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01-12-2019 | Polymerase Chain Reaction | Original Communication

Genetic and clinical analyses of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 in mainland China

Authors: Yao Zhou, Yanchun Yuan, Zhen Liu, Sheng Zeng, Zhao Chen, Lu Shen, Hong Jiang, Kun Xia, Beisha Tang, Junling Wang

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 12/2019

Abstract

Background

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by CTA/CTG repeat expansion in the ATXN8/ATXN8OS gene.

Methods

To analyze the frequency and clinical characteristics of SCA8 patients in mainland China, we combined polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and triplet repeat-primed PCR (TRP-PCR) to detect the CTA/CTG expansion. We studied a cohort of 362 ataxia patients in which the other known causative genes had been previously excluded, from among 1294 index patients. Positive samples were validated by southern blotting.

Results

The CTA/CTG expansion was observed in six probands, accounting for approximately 0.46% (6/1294) in all patients, and 1.66% (6/362) in patients without definite molecular diagnosis. Clinically, aside from the typical SCA8 phenotype, some patients carrying the CTA/CTG expansion exhibited the cerebellar form of multisystem atrophy (MSA-C) and ataxia with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD).

Conclusion

For the first time, we described the PKD phenotype in association with CTA/CTG expansion, suggesting that CTA/CTG expansion might play a role in the pathogenesis of paroxysmal dyskinesia symptoms.

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Title: Genetic and clinical analyses of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 in mainland China
Authors: Yao Zhou
Yanchun Yuan
Zhen Liu
Sheng Zeng
Zhao Chen
Lu Shen
Hong Jiang
Kun Xia
Beisha Tang
Junling Wang
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Polymerase Chain Reaction
Dysarthria
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09519-2

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Genetic and clinical analyses of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 in mainland China

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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