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Strong A, Qu H, Cullina S, McManus M, Zackai EH, Glessner J, Kenny EE, Hakonarson H. TOPORS as a novel causal gene for Joubert syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2023; 191:2156-2163. [PMID: 37227088 PMCID: PMC10449431 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is a Mendelian disorder of the primary cilium defined by the clinical triad of hypotonia, developmental delay, and a distinct cerebellar malformation called the molar tooth sign. JBTS is inherited in an autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, or X-linked recessive manner. Though over 40 genes have been identified as causal for JBTS, molecular diagnosis is not made in 30%-40% of individuals who meet clinical criteria. TOPORS encodes topoisomerase I-binding arginine/serine-rich protein, and homozygosity for a TOPORS missense variant (c.29C > A; p.(Pro10Gln)) was identified in individuals with the ciliopathy oral-facial-digital syndrome in two families of Dominican descent. Here, we report an additional proband of Dominican ancestry with JBTS found by exome sequencing to be homozygous for the identical p.(Pro10Gln) TOPORS missense variant. Query of the Mount Sinai BioMe biobank, which includes 1880 individuals of Dominican ancestry, supports a high carrier frequency of the TOPORS p.(Pro10Gln) variant in individuals of Dominican descent. Our data nominates TOPORS as a novel causal gene for JBTS and suggests that TOPORS variants should be considered in the differential of ciliopathy-spectrum disease in individuals of Dominican ancestry.
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- Alanna Strong
- The Division of Human Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Institute for Genomic Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- The Division of Human Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Division of Human Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Institute for Genomic Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
- Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- The Division of Human Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ho NJ, Chen X, Lei Y, Gu S. Decoding hereditary spastic paraplegia pathogenicity through transcriptomic profiling. Zool Res 2023; 44:650-662. [PMID: 37161652 PMCID: PMC10236304 DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of genetic motor neuron diseases resulting from length-dependent axonal degeneration of the corticospinal upper motor neurons. Due to the advancement of next-generation sequencing, more than 70 novel HSP disease-causing genes have been identified in the past decade. Despite this, our understanding of HSP physiopathology and the development of efficient management and treatment strategies remain poor. One major challenge in studying HSP pathogenicity is selective neuronal vulnerability, characterized by the manifestation of clinical symptoms that are restricted to specific neuronal populations, despite the presence of germline disease-causing variants in every cell of the patient. Furthermore, disease genes may exhibit ubiquitous expression patterns and involve a myriad of different pathways to cause motor neuron degeneration. In the current review, we explore the correlation between transcriptomic data and clinical manifestations, as well as the importance of interspecies models by comparing tissue-specific transcriptomic profiles of humans and mice, expression patterns of different genes in the brain during development, and single-cell transcriptomic data from related tissues. Furthermore, we discuss the potential of emerging single-cell RNA sequencing technologies to resolve unanswered questions related to HSP pathogenicity.
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- Nicolas James Ho
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Dr. Li Dak Sum-Yip Yio Chin Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
- Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute & School of Basic Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
- Department of Sports Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
- China Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine Group (CORMed), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058 China
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- School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Futian Biomedical Innovation R&D Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China. E-mail:
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research of Common Diseases, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. E-mail:
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Wei Q, Wang PS, Dong HL, Luo WJ, Wu ZY, Li HF. A novel UBAP1 truncated variant in a Chinese family with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2022; 10:e1927. [PMID: 35347897 PMCID: PMC9034676 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Qiao Wei
- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Research Center of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Zhejiang Province, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Zhang C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Ni R, Liu T, Zheng H, Liu S, Cao L, Zhong P, Tian W. Novel Frameshift Heterozygous Mutation in UBAP1 Gene Causing Spastic Paraplegia-80: Case Report With Literature Review. Front Neurol 2022; 13:820202. [PMID: 35321509 PMCID: PMC8936171 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.820202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) represents a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative conditions and is characterized by progressive lower limb spasticity. Ubiquitin-associated protein 1 (UBAP1)-related HSP is classified as spastic paraplegia-80 (SPG80), which is an autosomal-dominant (AD) juvenile-onset neurologic disorder and mainly affects the lower limbs. We described the clinical and genetic features of two patients in the same family caused by heterozygous mutation of the UBAP1 gene. The proband was a 34-year-old woman with progressive spasticity and hyperreflexia in the lower limbs for 26 years. Her mother also had similar symptoms since the age of 6. The proband and her mother only had motor dysfunctions, such as unsteady gait, hypertonia, and hyperreflexia of lower limbs. Other system functions (sensory, urinary, visual, and cognitive impairments) were not involved. WES disclosed a frameshift mutation (c.371dupT) in the UBAP1 gene, which was predicted to be “likely pathogenic” and was co-segregated in the pedigree. c.371dupT, encoding the truncated UBAP1 protein with 72.6% missing of the normal amino acid sequence, is responsible for the spastic paraplegia (SPG) in this family. In combination with clinical characteristics, genetic testing results, and co-segregation analysis, the diagnosis is considered to be pure spastic paraplegia-80 (SPG80), which is an AD disease. By retrospectively analyzing the documented cases, we comprehensively review the phenotypic features and summarize the genotype spectrum of SPG80 to enhance earlier recognition and therapeutic strategies.
