Los días 11 y 12 de diciembre de 2014, la Fundación Ramón Areces celebró el Simposio Internacional 'Neuropatías periféricas hereditarias. Desde la biología a la terapéutica' en colaboración con CIBERER-ISCIII y el Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe. El tipo más común de estas patologías es la enfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth, un trastorno neuromuscular hereditario con una prevalencia estimada de 17-40 afectados por 100.000 habitantes. Durante estos dos días, investigadores mostraron sus avances en la mejora del diagnóstico y el tratamiento y, por ende, de la aproximación clínica y la calidad de vida de las personas afectadas por estas patologías.
2. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: Genetic Heterogeneity
DEMYELINATING CMT
CMT Type Gene CMT Type Gene
CMT1A PMP22 CMT4A GDAP1
CMT1B MPZ CMT4B1 MTMR2
CMT1C LITAF CMT4B2 MTMR13
CMT1D EGR2 CMT4C SH3TC2
CMT1F NEFL CMT4D NDRG1
CMTX1 GJB1 CMT4F PRX
CMTX5 PRPS1 CMT4G HK1
SURF1 SOX10 CMT4H FGD4
CMT4J FIG4
AXONAL CMT
CMT Type Gene CMT Type Gene
CMT2A MFN2 CMT2K GDAP1
CMT2B RAB7 AR-CMT2K
CMT2C TRPV4 CMT2L HSP22
CMT2D GARS CMT2M DNM2
CMT2E NEFL CMT2N AARS
CMT2F HSP27 DHTKD1 VCP
CMT2I/J MPZ CMT4C1 LMNA
COX6A1 CMT4C3 MED25
CMTX1 GJB1 KARS LRSAM1
INTERMEDIATE CMT
CMT Type Gene
DI-CMTB DNM2
DI-CMTC YARS
DI-CMTD MPZ
RI-CMTA GDAP1
RI-CMTB KARS
- Mutations in a gene can cause several forms of CMT
- Different patterns of inheritance for the same gene
3. Saporta & Shy Neuron Clin 2013
Algorithm for the genetic diagnosis of CMT patients
4. Saporta & Shy Neuron Clin 2013
Genetic diagnosis:
- 91.2% of CMT1
- 43% of CMT2
Algorithm for the genetic diagnosis of CMT patients
5. Test for a specific gene
More frequent genes
Many possible causative genes
Interesting phenotype
Interesting family
Gene-to-gene
Gene Panel
Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Genetic diagnosis
6. Test for a specific gene
More frequent genes
Many possible causative genes
Interesting phenotype
Interesting family
Gene-to-gene
Gene Panel
Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Genetic diagnosis
7. Fridman et al. JNNP 2014
The most common genes:
PMP22 duplication (CMT1A)
Cx32 (CMTX1)
MFN2 (CMT2A)
MPZ (CMT1B)
Inherited Neuropathies Consortium
17 sites: 10 in USA
1 in the UK
1 in Italy
1 in Australia
9. Mutational analysis gene-to-gene
- More frequent genes: PMP22, MPZ, Cx32, MFN2, GDAP1
- Candidate Genes according to clinical phenotype
Associated symptom CMT type Gene
Optic atrophy
CMT2A
CMTX5
MFN2
PRPS1
Hearing loss CMT4D/HSMN-Lom NDRG1
Diaphragm paralysis CMT4A GDAP1
Scoliosis
CMT4C
CMT4H
SH3TC2
FGD4
Renal failure ID-CMT type E IFN2
Glaucoma CMT4B2 SBF2/MTMR13
Cataracts ID-CMT type B/CMT2M DNM2
Predominant hand wasting CMT2D GARS
10. Mutational analysis gene-to-gene
Frederik Sanger Sanger method
- Time-consuming
- Tedious
Hospital No.
DNAs
No.
Analysis
Identified
mutation
H. La Paz (Madrid) 78 118 25
H. La Fe (Valencia) 167 119 47
H. V. del Rocío (Seville) 48 75 28
H. Bellvitge (Barcelona) 26 15 7
289 327 107
More Frequent Genes - Candidate Genes
- Over 90% of CMT1 and 50% of CMT2 can be diagnosed
- In most of the hospitals, this is the only approach to be applied
Department of Genomics and Translational Genetics - CIPF
Biobank CIBERER
prelimary results
11. Test for a specific gene
More frequent genes
Many possible causative genes
Interesting phenotype
Interesting family
Gene-to-gene
Gene Panel
Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Genetic diagnosis
12. Gene panels
•All known CMT genes
•Cost can be reduced
•Provide a comprehensive view of the mutational load in all CMT genes
Much better characterization of genotype-phenotype correlations
A technical drawback for this approach is the less than
100% coverage of a sequence of interest
- Technology will outperform Sanger sequencing in sensivity and specifity
- Next Generation Sequencing platforms become more and more accessible
21. • Panel with 56 genes involved in CMT/dHMN
• Depth > 250x
DIAGNOSIS TOOL
• Wide genetic heterogeneity of this group of neuropathies
• Difficulties in order to establish the phenotypical consequences of the novel
variants
Relevance of segregation analysis
Databases: www.treat-cmt.es
GENETIC TESTING
Gene panel_CMT&dHMN: conclusions
22. Test for a specific gene
More frequent genes
Many possible causative genes
Interesting phenotype
Interesting family
Gene-to-gene
Gene Panel
Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Genetic diagnosis
23. WES-WGS
Majewski J et al. J Med Genet 2011
Metodology Year In how much time Cost
Sanger 2001, Human Genome Project 13 years $3 billion
NGS 2008 5 months $1 million
NGS 2014 Some days $1.000
How much does it cost to sequence a genome?
