NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Kevin P Kenna; Perry T C van Doormaal; Annelot M Dekker; Nicola Ticozzi; Brendan J Kenna; Frank P Diekstra; Wouter van Rheenen; Kristel R van Eijk; Ashley R Jones; Pamela Keagle; Aleksey Shatunov; William Sproviero; Bradley N Smith; Michael A van Es; Simon D Topp; Aoife Kenna; Jack W Miller; Claudia Fallini; Cinzia Tiloca; Russell L McLaughlin; Caroline Vance; Claire Troakes; Claudia Colombrita; Gabriele Mora; Andrea Calvo; Federico Verde; Safa Al-Sarraj; Andrew King; Daniela Calini; Jacqueline de Belleroche; Frank Baas; Anneke J van der Kooi; Marianne de Visser; Anneloor L M A Ten Asbroek; Peter C Sapp; Diane McKenna-Yasek; Meraida Polak; Seneshaw Asress; José Luis Muñoz-Blanco; Tim M Strom; Thomas Meitinger; Karen E Morrison; Giuseppe Lauria; Kelly L Williams; P Nigel Leigh; Garth A Nicholson; Martin R Turner; Jonathan D Glass; Ammar Al-Chalabi; Christopher E Shaw; SLAGEN Consortium

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NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Kevin P Kenna, Perry T C van Doormaal, Annelot M Dekker, Nicola Ticozzi, Brendan J Kenna, Frank P Diekstra, Wouter van Rheenen, Kristel R van Eijk, Ashley R Jones, Pamela Keagle, Aleksey Shatunov, William Sproviero, Bradley N Smith, Michael A van Es, Simon D Topp, Aoife Kenna, Jack W Miller, Claudia Fallini, Cinzia Tiloca, Russell L McLaughlinCaroline Vance, Claire Troakes, Claudia Colombrita, Gabriele Mora, Andrea Calvo, Federico Verde, Safa Al-Sarraj, Andrew King, Daniela Calini, Jacqueline de Belleroche, Frank Baas, Anneke J van der Kooi, Marianne de Visser, Anneloor L M A Ten Asbroek, Peter C Sapp, Diane McKenna-Yasek, Meraida Polak, Seneshaw Asress, José Luis Muñoz-Blanco, Tim M Strom, Thomas Meitinger, Karen E Morrison, Giuseppe Lauria, Kelly L Williams, P Nigel Leigh, Garth A Nicholson, Martin R Turner, Jonathan D Glass, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Christopher E Shaw, SLAGEN Consortium

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Abstract

To identify genetic factors contributing to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we conducted whole-exome analyses of 1,022 index familial ALS (FALS) cases and 7,315 controls. In a new screening strategy, we performed gene-burden analyses trained with established ALS genes and identified a significant association between loss-of-function (LOF) NEK1 variants and FALS risk. Independently, autozygosity mapping for an isolated community in the Netherlands identified a NEK1 p.Arg261His variant as a candidate risk factor. Replication analyses of sporadic ALS (SALS) cases and independent control cohorts confirmed significant disease association for both p.Arg261His (10,589 samples analyzed) and NEK1 LOF variants (3,362 samples analyzed). In total, we observed NEK1 risk variants in nearly 3% of ALS cases. NEK1 has been linked to several cellular functions, including cilia formation, DNA-damage response, microtubule stability, neuronal morphology and axonal polarity. Our results provide new and important insights into ALS etiopathogenesis and genetic etiology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1037-42
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	48
Issue number	9
Early online date	25 Jul 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3626
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

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Kenna, K. P., van Doormaal, P. T. C., Dekker, A. M., Ticozzi, N., Kenna, B. J., Diekstra, F. P., van Rheenen, W., van Eijk, K. R., Jones, A. R., Keagle, P., Shatunov, A., Sproviero, W., Smith, B. N., van Es, M. A., Topp, S. D., Kenna, A., Miller, J. W., Fallini, C., Tiloca, C., ... SLAGEN Consortium (2016). NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature Genetics, 48(9), 1037-42. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3626

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NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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