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Exome sequencing in congenital ataxia identifies two new candidate genes and highlights a pathophysiological link between some congenital ataxias and early infantile epileptic encephalopathies

GENETICS IN MEDICINE (2019)

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GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 553-563

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/s41436-018-0089-2

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Congenital ataxia; exome sequencing; Cerebellar atrophy; Early infantile epileptic encephalopathies; Pathophysiology

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Genetics & Heredity

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  1. Ministere de la Sante (PHRC 2009) [AOM 09178]
  2. DHOS (array-CGH analysis)
  3. association Connaitre les Syndromes Cerebelleux (CSC)
  4. Fondation Maladies Rares

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Purpose: To investigate the genetic basis of congenital ataxias (CAs), a unique group of cerebellar ataxias with a nonprogressive course, in 20 patients from consanguineous families, and to identify new CA genes. Methods: Singleton-exome sequencing on these 20 well-clinically characterized CA patients. We first checked for rare homozygous pathogenic variants, then, for variants from a list of genes known to be associated with CA or very early-onset ataxia, regardless of their mode of inheritance. Our replication cohort of 180 CA patients was used to validate the new CA genes. Results: We identified a causal gene in 16/20 families: six known CA genes (7 patients); four genes previously implicated in another neurological phenotype (7 patients); two new candidate genes (2 patients). Despite the consanguinity, 4/20 patients harbored a heterozygous de novo pathogenic variant. Conclusion: Singleton exome sequencing in 20 consanguineous CA families led to molecular diagnosis in 80% of cases. This study confirms the genetic heterogeneity of CA and identifies two new candidate genes (PIGS and SKOR2). Our work illustrates the diversity of the pathophysiological pathways in CA, and highlights the pathogenic link between some CA and early infantile epileptic encephalopathies related to the same genes (STXBP1, BRAT1, CACNA1A and CACNA2D2).

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