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Exome-wide rare variant analysis identifies TUBA4A mutations associated with familial ALS.


ABSTRACT: Exome sequencing is an effective strategy for identifying human disease genes. However, this methodology is difficult in late-onset diseases where limited availability of DNA from informative family members prohibits comprehensive segregation analysis. To overcome this limitation, we performed an exome-wide rare variant burden analysis of 363 index cases with familial ALS (FALS). The results revealed an excess of patient variants within TUBA4A, the gene encoding the Tubulin, Alpha 4A protein. Analysis of a further 272 FALS cases and 5,510 internal controls confirmed the overrepresentation as statistically significant and replicable. Functional analyses revealed that TUBA4A mutants destabilize the microtubule network, diminishing its repolymerization capability. These results further emphasize the role of cytoskeletal defects in ALS and demonstrate the power of gene-based rare variant analyses in situations where causal genes cannot be identified through traditional segregation analysis.

SUBMITTER: Smith BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521390 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exome-wide rare variant analysis identifies TUBA4A mutations associated with familial ALS.

Smith Bradley N BN   Ticozzi Nicola N   Fallini Claudia C   Gkazi Athina Soragia AS   Topp Simon S   Kenna Kevin P KP   Scotter Emma L EL   Kost Jason J   Keagle Pamela P   Miller Jack W JW   Calini Daniela D   Vance Caroline C   Danielson Eric W EW   Troakes Claire C   Tiloca Cinzia C   Al-Sarraj Safa S   Lewis Elizabeth A EA   King Andrew A   Colombrita Claudia C   Pensato Viviana V   Castellotti Barbara B   de Belleroche Jacqueline J   Baas Frank F   ten Asbroek Anneloor L M A AL   Sapp Peter C PC   McKenna-Yasek Diane D   McLaughlin Russell L RL   Polak Meraida M   Asress Seneshaw S   Esteban-Pérez Jesús J   Muñoz-Blanco José Luis JL   Simpson Michael M   van Rheenen Wouter W   Diekstra Frank P FP   Lauria Giuseppe G   Duga Stefano S   Corti Stefania S   Cereda Cristina C   Corrado Lucia L   Sorarù Gianni G   Morrison Karen E KE   Williams Kelly L KL   Nicholson Garth A GA   Blair Ian P IP   Dion Patrick A PA   Leblond Claire S CS   Rouleau Guy A GA   Hardiman Orla O   Veldink Jan H JH   van den Berg Leonard H LH   Al-Chalabi Ammar A   Pall Hardev H   Shaw Pamela J PJ   Turner Martin R MR   Talbot Kevin K   Taroni Franco F   García-Redondo Alberto A   Wu Zheyang Z   Glass Jonathan D JD   Gellera Cinzia C   Ratti Antonia A   Brown Robert H RH   Silani Vincenzo V   Shaw Christopher E CE   Landers John E JE  

Neuron 20141022 2


Exome sequencing is an effective strategy for identifying human disease genes. However, this methodology is difficult in late-onset diseases where limited availability of DNA from informative family members prohibits comprehensive segregation analysis. To overcome this limitation, we performed an exome-wide rare variant burden analysis of 363 index cases with familial ALS (FALS). The results revealed an excess of patient variants within TUBA4A, the gene encoding the Tubulin, Alpha 4A protein. An  ...[more]

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