, G, Volanti, P., Tramacere I, D., Chiò, A., Mora, G., Filippini, G., Lauria, G, O., Borghero, G., Capasso, M., Caponnetto, C., Lunetta, C., Corbo, M., Eleopra, R., Riva, N., Filosto, M., Giannini, F., Granieri, E., La Bella, V., Logroscino, G., Mandrioli, J., Mazzini, L., Monsurrò, M., Pietrini, V., Quatrale, R., Rizzi, R., Salvi, F., Siciliano, G., Sorarù, G., Tramacere, Irene, Dalla Bella, Eleonora, Chiò, Adriano, Mora, Gabriele, Filippini, Graziella, Lauria, Giuseppe, EPOS Trial study group: Antonini, G, Borghero, Giuseppe, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, Christian, Corbo, M, Eleopra, R, Riva, N, Filosto, M, Giannini, F, Granieri, E, La Bella, V, Logroscino, G, Mandrioli, J, Mazzini, L, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Pietrini, V, Quatrale, R, Rizzi, R, Salvi, F, Siciliano, G, Sorarù, G, and Volanti, P.

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Male, Predictive Value of Test, Walking, Logistic regression, ALS, MOTOR NEURON DISEASE, NEUROMUSCULAR, RANDOMISED TRIALS, Adult, Aged, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Communication, Deglutition, Disability Evaluation, Disease Progression, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Noninvasive Ventilation, Predictive Value of Tests, ROC Curve, Respiration, Self Care, Survival Analysis, Neurology (clinical), Psychiatry and Mental Health, Surgery, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Medicine (all), law.invention, ALS, long-term survival, ALSFRS-R, Randomized controlled trial, law, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Area under the curve, als, motor neuron disease, neuromuscular, randomised trials, Predictive value of tests, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Survival Analysi, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, NO, Swallowing, Internal medicine, medicine, Survival analysis, Receiver operating characteristic, business.industry, als, motor neuron disease, neuromuscular, randomised trials, adult, aged, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, communication, deglutition, disability evaluation, disease progression, double-blind method, female, humans, male, middle aged, noninvasive ventilation, predictive value of tests, roc curve, respiration, self care, survival analysis, walking, neurology clinical, psychiatry and mental health, surgery, arts and humanities, medicine.disease, business, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
Abstract

ObjectiveThe choice of adequate proxy for long-term survival, the ultimate outcome in randomised clinical trials (RCT) assessing disease-modifying treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a key issue. The intrinsic limitations of the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R), including non-linearity, multidimensionality and floor-effect, have emerged and its usefulness argued. The ALS Milano-Torino staging (ALS-MITOS) system was proposed as a novel tool to measure the progression of ALS and overcome these limitations. This study was performed to validate the ALS-MITOS as a 6-month proxy of survival in 200 ALS patients followed up to 18 months.MethodsAnalyses were performed on data from the recombinant human erythropoietin RCT that failed to demonstrate differences between groups for both primary and secondary outcomes. The ALS-MITOS system is composed of four key domains included in the ALSFRS-R scale (walking/self-care, swallowing, communicating and breathing), each with a threshold reflecting the loss of function in the specific ALSFRS-R subscores. Sensitivity, specificity and the area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic curves of the ALS-MITOS system stages and ALSFRS-R decline at 6 months were calculated and compared with the primary outcome (survival, tracheotomy or >23-hour non-invasive ventilation) at 12 and 18 months Predicted probabilities of the ALS-MITO system at 6 months for any event at 12 and 18 months were computed through logistic regression models.ResultsDisease progression from baseline to 6 months as defined by the ALS-MITOS system predicted death, tracheotomy or >23-hour non-invasive ventilation at 12 months with 82% sensitivity (95% CI 71% to 93%, n=37/45) and 63% specificity (95% CI 55% to 71%, n=92/146), and at 18 months with 71% sensitivity (95% CI 61% to 82%, n=50/70) and 68% specificity (95% CI 60% to 77%, n=76/111). The analysis of ALS-MITOS and ALSFRS-R progression at 6-month follow-up showed that the best cut-off to predict survival at 12 and 18 months was 1 for the ALS-MITOS (ie, loss of at least one function) and a decline ranging from 6 to 9 points for the ALSFRS-R.ConclusionsThe ALS-MITOS system can reliably predict the course of ALS up to 18 months and can be considered a novel and valid outcome measure in RCTs.

Published
2015

22. Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72

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Chiò, A1, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Mora, G, Drepper, C, Traynor, Bj, Sendtner, M, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Calvo, A, Pugliatti, M, Sotgiu, Ma, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Marrosu, F, Marinou, K, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Conte, A, Monsurrò, Mr, Tedeschi, G, Pisano, F, Bartolomei, I, Salvi, F, Lauria Pinter, G, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Lunetta, C, Volanti, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Battistini, S, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Conforti, Fl, Giannini, F, Corbo, M, Sabatelli, M, Moglia, C, Cammarosano, S, Fuda, G, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Papetti, L, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Colletti, T, Ricci, C, Origone, P, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Parish, Ld, Solinas, G, Ulgheri, L, Ticca, A, Izzo, F, Laiola, A, Trojsi, F., Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Mora, G, Drepper, C, Traynor, Bj, Sendtner, M, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Calvo, A, Pugliatti, M, Sotgiu, Ma, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Marrosu, F, Marinou, K, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Conte, A, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Pisano, F, Bartolomei, I, Salvi, F, Lauria Pinter, G, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Lunetta, C, Volanti, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Battistini, S, the ITALSGEN consortium: Moglia, Cristina, Cammarosano, Stefania, Fuda, Giuseppe, Canosa, Antonio, Gallo, Sara, Papetti, Laura, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe, Colletti, Tiziana, Ricci, Claudia, Origone, Paola, Floris, Gianluca, Cannas, Antonino, Piras, Valeria, Parish, Leslie D, Solinas, Giuliana, Ulgheri, Lucia, Ticca, Anna, Izzo, Francesco, Laiola, Anna, Trojsi, Francesca, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Conforti, Fl, Giannini, F, Corbo, M, Sabatelli, M., Chiò, A., Borghero, G., Restagno, G., Mora, G., Drepper, C., Traynor, B., Sendtner, M., Brunetti, M., Ossola, I., Calvo, A., Pugliatti, M., Sotgiu, M., Murru, M., Marrosu, G., Marrosu, F., Marinou, K., Mandrioli, J., Sola, P., Caponnetto, C., Mancardi, G., Mandich, P., LA BELLA, V., Spataro, R., Conte, A., Monsurrò, M., Tedeschi, G., Pisano, F., Bartolomei, I., Salvi, F., Lauria, G., Simone, I., Logroscino, G., Gambardella, A., Quattrone, A., Lunetta, C., Volanti, P., Zollino, M., Penco, S., Battistini, S., the ITALSGEN, C., Renton, A., Majounie, E., Abramzon, Y., Conforti, F., Giannini, F., and Corbo, M.

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Male, Parents, Pathology, phenotype-genotype correlation, Cohort Studies, 0302 clinical medicine, C9orf72, amyotrophic lateral sclerosi, genetics, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Age of Onset, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial als, C9Orf72, 0303 health sciences, Sex Characteristics, DNA Repeat Expansion, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics/pathology, Cohort Studies, DNA Repeat Expansion, DNA, genetics, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, genetics, Parents, Pedigree, Phenotype, Proteins, genetics, Sex Characteristics, Survival Analysis, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Pedigree, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Phenotype, Italy, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Female, Frontotemporal dementia, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, SOD1, Biology, TARDBP, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial ALS, C9ORF72 gene, phenotype–genotype correlation, C9orf72 Protein, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics/pathology, Proteins, Original Articles, DNA, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, Settore BIO/18 - Genetica, familial ALS, C9ORF72 gene, Mutation, Neurology (clinical), Age of onset, Trinucleotide repeat expansion, familial al, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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A large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72, a gene located on chromosome 9p21, has been recently reported to be responsible for 40% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases of European ancestry. The aim of the current article was to describe the phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases carrying the expansion by providing a detailed clinical description of affected cases from representative multi-generational kindreds, and by analysing the age of onset, gender ratio and survival in a large cohort of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We collected DNA and analysed phenotype data for 141 index Italian familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases (21 of Sardinian ancestry) and 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. Pathogenic repeat expansions were detected in 45 (37.5%) patients from mainland Italy, 12 (57.1%) patients of Sardinian ancestry and nine (22.0%) of the 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. The disease was maternally transmitted in 27 (49.1%) pedigrees and paternally transmitted in 28 (50.9%) pedigrees (P = non-significant). On average, children developed disease 7.0 years earlier than their parents [children: 55.8 years (standard deviation 7.9), parents: 62.8 (standard deviation 10.9); P = 0.003]. Parental phenotype influenced the type of clinical symptoms manifested by the child: of the 13 cases where the affected parent had an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal dementia, the affected child also developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia in nine cases. When compared with patients carrying mutations of other amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-related genes, those with C9ORF72 expansion had commonly a bulbar onset (42.2% compared with 25.0% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.03) and cognitive impairment (46.7% compared with 9.1% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.0001). Median survival from symptom onset among cases carrying C9ORF72 repeat expansion was 3.2 years lower than that of patients carrying TARDBP mutations (5.0 years; 95% confidence interval: 3.6–7.2) and longer than those with FUS mutations (1.9 years; 95% confidence interval: 1.7–2.1). We conclude that C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions were the most frequent mutation in our large cohort of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of Italian, Sardinian and German ancestry. Together with mutation of SOD1, TARDBP and FUS, mutations of C9ORF72 account for 60% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Italy. Patients with C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions present some phenotypic differences compared with patients with mutations of other genes or with unknown mutations, namely a high incidence of bulbar-onset disease and comorbidity with frontotemporal dementia. Their pedigrees typically display a high frequency of cases with pure frontotemporal dementia, widening the concept of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Keywords

