A clinical, molecular genetics and pathological study of a FTDP-17 family with a heterozygous splicing variant c.823-10G>T at the intron 9/exon 10 of the MAPT gene

Diana A. Olszewska, Conor Fearon, Christopher McGuigan, Terri P. McVeigh, Henry Houlden, James M. Polke, Brian Lawlor, Robert Coen, Michael Hutchinson, Michael Hutton, Alan Beausang, Isabelle Delon, Francesca Brett, Ioanna Sevastou, Nuria Seto-Salvia, Rohan de Silva, Tim Lynch

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Abstract

We report the first clinical-radiological-genetic-molecular-pathological study of a kindred with c.823-10G>T MAPT intronic variant (rs63749974) associated with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). We describe the clinical spectrum within this family and emphasize the association between MAPT gene variants and motor neuron disease. This report of a second family with FTDP-17 associated with c.823-10G>T MAPT variant strongly supports pathogenicity of the variant and confirms it is a 4-repeat (4R) tauopathy. This intronic point mutation, probably strengthens the polypyrimidine tract and alters the splicing of exon 10 (10 nucleotides into intron 9) close to the 3’ splice site.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)343.e1-343.e8
JournalNeurobiology of Aging
Volume106
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Genetics
  • Intron 9/exon 10 mutation
  • Neuropathology
  • c.823-10G>T

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