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Targeted plasma proteomics uncover novel proteins associated with KIF5A -linked SPG10 and ALS spectrum disorders
Orlacchio, Antonio , Munain, Adolfo López de, Vucic, Steve , Barakat, Tahsin Stefan , Petrucelli, Leonard , Prudencio, Mercedes , Weishaupt, Jochen H., Prudencio, Mercedes , Dulski, Jarosław , Boddapati, Arun Kumar , Risi, Barbara , Iruzubieta, Pablo , Fernández‐Torrón, Roberto , Castillo‐Triviño, Tamara , Munain, Adolfo López de, Padovani, Alessandro , Kaat, Laura Donker , Landers, John E. , Weishaupt, Jochen H. , Prokop, Andreas , Filosto, Massimiliano , Wszołek, Zbigniew K. , Pant, Devesh C.
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Abstract KIF5A (Kinesin family member 5A) is a motor protein that functions as a key component of the axonal transport machinery. Variants in KIF5A are linked to several neurodegenerative diseases, mainly spastic paraplegia type 10 (SPG10), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). These diseases share motor neuron involvement but vary significantly in clinical presentation, severity, and progression. KIF5A variants are mainly categorized into N-terminal variants associated with SPG10/CMT2 and C-terminal variants linked to ALS. This study utilized a novel multiplex NULISA targeted platform to analyze plasma proteome from KIF5A -linked SPG10, ALS patients and compared to healthy controls. Our results revealed distinct proteomic signatures, with significant alterations in proteins related to synaptic function, and inflammation. Notably, neurofilament light polypeptide, a biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases, was elevated in KIF5A ALS but not in SPG10 patients. Moreover, these findings can now be taken forward to gain mechanistic understanding of axonopathies linking to N- vs C-terminal KIF5A variants affecting both central and peripheral nervous systems.
Common and rare variant association analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
Rheenen, Wouter van , Spek, Rick van der, Berg, Leonard van den, Hop, Paul , Zwamborn, Ramona, Klein, Niek de , Westra, Harm-Jan , Bakker, Olivier, Shireby, Gemma , Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs, Eijk, Kristel van , Kooyman, Maarten , Doherty, Mark, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Cooper‐Knock, Johnathan , Smith, Bradley , Chandran, Siddharthan , Morrison, Karen, Shaw, Pamela, Hardy, John , Orrell, Richard, Basak, Nazli, Ratti, Antonia, Pinter, Guiseppe Lauria, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Soraru, Gianni, Padovani, Alessandro , Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Canosa, Antonio, Grassano, Maurizio, Nefussy, Beatrice, Nordin, Angelica, Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Baloh, Robert, Bell, Shaugn, Vourc'h, Patrick, Corcia, Philippe, Couratier, Philippe, Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, Francois, Pardina, Jesús Mora, Assialioui, Abdelilah , Rojas‐García, Ricardo , Dion, Patrick, Ludolph, Albert, Weishaupt, Jochen, Brenner, David, Freischmidt, Axel , Bensimon, Gilbert , Durr, Alexandra, Payan, Christine, Saker-Delye, Safa, Wood, Nicholas , Rademakers, Rosa, Tittmann, Lukas, Lieb, Wolfgang, Braun, Alice, Hofman, Albert, Cichon, Sven , Traynor, Bryan, Singleton, Andrew, Neto, Miguel Mitne, Ophoff, Roel, Wiedau-Pazos, Martina, Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine, Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Ilse, Berjamin, Stubendorff, Beatrice, Witte, Otto W. , Hübner, Christian, Graff, Caroline , Brylev, Lev, Fominykh, Vera, Demeshonok, Vera, Ataulina, Anastasia , Koritnik, Blaž , Zidar, Janez , Ravnik-Glavač, Metka, Glavač, Damjan, Stević, Zorica, Drory, Vivian, Povedano, Mónica, Henderson, Robert , Furlong, Sarah , McCombe, Pamela, Ngo, Shyuan, Steyn, Frederik, Mather, Karen A. , Sachdev, Perminder S. , Henders, Anjali, Carvalho, Mamede de, Petri, Susanne, Weber, Markus , Glass, Jonathan D. , Brown, Robert, Landers, John, Garton, Fleur, McRae, Allan, Mill, Jonathan , Kenna, Kevin, Runz, Heiko, Franke, Lude , Damme, Philip Van , Gaur, Nayana , Steyn, Frederik J. , Landers, John E. , Westra, Harm-Jan , Steyn, F J , Cichon, Sven , Sachdev, Perminder S , Van Damme, Philip , Hardy, John , Padovani, Alessandro , Graff, Caroline , Spek, Rick A. A. van der , Bakker, Mark K. , Veldink, Jan H. , Vugt, Joke J.F.A. van , Zwamborn, Ramona A.J. , Deelen, Patrick , Hannon, Eilís , Moisse, Matthieu , Baird, Denis A. , Restuadi, Restuadi , Gawor, Klara , Westeneng, Henk‐Jan , Byrne, Ross Patrick , Heverin, Mark , Khleifat, Ahmad Al , Iacoangeli, Alfredo , Shatunov, Aleksey , Ticozzi, Nicola , Gromicho, Marta , Pal, Suvankar , Orrell, Richard W., Sendtner, Michael , Meyer, Thomas , Basak, Nazli A., Kooi, Anneke J. van der , Ratti, Antonia , Fogh, Isabella , Gellera, Cinzia , Corti, Stefania Paola , Cereda, Cristina , Sproviero, Daisy , D’Alfonso, Sandra , Siciliano, Gabriele , Filosto, Massimiliano , Chiò, Adriano , Calvo, Andrea , Moglia, Cristina , Brunetti, Maura , Canosa, Antonio , Grassano, Maurizio , Beghi, Ettore , Pupillo, Elisabetta , Logroscino, Giancarlo , Osmanovic, Alma , Nordin, Angelica , Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Gotkine, Marc , Vourc’h, Patrick , Corcia, Philippe , Couratier, Philippe , Millecamps, Stéphanie , Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, François, Ross, Jay P. , Ludolph, Albert, Brice, Alexis , Dürr, Alexandra , Saker-Delye, Safaa, Wood, Nicholas , Topp, Simon , Rademakers, Rosa , Tittmann, Lukas , Franke, André , Ripke, Stephan , Braun, Alice , Kraft, Julia , Whiteman, David C. , Olsen, Catherine M. , Uitterlinden, André G. , Hofman, Albert, Rietschel, Marcella , Nöthen, Markus M. , Amouyel, Philippe , Traynor, Bryan J. , Singleton, Andrew, Cauchi, Ruben J. , Ophoff, Roel A. , Lomen‐Hoerth, Catherine , Deerlin, Vivianna M. Van , Großkreutz, Julian , Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Steinbach, Robert , Hübner, Christian, Fominykh, Vera , Demeshonok, Vera, Rogelj, Boris , Drory, Vivian, Blair, Ian P. , Kiernan, Matthew C. , Benyamin, Beben , Mathers, Susan , Needham, Merrilee , Ngo, Shyuan T. , Nicholson, Garth A. , Pamphlett, Roger , Rowe, Dominic B. , Williams, Kelly L. , Wallace, Leanne M. , Carvalho, Mamede A. de , Pinto, Susana , Petri, Susanne , Rouleau, Guy Armand , Silani, Vincenzo , Curtis, Charles J. C. , Breen, Gerome , Brown, Robert, Shaw, Christopher E. , Andersen, Peter Munch , Groen, Ewout J. N. , Es, Michael A. van , Pasterkamp, R. Jeroen , Fan, Dongsheng , Smith, George Davey , Gaunt, Tom R. , Eberle, Michael A. , McLaughlin, Russell L. , Hardiman, Orla , Wray, Naomi , Tsai, Ellen A. , Runz, Heiko , Al‐Chalabi, Ammar
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Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with a life-time risk of 1 in 350 people and an unmet need for disease-modifying therapies. We conducted a cross-ancestry GWAS in ALS including 29,612 ALS patients and 122,656 controls which identified 15 risk loci in ALS. When combined with 8,953 whole-genome sequenced individuals (6,538 ALS patients, 2,415 controls) and the largest cortex-derived eQTL dataset (MetaBrain), analyses revealed locus-specific genetic architectures in which we prioritized genes either through rare variants, repeat expansions or regulatory effects. ALS associated risk loci were shared with multiple traits within the neurodegenerative spectrum, but with distinct enrichment patterns across brain regions and cell-types. Of the environmental and life-style risk factors obtained from literature, Mendelian randomization analyses indicated a causal role for high cholesterol levels. All ALS associated signals combined reveal a role for perturbations in vesicle mediated transport and autophagy, and provide evidence for cell-autonomous disease initiation in glutamatergic neurons.