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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2023

Biallelic DDHD2 mutations in patients with adult-onset complex hereditary spastic paraplegia.

Ying-Tsen Chou, Shao-Lun Hsu, Yu-Shuen Tsai, Yi-Jiun Lu, Kai-Wei Yu, Hsiu-Mei Wu, Yi-Chu Liao, Yi-Chung Lee

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying-Tsen Chou *Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shao-Lun Hsu *Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Shuen TsaiCenter for Systems and Synthetic Biology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Jiun LuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kai-Wei YuDepartment of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Mei WuDepartment of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Chu LiaoDepartment of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9644-2086
Yi-Chung LeeDepartment of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0102-164X
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by slowly progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness. HSP type 54 (SPG54) is autosomal recessively inherited and caused by mutations in the DDHD2 gene. This study investigated the clinical characteristics and molecular features of DDHD2 mutations in a cohort of Taiwanese patients with HSP.

methodsMutational analysis of DDHD2 was performed for 242 unrelated Taiwanese patients with HSP. The clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic features of the patients with biallelic DDHD2 mutations were characterized. A cell-based study was performed to assess the effects of the DDHD2 mutations on protein expression.

resultsSPG54 was diagnosed in three patients. Among them, two patients carried compound heterozygous DDHD2 mutations, p.[R112Q];[Y606*] and p.[R112Q];[p.D660H], and the other one was homozygous for the DDHD2 p.R112Q mutation. DDHD2 p.Y606* is a novel mutation, whereas DDHD2 p.D660H and p.R112Q have been reported in the literature. All three patients manifested adult onset complex HSP with additional cerebellar ataxia, polyneuropathy, or cognitive impairment. Brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed an abnormal lipid peak in thalamus of all three patients. In vitro studies demonstrated that all the three DDHD2 mutations were associated with a considerably lower DDHD2 protein level.

interpretationSPG54 was detected in approximately 1.2% (3 of 242) of the Taiwanese HSP cohort. This study expands the known mutational spectrum of DDHD2, provides molecular evidence of the pathogenicity of the DDHD2 mutations, and underlines the importance of considering SPG54 as a potential diagnosis of adult-onset HSP.

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Spastic Paraplegia, HereditaryAdultBrainHomozygoteHumansMutationPhospholipasesDDHD2 protein, humanPhospholipases

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PMID37420318
PMCPMC10502669
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