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J Neurol 2023 May 01;2705:2576-2590. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11581-w.
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The phenotypic spectrum of pathogenic ATP1A1 variants expands: the novel p.P600R substitution causes demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Cinarli Yuksel F , Nicolaou P , Spontarelli K , Dohrn MF , Rebelo AP , Koutsou P , Georghiou A , Artigas P , Züchner SL , Kleopa KA , Christodoulou K .


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BACKGROUND: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of inherited neuropathies. Monoallelic pathogenic variants in ATP1A1 were associated with axonal and intermediate CMT. ATP1A1 encodes for the catalytic α1 subunit of the Na+/ K+ ATPase. Besides neuropathy, other associated phenotypes are spastic paraplegia, intellectual disability, and renal hypomagnesemia. We hereby report the first demyelinating CMT case due to a novel ATP1A1 variant. METHODS: Whole-exome sequencing on the patient's genomic DNA and Sanger sequencing to validate and confirm the segregation of the identified p.P600R ATP1A1 variation were performed. To evaluate functional effects, blood-derived mRNA and protein levels of ATP1A1 and the auxiliary β1 subunit encoded by ATP1B1 were investigated. The ouabain-survival assay was performed in transfected HEK cells to assess cell viability, and two-electrode voltage clamp studies were performed in Xenopus oocytes. RESULTS: The variant was absent in the local and global control datasets, falls within a highly conserved protein position, and is in a missense-constrained region. The expression levels of ATP1A1 and ATP1B1 were significantly reduced in the patient compared to healthy controls. Electrophysiology indicated that ATP1A1p.P600R injected Xenopus oocytes have reduced Na+/ K+ ATPase function. Moreover, HEK cells transfected with a construct encoding ATP1A1p.P600R harbouring variants that confers ouabain insensitivity displayed a significant decrease in cell viability after ouabain treatment compared to the wild type, further supporting the pathogenicity of this variant. CONCLUSION: Our results further confirm the causative role of ATP1A1 in peripheral neuropathy and broaden the mutational and phenotypic spectrum of ATP1A1-associated CMT.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: atp1a1 atp1b1

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