Journal
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 858-861Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23561
Keywords
dystonia; homozygous mutation; THAP1; functional analysis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [LO1555/3-1]
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Hermann and Lilly Schilling Foundation
- University of Lubeck [E48.2009]
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To identify the underlying genetic cause in a consanguineous family with apparently recessively inherited dystonia, we performed genome-wide homozygosity mapping. This revealed 2 candidate regions including the THAP1 gene, where heterozygous mutations cause dystonia 6. A homozygous missense mutation in THAP1 (c.95T>A; p.Leu32His) was found in all 3 affected siblings. Symptoms started in childhood in the legs and became generalized within a few years. Three heterozygous mutation carriers were unaffected. Because THAP1 regulates the expression of the DYT1 gene, we used reporter gene assays to show that DYT1 expression was significantly increased for Leu32His. However, this increase was less pronounced than for other THAP1 mutations that cause dystonia in the heterozygous state. Our data suggest that homozygous THAP1 mutations cause dystonia and may be associated with a less severe dysfunction of the encoded protein compared with heterozygous disease-causing mutations. (C) 2011 Movement Disorder Society
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