TRIM25 mutation (p.C168*), coding for an E3 ubiquitin ligase, is a cause of early-onset autosomal dominant dementia with amyloid load and parkinsonism

Estrella Gomez-Tortosa, Yalda Baradaran-Heravi, Lubina Dillen, Nila Roy Choudhury, Pablo Agüero Rabes, Julián Pérez-Pérez, Cemile Kocoglu, M. José Sainz, Alicia Ruiz González, Raquel Téllez, Lucía Cremades-Jimeno, Blanca Cárdaba, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Gracjan Michlewski, Julie van der Zee

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Patients with familial early-onset dementia (EOD) pose a unique opportunity
for gene identification studies.
METHODS: We present the phenotype and whole-exome sequencing (WES) study of an
autosomal dominant EOD family. Candidate genes were examined in a set of dementia cases
and controls (n=3712). Western blotting was conducted of the wild-type and mutant protein of
the final candidate.
RESULTS: Age at disease onset was 60 years (range 56-63). The phenotype comprised mixed
amnestic and behavioral features, and parkinsonism. CSF and plasma biomarkers, and a PETamyloid study suggested AD. WES and the segregation pattern pointed to a nonsense mutation
in the TRIM25 gene (p.C168*), coding for an E3 ubiquitin ligase, which was absent in the
cohorts studied. Protein studies supported a loss-of-function mechanism.
DISCUSSION: This study supports a new physiopathological mechanism for brain amyloidosis.
Furthermore, it extends the role of E3 ubiquitin ligases dysfunction in the development of
neurodegenerative diseases
Original languageEnglish
JournalAlzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Early online date28 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Dec 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • early-onset autosomal dominant dementia
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • TRIM25
  • E3 ubiquitin ligase
  • family-based whole-exome sequencing study

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