OBJECTIVE: To study the frequency and distribution of mutations in SPG3A in a large cohort of patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia. DESIGN: We screened a large cohort of 182 families and isolated cases with pure or complex hereditary spastic paraplegia phenotypes, which were negative for mutations in SPG4. RESULTS: In 12 probands (6.6%), we identified 12 different SPG3A mutations (11 missense and 1 insertion/frameshift) of which 7 were novel and 3 were de novo. We found incomplete penetrance in 1 family (G482V). In most cases, SPG3A mutations were associated with an early age at onset (mean, 3 y); however, in 1 family (R495W mutation), symptoms started later (mean, 14 y) with clear intrafamilial variability (8-28 y). Six patients with an SPG3A mutation (F151S, Q191R, M408T, G469A, R495W) originating from 5 unrelated families presented with a complex form of hereditary spastic paraplegia associated with a neuropathy (17%). Our electrophysiological and pathological findings confirmed an axonal sensory-motor neuropathy. There was no correlation between the genotype and the presence of a neuropathy. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that mutations in SPG3A represent an important cause of patients in the overall hereditary spastic paraplegia population. SPG3A is more often associated with a neuropathy than previously assumed. Therefore, patients with a bipyramidal syndrome and a neuropathy should be screened for mutations in SPG3A.
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- amidy MeSH
- aminobutyráty MeSH
- butyráty MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- genetická predispozice k nemoci * MeSH
- kohortové studie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- membránové proteiny * genetika MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mutace * MeSH
- mutační analýza DNA MeSH
- polyneuropatie * genetika komplikace patologie MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- spastická paraplegie dědičná genetika komplikace patologie MeSH
- věk při počátku nemoci MeSH
- vezikulární transportní proteiny * genetika MeSH
- zdraví rodiny MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