Published
2012

23. Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Johnson, J. O., Pioro, E. P., Boehringer, A., Chia, R., Feit, H., Renton, A. E., Pliner, H. A., Abramzon, Y., Marangi, G., Winborn, B. J., Gibbs, J. R., Nalls, M. A., Morgan, S., Shoai, M., Hardy, J., Pittman, A., Orrell, R. W., Malaspina, A., Sidle, K. C., Fratta, P., Harms, M. B., Baloh, R. H., Pestronk, A., Weihl, C. C., Rogaeva, E., Zinman, L., Drory, V. E., Borghero, G., Mora, G., Calvo, A., Rothstein, J. D., Drepper, C., Sendtner, M., Singleton, A. B., Taylor, J. P., Cookson, M. R., Restagno, G., Sabatelli, M., Bowser, R., Chio`, A., Traynor, B. J., Moglia, C., Cammarosano, S., Canosa, A., Gallo, S., Brunetti, M., Ossola, I., Marinou, K., Papetti, L., Pisano, F., Pinter, G. L., Conte, A., Luigetti, M., Zollino, M., Lattante, S., la Bella, V., Spataro, R., Colletti, T., Battistini, S., Ricci, C., Caponnetto, C., Mancardi, G., Mandich, P., Salvi, F., Bartolomei, I., Mandrioli, J., Sola, P., Lunetta, C., Penco, S., Monsurro, M. R., Conforti, F. L., Tedeschi, G., Gambardella, A., Quattrone, A., Volanti, P., Floris, G., Cannas, A., Piras, V., Marrosu, F., Marrosu, M. G., Murru, M. R., Pugliatti, M., Parish, L. D., Sotgiu, A., Solinas, G., Ulgheri, L., Ticca, A., Simone, I., Logroscino, G., Pirisi, A., Johnson, JO, Pioro, EP, Boehringer, A, Chia, R, Feit, H5, Renton, AE, Pliner, HA, Abramzon, Y6, Marangi, G, Winborn, BJ, Gibbs, JR, Nalls, MA, Morgan, S, Shoai, M, Hardy, J, Pittman, A, Orrell, RW, Malaspina, A, Sidle, KC, Fratta, P, Harms, MB, Baloh, RH, Pestronk, A, Weihl, CC, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Drory, VE, Borghero, G, Mora, G, Calvo, A, Rothstein, JD, ITALSGEN Consortium (including Cammarosano,S, Canosa, A, Moglia, C), Drepper, C, Sendtner, M, Singleton, AB, Taylor, JP, Cookson, MR, Restagno, G, Sabatelli, M, Bowser, R, Chiò, A, Traynor, BJ., Moglia, C., Canosa, A., Johnson, Jo, Pioro, Ep, Feit, H, Renton, Ae, Pliner, Ha, Abramzon, Y, Winborn, Bj, Gibbs, Jr, Nalls, Ma, Orrell, Rw, Sidle, Kc, Harms, Mb, Baloh, Rh, Weihl, Cc, Drory, Ve, Rothstein, Jd, Italsgen, Consortium, Among the, Collaborator, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Singleton, Ab, Taylor, Jp, Cookson, Mr, and Traynor, B. J.

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Male, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics/pathology, Computational Biology, DNA Mutational Analysis, DNA-Binding Proteins, metabolism, Family Health, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, genetics, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle, Skeletal, metabolism/pathology, Mutation, genetics, Neurologic Examination, Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins, genetics/metabolism, RNA-Binding Proteins, genetics/metabolism, Spinal Cord, metabolism/pathology, DNA Mutational Analysis, genetics/metabolism, RNA-binding protein, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, medicine.disease_cause, 0302 clinical medicine, Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins, Genotype, 80 and over, genetics, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Exome sequencing, Genetics, Aged, 80 and over, Neurologic Examination, 0303 health sciences, Mutation, General Neuroscience, RNA-Binding Proteins, Middle Aged, DNA-Binding Proteins, MATR3, medicine.anatomical_structure, Spinal Cord, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Muscle, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Female, Frontotemporal dementia, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Muscle, Skeletal, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, Family Health, business.industry, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics/pathology, RNA, Computational Biology, Spinal cord, medicine.disease, genetic, business, Neuroscience, metabolism, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

MATR3 is an RNA- and DNA-binding protein that interacts with TDP-43, a disease protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. Using exome sequencing, we identified mutations in MATR3 in ALS kindreds. We also observed MATR3 pathology in ALS-affected spinal cords with and without MATR3 mutations. Our data provide more evidence supporting the role of aberrant RNA processing in motor neuron degeneration. © 2014 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.

Published
2014

25. Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

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Majounie, E1, Renton, Ae, Mok, K, Dopper, Eg, Waite, A, Rollinson, S, Chiò, A, Restagno, G, Nicolaou, N, Simon-Sanchez, J, van Swieten JC, Abramzon, Y, Johnson, Jo, Sendtner, M, Pamphlett, R, Orrell, Rw, Mead, S, Sidle, Kc, Houlden, H, Rohrer, Jd, Morrison, Ke, Pall, H, Talbot, K, Ansorge, O, Hernandez, Dg, Arepalli, S, Sabatelli, M, Mora, G, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Calvo, A, Englund, E, Borghero, G, Floris, Gl, Remes, Am, Laaksovirta, H, Mccluskey, L, Trojanowski, Jq, Van Deerlin VM, Schellenberg, Gd, Nalls, Ma, Drory, Ve, Lu, Cs, Yeh, Th, Ishiura, H, Takahashi, Y, Tsuji, S, Le Ber, I, Brice, A, Drepper, C, Williams, N, Kirby, J, Shaw, P, Hardy, J, Tienari, Pj, Heutink, P, Morris, Hr, Pickering-Brown, S, Traynor, Bj, Adamson, G, Bayer, Aj, Beck, J, Callister, Jb, Blake, Dj, Blumen, Sc, Collinge, J, Dunckley, T, Ealing, J, East, S, Elman, L, Gerhard, A, Guerreiro, Rj, Gwinn, K, Halliwell, N, Hamdalla, Hh, Hewitt, C, Ince, P, Jablonka, S, James, C, Kent, L, Knock, Jc, Lynch, T, Mahoney, C, Mann, D, Neal, J, Norris, D, O'Dowd, S, Richardson, A, Rossor, M, Rothstein, J, Scholz, Sw, Snowden, J, Stephan, Da, Toulson, G, Turner, Mr, Warren, Jd, Young, K, Weng, Yh, Kuo, Hc, Lai, Sc, Huang, Cl, Camuzat, A, Entraingues, L, Guillot-Noël, Verpillat, P, Blanc, F, Camu, W, Clerget-Darpoux, F, Corcia, P, Couratier, P, Didic, M, Dubois, B, Duyckaerts, C, Guedj, E, Golfier, V, Habert, Mo, Hannequin, D, Lacomblez, L, Meininger, V, Salachas, F, Levy, R, Michel, Bf, Pasquier, F, Puel, M, Thomas-Anterion, C, Sellal, F, Vercelletto, M, Moglia, C, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Marinou, K, Papetti, L, Pisano, F, Pinter, Gl, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Zollino, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, la Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Monsurrò, Mr, Tedeschi, G, Conforti, Fl, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Volanti, P, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Pugliatti, M, Parish, Ld, Sotgiu, A, Solinas, G, Ulgheri, L, Ticca, A, Simone, I, Logroscino, G., Neurology, Erasmus MC other, The Chromosome 9-ALS/FTD Consortium, Human genetics, NCA - Neurodegeneration, Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), Department of Clinical Genetics, Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] (JMU), MRC Prion Unit, UCL Institute of neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, Department of Neuroscience, Catholic University, Roma, Fondazione Maugeri, Department of Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital [Taipei] (CGMH), Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (CRICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Génétique Cytogénétique et Embryologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Medical Research Council (MRC)-School of Medicine [Cardiff], Cardiff University-Institute of Medical Genetics [Cardiff]-Cardiff University-Institute of Medical Genetics [Cardiff], Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square [London], Università degli Studi di Siena = University of Siena (UNISI), and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)

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MESH: Signal Transduction, Male, MESH: Vesicular Transport Proteins, MESH: Membrane Glycoproteins, MESH: DNA Repeat Expansion, MESH: Genotype, Cohort Studies, MESH: Protein Structure, Tertiary, MESH: Aged, 80 and over, MESH: Interferon Regulatory Factor-3, 0302 clinical medicine, C9orf72, MESH: Child, MESH: RNA, Small Interfering, 80 and over, genetics, Age of Onset, Child, MESH: Cohort Studies, MESH: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, MESH: Aged, Genetics, Aged, 80 and over, 0303 health sciences, MESH: Middle Aged, DNA Repeat Expansion, MESH: Toll-Like Receptor 4, Middle Aged, Penetrance, 3. Good health, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Neurology, MESH: Young Adult, MESH: HEK293 Cells, Child, Preschool, Frontotemporal Dementia, Female, Sample collection, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, MESH: Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, Frontotemporal dementia, Human, Pair 9, Adult, MESH: Protein Transport, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Genotype, MESH: Age of Onset, MESH: RNA Interference, Clinical Neurology, MESH: Frontotemporal Dementia, MESH: Genetic Loci, TARDBP, Chromosomes, 03 medical and health sciences, Open Reading Frames, Young Adult, MESH: Cross-Sectional Studies, Internal medicine, medicine, MESH: Chemokine CCL5, Humans, ddc:610, Preschool, MESH: Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, MESH: Adolescent, MESH: Humans, business.industry, MESH: Transfection, MESH: Child, Preschool, Haplotype, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, MESH: Adult, MESH: Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, MESH: Open Reading Frames, medicine.disease, MESH: Male, MESH: Cell Line, C9orf72 Protein, Cross-Sectional Studies, MESH: Endosomes, Genetic Loci, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Neurology (clinical), MESH: Lipopolysaccharides, MESH: Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, business, Trinucleotide repeat expansion, MESH: Female, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosomes, genetics, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, DNA Repeat Expansion, genetics, Female, Frontotemporal Dementia, genetics, Genetic Loci, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Open Reading Frames, genetics, Young Adult, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

International audience; BACKGROUND: We aimed to accurately estimate the frequency of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72 that has been associated with a large proportion of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). METHODS: We screened 4448 patients diagnosed with ALS (El Escorial criteria) and 1425 patients with FTD (Lund-Manchester criteria) from 17 regions worldwide for the GGGGCC hexanucleotide expansion using a repeat-primed PCR assay. We assessed familial disease status on the basis of self-reported family history of similar neurodegenerative diseases at the time of sample collection. We compared haplotype data for 262 patients carrying the expansion with the known Finnish founder risk haplotype across the chromosomal locus. We calculated age-related penetrance using the Kaplan-Meier method with data for 603 individuals with the expansion. FINDINGS: In patients with sporadic ALS, we identified the repeat expansion in 236 (7*0%) of 3377 white individuals from the USA, Europe, and Australia, two (4*1%) of 49 black individuals from the USA, and six (8*3%) of 72 Hispanic individuals from the USA. The mutation was present in 217 (39*3%) of 552 white individuals with familial ALS from Europe and the USA. 59 (6*0%) of 981 white Europeans with sporadic FTD had the mutation, as did 99 (24*8%) of 400 white Europeans with familial FTD. Data for other ethnic groups were sparse, but we identified one Asian patient with familial ALS (from 20 assessed) and two with familial FTD (from three assessed) who carried the mutation. The mutation was not carried by the three Native Americans or 360 patients from Asia or the Pacific Islands with sporadic ALS who were tested, or by 41 Asian patients with sporadic FTD. All patients with the repeat expansion had (partly or fully) the founder haplotype, suggesting a one-off expansion occurring about 1500 years ago. The pathogenic expansion was non-penetrant in individuals younger than 35 years, 50% penetrant by 58 years, and almost fully penetrant by 80 years. INTERPRETATION: A common Mendelian genetic lesion in C9orf72 is implicated in many cases of sporadic and familial ALS and FTD. Testing for this pathogenic expansion should be considered in the management and genetic counselling of patients with these fatal neurodegenerative diseases. FUNDING: Full funding sources listed at end of paper (see Acknowledgments).

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2012
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26. CHCH10 mutations in an Italian cohort of familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

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Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Traynor, B. J, Johnson, J. O, Nalls, M. A, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Monsurrò, M. R, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F. O, Nilo, R, Battistini, S, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M. R, Mandich, P, Zollino, M, Conforti, F. L, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Restagno, G, Penco, S, Lunetta, C, Giannini, F, Ricci, C, Mancardi, G, Bartolomei, I, Corbo, M, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Ossola, I, Logroscino, G, Tedeschi, G, Pugliatti, M, Pinter, G. L, Glynn, S, Gibbs, J. R, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Ilardi, A, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Pisano, F, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M. G, Parish, L. D, Ticca, A, Pirisi, A, Ortu, E, Cau, T. B, Loi, D, Traccis, S, Fini, N, Georgoulopoulou, E, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Solamone, P, Maestri, E, Mazzei, R, Cristillo, V, Puddu, R, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Caredda, C, Origone, P, Mosca, L, Capasso, M, Turri, M, Petrucci, A, Tremolizzo, L, Santarelli, M., Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Monsurrò, M, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Nilo, R, Battistini, S, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Murru, M, Mandich, P, Zollino, M, Conforti, F, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Restagno, G, Penco, S, Lunetta, C, Giannini, F, Ricci, C, Mancardi, G, Bartolomei, I, Corbo, M, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Ossola, I, Logroscino, G, Tedeschi, G, Pugliatti, M, Pinter, G, Glynn, S, Gibbs, J, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Ilardi, A, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Pisano, F, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Parish, L, Ticca, A, Pirisi, A, Ortu, E, Cau, T, Loi, D, Traccis, S, Fini, N, Georgoulopoulou, E, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Solamone, P, Maestri, E, Mazzei, R, Cristillo, V, Puddu, R, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Caredda, C, Origone, P, Mosca, L, Capasso, M, Turri, M, Petrucci, A, Tremolizzo, L, Santarelli, M, Chiò, Adriano, Mora, Gabriele, Sabatelli, Mario, Caponnetto, Claudia, Traynor, Bryan J., Johnson, Janel O., Nalls, Mike A., Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Borghero, Giuseppe, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, La Bella, Vincenzo, Volanti, Paolo, Simone, Isabella, Salvi, Fabrizio, Logullo, Francesco O., Nilo, Riva, Battistini, Stefania, Mandrioli, Jessica, Tanel, Raffaella, Murru, Maria Rita, Mandich, Paola, Zollino, Marcella, Conforti, Francesca L., Brunetti, Maura, Barberis, Marco, Restagno, Gabriella, Penco, Silvana, Lunetta, Christian, Giannini, Fabio, Ricci, Claudia, Mancardi, Gianluigi, Bartolomei, Ilaria, Corbo, Massimo, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe, Ossola, Irene, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Pugliatti, Maura, Pinter, Giuseppe Lauria, Glynn, Shannon, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Cammarosano, Stefania, Canosa, Antonio, Manera, Umberto, Bertuzzo, Davide, Ilardi, Altonio, Marinou, Kalliopi, Sideri, Riccardo, Pisano, Fabrizio, Spataro, Rossella, Colletti, Tiziana, Floris, Gianluca, Cannas, Antonino, Piras, Valeria, Marrosu, Francesco, Marrosu, Maria Giovanna, Parish, Leslie D., Ticca, Anna, Pirisi, Angelo, Ortu, Enzo, Cau, Tea B., Loi, Daniela, Traccis, Sebastiano, Fini, Nicola, Georgoulopoulou, Eleni, Casale, Federico, Marrali, Giuseppe, Fuda, Giuseppe, Solamone, Paolina, Maestri, Eleonora, Mazzei, Rosalucia, Cristillo, Viviana, Puddu, Roberta, Costantino, Emanuela, Pani, Carla, Caredda, Carla, Origone, Paola, Mosca, Lorena, Capasso, Margherita, Turri, Mara, Petrucci, Antonio, Tremolizzo, Luico, Santarelli, Marialaura, Chiò, A., Mora, G., Sabatelli, M., Caponnetto, C., Traynor, B., Johnson, J., Nalls, M., Calvo, A., Moglia, C., Borghero, G., Monsurrò, M., LA BELLA, V., Volanti, P., Simone, I., Salvi, F., Logullo, F., Nilo, R., Battistini, S., Mandrioli, J., Tanel, R., Murru, M., Mandich, P., Zollino, M., Conforti, F., Brunetti, M., Barberis, M., Restagno, G., Penco, S., Lunetta, C., Giannini, F., Ricci, C., Mancardi, G., Bartolomei, I., Corbo, M., Conte, A., Luigetti, M., Lattante, S., Marangi, G., Ossola, I., Logroscino, G., Tedeschi, G., Pugliatti, M., Pinter, G., Glynn, S., Gibbs, J., Cammarosano, S., Canosa, A., Manera, U., Bertuzzo, D., Ilardi, A., Marinou, K., Sideri, R., Pisano, F., Spataro, R., Colletti, T., Floris, G., Cannas, A., Piras, V., Marrosu, F., Marrosu, M., Parish, L., Ticca, A., Pirisi, A., Ortu, E., Cau, T., Loi, D., Traccis, S., Fini, N., Georgoulopoulou, E., Casale, F., Marrali, G., Fuda, G., Solamone, P., Maestri, E., Mazzei, R., Cristillo, V., Puddu, R., Costantino, E., Pani, C., Caredda, C., Origone, P., Mosca, L., Capasso, M., Turri, M., Petrucci, A., Tremolizzo, L., and Santarelli, M.

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Male, Aging, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, CHCHD10, Familial, Sporadic, Aged, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cohort Studies, Female, Frontotemporal Dementia, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, Mitochondrial Proteins, Genetic Association Studies, Mutation, Genetic Association Studie, Disease, Settore MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, medicine.disease_cause, Exon, mental disorders, medicine, Mitochondrial Protein, Dementia, Neurology (clinical), Neuroscience (all), Developmental Biology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosi, business.industry, General Neuroscience, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Cohort, Cohort Studie, business, Human, Frontotemporal dementia, Cohort study
Abstract

Mutations in CHCHD10 have recently been described as a cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) comorbid with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and clinical characteristics of CHCHD10 mutations in Italian patients diagnosed with familial (n= 64) and apparently sporadic ALS (n= 224). Three apparently sporadic patients were found to carry c.100C>T (p.Pro34Ser) heterozygous variant in the exon 2 of CHCHD10. This mutation had been previously described in 2 unrelated French patients with FTD-ALS. However, our patients had a typical ALS, without evidence of FTD, cerebellar or extrapyramidal signs, or sensorineural deficits. We confirm that CHCHD10 mutations account for ~1% of Italian ALS patients and are a cause of disease in subjects without dementia or other atypical clinical signs.

