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May 14, 2013; 80 (20) Article

Motor neuron involvement in multisystem proteinopathy

Implications for ALS

Michael Benatar, Joanne Wuu, Catalina Fernandez, Conrad C. Weihl, Heather Katzen, Julie Steele, Bjorn Oskarsson, J. Paul Taylor
First published May 1, 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182929fc3
Michael Benatar
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Joanne Wuu
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Catalina Fernandez
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Conrad C. Weihl
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Heather Katzen
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Julie Steele
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Bjorn Oskarsson
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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J. Paul Taylor
From the Department of Neurology (M.B., J.W., C.F., H.K., J.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (C.C.W.), Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (B.O.), University of California Davis, Davis; and Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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Motor neuron involvement in multisystem proteinopathy
Implications for ALS
Michael Benatar, Joanne Wuu, Catalina Fernandez, Conrad C. Weihl, Heather Katzen, Julie Steele, Bjorn Oskarsson, J. Paul Taylor
Neurology May 2013, 80 (20) 1874-1880; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182929fc3

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the putative connection between inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease, frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) and motor neuron disease (MND).

Methods: Clinical, genetic, and EMG characterization of 17 patients from 8 IBMPFD families.

Results: Limb weakness was the most common clinical manifestation (present in 15 patients, median onset age 38 years, range 25–52), with unequivocal evidence of upper motor neuron dysfunction in 3. EMG, abnormal in all 17, was purely neurogenic in 4, purely myopathic in 6, and mixed neurogenic/myopathic in 7. Cognitive/behavioral impairment was detected in at least 8. Mutations in VCP (R155H, R159G, R155C) were identified in 6 families, and in hnRNPA2B1 (D290V) in another family. The genetic cause in the eighth family has not yet been identified.

Conclusion: Mutations in at least 4 genes may cause IBMPFD, and its phenotypic spectrum extends beyond IBM, Paget disease, and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Weakness, the most common and disabling manifestation, may be caused by muscle disease or MND. The acronym IBMPFD is, therefore, insufficient to describe disorders due to VCP mutations or other recently identified IBMPFD-associated genes. Instead, we favor the descriptor multisystem proteinopathy (MSP), which encompasses both the extended clinical phenotype and the previously described prominent pathologic feature of protein aggregation in affected tissues. The nomenclature MSP1, MSP2, and MSP3 may be used for VCP-, HNRNPA2B1-, and HNRNPA1-associated disease, respectively. Genetic defects in MSP implicate a range of biological mechanisms including RNA processing and protein homeostasis, both with potential relevance to the pathobiology of more common MNDs such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and providing an additional link between ALS and FTD.

GLOSSARY

ALS=
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
IBM=
inclusion body myopathy;
IBMPFD=
inclusion body myopathy with Paget disease and frontotemporal dementia;
LMN=
lower motor neuron;
MSP=
multisystem proteinopathy;
MUAP=
motor unit action potential;
PrLD=
prion-like domain;
UMN=
upper motor neuron;
VCP=
valosin-containing protein

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  • Supplemental data at www.neurology.org

  • Received September 6, 2012.
  • Accepted in final form January 30, 2013.
  • © 2013 American Academy of Neurology
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