Dentatorubropallidoluysian Atrophy with Chronic Renal Failure in a Japanese Family

Ono, Seiitsu; Kaneda, Kenshi; Tagawa, Asako; Shimizu, Natsue

doi:10.1159/000057903

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Myoclonus‐Ataxia Syndromes: A Diagnostic Approach

Rossi

Veen

Merello

et al. 2020

Movement Disord Clin Pract

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Background Background: A myriad of disorders combine myoclonus and ataxia. Most causes are genetic and an increasing number of genes are being associated with myoclonus-ataxia syndromes (MAS), due to recent advances in genetic techniques. A proper etiologic diagnosis of MAS is clinically relevant, given the consequences for genetic counseling, treatment, and prognosis. Objectives Objectives: To review the causes of MAS and to propose a diagnostic algorithm. Methods Methods: A comprehensive and structured literature search following PRISMA criteria was conducted to identify those disorders that may combine myoclonus with ataxia. Results Results: A total of 135 causes of combined myoclonus and ataxia were identified, of which 30 were charted as the main causes of MAS. These include four acquired entities: opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome, celiac disease, multiple system atrophy, and sporadic prion diseases. The distinction between progressive myoclonus epilepsy and progressive myoclonus ataxia poses one of the main diagnostic dilemmas. Conclusions Conclusions: Diagnostic algorithms for pediatric and adult patients, based on clinical manifestations including epilepsy, are proposed to guide the differential diagnosis and corresponding work-up of the most important and frequent causes of MAS. A list of genes associated with MAS to guide genetic testing strategies is provided. Priority should be given to diagnose or exclude acquired or treatable disorders.

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Myoclonus‐Ataxia Syndromes: A Diagnostic Approach

Rossi

Veen

Merello

et al. 2020

Movement Disord Clin Pract

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Hypoalbuminemia in early onset dentatorubral−pallidoluysian atrophy due to leakage of albumin in multiple organs

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We delineate a complication of hypoalbuminemia in dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA), which we have found to be common in this disorder. In addition, we explored the pathogenesis of this phenomenon through clinical and histological examinations. Clinical course and laboratory findings of nine patients with childhood-onset DRPLA (aged 6-49 years; CAG repeat length 62-93) were retrospectively reviewed. Autopsied specimens from three patients were examined by histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses. Eight DRPLA patients showed hypoalbuminemia <3.5 g/dl in the initial stages of the disease (age, 2-32 years), which correlated with the CAG repeat length in each patient. Disease worsened in six patients, often triggered by febrile infections and accompanied by increased urinary protein excretion. One patient showed increased fecal α1-antitripsin while another showed accumulation of radioactive albumin in the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts after intravenous infusion. Immunohistochemistry revealed albumin-containing monocytes and astrocytes in the perivascular areas of the cerebral white matter. Fluid collection in the glomerular capillaries was noted. Immunolabeling using antibodies against the expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) polypeptide was positive in cerebral cortical neurons, hepatocytes, renal collecting ducts, and glomerular podocytes, which act as filtration barrier against serum proteins. Serum albumin appears to easily leak from blood vessels in certain visceral organs in DRPLA during later stages of the illness, particularly in the kidneys of patients with largely expanded CAG repeats. We hypothesize that the accumulation of the DRPLA gene product with expanded polyQ sequences in the podocytes results in the dysfunction of the glomerular filtration barrier.

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