Association of Variants in the SPTLC1 Gene with Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Janel O. Johnson, Ruth Chia, Danny E. Miller, Rachel Li, Ravindran Kumaran, Yevgeniya Abramzon, Nada Alahmady, Alan E. Renton, Simon D. Topp, J. Raphael Gibbs, Mark R. Cookson, Marya S. Sabir, Clifton L. Dalgard, Claire Troakes, Ashley R. Jones, Aleksey Shatunov, Alfredo Iacoangeli, Ahmad Al Khleifat, Nicola Ticozzi, Vincenzo SilaniCinzia Gellera, Ian P. Blair, Carol Dobson-Stone, John B. Kwok, Emily S. Bonkowski, Robin Palvadeau, Pentti J. Tienari, Karen E. Morrison, Pamela J. Shaw, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Robert H. Brown, Andrea Calvo, Gabriele Mora, Hind Al-Saif, Marc Gotkine, Fawn Leigh, Irene J. Chang, Seth J. Perlman, Ian Glass, Anna I. Scott, Christopher E. Shaw, A. Nazli Basak, John E. Landers, Adriano Chiò, Thomas O. Crawford, Bradley N. Smith, Bryan J. Traynor, Bradley N. Smith, Claudia Fallini, Athina Soragia Gkazi, Simon D. Topp, Emma L. Scotter, Kevin P. Kenna, Pamela Keagle, Cinzia Tiloca, Caroline Vance, Claire Troakes, Claudia Colombrita, Andrew King, Viviana Pensato, Barbara Castellotti, Frank Baas, Anneloor L.M.A. Ten Asbroek, Diane McKenna-Yasek, Russell L. McLaughlin, Meraida Polak, Seneshaw Asress, Jesús Esteban-Pérez, Zorica Stevic, Sandra D'Alfonso, Letizia Mazzini, Giacomo P. Comi, Roberto Del Bo, Mauro Ceroni, Stella Gagliardi, Giorgia Querin, Cinzia Bertolin, Wouter Van Rheenen, Rosa Rademakers, Marka Van Blitterswijk, Giuseppe Lauria, Stefano Duga, Stefania Corti, Cristina Cereda, Lucia Corrado, Gianni Sorarù, Kelly L. Williams, Garth A. Nicholson, Ian P. Blair, Claire Leblond-Manry, Guy A. Rouleau, Orla Hardiman, Karen E. Morrison, Jan H. Veldink, Leonard H. Van Den Berg, Hardev Pall, Martin R. Turner, Kevin Talbot, Franco Taroni, Alberto García-Redondo, Zheyang Wu, Jonathan D. Glass, Cinzia Gellera, Antonia Ratti, Robert H. Brown, John E. Landers, Clifton L. Dalgard, Adelani Adeleye, Anthony R. Soltis, Camille Alba, Coralie Viollet, Dagmar Bacikova, Daniel N. Hupalo, Gauthaman Sukumar, Harvey B. Pollard, Matthew D. Wilkerson, Elisa Mc Grath Martinez, Yevgeniya Abramzon, Sarah Ahmed, Sampath Arepalli, Robert H. Baloh, Robert Bowser, Christopher B. Brady, Alexis Brice, James Broach, Roy H. Campbell, William Camu, John Cooper-Knock, Jinhui Ding, Carsten Drepper, Vivian E. Drory, Travis L. Dunckley, John D. Eicher, Bryce K. England, Faraz Faghri, Eva Feldman, Mary Kay Floeter, Pietro Fratta, Joshua T. Geiger, Glenn Gerhard, J. Raphael Gibbs, Summer B. Gibson, Jonathan D. Glass, John Hardy, Matthew B. Harms, Terry D. Heiman-Patterson, Dena G. Hernandez, Lilja Jansson, Janine Kirby, Neil W. Kowall, Hannu Laaksovirta, Natalie Landeck, Francesco Landi, Isabelle Le Ber, Serge Lumbroso, Daniel J.L. Macgowan, Nicholas J. Maragakis, Kevin Mouzat, Natalie A. Murphy, Liisa Myllykangas, Mike A. Nalls, Richard W. Orrell, Lyle W. Ostrow, Roger Pamphlett, Stuart Pickering-Brown, Erik P. Pioro, Olga Pletnikova, Hannah A. Pliner, Stefan M. Pulst, John M. Ravits, Alan E. Renton, Alberto Rivera, Wim Robberecht, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Sara Rollinson, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Sonja W. Scholz, Michael Sendtner, Katie C. Sidle, Zachary Simmons, Andrew B. Singleton, Nathan Smith, David J. Stone, Pentti J. Tienari, Juan C. Troncoso, Miko Valori, Philip Van Damme, Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Lorne Zinman, John E. Landers, Adriano Chiò, Bryan J. Traynor, Stefania M. Angelocola, Francesco P. Ausiello, Marco Barberis, Ilaria Bartolomei, Stefania Battistini, Enrica Bersano, Giulia Bisogni, Giuseppe Borghero, Maura Brunetti, Corrado Cabona, Andrea Calvo, Fabrizio Canale, Antonio Canosa, Teresa A. Cantisani, Margherita Capasso, Claudia Caponnetto, Patrizio Cardinali, Paola Carrera, Federico Casale, Adriano Chiò, Tiziana Colletti, Francesca