CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion
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CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion. / Lee, J-M; Ramos, E M; Lee, J-H; Gillis, T; Mysore, J S; Hayden, M R; Warby, S C; Morrison, P; Nance, M; Ross, C A; Margolis, R L; Squitieri, F; Orobello, S; Di Donato, S; Gomez-Tortosa, E; Ayuso, C; Suchowersky, O; Trent, R J A; McCusker, E; Novelletto, A; Frontali, M; Jones, R; Ashizawa, T; Frank, S; Saint-Hilaire, M H; Hersch, S M; Rosas, H D; Lucente, D; Harrison, M B; Zanko, A; Abramson, R K; Marder, K; Sequeiros, J; Paulsen, J S; Landwehrmeyer, G B; Myers, R H; MacDonald, M E; Gusella, J F; PREDICT-HD study of the Huntington Study Group (HSG).
In: NEUROLOGY, Vol. 78, No. 10, 06.03.2012, p. 690-5.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion
AU - Lee, J-M
AU - Ramos, E M
AU - Lee, J-H
AU - Gillis, T
AU - Mysore, J S
AU - Hayden, M R
AU - Warby, S C
AU - Morrison, P
AU - Nance, M
AU - Ross, C A
AU - Margolis, R L
AU - Squitieri, F
AU - Orobello, S
AU - Di Donato, S
AU - Gomez-Tortosa, E
AU - Ayuso, C
AU - Suchowersky, O
AU - Trent, R J A
AU - McCusker, E
AU - Novelletto, A
AU - Frontali, M
AU - Jones, R
AU - Ashizawa, T
AU - Frank, S
AU - Saint-Hilaire, M H
AU - Hersch, S M
AU - Rosas, H D
AU - Lucente, D
AU - Harrison, M B
AU - Zanko, A
AU - Abramson, R K
AU - Marder, K
AU - Sequeiros, J
AU - Paulsen, J S
AU - Landwehrmeyer, G B
AU - Myers, R H
AU - MacDonald, M E
AU - Gusella, J F
AU - PREDICT-HD study of the Huntington Study Group (HSG)
PY - 2012/3/6
Y1 - 2012/3/6
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Age at onset of diagnostic motor manifestations in Huntington disease (HD) is strongly correlated with an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat. The length of the normal CAG repeat allele has been reported also to influence age at onset, in interaction with the expanded allele. Due to profound implications for disease mechanism and modification, we tested whether the normal allele, interaction between the expanded and normal alleles, or presence of a second expanded allele affects age at onset of HD motor signs.METHODS: We modeled natural log-transformed age at onset as a function of CAG repeat lengths of expanded and normal alleles and their interaction by linear regression.RESULTS: An apparently significant effect of interaction on age at motor onset among 4,068 subjects was dependent on a single outlier data point. A rigorous statistical analysis with a well-behaved dataset that conformed to the fundamental assumptions of linear regression (e.g., constant variance and normally distributed error) revealed significance only for the expanded CAG repeat, with no effect of the normal CAG repeat. Ten subjects with 2 expanded alleles showed an age at motor onset consistent with the length of the larger expanded allele.CONCLUSIONS: Normal allele CAG length, interaction between expanded and normal alleles, and presence of a second expanded allele do not influence age at onset of motor manifestations, indicating that the rate of HD pathogenesis leading to motor diagnosis is determined by a completely dominant action of the longest expanded allele and as yet unidentified genetic or environmental factors.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Age at onset of diagnostic motor manifestations in Huntington disease (HD) is strongly correlated with an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat. The length of the normal CAG repeat allele has been reported also to influence age at onset, in interaction with the expanded allele. Due to profound implications for disease mechanism and modification, we tested whether the normal allele, interaction between the expanded and normal alleles, or presence of a second expanded allele affects age at onset of HD motor signs.METHODS: We modeled natural log-transformed age at onset as a function of CAG repeat lengths of expanded and normal alleles and their interaction by linear regression.RESULTS: An apparently significant effect of interaction on age at motor onset among 4,068 subjects was dependent on a single outlier data point. A rigorous statistical analysis with a well-behaved dataset that conformed to the fundamental assumptions of linear regression (e.g., constant variance and normally distributed error) revealed significance only for the expanded CAG repeat, with no effect of the normal CAG repeat. Ten subjects with 2 expanded alleles showed an age at motor onset consistent with the length of the larger expanded allele.CONCLUSIONS: Normal allele CAG length, interaction between expanded and normal alleles, and presence of a second expanded allele do not influence age at onset of motor manifestations, indicating that the rate of HD pathogenesis leading to motor diagnosis is determined by a completely dominant action of the longest expanded allele and as yet unidentified genetic or environmental factors.
KW - Adult
KW - Age of Onset
KW - Alleles
KW - Female
KW - Genotype
KW - Humans
KW - Huntington Disease
KW - Male
KW - Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318249f683
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318249f683
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 22323755
VL - 78
SP - 690
EP - 695
JO - NEUROLOGY
JF - NEUROLOGY
SN - 0028-3878
IS - 10
ER -