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
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 language | English |
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Journal | Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association |
Early online date | 28 Dec 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-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