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GLS loss of function causes autosomal recessive spastic ataxia and optic atrophy

Lynch, DS; Chelban, V; Vandrovcova, J; Pittman, A; Wood, NW; Houlden, H; (2018) GLS loss of function causes autosomal recessive spastic ataxia and optic atrophy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology , 5 (2) pp. 216-221. 10.1002/acn3.522. Green open access

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Abstract

We describe a consanguineous family in which two brothers were affected by childhood onset spastic ataxia with optic atrophy and loss of motor and language skills. Through a combination of homozygosity mapping and whole-genome sequencing, we identified a homozygous copy number variant in GLS as the cause. The duplication leads to complete knockout of GLS expression. GLS encodes the brain- and kidney-specific enzyme glutaminase, which hydrolyzes glutamine for the production of glutamate, the most abundant central nervous system neurotransmitter. This is the first report implicating GLS loss of function in human disease.

Type: Article
Title: GLS loss of function causes autosomal recessive spastic ataxia and optic atrophy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/acn3.522
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acn3.522
Language: English
Additional information: © 2018 The Authors. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc on behalf of American Neurological Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042490
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