Mutations in progranulin are a major cause of ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration

J Gass, A Cannon, IR Mackenzie… - Human molecular …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
J Gass, A Cannon, IR Mackenzie, B Boeve, M Baker, J Adamson, R Crook, S Melquist…
Human molecular genetics, 2006academic.oup.com
Null mutations in the progranulin gene (PGRN) were recently reported to cause tau-negative
frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17. We assessed the genetic contribution of
PGRN mutations in an extended population of patients with frontotemporal lobar
degeneration (FTLD)(N= 378). Mutations were identified in 10% of the total FTLD population
and 23% of patients with a positive family history. This mutation frequency dropped to 5%
when analysis was restricted to an unbiased FTLD subpopulation (N= 167) derived from …
Abstract
Null mutations in the progranulin gene ( PGRN ) were recently reported to cause tau-negative frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17. We assessed the genetic contribution of PGRN mutations in an extended population of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) ( N =378). Mutations were identified in 10% of the total FTLD population and 23% of patients with a positive family history. This mutation frequency dropped to 5% when analysis was restricted to an unbiased FTLD subpopulation ( N =167) derived from patients referred to Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC). Among the ADRC patients, PGRN mutations were equally frequent as mutations in the tau gene ( MAPT ). We identified 23 different pathogenic PGRN mutations, including a total of 21 nonsense, frameshift and splice-site mutations that cause premature termination of the coding sequence and degradation of the mutant RNA by nonsense-mediated decay. We also observed an unusual splice-site mutation in the exon 1 5′ splice site, which leads to loss of the Kozac sequence, and a missense mutation in the hydrophobic core of the PGRN signal peptide. Both mutations revealed novel mechanisms that result in loss of functional PGRN. One mutation, c.1477C>T (p.Arg493X), was detected in eight independently ascertained familial FTLD patients who were shown to share a common extended haplotype over the PGRN genomic region. Clinical examination of patients with PGRN mutations revealed highly variable onset ages with language dysfunction as a common presenting symptom. Neuropathological examination showed FTLD with ubiquitin-positive cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions in all PGRN mutation carriers.
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