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Mov Disord ; 37(6): 1309-1316, 2022 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35426160

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia (AOA) is characterized by early-onset cerebellar ataxia associated with oculomotor apraxia. AOA1, AOA2, AOA3, and AOA4 subtypes may present pathogenic variants in APTX, SETX, PIK3R5, and PNKP genes, respectively. Mutations in XRCC1 have been found to cause autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia-26 (SCAR26) now considered AOA5. OBJECTIVES: To examine a cohort of Brazilians with autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia plus oculomotor apraxia and determine the frequencies of AOA subtypes through genetic investigation. METHODS: We evaluated clinical, biomarkers, electrophysiological, and radiological findings of 52 patients with AOA phenotype and performed a genetic panel including APTX, SETX, PIK3R5, PNKP, and XRCC1. RESULTS: We found pathogenic variants in SETX (15 patients), PNKP (12), and APTX (5). No mutations in PIK3R5 or XRCC1 were identified. CONCLUSIONS: AOA2 and AOA4 were the most common forms of AOA in Brazil. Mutations in PIK3R5 and XRCC1 were not part of this genetic spectrum. © 2022 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.


Subject(s)
Apraxias , Cerebellar Ataxia , Apraxias/congenital , Apraxias/genetics , Ataxia/genetics , Brazil , Cerebellar Ataxia/complications , Cerebellar Ataxia/genetics , Cogan Syndrome , DNA Helicases/genetics , DNA Repair Enzymes/genetics , Humans , Multifunctional Enzymes/genetics , Mutation/genetics , Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/genetics , RNA Helicases/genetics , X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1/genetics
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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 22248, 2021 11 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34782662

ABSTRACT

The present study aimed to characterize clinical and molecular data of a large cohort of subjects with childhood-onset hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs). A multicenter historical cohort was performed at five centers in Brazil, in which probands and affected relatives' data from consecutive families with childhood-onset HSP (onset < 12 years-old) were reviewed from 2011 to 2020. One hundred and six individuals (83 families) with suspicion of childhood-onset HSP were evaluated, being 68 (50 families) with solved genetic diagnosis, 6 (5 families) with candidate variants in HSP-related genes and 32 (28 families) with unsolved genetic diagnosis. The most common childhood-onset subtype was SPG4, 11/50 (22%) families with solved genetic diagnosis; followed by SPG3A, 8/50 (16%). Missense pathogenic variants in SPAST were found in 54.5% of probands, favoring the association of this type of variant to childhood-onset SPG4. Survival curves to major handicap and cross-sectional Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale progressions confirmed the slow neurological deterioration in SPG4 and SPG3A. Most common complicating features and twenty variants not previously described in HSP-related genes were reported. These results are fundamental to understand the molecular and clinical epidemiology of childhood-onset HSP, which might help on differential diagnosis, patient care and guiding future collaborative trials for these rare diseases.


Subject(s)
Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/diagnosis , Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/etiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age of Onset , Alleles , Brazil/epidemiology , Child , Cohort Studies , Disease Management , Disease Susceptibility , Female , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genotype , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Phenotype , Population Surveillance , Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/epidemiology , Spastin/genetics , Symptom Assessment , Young Adult
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Neurosurgery ; 89(3): 450-459, 2021 08 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34161592

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Gait and balance disturbance are challenging symptoms in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Anatomic and clinical data suggest that the fields of Forel may be a potential surgical target to treat these symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To test whether bilateral stimulation centered at the fields of Forel improves levodopa unresponsive freezing of gait (FOG), balance problems, postural instability, and falls in PD. METHODS: A total of 13 patients with levodopa-unresponsive gait disturbance (Hoehn and Yahr stage ≥3) were included. Patients were evaluated before (on-medication condition) and 1 yr after surgery (on-medication-on-stimulation condition). Motor symptoms and quality of life were assessed with the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating scale (UPDRS III) and Quality of Life scale (PDQ-39). Clinical and instrumented analyses assessed gait, balance, postural instability, and falls. RESULTS: Surgery improved balance by 43% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 21.2-36.4 to 35.2-47.1; P = .0012), reduced FOG by 35% (95% CI: 15.1-20.3 to 8.1-15.3; P = .0021), and the monthly number of falls by 82.2% (95% CI: 2.2-6.9 to -0.2-1.7; P = .0039). Anticipatory postural adjustments, velocity to turn, and postural sway measurements also improved 1 yr after deep brain stimulation (DBS). UPDRS III motor scores were reduced by 27.2% postoperatively (95% CI: 42.6-54.3 to 30.2-40.5; P < .0001). Quality of life improved 27.5% (95% CI: 34.6-48.8 to 22.4-37.9; P = .0100). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that DBS of the fields of Forel improved motor symptoms in PD, as well as the FOG, falls, balance, postural instability, and quality of life.


Subject(s)
Deep Brain Stimulation , Gait Disorders, Neurologic , Parkinson Disease , Brain , Gait , Gait Disorders, Neurologic/drug therapy , Gait Disorders, Neurologic/etiology , Humans , Levodopa/therapeutic use , Parkinson Disease/complications , Parkinson Disease/drug therapy , Postural Balance , Quality of Life
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J Neurol Sci ; 409: 116620, 2020 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31865189

ABSTRACT

Ophthalmological abnormalities may occur in specific subtypes of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and in genetic diseases that present with spastic paraplegia mimicking HSP. These ophthalmological changes may precede the motor symptoms and include pigmentary retinal degeneration, ophthalmoplegia, optic atrophy, cataracts and nystagmus. Some ophthalmological abnormalities are more prevalent in specific forms of HSP. Considering that the diagnosis of HSP is usually difficult and complex, specific ophthalmological changes may guide the genetic testing. There are other genetic diseases such as autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS), X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and spastic paraplegia, optic atrophy and neuropathy (SPOAN) that may mimic HSP and also may present with specific ophthalmological changes. In this article, we review the main ophthalmological changes observed in patients with HSP and HSP-like disorders.


Subject(s)
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological , Eye Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Eye Diseases/genetics , Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/diagnostic imaging , Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/genetics , Eye Diseases/epidemiology , Humans , Muscle Spasticity/diagnostic imaging , Muscle Spasticity/epidemiology , Muscle Spasticity/genetics , Optic Atrophy/diagnostic imaging , Optic Atrophy/epidemiology , Optic Atrophy/genetics , Paraplegia/diagnostic imaging , Paraplegia/epidemiology , Paraplegia/genetics , Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary/epidemiology , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/congenital , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/diagnostic imaging , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/epidemiology , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/genetics
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