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- Title
HINT1‐related neuropathy in Greek patients with Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease.
- Authors
Kontogeorgiou, Zoi; Voudommatis, Charalampos; Kartanou, Chrisoula; Pandis, Dionysis; Breza, Marianthi; Zambelis, Thomas; Stefanis, Leonidas; Panas, Marios; Koutsis, Georgios; Karadima, Georgia
- Abstract
Autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia (ARAN‐NM) is a rare hereditary neuropathy within the Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease (CMT) spectrum, linked to mutations in the histidine triad nucleotide‐binding protein 1 (HINT1) gene. HINT1‐related neuropathy is particularly common in selected populations from Central and Eastern Europe but rare in Western European cohorts. It has not been investigated to date in the Greek population. We presently investigated the frequency of HINT1‐neuropathy in a selected cohort of 42 Greek index patients with autosomal recessive or sporadic axonal hereditary neuropathy according to standard molecular genetics procedures. We identified 4 patients with biallelic mutations in HINT1, comprising 9.5% of all cases and 44.4% of cases also displaying neuromyotonia. The c.110G> C (p.Arg37Pro) HINT1 mutation was present in all cases (2 homozygous) and the c.250T> C (p.Cys84Arg) in 2 cases (compound heterozygous). HINT1‐related neuropathy patients were characterized by early onset and neuromyotonia. Two patients had noteworthy clinical features, one case developing myoclonic epilepsy and the other displaying "adducted thumbs." We conclude that HINT1‐related neuropathy is common in selected Greek patients with hereditary neuropathy within the CMT spectrum, in accordance with some, but not all, European populations.
- Subjects
GREECE; NERVE tissue proteins; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; GENETIC mutation; CHARCOT-Marie-Tooth disease; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ISAACS syndrome; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 2021, Vol 26, Issue 4, p444
- ISSN
1085-9489
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jns.12473