Published
2015

28. Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

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Majounie E, Renton AE, Mok K, Dopper EG, Waite A, Rollinson S, Chiò A, Restagno G, Nicolaou N, Simon Sanchez J, van Swieten JC, Abramzon Y, Johnson JO, Sendtner M, Pamphlett R, Orrell RW, Mead S, Sidle KC, Houlden H, Rohrer JD, Morrison KE, Pall H, Talbot K, Ansorge O, Chromosome 9 ALS/FTD Consortium, French research network on FTLD/FTLD/ALS, ITALSGEN Consortium, Adamson G, Bayer AJ, Beck J, Callister JB, Blake DJ, Blumen SC, Collinge J, Dunckley T, Ealing J, East S, Elman L, Gerhard A, Guerreiro RJ, Gwinn K, Halliwell N, Hamdalla HH, Hewitt C, Ince P, Jablonka S, James C, Kent L, Knock JC, Lynch T, Mahoney C, Mann D, Neal J, Norris D, O'Dowd S, Richardson A, Rossor M, Rothstein J, Scholz SW, Snowden J, Stephan DA, Toulson G, Turner MR, Warren JD, Young K, Weng YH, Kuo HC, Lai SC, Huang CL, Camuzat A, Entraingues L, Guillot Noël, Verpillat P, Blanc F, Camu W, Clerget Darpoux F, Corcia P, Couratier P, Didic M, Dubois B, Duyckaerts C, Guedj E, Golfier V, Habert MO, Hannequin D, Lacomblez L, Meininger V, Salachas F, Levy R, Michel BF, Pasquier F, Puel M, Thomas Anterion C, Sellal F, Vercelletto M, Moglia C, Cammarosano S, Canosa A, Gallo S, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Marinou K, Papetti L, Pisano F, Pinter GL, Conte A, Luigetti M, Zollino M, Lattante S, Marangi G, la Bella V, Spataro R, Colletti T, Battistini S, Ricci C, Caponnetto C, Mancardi G, Mandich P, Salvi F, Bartolomei I, Mandrioli J, Sola P, Lunetta C, Penco S, Conforti FL, Gambardella A, Quattrone A, Volanti P, Floris G, Cannas A, Piras V, Marrosu F, Marrosu MG, Murru MR, Pugliatti M, Parish LD, Sotgiu A, Solinas G, Ulgheri L, Ticca A, Simone I, Logroscino G, Hernandez DG, Arepalli S, Sabatelli M, Mora G, Corbo M, Giannini F, Calvo A, Englund E, Borghero G, Floris GL, Remes AM, Laaksovirta H, McCluskey L, Trojanowski JQ, Van Deerlin VM, Schellenberg GD, Nalls MA, Drory VE, Lu CS, Yeh TH, Ishiura H, Takahashi Y, Tsuji S, Le Ber I, Brice A, Drepper C, Williams N, Kirby J, Shaw P, Hardy J, Tienari PJ, Heutink P, Morris HR, Pickering Brown S, Traynor BJ, MONSURRO', Maria Rosaria, TEDESCHI, Gioacchino, Majounie, E, Renton, Ae, Mok, K, Dopper, Eg, Waite, A, Rollinson, S, Chiò, A, Restagno, G, Nicolaou, N, Simon Sanchez, J, van Swieten, Jc, Abramzon, Y, Johnson, Jo, Sendtner, M, Pamphlett, R, Orrell, Rw, Mead, S, Sidle, Kc, Houlden, H, Rohrer, Jd, Morrison, Ke, Pall, H, Talbot, K, Ansorge, O, Chromosome, 9 ALS/FTD Consortium, French research network on, Ftld/ftld/al, Italsgen, Consortium, Adamson, G, Bayer, Aj, Beck, J, Callister, Jb, Blake, Dj, Blumen, Sc, Collinge, J, Dunckley, T, Ealing, J, East, S, Elman, L, Gerhard, A, Guerreiro, Rj, Gwinn, K, Halliwell, N, Hamdalla, Hh, Hewitt, C, Ince, P, Jablonka, S, James, C, Kent, L, Knock, Jc, Lynch, T, Mahoney, C, Mann, D, Neal, J, Norris, D, O'Dowd, S, Richardson, A, Rossor, M, Rothstein, J, Scholz, Sw, Snowden, J, Stephan, Da, Toulson, G, Turner, Mr, Warren, Jd, Young, K, Weng, Yh, Kuo, Hc, Lai, Sc, Huang, Cl, Camuzat, A, Entraingues, L, Guillot, Noël, Verpillat, P, Blanc, F, Camu, W, Clerget Darpoux, F, Corcia, P, Couratier, P, Didic, M, Dubois, B, Duyckaerts, C, Guedj, E, Golfier, V, Habert, Mo, Hannequin, D, Lacomblez, L, Meininger, V, Salachas, F, Levy, R, Michel, Bf, Pasquier, F, Puel, M, Thomas Anterion, C, Sellal, F, Vercelletto, M, Moglia, C, Cammarosano, S, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Marinou, K, Papetti, L, Pisano, F, Pinter, Gl, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Zollino, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, la Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Conforti, Fl, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Volanti, P, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Pugliatti, M, Parish, Ld, Sotgiu, A, Solinas, G, Ulgheri, L, Ticca, A, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Hernandez, Dg, Arepalli, S, Sabatelli, M, Mora, G, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Calvo, A, Englund, E, Borghero, G, Floris, Gl, Remes, Am, Laaksovirta, H, Mccluskey, L, Trojanowski, Jq, Van Deerlin, Vm, Schellenberg, Gd, Nalls, Ma, Drory, Ve, Lu, C, Yeh, Th, Ishiura, H, Takahashi, Y, Tsuji, S, Le Ber, I, Brice, A, Drepper, C, Williams, N, Kirby, J, Shaw, P, Hardy, J, Tienari, Pj, Heutink, P, Morris, Hr, Pickering Brown, S, and Traynor, Bj

Published
2012

29. ATNX2 is not a regulatory gene in Italian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion

Author

Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Trojsi, F, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Capasso, M, Tremolizzo, L, Battistini, S, Murru, M, Origone, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Restagno, G, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Conforti, F, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Lauria Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Arosio, A, Ferrarese, C, Tedeschi, G, Monsurrò, M, Piccirillo, G, Femiano, C, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, T, Loi, D, TREMOLIZZO, LUCIO, AROSIO, ALESSANDRO, FERRARESE, CARLO, Loi, D., Chiò, A, Mora, G, Sabatelli, M, Caponnetto, C, Lunetta, C, Traynor, B, Johnson, J, Nalls, M, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Borghero, G, Trojsi, F, La Bella, V, Volanti, P, Simone, I, Salvi, F, Logullo, F, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Giannini, F, Mandrioli, J, Tanel, R, Capasso, M, Tremolizzo, L, Battistini, S, Murru, M, Origone, P, Zollino, M, Penco, S, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Restagno, G, Brunetti, M, Barberis, M, Conforti, F, Logroscino, G, Bartolomei, I, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Mosca, L, Lauria Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Arosio, A, Ferrarese, C, Tedeschi, G, Monsurrò, M, Piccirillo, G, Femiano, C, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Manera, U, Bertuzzo, D, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Ticca, A, Pugliatti, M, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Occhineri, P, Ortu, E, Cau, T, Loi, D, TREMOLIZZO, LUCIO, AROSIO, ALESSANDRO, FERRARESE, CARLO, and Loi, D.

Abstract

There are indications that both familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and sporadic ALS phenotype and prognosis are partly regulated by genetic and environmental factors, supporting the theory that ALS is a multifactorial disease. The aim of this article was to assess the role of ATXN2 intermediate length repeats in a large series of Italian and Sardinian ALS patients and controls carrying a pathogenetic C9ORF72 GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat. A total of 1972 ALS cases were identified through the database of the Italian ALS Genetic consortium, a collaborative effort including 18 ALS centers throughout Italy. The study population included: (1) 276 Italian and 57 Sardinian ALS cases who carried the C9ORF72 expansion; (2) 1340 Italian and 299 Sardinian ALS cases not carrying the C9ORF72 expansion. A total of healthy 1043 controls were also assessed. Most Italian and Sardinian cases and controls were homozygous for 22/22 or 23/23 repeats or heterozygous for 22/23 repeats of the ATXN2 gene. ATXN2 intermediate length repeats alleles (≥28) were detected in 3 (0.6%) Italian ALS cases carrying the C9ORF72 expansion, in none of the Sardinian ALS cases carrying the expansion, in 60 (4.3%) Italian cases not carrying the expansion, and in 6 (2.0%) Sardinian ALS cases without C9ORF72 expansion. Intermediate length repeat alleles were found in 12 (1.5%) Italian controls and 1 (0.84%) Sardinian controls. Therefore, ALS patients with C9ORF72 expansion showed a lower frequency of ATXN2 polyQ intermediate length repeats than both controls (Italian cases, p = 0.137; Sardinian cases, p = 0.0001) and ALS patients without C9ORF72 expansion (Italian cases, p = 0.005; Sardinian cases, p = 0.178). In our large study on Italian and Sardinian ALS patients with C9ORF72 GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion, compared to age-, gender- and ethnic-matched controls, ATXN2 polyQ intermediate length does not represent a modifier of ALS risk, differently from non-C9ORF72 mutated patients.

Published
2016

30. Large proportion of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in Sardinia due to a single founder mutation of the TARDBP gene

Author

Chiò A, Borghero G, Pugliatti M, Ticca A, Calvo A, Moglia C, Mutani R, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Marrosu MG, Murru MR, Floris G, Cannas A, Parish LD, Cossu P, Abramzon Y, Johnson JO, Nalls MA, Arepalli S, Chong S, Hernandez DG, Traynor BJ, Restagno G, Battistini S, Giannini F, Ricci C, Canosa A, Gallo S, Mandrioli J, Sola P, Salvi F, Bartolomei I, Mora G, Marinou K, Papetti L, Conte A, Sabatelli M, Luigetti M, Spataro R, La Bella V, Paladino P, Caponnetto C, Volanti P., MONSURRO', Maria Rosaria, TEDESCHI, Gioacchino, Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Pugliatti, M, Ticca, A, Calvo, A, Moglia, C, Mutani, R, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Parish, Ld, Cossu, P, Abramzon, Y, Johnson, Jo, Nalls, Ma, Arepalli, S, Chong, S, Hernandez, Dg, Traynor, Bj, Restagno, G, Battistini, S, Giannini, F, Ricci, C, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Papetti, L, Conte, A, Sabatelli, M, Luigetti, M, Spataro, R, La Bella, V, Paladino, P, Caponnetto, C, and Volanti, P.