L. Conforti, Amelia Conte, Elisa Conti, Massimo Corbo, Stefania Cuccu, Eleonora Dalla Bella, Eustachio D'Errico, Giovanni Demarco, Raffaele Dubbioso, Carlo Ferrarese, Pilar M. Ferraro, Massimo Filippi, Nicola Fini, Gianluca Floris, Giuseppe Fuda, Salvatore Gallone, Giulia Gianferrari, Fabio Giannini, Maurizio Grassano, Lucia Greco, Barbara Iazzolino, Alessandro Introna, Vincenzo La Bella, Serena Lattante, Rocco Liguori, Giancarlo Logroscino, Francesco O. Logullo, Christian Lunetta, Paola Mandich, Jessica Mandrioli, Umberto Manera, Fiore Manganelli, Giuseppe Marangi, Kalliopi Marinou, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Ilaria Martinelli, Sonia Messina, Cristina Moglia, Lorena Mosca, Maria R. Murru, Paola Origone, Carla Passaniti, Cristina Petrelli, Antonio Petrucci, Susanna Pozzi, Maura Pugliatti, Angelo Quattrini, Claudia Ricci, Giulia Riolo, Nilo Riva, Massimo Russo, Mario Sabatelli, Paolina Salamone, Marco Salivetto, Fabrizio Salvi, Marialuisa Santarelli, Luca Sbaiz, Riccardo Sideri, Isabella Simone, Cecilia Simonini, Rossella Spataro, Raffaella Tanel, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Anna Ticca, Antonella Torriello, Stefania Tranquilli, Lucio Tremolizzo, Francesca Trojsi, Rosario Vasta, Veria Vacchiano, Giuseppe Vita, Paolo Volanti, Marcella Zollino, Elisabetta Zucchi

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Abstract

Importance: Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare form of ALS characterized by age of symptom onset less than 25 years and a variable presentation. Objective: To identify the genetic variants associated with juvenile ALS. Design, Setting, and Participants: In this multicenter family-based genetic study, trio whole-exome sequencing was performed to identify the disease-associated gene in a case series of unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and severe growth retardation. The patients and their family members were enrolled at academic hospitals and a government research facility between March 1, 2016, and March 13, 2020, and were observed until October 1, 2020. Whole-exome sequencing was also performed in a series of patients with juvenile ALS. A total of 66 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS participated in the study. Patients were selected for the study based on their diagnosis, and all eligible participants were enrolled in the study. None of the participants had a family history of neurological disorders, suggesting de novo variants as the underlying genetic mechanism. Main Outcomes and Measures: De novo variants present only in the index case and not in unaffected family members. Results: Trio whole-exome sequencing was performed in 3 patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and their parents. An additional 63 patients with juvenile ALS and 6258 adult patients with ALS were subsequently screened for variants in the SPTLC1 gene. De novo variants in SPTLC1 (p.Ala20Ser in 2 patients and p.Ser331Tyr in 1 patient) were identified in 3 unrelated patients diagnosed with juvenile ALS and failure to thrive. A fourth variant (p.Leu39del) was identified in a patient with juvenile ALS where parental DNA was unavailable. Variants in this gene have been previously shown to be associated with autosomal-dominant hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy, type 1A, by disrupting an essential enzyme complex in the sphingolipid synthesis pathway. Conclusions and Relevance: These data broaden the phenotype associated with SPTLC1 and suggest that patients presenting with juvenile ALS should be screened for variants in this gene.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1236-1248
Number of pages13
JournalJAMA Neurology
Volume78
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2021
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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