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NEUROLOGY 1995;45:143-149
© 1995 American Academy of Neurology

DNA analysis in hereditary dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy

Correlation between CAG repeat length and phenotypic variation and the molecular basis of anticipation O. Komure, MD, A. Sano, MD, N. Nishino, MD, N. Yamauchi, MD, S. Ueno, MD, K. Kondoh, MD, N. Sano, MD, M. Takahashi, MD, N. Murayama, PhD, I. Kondo, MD, S. Nagafuchi, MD, M. Yamada, Phd and I. Kanazawa, MD

Article abstract-Hereditary dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease with variable clinical phenotypes. Progressive ataxia, choreoathetosis, and dementia are the main clinical features of adult-onset cases, whereas the main feature in juvenile-onset DRPLA is progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Earlier onset is apparent in successive generations (anticipation). The molecular abnormality underlying DRPLA is an expanded, unstable CAG trinucleotide repeat on chromosome 12p. We analyzed 71 DNA samples obtained from 12 Japanese DRPLA pedigrees that included 38 affected individuals. Normal alleles had 7 to 23 repeats, DRPLA alleles 53 to 88 repeats. DRPLA alleles also were detected in five asymptomatic family members. Patients with juvenile onset had significantly larger repeats than did those with adult onset, and there was a significant negative correlation between CAG repeat length and age at onset. In 80% of the paternal transmissions, there was an increase of more than five repeats, whereas all the maternal transmissions showed either a decrease or an increase of fewer than five repeats. There was a significant correlation between father-child differences in repeat length and differences in age at onset. The analysis of CAG repeat length is a reliable diagnostic test for DRPLA and is of value for the presymptomatic detection of individuals at risk. The expansion of CAG repeats is important in phenotypic variation and anticipation. In addition, the sex of the transmitting parent has a significant effect on the molecular mechanism of anticipation.

NEUROLOGY 1995;45: 143-149




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