24. WES-WGS: how to know which variants have phenotypic effect?
Need of databases with variants associated with phenotypeNeed of databases with variants associated with phenotype
25. WES-WGS: NGS as a diagnosis tool
Whole Genome Sequencing in a CMT patient
9.069 single nucleotide variants (SNVs)
159 missense SNVs associated with an inherited trait
21 associated with a Mendelian disease
16 detected in heterozygosis in the
5 changes were erroneously associated with
disease
SH3TC2 p.R954X/p.Y169H
Whole Exome Sequencing in a CMT patient
Some genes involved in CMT and
related neuropathies identified by
WES
TUBB3 Tischfield et al. Cell 2010
SLC5A7 Barwick et al. AJHG 2012
MARS Gonzales et al. JNNP 2013
PDK3 Oates et al. AJHG 2013
SCN11A Leipold et al. Nat Genet 2013
30. fCMT-248
CMT-248 healthy individuals CMT-248 affected individuals
A
CONFIRMATION – COSEGREGATION
chr10:64573172 c.1226G>A p.R409Q EGR2/Krox20
c.1226 G>A has not
been found in any of
214 healthy individuals
of Spanish population
by dHPLC analysis.
32. fCMT-248 chr10:64573172 c.1226G>A p.R409Q EGR2/Krox20
R409Q mutation behaves similarly to DBD mutations
Luc
*
* p value <0.005
Cx32-Promoter LIGHT
EGR2
WT or Mutants
Luciferase assay
*
*
33. Axonal CMT
fCMT-248
I:1 I:2
II:2
1088
II:1
III:1
712
III:2
IV:1
III:4
IV:2
III:3
IV:3
?
II:4II:3 II:6II:5
III:5
?
III:7III:6
IV:4 IV:5
III:8 III:9 III
IV:6
EGR2/Krox20 p.R409QEGR2/Krox20 p.R409Q
I:1 I:2
II:2
1051
II:1
1050
III:2
676
III:1
1052
IV:1
1053
IV:2
1054
III:3
II:3 II:4
III:4
1089
III:5
Axonal CMT
fCMT-237
I:1 I:2
II:2II:1
III:1
II:4II:3
III:2 III:3 III:4
II:6II:5
III:5
II:7
III:6
Hereditary Recurrent Neuropathy
fCMT-266
Axonal CMT
fCMT-197
Novel GeneNovel Gene
Novel GeneNovel Gene
WES-WGS: new genes, new mutations
The beginning of a new story…
Has the identified variant phenotypic effects?
Why does the novel gene lead to a neuropathy?
The beginning of a new story…
Has the identified variant phenotypic effects?
Why does the novel gene lead to a neuropathy?
dHMN
fCMT-83
DNAJB2 c.352+1G>ADNAJB2 c.352+1G>A
34. ControlRNAi
3-5d5weeks3-5d
Sciatic
nerve Brain
9 months
Spinal
cord
Skeletal
muscle Heart Liver Spleen Kidney Lung
WES-WGS: new genes, new mutations
“You are completely free to carry out
whatever research you want, so long
as you come to these conclusions”
ControlHeat
Shock
The beginning of a new story…
Has the identified variant phenotypic effects?
Why does the novel gene lead to a neuropathy?
The beginning of a new story…
Has the identified variant phenotypic effects?
Why does the novel gene lead to a neuropathy?
WGS-WES
• Next Generation Sequencing platforms become more and more accesible
• Whole Exome Sequencing probably more suitable than Whole Genome Sequencing
• Difficulties in order to establish the phenotypical consequences of the novel variants
• Interesting phenotype/Interesting family
• Research project
35. Thanks to…
And to you for your attention
to all the colleagues who participate in this research
Funds:
to the probands and their relatives for their kind colaboration
Notas del editor
By exome sequencing we have achieved the genetic diagnosis in four families. In two of them, the gene and even the mutation had been previously related to CMT. We have also detected the same mutation in two unrelated families, this is a novel gene and we are currently investigating the function of this gene,. Something similar happens with the family 266. Thus, when a new gene is identified, a new story begins: