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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
About 10% of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases are familial. We identified a five-generation Chinese family with autosomal dominant familial ALS (FALS). We performed a detailed family study, clinical and electromyographic validation, and SOD1, VEGF and CNTF mutation analyses. Forty-five living members (16 affected) were studied and DNA samples collected. Genealogical data were collected for deceased members. Based on the duration between symptom onset to ventilator dependence, they were divided into rapidly progressive (range 1-18 months, mean (SD) duration = 12.08 (+/-6.10) months, mean (SD) age of symptom onset = 39.75 (+/-9.84) years) and slowly progressive groups (>18 months; mean (SD) age of onset = 37.25 (+/-5.32) years old). We identified a heterozygous mutation of ATT to ACT of SOD1 gene at codon 149 in exon 5 resulting in substitution of isoleucine to threonine. It co-segregated with all affected members and 11 non-symptomatic members. We report a large multigenerational Chinese FALS kindred with I149T mutation in SOD1. No polymorphisms or mutations were found to date in two known modifier genes, namely, VEGF and CNTF, which were associated with heterogeneity in the phenotype within this kindred. Follow-up of the family will be helpful to explore any potential disease markers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1748-2968
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
142-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Isoleucine, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Threonine, pubmed-meshheading:16963403-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical phenotypes of a large Chinese multigenerational kindred with autosomal dominant familial ALS due to Ile149Thr SOD1 gene mutation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurology, University Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't