Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0007758 (cerebellar ataxia)
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Mutations in the CHCHD10 gene have been recently identified in a large family with a complex phenotype variably associating frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebellar ataxia, myopathy, and hearing impairment. CHCHD10 encodes a protein located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space and is likely involved in mitochondrial genome stability and maintenance of cristae junctions. However, the exact contribution of CHCHD10 in FTD and ALS diseases spectrum remains unknown. In this study, we evaluated the frequency of CHCHD10 mutations in 115 patients with FTD and FTD-ALS phenotypes. We identified 2 heterozygous variants in 3 unrelated probands presenting FTD and ALS, characterized by early and predominant bulbar symptoms. This study demonstrates the implication of CHCHD10 in FTD and ALS spectrum. Although the frequency of mutations is low in this series (2.6%), our work suggests that CHCHD10 mutations should be searched particularly when bulbar symptoms are present at onset.
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PMID:Screening of CHCHD10 in a French cohort confirms the involvement of this gene in frontotemporal dementia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. 2515 93

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease, which is characterized clinically by parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and/or autonomic dysfunction, and pathologically by alpha-synuclein-related multisystem neurodegeneration, so-called alpha-synucleinopathy, which particularly involves the striatonigral and olivopontocerebellar systems, with glial cytoplasmic inclusions and neuronal cytoplasmic/nuclear inclusions (NCIs/NNIs). In the recent consensus criteria for the diagnosis of MSA, dementia is described as one of the features not supporting a diagnosis of MSA. However, MSA with dementia has been reported, although the location of the lesion responsible for the dementia remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to investigate where this lesion may be found, by analyzing 12 autopsy-proven MSA cases, with a particular focus on the medial temporal region. Three of 12 cases with MSA had dementia (MSA-D). Compared with MSA cases without dementia, MSA-D cases had frequent globular NCIs (G-NCIs) in the medial temporal region, especially in their subiculum. In addition, MSA-D cases could be divided into two types; MSA-D with distinct fronto-temporal lobar degeneration (FTLD type) and without distinct fronto-temporal lobar degeneration (non-FTLD type). There was no association between dementia and Alzheimer pathologies, such as neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques. We suggest that frequent G-NCIs in the medial temporal region, and particularly the subiculum, is one of the important pathological findings of MSA-D, even when a case with MSA-D reveals no significant cerebral atrophy.
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PMID:Frequent globular neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions in the medial temporal region as a possible characteristic feature in multiple system atrophy with dementia. 2697 May 14

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (FTLD-TDP) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are distinct neurodegenerations with different clinical presentations. We report two cases with FTLD-TDP and PSP in comorbidity: a patient with amnestic dementia developing frontal lobe dementia, Parkinsonism and supranuclear gaze palsy and a patient with cerebellar ataxia and nystagmus developing akinesia, rigidity, and subcortical dementia. Neuropathological examination revealed neuronal and glial tau pathology together with ubiquitin, and phospho-TDP-43-immunoreactivities in the hippocampus, striatum, mesencephalon, and frontal and temporal cortices. Clinical and neuropathological correlations in atypical neurodegenerations are crucial to describe new entities of overlapping syndromes.
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PMID:FTLD-TDP and progressive supranuclear palsy in comorbidity-a report of two cases with different clinical presentations. 2791 81