Evidence of kinesin heavy chain (KIF5A) involvement in pure hereditary spastic paraplegia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are characterized by progressive lower extremity spasticity due to an axonal degeneration of motor and sensory neurons. We report a four-generation pedigree segregating an autosomal dominant phenotype for HSP and showing a linkage to the SPG10 locus, coding for Kinesin family member 5A. Subsequent to a denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC) mutation screening we found a new missense mutation 838C>T (R280C) at an invariant arginine residue in a region involved in the microtubule binding activity.
Medical subject headings
- Genes, Dominant
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins
- Mutation, Missense
- Point Mutation
- Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary