Increasingly, repeat expansions are being identified as part of the complex genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To date, several repeat expansions have been genetically associated with the disease: intronic repeat expansions in C9orf72, polyglutamine expansions in ATXN2 and polyalanine expansions in NIPA1. Together with previously published data, the identification of an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient with a family history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, caused by polyglutamine expansions in ATXN1, suggested a similar disease association for the repeat expansion in ATXN1. We, therefore, performed a large-scale international study in 11 700 individuals, in which we showed a significant association between intermediate ATXN1 repeat expansions and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (P = 3.33 × 10-7). Subsequent functional experiments have shown that ATXN1 reduces the nucleocytoplasmic ratio of TDP-43 and enhances amyotrophic lateral sclerosis phenotypes in Drosophila, further emphasizing the role of polyglutamine repeat expansions in the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

ATXN1 repeat expansions confer risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and contribute to TDP-43 mislocalization / G.H.P. Tazelaar, S. Boeynaems, M. De Decker, J.J.F.A. Van Vugt, L. Kool, H.S. Goedee, R.L. Mclaughlin, W. Sproviero, A. Iacoangeli, M. Moisse, M. Jacquemyn, D. Daelemans, A.M. Dekker, R.A. Van Der Spek, H.-. Westeneng, K.P. Kenna, A. Assialioui, N.D. Silva, M. Povedano, J.S. Mora Pardina, O. Hardiman, F. Salachas, S. Millecamps, P. Vourc'H, P. Corcia, P. Couratier, K.E. Morrison, P.J. Shaw, C.E. Shaw, R.J. Pasterkamp, J.E. Landers, L. Van Den Bosch, W. Robberecht, A. Al-Chalabi, L.H. Van Den Berg, P. Van Damme, J.H. Veldink, M.A. Van Es, F. Akcimen, A. Al Khleifat, P. Andersen, A.N. Basak, D.C. Bauer, I. Blair, W.J. Brands, R.P. Byrne, A. Calvo, Y.C. Gonzalez, A. Chio, J. Cooper-Knock, M. De Carvalho, V.E. Drory, C. Eitan, A.G. Redondo, C. Gellera, J.D. Glass, M. Gotkine, E. Hornstein, B. Kenna, M.C. Kiernan, C. Kocoglu, M. Kooyman, V.L. Alonso, B. Middelkoop, J. Mill, M. Mitne-Neto, S. Pinto, M. Gromicho, M.P. Panades, S.L. Pulit, A. Ratti, R.D. Schellevis, A. Shatunov, V. Silani, C. Staiger, N. Ticozzi, C. Tunca, N.A. Twine, P.T.C. Van Doormaal, K.R. Van Eijk, W. Van Rheenen, P.M. Visscher, M. Weber, K.L. Williams, N. Wray, J. Yang, M. Zatz, K. Zhang. - In: BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2632-1297. - 2:2(2020), pp. fcaa064.1-fcaa064.13. [10.1093/braincomms/fcaa064]

ATXN1 repeat expansions confer risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and contribute to TDP-43 mislocalization

A. Ratti;V. Silani;N. Ticozzi;
2020

Abstract

Increasingly, repeat expansions are being identified as part of the complex genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To date, several repeat expansions have been genetically associated with the disease: intronic repeat expansions in C9orf72, polyglutamine expansions in ATXN2 and polyalanine expansions in NIPA1. Together with previously published data, the identification of an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient with a family history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, caused by polyglutamine expansions in ATXN1, suggested a similar disease association for the repeat expansion in ATXN1. We, therefore, performed a large-scale international study in 11 700 individuals, in which we showed a significant association between intermediate ATXN1 repeat expansions and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (P = 3.33 × 10-7). Subsequent functional experiments have shown that ATXN1 reduces the nucleocytoplasmic ratio of TDP-43 and enhances amyotrophic lateral sclerosis phenotypes in Drosophila, further emphasizing the role of polyglutamine repeat expansions in the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; DNA repeat expansion; genetic association study; trinucleotide repeat expansions
Settore MEDS-12/A - Neurologia
2020
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