Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Sid Gilman
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- PART II THEORIES OF CEREBELLAR CONTROL
- PART III CLINICAL SIGNS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS
- PART IV SPORADIC DISEASES
- PART V TOXIC AGENTS
- PART VI ADVANCES IN GRAFTS
- PART VII NEUROPATHOLOGY
- PART VIII DOMINANTLY INHERITED PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS
- 26 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
- 27 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
- 28 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
- 29 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 4
- 30 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 5
- 31 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6
- 32 Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia with progressive pigmentary macular dystrophy
- 33 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8
- 34 Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy
- 35 Molecular mechanisms of triplet repeat expansions in ataxias
- PART IX RECESSIVE ATAXIAS
- Index
32 - Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia with progressive pigmentary macular dystrophy
from PART VIII - DOMINANTLY INHERITED PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Sid Gilman
- PART I INTRODUCTION
- PART II THEORIES OF CEREBELLAR CONTROL
- PART III CLINICAL SIGNS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS
- PART IV SPORADIC DISEASES
- PART V TOXIC AGENTS
- PART VI ADVANCES IN GRAFTS
- PART VII NEUROPATHOLOGY
- PART VIII DOMINANTLY INHERITED PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS
- 26 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
- 27 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
- 28 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
- 29 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 4
- 30 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 5
- 31 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6
- 32 Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia with progressive pigmentary macular dystrophy
- 33 Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8
- 34 Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy
- 35 Molecular mechanisms of triplet repeat expansions in ataxias
- PART IX RECESSIVE ATAXIAS
- Index
Summary
History
Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) associated with progressive macular degeneration, also designated olivo-ponto-cerebellar-atrophy type III (Konigsmark and Weiner, 1970) or ADCA type II (Harding, 1982, 1993), was initially described by Froment et al. (1937) and is characterized by heterogeneous clinical presentation, disease severity, and age at onset (Benomar et al., 1994; Enevoldson et al., 1994). Because of the retinopathy observed in most patients, this form of ADCA was considered to be a separate entity (OMIM database entry: 164500).
Identification of the SCA7 gene and the responsible mutation
Three independent groups mapped the responsible gene, designated SCA7 (spinocerebellar ataxia 7), to chromosome 3p and postulated that a trinucleotide CAG repeat expansion might be involved in this disease, because the phenomenon of anticipation is particularly marked in SCA7 (_20 years per generation; Gouw et al., 1995; Benomar et al., 1995; Holmberg et al., 1995).
A pure (CAG)10 repeat, located between markers D3S1600 and D3S1287, was found in a subclone of yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) 88-d-9 (David et al., 1997; Del-Favero et al., 1998). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis with primers flanking this CAG repeat showed the presence of an expansion in SCA7 patients (David et al., 1997; Del-Favero et al., 1998) that was confirmed by a strategy derived from the rapid expansion detection (RED) technique (Koob et al., 1998).
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- The Cerebellum and its Disorders , pp. 459 - 468Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001