Ichikawa Y, Ishiura H, Mitsui J, Takahashi Y, Kobayashi S, Takuma H, Kanazawa I, Doi K, Yoshimura J, Morishita S, Goto J, Tsuji S. Exome analysis reveals a Japanese family with spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 1.
J Neurol Sci 2013;
331:158-60. [PMID:
23786967 DOI:
10.1016/j.jns.2013.05.018]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Spinocerebellar ataxia autosomal recessive 1 (SCAR1/AOA2) is clinically characterized by an early-onset progressive cerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy, ocular motor apraxia, and elevation of serum alpha-fetoprotein level. The disorder is caused by mutations in senataxin (SETX) gene. Here, we report a Japanese SCAR1/AOA2 family with a homozygous nonsense mutation (p.Q1441X) of SETX that was identified by exome sequencing. The family was previously reported as early-onset ataxia of undetermined cause. The present study emphasized the role of whole exome-sequence analysis to establish the molecular diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease presenting with diverse clinical presentations.
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