Subjects
Male, Threonine, Genotype, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Article, Degenerative disease, Superoxide Dismutase-1, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Prospective Studies, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Gene, Aged, Genetics, Mutation, Alanine, Superoxide Dismutase, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Case-control study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Founder Effect, DNA-Binding Proteins, Phenotype, Amino Acid Substitution, Italy, Case-Control Studies, RNA-Binding Protein FUS, Female, Neurology (clinical), Genetic isolate, Founder effect
Abstract

To perform an extensive screening for mutations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-related genes in a consecutive cohort of Sardinian patients, a genetic isolate phylogenically distinct from other European populations.Population-based, prospective cohort study.A total of 135 Sardinian patients with ALS and 156 healthy control subjects of Sardinian origin who were age- and sex-matched to patients.Patients underwent mutational analysis for SOD1, FUS, and TARDBP.Mutational screening of the entire cohort found that 39 patients (28.7%) carried the c.1144GA (p.A382T) missense mutation of the TARDBP gene. Of these, 15 had familial ALS (belonging to 10 distinct pedigrees) and 24 had apparently sporadic ALS. None of the 156 age-, sex-, and ethnicity-matched controls carried the pathogenic variant. Genotype data obtained for 5 ALS cases carrying the p.A382T mutation found that they shared a 94-single-nucleotide polymorphism risk haplotype that spanned 663 Kb across the TARDBP locus on chromosome 1p36.22. Three patients with ALS who carry the p.A382T mutation developed extrapyramidal symptoms several years after their initial presentation with motor weakness.The TARDBP p.A382T missense mutation accounts for approximately one-third of all ALS cases in this island population. These patients share a large risk haplotype across the TARDBP locus, indicating that they have a common ancestor.

Published
2011

31. A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD

Author

Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Waite, A, Simón Sánchez, J, Rollinson, S, Gibbs, Jr, Schymick, Jc, Laaksovirta, H, van Swieten, Jc, Myllykangas, L, Kalimo, H, Paetau, A, Abramzon, Y, Remes, Am, Kaganovich, A, Scholz, Sw, Duckworth, J, Ding, J, Harmer, Dw, Hernandez, Dg, Johnson, Jo, Mok, K, Ryten, M, Trabzuni, D, Guerreiro, Rj, Orrell, Rw, Neal, J, Murray, A, Pearson, J, Jansen, Ie, Sondervan, D, Seelaar, H, Blake, D, Young, K, Halliwell, N, Callister, Jb, Toulson, G, Richardson, A, Gerhard, A, Snowden, J, Mann, D, Neary, D, Nalls, Ma, Peuralinna, T, Jansson, L, Isoviita, Vm, Kaivorinne, Al, Hölttä Vuori, M, Ikonen, E, Sulkava, R, Benatar, M, Wuu, J, Chiò, A, Restagno, G, Borghero, G, Sabatelli, M, Italsgen, Consortium, Heckerman, D, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Rothstein, Jd, Sendtner, M, Drepper, C, Eichler, Ee, Alkan, C, Abdullaev, Z, Pack, Sd, Dutra, A, Pak, E, Hardy, J, Singleton, A, Williams, Nm, Heutink, P, Pickering Brown, S, Morris, Hr, Tienari, Pj, Traynor, Bj, Calvo, A, Cammarosano, S, Moglia, C, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Papetti, L, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Battistini, S, Giannini, Fabio, Ricci, C, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Corbo, M, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Monsurrò, Mr, Tedeschi, G, Conforti, Fl, Volanti, P, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Pugliatti, M, Ticca, A, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Systems Biology of the Synapse, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Neurodegeneration, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Waite, A, Simón Sánchez, J, Rollinson, S, Gibbs, Jr, Schymick, Jc, Laaksovirta, H, van Swieten, Jc, Myllykangas, L, Kalimo, H, Paetau, A, Abramzon, Y, Remes, Am, Kaganovich, A, Scholz, Sw, Duckworth, J, Ding, J, Harmer, Dw, Hernandez, Dg, Johnson, Jo, Mok, K, Ryten, M, Trabzuni, D, Guerreiro, Rj, Orrell, Rw, Neal, J, Murray, A, Pearson, J, Jansen, Ie, Sondervan, D, Seelaar, H, Blake, D, Young, K, Halliwell, N, Callister, Jb, Toulson, G, Richardson, A, Gerhard, A, Snowden, J, Mann, D, Neary, D, Nalls, Ma, Peuralinna, T, Jansson, L, Isoviita, Vm, Kaivorinne, Al, Hölttä Vuori, M, Ikonen, E, Sulkava, R, Benatar, M, Wuu, J, Chiò, A, Restagno, G, Borghero, G, Sabatelli, M, Italsgen, Consortium, Heckerman, D, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Rothstein, Jd, Sendtner, M, Drepper, C, Eichler, Ee, Alkan, C, Abdullaev, Z, Pack, Sd, Dutra, A, Pak, E, Hardy, J, Singleton, A, Williams, Nm, Heutink, P, Pickering Brown, S, Morris, Hr, Tienari, Pj, COLLABORATORS: Calvo A, Traynor B. J., Cammarosano, S, Moglia, C, Canosa, A, Gallo, S, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Papetti, L, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Battistini, S, Giannini, F, Ricci, C, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Corbo, M, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi, Gioacchino, Conforti, Fl, Volanti, P, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Piras, V, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Pugliatti, M, Ticca, A, Simone, I, Logroscino, G., Neurology, Human genetics, NCA - Systems Biology of the Synapse, and NCA - Neurodegeneration

Subjects
Male, Genotype, Neuroscience(all), Population, Biology, TARDBP, Chromosomes, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Alleles, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, Female, Finland, Frontotemporal Dementia, genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Haplotypes, Humans, Male, Microsatellite Repeats, Pedigree, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, C9orf72, Humans, genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, education, Alleles, Finland, 030304 developmental biology, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, General Neuroscience, Haplotype, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Charged multivesicular body protein 2B, DNA Repeat Expansion, 3. Good health, Pedigree, C9orf72 Protein, Haplotypes, Frontotemporal Dementia, Female, Trinucleotide repeat expansion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Pair 9, Microsatellite Repeats
Abstract

The chromosome 9p21 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD) locus contains one of the last major unidentified autosomal-dominant genes underlying these common neurodegenerative diseases. We have previously shown that a founder haplotype, covering the MOBKL2b, IFNK, and C9ORF72 genes, is present in the majority of cases linked to this region. Here we show that there is a large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72 on the affected haplotype. This repeat expansion segregates perfectly with disease in the Finnish population, underlying 46.0% of familial ALS and 21.1% of sporadic ALS in that population. Taken together with the D90A SOD1 mutation, 87% of familial ALS in Finland is now explained by a simple monogenic cause. The repeat expansion is also present in one-third of familial ALS cases of outbred European descent, making it the most common genetic cause of these fatal neurodegenerative diseases identified to date. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.

Published
2011

32. Lithium carbonate in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: lack of efficacy in a dose-finding trial

Author

Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Calvo, A, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Logroscino, G, Mandrioli, J, Marcello, N, Mazzini, L, Moglia, C, Monsurrò, Mr, Mora, G, Patti, F, Perini, M, Pietrini, V, Pisano, F, Pupillo, E, Sabatelli, M, Salvi, F, Silani, V, Simone, Il, Sorarù, G, Tola, Mr, Volanti, P, Beghi, E, LITALS Study Group, Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Calvo, A, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Logroscino, G, Mandrioli, J, Marcello, N, Mazzini, L, Moglia, C, Monsurro', Maria Rosaria, Mora, G, Patti, F, Perini, M, Pietrini, V, Pisano, F, Pupillo, E, Sabatelli, M, Salvi, F, Silani, V, Simone, Il, Sorarù, G, Tola, Mr, Volanti, P, Beghi, E, and Tedeschi, Gioacchino

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Lithium (medication), Adolescent, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, law.invention, chemistry.chemical_compound, Young Adult, Randomized controlled trial, Lithium Carbonate, law, Multicenter trial, Internal medicine, medicine, Data monitoring committee, Humans, Single-Blind Method, Enzyme Inhibitors, Adverse effect, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Lithium carbonate, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, Surgery, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Treatment Outcome, Tolerability, chemistry, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background: A neuroprotective effect of lithium in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been recently reported. We performed a multicenter trial with lithium carbonate to assess its tolerability, safety, and efficacy in patients with ALS, comparing 2 different target blood levels (0.4–0.8 mEq/L, therapeutic group [TG], vs 0.2–0.4 mEq/L, subtherapeutic group [STG]). Methods: The study was a multicenter, single-blind, randomized, dose-finding trial, conducted from May 2008 to November 2009 in 21 Italian ALS centers. The trial was registered with the public database of the Italian Agency for Drugs (http://oss-sper-clin.agenziafarmaco.it/) (EudraCT number 2008–001094-15). Results: As of October 2009, a total of 171 patients had been enrolled, 87 randomized to the TG and 84 to the STG. The interim data analysis, performed per protocol, showed that 117 patients (68.4%) discontinued the study because of death/tracheotomy/severe disability, adverse events (AEs)/serious AEs (SAEs), or lack of efficacy. The Data Monitoring Committee recommended stopping the trial on November 2, 2009. Conclusions: Lithium was not well-tolerated in this cohort of patients with ALS, even at subtherapeutic doses. The 2 doses were equivalent in terms of survival/severe disability and functional data. The relatively high frequency of AEs/SAEs and the reduced tolerability of lithium raised serious doubts about its safety in ALS. Classification of evidence: The study provides Class II evidence that therapeutic (0.4–0.8 mEq/L) vs subtherapeutic (0.2–0.4 mEq/L) lithium carbonate did not differ in the primary outcome of efficacy (survival/loss of autonomy) in ALS. Both target levels led to dropouts in more than 30% of participants due to patient-perceived lack of efficacy and AEs.

