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Expansion of the Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) repeat in a patient with Sioux Native American ancestry.

ABSTRACT: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10), an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia, is caused by the expansion of the non-coding ATTCT pentanucleotide repeat in the ATAXIN 10 gene. To date, all cases of SCA10 are restricted to patients with ancestral ties to Latin American countries. Here, we report on a SCA10 patient with Sioux Native American ancestry and no reported Hispanic or Latino heritage. Neurological exam findings revealed impaired gait with mild, age-consistent cerebellar atrophy and no evidence of epileptic seizures. The age at onset for this patient, at 83 years of age, is the latest documented for SCA10 patients and is suggestive of a reduced penetrance allele in his family. Southern blot analysis showed an SCA10 expanded allele of 1400 repeats. Established SNPs surrounding the SCA10 locus showed a disease haplotype consistent with the previously described "SCA10 haplotype". This case suggests that the SCA10 expansion represents an early mutation event that possibly occurred during the initial peopling of the Americas.

SUBMITTER: Bushara K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3835687 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expansion of the Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) repeat in a patient with Sioux Native American ancestry.

Bushara Khalaf K Bower Matthew M Liu Jilin J McFarland Karen N KN Landrian Ivette I Hutter Diane D Teive Hélio A G HA Rasmussen Astrid A Mulligan Connie J CJ Ashizawa Tetsuo T

PloS one 20131120 11

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10), an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia, is caused by the expansion of the non-coding ATTCT pentanucleotide repeat in the ATAXIN 10 gene. To date, all cases of SCA10 are restricted to patients with ancestral ties to Latin American countries. Here, we report on a SCA10 patient with Sioux Native American ancestry and no reported Hispanic or Latino heritage. Neurological exam findings revealed impaired gait with mild, age-consistent cerebellar atrophy and no ...[more]

PMID: 24278426

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Project description:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is a rare autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia caused by nucleotide ATTCT expansion in ATXN10 gene. SCA10 has been reported in patients of cerebellar ataxia from Amerindian/Latin America and in East Asian ancestry. A common founder has been ascribed to the origin of ATTCT repeat expansion mutation in both the population. Here we present our investigation of the SCA10 pentanucleotide repeat expansion in 461 SCA patients of the Indian population. The analysis of multi-ethnic at-risk haplotype C-(ATTCT)n-GGC was performed using genotype data of various ethnic population included in the 1000 Genomes Project (KGP) to infer the prevalence of at-risk haplotype in the Indian populations. Unsurprisingly, none of the patient's DNA samples with (ATTCT)n expansion was observed in pathological range, however, the observed normal range of (ATTCT)n was 8-22 repeats, suggesting very rare or absence of the occurrence of SCA10 in Indian SCA patients. The at-risk haplotype, CGGC was found to be the most prevalent haplotype across different populations and no segregation of CGGC haplotype with large normal or small normal ATTCT repeats length was observed. However, on extended haplotype analysis, some lineage of CGGC with a flanking divergence at 5' end was observed specifically in the American or East Asian population but not in other population in KGP dataset. Together, these evidence points towards the absence of SCA10 in Indian population and haplotype-based analysis also suggests its occurrence to be rare in South Asian, European and African population. Further investigations are required to establish the present finding.SignificanceThe implications of the findings of this study are 1.) For the diagnostic work-up of SCAs in the Indian population and to decide upon inclusion of SCA10 in panel based genetic investigations even for Indians living abroad. 2.) The haplotype based inference of its presumptive prevalence through the estimation of at-risk haplotype using population genetics approach (South-Asians as the background) allowed us to estimate the possible absence of SCA10 in Indian population. SCA10 is a rare autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia mostly reported among SCA patients from Latin America and recently described in East Asia population. The genetic study of SCA10 performed in the unrelated Indian spinocerebellar ataxia patients with heterogeneous ethnicity confirmed its absence from the Indian population and that conforms to population genetic based inference of its rarity or absence. 3.) This approach may be adopted for the screening of other subtypes of SCAs, i.e. other rare SCAs e.g. SCA31, SCA36, and SCA37.

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Expansion of the Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) repeat in a patient with Sioux Native American ancestry.

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Expansion of the Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) repeat in a patient with Sioux Native American ancestry.

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