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NEUROLOGY
卷 71, 期 18, 页码 1402-1409出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000327094.67726.28
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Eye Institute
- L'Association Internationale De Dystrophie Neuro Axonale Infantile
- NBIA Disorders Association
- Paolo Zorzi Foundation
- Italian National Ministry of Health
- Italian Telethon [GTF04002]
- Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) [UL1 RR024140 01]
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
- NIH
Objective: Mutations in the gene encoding phospholipase A 2 group VI (PLA2G6) are associated with two childhood neurologic disorders: infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and idiopathic neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). INAD is a severe progressive psychomotor disorder in which axonal spheroids are found in brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. High globus pallidus iron is an inconsistent feature of INAD; however, it is a diagnostic criterion of NBIA, which describes a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that share this hallmark feature. We sought to delineate the clinical, radiographic, pathologic, and genetic features of disease resulting from defective phospholipase A(2). Methods: We identified 56 patients clinically diagnosed with INAD and 23 with idiopathic NBIA and screened their DNA for PLA2G6 mutations. Results: Eighty percent of patients with INAD had mutations in PLA2G6, whereas mutations were found in only 20% of those with idiopathic NBIA. All patients with two null mutations had a more severe phenotype. On MRI, nearly all mutation-positive patients had cerebellar atrophy, and half showed brain iron accumulation. We observed Lewy bodies and neurofibrillary tangles in association with PLA2G6 mutations. Conclusion: Defects in phospholipase A 2 lead to a range of phenotypes. PLA2G6 mutations are associated with nearly all cases of classic infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy but a minority of cases of idiopathic neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, and genotype correlates with phenotype. Cerebellar atrophy predicts which patients are likely to be mutation-positive. The neuropathologic changes that are caused by defective phospholipase A 2 suggest a shared pathogenesis with both Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases. Neurology (R) 2008; 71: 1402-1409
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