Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7): a neurodegenerative disorder with neuronal intranuclear inclusions |
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Authors: | Holmberg M; Duyckaerts C; Durr A; Cancel G; Gourfinkel-An I; Damier P; Faucheux B; Trottier Y; Hirsch EC; Agid Y; Brice A |
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Institution: | INSERM U289, Laboratoire de Neuropathologie R.Escourolle, Federation de Neurologie, 47 boulevard de l'Hopital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. |
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Abstract: | Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia with progressive macular degeneration
is caused by a CAG/glutamine repeat expansion in the SCA7 gene/protein.
Neuronal intranuclear inclusions were detected in the brain of an early
onset SCA7 case with the 1C2 antibody directed against an expanded
polyglutamine domain. Nuclear inclusions were most frequent in the inferior
olivary complex, a site of severe neuronal loss in SCA7. They were also
observed in other brain regions, including the cerebral cortex, not
considered to be affected in the disease. Using confocal microscopy we
showed that some inclusions were ubiquitinated, but to varying degrees,
ranging from <1% in the cerebral cortex to 60% in the inferior olive. In
addition, we also observed cytoplasmic staining using the 1C2 antibody,
particularly in the supramarginal gyrus, the hippocampus, the thalamus, the
lateral geniculate body and the pontine nuclei. These data confirm that the
presence of intranuclear inclusions in neurons is a common characteristic
of disorders caused by CAG/polyglutamine expansions, but unlike what has
been reported for Huntington's disease, SCA1 and SCA3/MJD, in SCA7 the
inclusions were not restricted to the sites of severe neuronal loss.
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