Publication
Title
Phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of adult patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia from Serbia
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Abstract
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is among the most genetically diverse of all monogenic diseases. The aim was to analyze the genetic causes of HSP among adult Serbian patients. The study comprised 74 patients from 65 families clinically diagnosed with HSP during a nine-year prospective period. A panel of thirteen genes was analyzed: L1CAM (SPG1), PLP1 (SPG2), ATL1 (SPG3A), SPAST (SPG4), CYP7B1 (SPG5A), SPG7 (SPG7), KIF5A (SPG10), SPG11 (SPG11), ZYFVE26 (SPG15), REEP1 (SPG31), ATP13A2 (SPG78), DYNC1H1, and BICD2 using a next generation sequencing-based technique. A copy number variation (CNV) test for SPAST, SPG7, and SPG11 was also performed. Twenty-three patients from 19 families (29.2%) had conclusive genetic findings, including 75.0% of families with autosomal dominant and 25.0% with autosomal recessive inheritance, and 15.7% of sporadic cases. Twelve families had mutations in the SPAST gene, usually with a pure HSP phenotype. Three sporadic patients had conclusive findings in the SPG11 gene. Two unrelated patients carried a homozygous pathogenic mutation c.233T>A (p.L78*) in SPG7 that is a founder Roma mutation. One patient had a heterozygous de novo variant in the KIF5A gene, and one had a compound heterozygous mutation in the ZYFVE26 gene. The combined genetic yield of our gene panel and CNV analysis for HSP was around 30%. Our findings broaden the knowledge on the genetic epidemiology of HSP, with implications for molecular diagnostics in this region.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Cells
Publication
2022
ISSN
2073-4409
DOI
10.3390/CELLS11182804
Volume/pages
11 :18 (2022) , p. 1-14
Article Reference
2804
ISI
000857654100001
Pubmed ID
36139378
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Exploring the role of phosphor-signaling in the etiology of tRNA- synthetase-associated peripheral neuropathies.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 04.10.2022
Last edited 03.10.2024
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