Exclusion of mutations in the PRNP, JPH3, TBP, ATN1, CREBBP, POU3F2 and FTL genes as a cause of disease in Portuguese patients with a Huntington-like phenotype.
Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterised by chorea, cognitive impairment, dementia and personality changes, caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat in the HD gene. Often, patients with a similar clinical presentation do not carry expansions of the CAG repeat in this gene [Huntington disease-like (HDL) patients]. We report the genetic analysis of 107 Portuguese patients with an HDL phenotype. The HDL genes PRNP and JPH3, encoding the prion protein and junctophilin-3, respectively, were screened for repeat expansions in these patients. Given the partial clinical overlap of SCA17, DRPLA and neuroferritinopathy with HD, their causative genes (TBP, ATN1, and FTL, respectively) were also analysed. Finally, repeat expansions in two candidate genes, CREBBP and POU3F2, which encode the nuclear transcriptional coactivator CREB-binding protein and the CNS-specific transcription factor N-Oct-3, respectively, were also studied. Expansions of the repetitive tracts of the PRNP, JPH3, TBP, ATN1, CREBBP and POU3F2 genes were excluded in all patients, as were sequence alterations in the FTL gene. Since none of the genes already included in the differential diagnosis of HD was responsible for the disease in our sample, the genetic heterogeneity of the HDL phenotype is still open for investigation.
Costa
Maria do Carmo
MDC
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Teixeira-Castro
Andreia
A
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Constante
Marco
M
Department of Medicine, CHUM, Université de Montreal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada.
Magalhães
Marina
M
Hospital Geral de Sto. António, Porto, Portugal.
Magalhães
Paula
P
UnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
Cerqueira
Joana
J
UnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
Vale
José
J
Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal.
Passão
Vitorina
V
Hospital Júlio de Matos, Lisboa, Portugal.
Barbosa
Célia
C
Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Robalo
Conceição
C
Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Coutinho
Paula
P
Hospital de São Sebastião, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
Barros
José
J
Hospital Geral de Sto. António, Porto, Portugal.
Santos
Manuela M
MM
Department of Medicine, CHUM, Université de Montreal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada.|UnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.
Sequeiros
Jorge
J
UnIGENe, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal.|Department of Population Studies, ICBAS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Maciel
Patrícia
P
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. pmaciel@ecsaude.uminho.pt.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001052:Apoferritins; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000235:genetics*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050809:POU Domain Factors / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D011174:Portugal; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics; D019680:Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion / Q000235:genetics
C507433:FTL protein, human; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050809:POU Domain Factors; C512656:PRNP protein, human; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions; D011498:Protein Precursors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; C095278:atrophin-1; C412507:junctophilin; C085076:transcription factor Brn-2; D005293:Ferritins; D001052:Apoferritins; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein; C494363:CREBBP protein, human