Published
2010

33. Monocytes of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis linked to gene mutations display altered TDP-43 subcellular distribution

Author

De Marco, G., primary, Lomartire, A., additional, Calvo, A., additional, Risso, A., additional, De Luca, E., additional, Mostert, M., additional, Mandrioli, J., additional, Caponnetto, C., additional, Borghero, G., additional, Manera, U., additional, Canosa, A., additional, Moglia, C., additional, Restagno, G., additional, Fini, N., additional, Tarella, C., additional, Giordana, M. T., additional, Rinaudo, M. T., additional, and Chiò, A., additional

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2016
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35. ATXN2 is a modifier of phenotype in ALS patients of Sardinian ancestry

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Borghero, G, Pugliatti, M, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Parish, Ld, Cau, Tb, Loi, D, Ticca, A, Traccis, S, Manera, U, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Barberis, M, Brunetti, M, Renton, Ae, Nalls, Ma, Traynor, Bj, Restagno, G, Chiò, A, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe, Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Luigetti, Marco (ORCID:0000-0001-7539-505X), Lattante, Serena (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), Marangi, Giuseppe (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Borghero, G, Pugliatti, M, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Parish, Ld, Cau, Tb, Loi, D, Ticca, A, Traccis, S, Manera, U, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Barberis, M, Brunetti, M, Renton, Ae, Nalls, Ma, Traynor, Bj, Restagno, G, Chiò, A, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe, Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Luigetti, Marco (ORCID:0000-0001-7539-505X), Lattante, Serena (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), and Marangi, Giuseppe (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882)

Abstract

Intermediate-length CAG expansions (encoding 27-33 glutamines, polyQ) of the Ataxin2 (ATXN2) gene represent a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Recently, it has been proposed that ≥31 CAG expansions may influence ALS phenotype. We assessed whether ATXN2 intermediate-length polyQ expansions influence ALS phenotype in a series of 375 patients of Sardinian ancestry. Controls were 247 neurologically healthy subjects, resident in the study area, age- and gender-matched to cases. The frequency of ≥31 polyQ ATNX2 repeats was significantly more common in ALS cases (4 patients vs. no control, p = 0.0001). All patients with ≥31 polyQ repeats had a spinal onset versus 73.3% of patients with <31 polyQ repeats. Patients with an increased number of polyQ repeats have a shorter survival than those with <31 repeats (1.2 vs. 4.2 years, p = 0.035). In this large series of ALS patients of Sardinian ancestry, we have found that ≥31 polyQ repeats of the ATXN2 gene influenced patients' phenotype, being associated to a spinal onset and a significantly shorter survival.

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2015

36. TBK1 is associated with ALS and ALS-FTD in Sardinian patients

Author

Borghero, G, Pugliatti, M, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Murru, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Occhineri, P, Cau, T, Loi, D, Ticca, A, Traccis, S, Manera, U, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Barberis, M, Brunetti, M, Gibbs, J, Renton, A, Errichiello, E, Zoledziewska, M, Mulas, A, Qian, Y, Din, J, Pliner, H, Traynor, B, Chiò, A, Logullo, F, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Mandich, P, Mancardi, G, Origone, P, Conforti, F, Vita, G, Messina, S, Russo, M, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Mosca, L, Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Volanti, P, Tremolizzo, L, Ferrarese, C, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Monsurrò, M, Tedeschi, G, Trojsi, F, Piccirillo, G, Cristillo, V, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Sabatelli, M, Zollino, M, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Giannini, F, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Restagno, G, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Bertuzzo, D, Tanel, R, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Ortu, E, Ortu, E., TREMOLIZZO, LUCIO, FERRARESE, CARLO, Borghero, G, Pugliatti, M, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, M, Murru, M, Floris, G, Cannas, A, Occhineri, P, Cau, T, Loi, D, Ticca, A, Traccis, S, Manera, U, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Barberis, M, Brunetti, M, Gibbs, J, Renton, A, Errichiello, E, Zoledziewska, M, Mulas, A, Qian, Y, Din, J, Pliner, H, Traynor, B, Chiò, A, Logullo, F, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Salvi, F, Bartolomei, I, Capasso, M, Caponnetto, C, Mandich, P, Mancardi, G, Origone, P, Conforti, F, Vita, G, Messina, S, Russo, M, Mora, G, Marinou, K, Sideri, R, Lunetta, C, Penco, S, Mosca, L, Pinter, G, Corbo, M, Riva, N, Carrera, P, Volanti, P, Tremolizzo, L, Ferrarese, C, Fini, N, Fasano, A, Monsurrò, M, Tedeschi, G, Trojsi, F, Piccirillo, G, Cristillo, V, Mazzini, L, D'Alfonso, S, Bersano, A, Corrado, L, Bagarotti, A, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Colletti, T, Sabatelli, M, Zollino, M, Conte, A, Luigetti, M, Lattante, S, Marangi, G, Santarelli, M, Petrucci, A, Giannini, F, Battistini, S, Ricci, C, Benigni, M, Restagno, G, Casale, F, Marrali, G, Fuda, G, Ossola, I, Cammarosano, S, Ilardi, A, Bertuzzo, D, Tanel, R, Pisano, F, Costantino, E, Pani, C, Puddu, R, Caredda, C, Piras, V, Tranquilli, S, Cuccu, S, Corongiu, D, Melis, M, Milia, A, Pirisi, A, Parish, L, Ortu, E, Ortu, E., TREMOLIZZO, LUCIO, and FERRARESE, CARLO

Abstract

Recently, mutations in the TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) gene were identified as a cause for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with or without comorbid frontotemporal dementia. We have assessed the frequency and clinical characteristics of TBK1 mutations in a cohort of ALS patients of Sardinian ancestry. Whole-exome sequencing was performed on Hiseq2000 platform (Illumina). Genome analysis Toolkit was used to align and to code variants according to Human Genome (UCSC hg19). Mutation was confirmed with Sanger sequence. In our screening of 186 Sardinian ALS cases, we found 3 (1.6%) patients carrying 3 distinct novel genetic variants: a nonsynonymous SNV c.1150C>T leading to a p.Arg384Thr change in exon 9; a nonsynonymous SNV c.1331G>A causes a p.Arg444Gln change in exon 11; and a frameshift deletion c.2070delG (p.Met690fs) at the exon 20 of the gene leading to a stop at 693 codon. The latter patients also carried missense mutation c.98C>T of the SQSTM1 gene causing a substitution of an arginine with a valine at the position 33 (p.Arg33Val). All variants were found to be deleterious according to in silico predictions. All cases were apparently sporadic and one of them showed frontotemporal dementia associated to ALS. These mutations were not found in 2 cohorts of 6780 ethnic-matched controls. We have found that TBK1 mutations account for 1.6% of Sardinian ALS cases. Our data support the notion that TBK1 is a novel ALS gene, providing important evidence complementary to the first descriptions.

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2015

37. ALS/FTD phenotype in two Sardinian families carrying both C9ORF72 and TARDBP mutations

Author

Chiò, A, Restagno, G, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Calvo, A, Canosa, A, Moglia, C, Floris, G, Tacconi, P, Marrosu, F, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Majounie, E, Renton, Ae, Abramzon, Y, Pugliatti, Maura, Sotgiu, Ma, Traynor, Bj, Borghero, G, and Sardinials, Consortium

Subjects
Adult, Male, Mutation, Missense, Locus (genetics), Biology, TARDBP, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, C9orf72, medicine, Missense mutation, Humans, genetics, Family, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 030304 developmental biology, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, DNA Repeat Expansion, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, C9orf72 Protein, Haplotype, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, C9orf72 Gene, Proteins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Pedigree, DNA-Binding Proteins, Psychiatry and Mental health, Phenotype, Haplotypes, Italy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Surgery, Female, Neurology (clinical), Trinucleotide repeat expansion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Background In the isolated population of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island, ∼25% of ALS cases carry either a p.A382T mutation of the TARDBP gene or a GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9ORF72 gene. Objective To describe the co-presence of two genetic mutations in two Sardinian ALS patients. Methods We identified two index ALS cases carrying both the p.A382T missense mutation of TARDBP gene and the hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72 gene. Results The index case of Family A had bulbar ALS and frontemporal dementia (FTD) at 43. His father, who carried the hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72 gene, had spinal ALS and FTD at 64 and his mother, who carried the TARDBP gene p.A382T missense mutation, had spinal ALS and FTD at 69. The index case of Family B developed spinal ALS without FTD at 35 and had a rapid course to respiratory failure. His parents are healthy at 62 and 63. The two patients share the known founder risk haplotypes across both the C9ORF72 9p21 locus and the TARDBP 1p36.22 locus. Conclusions Our data show that in rare neurodegenerative causing genes can co-exist within the same individuals and are associated with a more severe disease course.

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2012

39. C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the Italian sporadic ALS population

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Sabatelli M, Conforti FL, Zollino M, Mora G, Monsurrò MR, Volanti P, Marinou K, Salvi F, Corbo M, Giannini F, Battistini S, Penco S, Lunetta C, Quattrone A, Gambardella A, Logroscino G, Simone I, Bartolomei I, Pisano F, Tedeschi G, Conte A, Spataro R, La Bella V, Caponnetto C, Mancardi G, Mandich P, Sola P, Mandrioli J, Renton AE, Majounie E, Abramzon Y, Marrosu F, Marrosu MG, Murru MR, Sotgiu MA, Pugliatti M, Rodolico C and ITALSGEN Consortium, Moglia C, Calvo A, Ossola I, Brunetti M, Traynor BJ, Borghero G, Restagno G, Chiò A.

Abstract

It has been recently reported that a large proportion of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are associated with a hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72. We have assessed 1757 Italian sporadic ALS cases, 133 from Sardinia, 101 from Sicily, and 1523 from mainland Italy. Sixty (3.7%) of 1624 mainland Italians and Sicilians and 9 (6.8%) of the 133 Sardinian sporadic ALS cases carried the pathogenic repeat expansion. None of the 619 regionally matched control samples (1238 chromosomes) carried the expansion. Twenty-five cases (36.2%) had behavioral FTD in addition to ALS. FTD or unspecified dementia was also detected in 19 pedigrees (27.5%) in first-degree relatives of ALS patients. Cases carrying the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion survived 1 year less than cases who did not carry this mutation. In conclusion, we found that C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions represents a sizeable proportion of apparent sporadic ALS in the Italian and Sardinian population, representing by far the most common mutation in Italy and the second most common in Sardinia.

