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We present linkage analysis on a large Swedish five-generation family of 15 affected individuals with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) associated with retinal degeneration and anticipation. Common clinical signs in this family include ataxia, dysarthria and severely impaired vision with the phenotype ADCA type II. Different subtypes of ADCA have proven difficult to classify clinically due to extensive phenotypic variability within and between families. Genetic analysis of a number of ADCA type I families shows that heterogeneity exists also genetically. During the last few years several types of ADCA type I have been localized and to date six genetically distinct forms have been identified including SCA1 (6p), SCA2 (12q), SCA3 and Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) (14q), SCA4 (16q), and finally SCA5 (11). We performed a genome-wide search of the Swedish ADCA type II family using a total of 270 microsatellite markers. Positive lod scores were obtained with a number of microsatellite markers located on chromosome 3p12-p21.1. Three markers gave lod scores over 3 with a maximum lod score of 4.53 achieved with the marker D3S1600. The ADCA type II gene could be restricted to a region of 32 cM by the markers D3S1547 and D3S1274.
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PMID:Localization of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia associated with retinal degeneration and anticipation to chromosome 3p12-p21.1. 758 86

The autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCA) are a group of neurodegenerative disorders with ataxia and dysarthria as early and dominant signs. In ADCA type II, retinal degeneration causes severe visual impairment. ADCA type II has recently been mapped to chromosome 3p by three independent groups. In the family with ADCA type II studied here, the disease has been mapped to chromosome 3p12-p21.1. Histochemical examination of muscle biopsies in 5 cases showed slight neurogenic atrophy and irregular lobulated appearance or focal decreases of enzyme activity when staining for NADH dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase and cytochrome oxidase. Ragged-red fibres were scarce. Electron microscopic examination showed uneven distribution of mitochondria with large fibre areas devoid of mitochondria and/or large subsarcolemmal accumulations of small rounded mitochondria, and frequent autophagic vacuoles. These vacuoles contained remnants of multiple small rounded organelles, possibly mitochondria, and had a remarkably consistent ultrastructural appearance. Biochemical investigation of mitochondrial function showed reduced activity of complex IV and slightly reduced activity of complex I in the respiratory chain in a severely affected child while no abnormalities were found in his affected uncle.
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PMID:Muscle morphology and mitochondrial investigations of a family with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia and retinal degeneration mapped to chromosome 3p12-p21.1. 899 9

Spino cerebellar ataxia (SCA) are a complex group of hereditary neurodegenerative disturbances of autosomal dominant pattern. They are largely characterized by the clinical presence of cerebellar ataxia related to ophtalmoplegia, dysarthria, pyramidal and extra-pyramidal signs and loss of deep sensitivity. SCA 7 belongs to the SCA group in which the disturbance is a result of the expansion of CAG triplet repetition located in the 3p12-p21 chromosome. The characteristic clinical feature of SCA7 is the loss of visual acuity and blindness. We present here three cases of ataxia, from the same family, with loss of visual acuity and other neurological disorders. The diagnosis was confirmed by a genetic analysis of the index case in whom the characteristic genetic abnormality of SCA7 was discovered. To our knowledge, this is the first case of SCA7 confirmed by genetic study in Argentina. Only two other reports on family cases were found in a review of the literature of Latin America up to January 2006. The purpose of our report is to draw attention to the diagnosis of this degenerative disease in patients with progressive cerebellar ataxia associated with loss of visual acuity symptoms, where a positive family history is found.
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PMID:[Spinocerebellar ataxia 7. Clinical and genetic investigation in an Argentine family]. 1759 99