Variant recurrence confirms the existence of a FBXO31-related spastic-dystonic cerebral palsy syndrome

Ivana Dzinovic, Matej Škorvánek, Petra Pavelekova, Chen Zhao, Boris Keren, Sandra Whalen, Somayeh Bakhtiari, Sheng Chih Jin, Michael C. Kruer, Robert Jech, Juliane Winkelmann, Michael Zech

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Abstract

The role of genetics in the causation of cerebral palsy has become the focus of many studies aiming to unravel the heterogeneous etiology behind this frequent neurodevelopmental disorder. A recent paper reported two unrelated children with a clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy, who carried the same de novo c.1000G > A (p.Asp334Asn) variant in FBXO31, encoding a widely studied tumor suppressor not previously implicated in monogenic disease. We now identified a third individual with the recurrent FBXO31 de novo missense variant, featuring a spastic-dystonic phenotype. Our data confirm a link between variant FBXO31 and an autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by prominent motor dysfunction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)951-955
Number of pages5
JournalAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2021

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