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2012

40. Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72

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Chiò A, Borghero G, Restagno G, Mora G, Drepper C, Traynor BJ, Sendtner M, Brunetti M, Ossola I, Calvo A, Pugliatti M, Sotgiu MA, Murru MR, Marrosu MG, Marrosu F, Marinou K, Mandrioli J, Sola P, Caponnetto C, Mancardi G, Mandich P, La Bella V, Spataro R, Conte A, Monsurrò MR, Tedeschi G, Pisano F, Bartolomei I, Salvi F, Lauria Pinter G, Simone I, Logroscino G, Gambardella A, Quattrone A, Lunetta C, Volanti P, Zollino M, Penco S, Battistini S and ITALSGEN consortium, Renton AE, Majounie E, Abramzon Y, Conforti FL, Giannini F, Corbo M, Sabatelli M.

Abstract

A large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72, a gene located on chromosome 9p21, has been recently reported to be responsible for 40% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases of European ancestry. The aim of the current article was to describe the phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases carrying the expansion by providing a detailed clinical description of affected cases from representative multi-generational kindreds, and by analysing the age of onset, gender ratio and survival in a large cohort of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We collected DNA and analysed phenotype data for 141 index Italian familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases (21 of Sardinian ancestry) and 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. Pathogenic repeat expansions were detected in 45 (37.5%) patients from mainland Italy, 12 (57.1%) patients of Sardinian ancestry and nine (22.0%) of the 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. The disease was maternally transmitted in 27 (49.1%) pedigrees and paternally transmitted in 28 (50.9%) pedigrees (P = non-significant). On average, children developed disease 7.0 years earlier than their parents [children: 55.8 years (standard deviation 7.9), parents: 62.8 (standard deviation 10.9); P = 0.003]. Parental phenotype influenced the type of clinical symptoms manifested by the child: of the 13 cases where the affected parent had an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal dementia, the affected child also developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia in nine cases. When compared with patients carrying mutations of other amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-related genes, those with C9ORF72 expansion had commonly a bulbar onset (42.2% compared with 25.0% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.03) and cognitive impairment (46.7% compared with 9.1% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.0001). Median survival from symptom onset among cases carrying C9ORF72 repeat expansion was 3.2 years lower than that of patients carrying TARDBP mutations (5.0 years; 95% confidence interval: 3.6-7.2) and longer than those with FUS mutations (1.9 years; 95% confidence interval: 1.7-2.1). We conclude that C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions were the most frequent mutation in our large cohort of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of Italian, Sardinian and German ancestry. Together with mutation of SOD1, TARDBP and FUS, mutations of C9ORF72 account for 60% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Italy. Patients with C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions present some phenotypic differences compared with patients with mutations of other genes or with unknown mutations, namely a high incidence of bulbar-onset disease and comorbidity with frontotemporal dementia. Their pedigrees typically display a high frequency of cases with pure frontotemporal dementia, widening the concept of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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2012

44. Erratum exome sequencing reveals VCP mutations as a cause of familial ALS

Author

Johnson, J. O., Mandrioli, J., Benatar, M., Abramzon, Y., Van Deerlin, V. M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Gibbs, J. R., Brunetti, M., Gronka, S., Wuu, J., Ding, J., Mccluskey, L., Martinez-Lage, M., Falcone, D., Hernandez, D. G., Arepalli, S., Chong, S., Schymick, J. C., Rothstein, J., Landi, F., Wang, Y. -D., Calvo, A., Mora, G., Sabatelli, M., Monsurro, M. R., Battistini, S., Salvi, F., Spataro, R., Sola, P., Borghero, G., Galassi, G., Scholz, S. W., Taylor, J. P., Restagno, G., Chio, A., and Traynor, B. J.

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2011

46. Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Johnson, Jo, Pioro, Ep, Boehringer, A, Chia, R, Feit, H, Renton, Ae, Pliner, Ha, Abramzon, Y, Marangi, Giuseppe, Winborn, Bj, Gibbs, Jr, Nalls, Ma, Morgan, S, Shoai, M, Hardy, J, Pittman, A, Orrell, Rw, Malaspina, A, Sidle, Kc, Fratta, P, Harms, Mb, Baloh, Rh, Pestronk, A, Weihl, Cc, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Drory, Ve, Borghero, G, Mora, G, Calvo, A, Rothstein, Jd, Drepper, C, Sendtner, M, Singleton, Ab, Taylor, Jp, Cookson, Mr, Restagno, G, Sabatelli, Mario, Bowser, R, Chiò, A, Traynor, Bj, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Zollino, Marcella, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Luigetti, Marco (ORCID:0000-0001-7539-505X), Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Lattante, Serena (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340), Johnson, Jo, Pioro, Ep, Boehringer, A, Chia, R, Feit, H, Renton, Ae, Pliner, Ha, Abramzon, Y, Marangi, Giuseppe, Winborn, Bj, Gibbs, Jr, Nalls, Ma, Morgan, S, Shoai, M, Hardy, J, Pittman, A, Orrell, Rw, Malaspina, A, Sidle, Kc, Fratta, P, Harms, Mb, Baloh, Rh, Pestronk, A, Weihl, Cc, Rogaeva, E, Zinman, L, Drory, Ve, Borghero, G, Mora, G, Calvo, A, Rothstein, Jd, Drepper, C, Sendtner, M, Singleton, Ab, Taylor, Jp, Cookson, Mr, Restagno, G, Sabatelli, Mario, Bowser, R, Chiò, A, Traynor, Bj, Conte, Amelia, Luigetti, Marco, Zollino, Marcella, Lattante, Serena, Marangi, Giuseppe (ORCID:0000-0002-6898-8882), Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Luigetti, Marco (ORCID:0000-0001-7539-505X), Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), and Lattante, Serena (ORCID:0000-0003-2891-0340)

Abstract

MATR3 is an RNA- and DNA-binding protein that interacts with TDP-43, a disease protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. Using exome sequencing, we identified mutations in MATR3 in ALS kindreds. We also observed MATR3 pathology in ALS-affected spinal cords with and without MATR3 mutations. Our data provide more evidence supporting the role of aberrant RNA processing in motor neuron degeneration.

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2014

47. Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: A cross-sectional study

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Majounie, E. (Elisa), Renton, A. (Alan), Mok, K. (Kin), Dopper, E.G.P. (Elise), Waite, A. (Adrian), Rollinson, S. (Sara), Chiò, A. (Adriano), Restagno, G. (Gabriella), Nicolaou, N. (Nayia), Simón-Sánchez, J. (Javier), Swieten, J.C. (John) van, Abramzon, Y. (Yevgeniya), Johnson, J. (Janel), Sendtner, M. (Michael), Pamphlett, R. (Roger), Orrell, R. (Richard), Mead, S. (Simon), Sidle, K.C. (Katie), Houlden, H. (Henry), Rohrer, J.D. (Jonathan), Morrison, K.E. (Karen), Pall, H. (Hardev), Talbot, D., Ansorge, O. (Olaf), Hernandez, D.G. (Dena), Arepalli, S. (Sampath), Sabatelli, M. (Mario), Mora, G. (Gabriele), Corbo, J.C. (Joseph), Giannini, F. (Fabio), Calvo, A. (Andrea), Englund, E. (Elisabet), Borghero, G. (Giuseppe), Floris, O.A.M., Remes, A. (Anne), Laaksovirta, H. (Hannu), McCluskey, L. (Leo), Trojanowski, J.Q. (John), Deerlin, V.M. (Vivianna), Schellenberg, G.D. (Gerard), Nalls, M.A. (Michael), Drory, V.E. (Vivian E), Lu, C.S. (Chin-Song), Yeh, T.-H. (Tu-Hsueh), Ishiura, H. (Hiroyuki), Takahashi, Y. (Yukari), Tsuji, S. (Shoji), Le Ber, I. (Isabelle), Brice, A., Drepper, C. (Carsten), Williams, N. (Nigel), Kirby, J. (Janine), Shaw, P.J. (Pamela), Hardy, J. (John), Tienari, P.J. (Pentti), Heutink, P. (Peter), Morris, H. (Huw), Pickering-Brown, S. (Stuart), Traynor, B.J. (Bryan), Majounie, E. (Elisa), Renton, A. (Alan), Mok, K. (Kin), Dopper, E.G.P. (Elise), Waite, A. (Adrian), Rollinson, S. (Sara), Chiò, A. (Adriano), Restagno, G. (Gabriella), Nicolaou, N. (Nayia), Simón-Sánchez, J. (Javier), Swieten, J.C. (John) van, Abramzon, Y. (Yevgeniya), Johnson, J. (Janel), Sendtner, M. (Michael), Pamphlett, R. (Roger), Orrell, R. (Richard), Mead, S. (Simon), Sidle, K.C. (Katie), Houlden, H. (Henry), Rohrer, J.D. (Jonathan), Morrison, K.E. (Karen), Pall, H. (Hardev), Talbot, D., Ansorge, O. (Olaf), Hernandez, D.G. (Dena), Arepalli, S. (Sampath), Sabatelli, M. (Mario), Mora, G. (Gabriele), Corbo, J.C. (Joseph), Giannini, F. (Fabio), Calvo, A. (Andrea), Englund, E. (Elisabet), Borghero, G. (Giuseppe), Floris, O.A.M., Remes, A. (Anne), Laaksovirta, H. (Hannu), McCluskey, L. (Leo), Trojanowski, J.Q. (John), Deerlin, V.M. (Vivianna), Schellenberg, G.D. (Gerard), Nalls, M.A. (Michael), Drory, V.E. (Vivian E), Lu, C.S. (Chin-Song), Yeh, T.-H. (Tu-Hsueh), Ishiura, H. (Hiroyuki), Takahashi, Y. (Yukari), Tsuji, S. (Shoji), Le Ber, I. (Isabelle), Brice, A., Drepper, C. (Carsten), Williams, N. (Nigel), Kirby, J. (Janine), Shaw, P.J. (Pamela), Hardy, J. (John), Tienari, P.J. (Pentti), Heutink, P. (Peter), Morris, H. (Huw), Pickering-Brown, S. (Stuart), and Traynor, B.J. (Bryan)

