Axonal Neuropathies due to Mutations in Small Heat Shock Proteins: Clinical,Genetic, and Functional Insights into Novel Mutations |
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| Authors: | Andoni Echaniz‐Laguna Thomas Geuens Philippe Petiot Yann Péréon Elias Adriaenssens Mansour Haidar Simona Capponi Thierry Maisonobe Emmanuel Fournier Odile Dubourg Bertrand Degos François Salachas Timothée Lenglet Bruno Eymard Emilien Delmont Jean Pouget Raul Juntas Morales Cyril Goizet Philippe Latour Vincent Timmerman Tanya Stojkovic |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease Centre (CERNEST), Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France;2. Peripheral Neuropathy Group, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France;4. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France;5. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, H?pital de la Pitié‐Salpétrière, APHP, Paris, France;6. APHP, Department of Neurology, H?pital de la Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Paris, France;7. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France;8. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Marseille University Hospital, APHM, Marseille, France;9. Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France;10. Department of Genetics, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France;11. Biology and Pathology Department, Lyon University Hospital, Bron, France |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we describe the phenotypic spectrum of distal hereditary motor neuropathy caused by mutations in the small heat shock proteins HSPB1 and HSPB8 and investigate the functional consequences of newly discovered variants. Among 510 unrelated patients with distal motor neuropathy, we identified mutations in HSPB1 (28 index patients/510; 5.5%) and HSPB8 (four index patients/510; 0.8%) genes. Patients have slowly progressive distal (100%) and proximal (13%) weakness in lower limbs (100%), mild lower limbs sensory involvement (31%), foot deformities (73%), progressive distal upper limb weakness (29%), mildly raised serum creatine kinase levels (100%), and central nervous system involvement (9%). We identified 12 HSPB1 and four HSPB8 mutations, including five and three not previously reported. Transmission was either dominant (78%), recessive (3%), or de novo (19%). Three missense mutations in HSPB1 (Pro7Ser, Gly53Asp, and Gln128Arg) cause hyperphosphorylation of neurofilaments, whereas the C‐terminal mutant Ser187Leu triggers protein aggregation. Two frameshift mutations (Leu58fs and Ala61fs) create a premature stop codon leading to proteasomal degradation. Two mutations in HSPB8 (Lys141Met/Asn) exhibited increased binding to Bag3. We demonstrate that HSPB1 and HSPB8 mutations are a major cause of inherited motor axonal neuropathy. Mutations lead to diverse functional outcomes further demonstrating the pleotropic character of small heat shock proteins. |
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| Keywords: | small heat shock proteins peripheral neuropathies distal hereditary motor neuropathy functional validation of novel mutations |
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