title: Mutation Screening of the CHCHD10 Gene in Chinese Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
abstract: Mutations in the coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain-containing protein 10 gene (CHCHD10), involved in mitochondrial function, have recently been reported as a causative gene of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim of this study was to obtain the mutation prevalence of CHCHD10 and the phenotypes with mutations in Chinese ALS patients. A cohort of 499 ALS patients including 487 sporadic ALS (SALS) and 12 familial ALS (FALS), from the Department of Neurology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, were screened for mutations of all exons of the CHCHD10 gene by Sanger sequencing. Novel candidate mutations or variants were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism in 466 healthy individuals. All patients identified with mutations of CHCHD10 gene were screened for mutations of the common ALS causative genes including C9orf72, SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, PFN1, and SQSTM1. Three heterozygous variants, including two missense mutations (c.275A > G (p.Y92C) and c.306G > C (p.Q102H)) and a synonymous change c.306G > A (p.Q102Q), were found in exon 3 of CHCHD10 in three alive SALS individuals (with the longest disease duration of 8.6 years), all of which were not detected in healthy controls. No mutation in CHCHD10 was identified in FALS patients. No mutation was found in the aforementioned common ALS causative genes in the patients who carried CHCHD10 mutations. The mutation frequency of CHCHD10 (0.4 %, 2/487) in a Chinese SALS population suggests CHCHD10 gene mutation appears to be an uncommon cause of ALS in Chinese populations. CHCHD10 mutations are associated with a slow progression and long disease duration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: QingQing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: YongPing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: QianQian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Bei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Bi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: RuWei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: XuePing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan. shinji@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp.|The Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan. shinji@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp.|Research Center for Brain and Nervous Diseases, Tokai University Graduate School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan. shinji@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadano
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. hfshang2002@126.com.
authors.forename: Hui-Fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C554426:CHCHD10 protein, human; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins
keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; CHCHD10; Chinese; Mutation