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- Chao Zhang
- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province, Suzou, China
- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province, Suzou, China
- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China
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- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province, Suzou, China
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- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province, Suzou, China
- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province, Suzou, China
- Ping Zhong
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Wotu Tian
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Bian X, Cheng G, Sun X, Liu H, Zhang X, Han Y, Li B, Li N. Two novel truncating variants in UBAP1 are responsible for hereditary spastic paraplegia. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253871. [PMID: 34191852 PMCID: PMC8244911 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders. HSPs are complex disorders and are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. To date, more than 80 genes or genetic loci have been reported to be responsible for HSPs in a Mendelian-dependent manner. Most recently, ubiquitin-associated protein 1 (UBAP1) has been recognized to be involved in HSP. Here, we identified novel protein truncating variants in two families with pure form of HSP. A novel deletion (c.468_469delTG) in the UBAP1 gene was found in the first family, whereas a nonsense variant (c.512T>G) was ascertained in the second family. The variants were confirmed in all patients but were not detected in unaffected family members. The mutations resulted in truncated proteins of UBAP1. The variants did not result in different subcellular localizations in neuro-2a cells. However, each of the two variants impaired neurite outgrowth. Taken together, our findings expand the pathogenic spectrum of UBAP1 variants in HSP.
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- Xinchao Bian
- Department of Neurosurgery, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Orthopedics, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Orthopedics, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Orthopedics, Zibo Central Hospital, Shandong University, Zibo, China
- * E-mail:
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Chou CT, Soong BW, Lin KP, Tsai YS, Jih KY, Liao YC, Lee YC. Clinical characteristics of Taiwanese patients with Hereditary spastic paraplegia type 5. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:486-496. [PMID: 32202070 PMCID: PMC7187706 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives To investigate the clinical, electrophysiological, neuroimaging characteristics and genetic features of SPG5 in Taiwan. Methods Mutational analysis of the coding regions of CYP7B1 was performed by utilizing targeted resequencing analysis of the 187 unrelated Taiwanese HSP patients. The diagnosis of SPG5 was ascertained by the presence of biallelic CYP7B1 mutations. The SPG5 patients received clinical, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging evaluations. Disease severity was assessed by using the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS) and the disability score. Two microsatellite markers as well as 18 single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers flanking CYP7B1 were genotyped to assess the founder effect of the CYP7B1 p.R112* mutation. Results Nineteen SPG5 patients from 17 families were identified. They typically presented an insidious onset progressive spastic paraparesis with proprioception involvement beginning at age 8 to 40 years. Their MRIs often showed white matter abnormalities in bilateral occipito‐parietal regions, spinal cord atrophy, and mild cerebellar atrophy. Six different mutations in CYP7B1 were recognized, including three novel ones (p.N131Ifs*4, p.A295V, and p.L439R). CYP7B1 p.R112* was the most common mutation and present in 88.2% of the 17 SPG5 pedigrees. The patients with homozygous CYP7B1 p.R112* mutations had a milder clinical severity. Detailed haplotype analyses demonstrated a shared haplotype in the 25 individuals carrying at least one single allele of CYP7B1 p.R112*, suggesting a founder effect. Interpretation This study delineates the distinct clinical and genetic features of SPG5 in Taiwan and provides useful information for the diagnosis and management of SPG5, especially in patients of Chinese descent.
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- Cheng-Ta Chou
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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