期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
卷 29, 期 5, 页码 1524-1528出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ene.15248
关键词
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; aphasia; frontotemporal dementia; gene; TP73
资金
- National Institute on Aging [R01AG067426]
In this study, TP73 variants were investigated in a cohort of 65 Portuguese patients with frontotemporal dementia. Two patients were found to have rare variants in TP73, and both displayed a phenotype characterized by language impairment. This study provides further evidence for the role of TP73 in the ALS-FTD spectrum.
Background and purpose TP73 was recently reported to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are considered to form part of a continuum. We aimed to investigate whether TP73 variants may be associated with FTD. Methods We studied a thoroughly investigated cohort of 65 Portuguese patients with frontotemporal dementia using whole-exome sequencing. The patients had no other known genetic cause for their disease (C9orf72 expansion was also excluded). Results Of the 65 patients studied, two had rare variants in TP73 (p.Gly605Ser and p.Arg347Trp). Both variants had minor allele frequency in silico. The two patients displayed a phenotype that included predominant language impairment, suggestive of non-fluent progressive aphasia. Conclusion We show that two thoroughly studied patients without other known genetic changes harbored TP73 rare variants, which are pathogenic in silico. This adds evidence to support the role of TP73 in the ALS-FTD spectrum, especially in primary progressive aphasia cases.
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