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Primary brain calcification: an international study reporting novel variants and associated phenotypes

2018; Springer Nature; Volume: 26; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41431-018-0185-4

ISSN

1476-5438

Autores

Eliana Marisa Ramos, Miryam Carecchio, Roberta R. Lemos, Joana Ferreira, Andrea Legati, Renee Sears, Sandy Hsu, Celeste Panteghini, Luca Magistrelli, Ettore Salsano, Silvia Esposito, Franco Taroni, Anne‐Claire Richard, Christine Tranchant, Mathieu Anheim, Xavier Ayrignac, Cyril Goizet, Marie Vidailhet, David Maltête, David Wallon, Thierry Frébourg, Lylyan Fragoso Pimentel, Daniel H. Geschwind, Olivier Vanakker, Douglas Galasko, Brent L. Fogel, A. Micheil Innes, Alison Ross, William B. Dobyns, Diana Alcantara, Mark O’Driscoll, Didier Hannequin, Dominique Campion, João Ricardo Mendes de Oliveira, Barbara Garavaglia, Giovanni Coppola, Gaël Nicolas,

Tópico(s)

Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments

Resumo

Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a rare cerebral microvascular calcifying disorder with a wide spectrum of motor, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. It is typically inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait with four causative genes identified so far: SLC20A2, PDGFRB, PDGFB, and XPR1. Our study aimed at screening the coding regions of these genes in a series of 177 unrelated probands that fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for primary brain calcification regardless of their family history. Sequence variants were classified as pathogenic, likely pathogenic, or of uncertain significance (VUS), based on the ACMG-AMP recommendations. We identified 45 probands (25.4%) carrying either pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (n = 34, 19.2%) or VUS (n = 11, 6.2%). SLC20A2 provided the highest contribution (16.9%), followed by XPR1 and PDGFB (3.4% each), and PDGFRB (1.7%). A total of 81.5% of carriers were symptomatic and the most recurrent symptoms were parkinsonism, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric disturbances (52.3%, 40.9%, and 38.6% of symptomatic individuals, respectively), with a wide range of age at onset (from childhood to 81 years). While the pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants identified in this study can be used for genetic counseling, the VUS will require additional evidence, such as recurrence in unrelated patients, in order to be classified as pathogenic.

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