Abstract

Background: We aimed to accurately estimate the frequency of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72 that has been associated with a large proportion of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Methods: We screened 4448 patients diagnosed with ALS (El Escorial criteria) and 1425 patients with FTD (Lund-Manchester criteria) from 17 regions worldwide for the GGGGCC hexanucleotide expansion using a repeat-primed PCR assay. We assessed familial disease status on the basis of self-reported family history of similar neurodegenerative diseases at the time of sample collection. We compared haplotype data for 262 patients carrying the expansion with the known Finnish founder risk haplotype across the chromosomal locus. We calculated age-related penetrance using the Kaplan-Meier method with data for 603 individuals with the expansion. Findings: In patients with sporadic ALS, we identified the repeat expansion in 236 (7·0%) of 3377 white individuals from the USA, Europe, and Australia, two (4·1%) of 49 black i

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2012
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Majounie, E, Renton, AE, Mok, K, Dopper, Elise, Waite, A, Rollinson, S, Chio, A, Restagno, G, Nicolaou, N, Simon-Sanchez, J, van Swieten, J.C., Abramzon, Y, Johnson, JO, Sendtner, M, Pamphlett, R, Orrell, RW, Mead, S, Sidle, KC, Houlden, H, Rohrer, JD, Morrison, KE, Pall, H, Talbot, K, Ansorge, O, Hernandez, DG, Arepalli, S, Sabatelli, M, Mora, G, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Calvo, A, Englund, E, Borghero, G, Foris, GL, Remes, AM, Laaksovirta, H, McCluskey, L, Trojanowski, JQ, Van Deerlin, VM, Schellenberg, GD, Nalls, MA, Drory, VE, Lu, CS, Yeh, TH, Ishiura, H, Takahashi, Y, Tsuji, S, Le Ber, I, Brice, A, Drepper, C, Williams, N, Kirby, J, Shaw, P, Hardy, J, Tienari, PJ, Heutink, P, Morris, HR, Pickering-Brown, S, Traynor, BJ, Majounie, E, Renton, AE, Mok, K, Dopper, Elise, Waite, A, Rollinson, S, Chio, A, Restagno, G, Nicolaou, N, Simon-Sanchez, J, van Swieten, J.C., Abramzon, Y, Johnson, JO, Sendtner, M, Pamphlett, R, Orrell, RW, Mead, S, Sidle, KC, Houlden, H, Rohrer, JD, Morrison, KE, Pall, H, Talbot, K, Ansorge, O, Hernandez, DG, Arepalli, S, Sabatelli, M, Mora, G, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Calvo, A, Englund, E, Borghero, G, Foris, GL, Remes, AM, Laaksovirta, H, McCluskey, L, Trojanowski, JQ, Van Deerlin, VM, Schellenberg, GD, Nalls, MA, Drory, VE, Lu, CS, Yeh, TH, Ishiura, H, Takahashi, Y, Tsuji, S, Le Ber, I, Brice, A, Drepper, C, Williams, N, Kirby, J, Shaw, P, Hardy, J, Tienari, PJ, Heutink, P, Morris, HR, Pickering-Brown, S, and Traynor, BJ

Abstract

Background We aimed to accurately estimate the frequency of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72 that has been associated with a large proportion of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Methods We screened 4448 patients diagnosed with ALS (El Escorial criteria) and 1425 patients with FTD (Lund-Manchester criteria) from 17 regions worldwide for the GGGGCC hexanucleotide expansion using a repeat-primed PCR assay. We assessed familial disease status on the basis of self-reported family history of similar neurodegenerative diseases at the time of sample collection. We compared haplotype data for 262 patients carrying the expansion with the known Finnish founder risk haplotype across the chromosomal locus. We calculated age-related penetrance using the Kaplan-Meier method with data for 603 individuals with the expansion. Findings In patients with sporadic ALS, we identified the repeat expansion in 236 (7.0%) of 3377 white individuals from the USA, Europe, and Australia, two (4.1%) of 49 black individuals from the USA, and six (8.3%) of 72 Hispanic individuals from the USA. The mutation was present in 217 (39.3%) of 552 white individuals with familial MS from Europe and the USA. 59 (6.0%) of 981 white Europeans with sporadic FTD had the mutation, as did 99 (24.8%) of 400 white Europeans with familial FTD. Data for other ethnic groups were sparse, but we identified one Asian patient with familial ALS (from 20 assessed) and two with familial FTD (from three assessed) who carried the mutation. The mutation was not carried by the three Native Americans or 360 patients from Asia or the Pacific Islands with sporadic MS who were tested, or by 41 Asian patients with sporadic FTD. All patients with the repeat expansion had (partly or fully) the founder haplotype, suggesting a one-off expansion occurring about 1500 years ago. The pathogenic expansion was non-penetrant in individuals younger than 35 years, 50% penetrant by 58 years

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2012

49. C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the Italian sporadic ALS population

Author

Sabatelli, Mario, Conforti, Fl, Zollino, Marcella, Mora, G, Monsurrò, Mr, Volanti, P, Marinou, K, Salvi, F, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Battistini, S, Penco, S, Lunetta, C, Quattrone, A, Gambardella, A, Logroscino, G, Simone, I, Bartolomei, I, Pisano, F, Tedeschi, G, Conte, A, Spataro, R, La Bella, V, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Sola, P, Mandrioli, J, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Sotgiu, Ma, Pugliatti, M, Rodolico, C, Italsgen, Consortium, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Ossola, I, Brunetti, M, Tarynor, Bj, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Chiò, A, Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Sabatelli, Mario, Conforti, Fl, Zollino, Marcella, Mora, G, Monsurrò, Mr, Volanti, P, Marinou, K, Salvi, F, Corbo, M, Giannini, F, Battistini, S, Penco, S, Lunetta, C, Quattrone, A, Gambardella, A, Logroscino, G, Simone, I, Bartolomei, I, Pisano, F, Tedeschi, G, Conte, A, Spataro, R, La Bella, V, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, Sola, P, Mandrioli, J, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Marrosu, Mg, Murru, Mr, Sotgiu, Ma, Pugliatti, M, Rodolico, C, Italsgen, Consortium, Moglia, C, Calvo, A, Ossola, I, Brunetti, M, Tarynor, Bj, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Chiò, A, Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), and Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519)

Abstract

It has been recently reported that a large proportion of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are associated with a hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72. We have assessed 1757 Italian sporadic ALS cases, 133 from Sardinia, 101 from Sicily, and 1523 from mainland Italy. Sixty (3.7%) of 1624 mainland Italians and Sicilians and 9 (6.8%) of the 133 Sardinian sporadic ALS cases carried the pathogenic repeat expansion. None of the 619 regionally matched control samples (1238 chromosomes) carried the expansion. Twenty-five cases (36.2%) had behavioral FTD in addition to ALS. FTD or unspecified dementia was also detected in 19 pedigrees (27.5%) in first-degree relatives of ALS patients. Cases carrying the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion survived 1 year less than cases who did not carry this mutation. In conclusion, we found that C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions represents a sizeable proportion of apparent sporadic ALS in the Italian and Sardinian population, representing by far the most common mutation in Italy and the second most common in Sardinia.

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2012

50. Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72

Author

Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Mora, G, Drepper, C, Traynor, Bj, Sendtner, M, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Calvo, A, Pugliatti, M, Sotgiu, Ma, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Marrosu, F, Marinou, K, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Conte, Amelia, Monsurrò, Mr, Tedeschi, G, Pisano, F, Bartolomei, I, Salvi, F, Lauria Pinter, G, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Lunetta, C, Volanti, P, Zollino, Marcella, Penco, S, Battistini, S, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Conforti, Fl, Giannini, F, Corbo, Massimo, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985), Chiò, A, Borghero, G, Restagno, G, Mora, G, Drepper, C, Traynor, Bj, Sendtner, M, Brunetti, M, Ossola, I, Calvo, A, Pugliatti, M, Sotgiu, Ma, Murru, Mr, Marrosu, Mg, Marrosu, F, Marinou, K, Mandrioli, J, Sola, P, Caponnetto, C, Mancardi, G, Mandich, P, La Bella, V, Spataro, R, Conte, Amelia, Monsurrò, Mr, Tedeschi, G, Pisano, F, Bartolomei, I, Salvi, F, Lauria Pinter, G, Simone, I, Logroscino, G, Gambardella, A, Quattrone, A, Lunetta, C, Volanti, P, Zollino, Marcella, Penco, S, Battistini, S, Renton, Ae, Majounie, E, Abramzon, Y, Conforti, Fl, Giannini, F, Corbo, Massimo, Sabatelli, Mario, Zollino, Marcella (ORCID:0000-0003-4871-9519), and Sabatelli, Mario (ORCID:0000-0001-6635-4985)

Abstract

A large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72, a gene located on chromosome 9p21, has been recently reported to be responsible for ~40% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases of European ancestry. The aim of the current article was to describe the phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases carrying the expansion by providing a detailed clinical description of affected cases from representative multi-generational kindreds, and by analysing the age of onset, gender ratio and survival in a large cohort of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We collected DNA and analysed phenotype data for 141 index Italian familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases (21 of Sardinian ancestry) and 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. Pathogenic repeat expansions were detected in 45 (37.5%) patients from mainland Italy, 12 (57.1%) patients of Sardinian ancestry and nine (22.0%) of the 41 German index familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. The disease was maternally transmitted in 27 (49.1%) pedigrees and paternally transmitted in 28 (50.9%) pedigrees (P = non-significant). On average, children developed disease 7.0 years earlier than their parents [children: 55.8 years (standard deviation 7.9), parents: 62.8 (standard deviation 10.9); P = 0.003]. Parental phenotype influenced the type of clinical symptoms manifested by the child: of the 13 cases where the affected parent had an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal dementia, the affected child also developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia in nine cases. When compared with patients carrying mutations of other amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-related genes, those with C9ORF72 expansion had commonly a bulbar onset (42.2% compared with 25.0% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.03) and cognitive impairment (46.7% compared with 9.1% among non-C9ORF72 expansion cases, P = 0.0001). Median

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2012

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