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Analysis of chromosome 5q13 genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Homozygous naip deletion in a sporadic case

Analysis of chromosome 5q13 genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Homozygous naip deletion in a sporadic case
Analysis of chromosome 5q13 genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Homozygous naip deletion in a sporadic case
Although defects in the gene encoding the enzyme cytosolic copperlzinc superoxide dismutase (SODI) have been reported in 20% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, the etiology of the remaining familial cases and the more common sporadic form of the disease remains unknown. Recently, deletions of the neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene NAZP, of the survival motor neuron gene SMN, and of a further cDNA fragment, XS2G3, have been reported in childhood7-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), another disorder with pathology restricted to the motor system. We have therefore investigated the possibility of alterations in SMN and NAIP in 154 patients with ALS (135 sporadic cases, 17 familial cases). None of these patients revealed mutations in SMN by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. A single patient revealed a partial deletion of NAIP, with a homozygous absence of NAIP exon 5. While it is possible that this individual is one of the rare carriers of SMA who show NAIP deletions, a further explanation is that the NAIP deletion is in some way contributing to the ALS phenotype in this individual.
0364-5134
796-800
Jackson, Mandy
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Morrison, Karen E.
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Al-Chalabi, Ammar
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Baldier, Martijn
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Leigh, Peter N.
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Jackson, Mandy
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Morrison, Karen E.
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Al-Chalabi, Ammar
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Baldier, Martijn
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Leigh, Peter N.
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Jackson, Mandy, Morrison, Karen E., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Baldier, Martijn and Leigh, Peter N. (1996) Analysis of chromosome 5q13 genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Homozygous naip deletion in a sporadic case. Annals of Neurology, 39 (6), 796-800. (doi:10.1002/ana.410390616).

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Abstract

Although defects in the gene encoding the enzyme cytosolic copperlzinc superoxide dismutase (SODI) have been reported in 20% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, the etiology of the remaining familial cases and the more common sporadic form of the disease remains unknown. Recently, deletions of the neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene NAZP, of the survival motor neuron gene SMN, and of a further cDNA fragment, XS2G3, have been reported in childhood7-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), another disorder with pathology restricted to the motor system. We have therefore investigated the possibility of alterations in SMN and NAIP in 154 patients with ALS (135 sporadic cases, 17 familial cases). None of these patients revealed mutations in SMN by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. A single patient revealed a partial deletion of NAIP, with a homozygous absence of NAIP exon 5. While it is possible that this individual is one of the rare carriers of SMA who show NAIP deletions, a further explanation is that the NAIP deletion is in some way contributing to the ALS phenotype in this individual.

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Published date: June 1996
Organisations: Medical Education

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Local EPrints ID: 399550
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/399550
ISSN: 0364-5134
PURE UUID: 7169684f-0a1b-451d-b06f-bc97a154775d
ORCID for Karen E. Morrison: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0216-5717

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Author: Mandy Jackson
Author: Karen E. Morrison ORCID iD
Author: Ammar Al-Chalabi
Author: Martijn Baldier
Author: Peter N. Leigh

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