Abstract
Adult-onset ataxias are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of movement disorders. In addition to nuclear gene mutations, sequence changes have also been described in the mitochondrial genome. Here, we present findings of mutation analysis of the mitochondrial gene MT-ATP6. We analyzed 94 patients with adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), including 34 sporadic cases. In all patients, common sequence changes found in SCAs such as repeat expansions and point mutations had been excluded previously. We found pathogenic MT-ATP variants in five of these patients (5.32%), two of whom were sporadic. Four of the five mutations have not previously been described in ataxias. All but one of these mutations affect transmembrane helices of subunit-α of ATP synthase. Two mutations (p.G16S, and p.P18S) disrupt transmembrane helix 1 (TMH1), one mutation (p.G167D) affects TMH5, and another one (p.L217P) TMH6. The fifth mutation (p.T96A) describes an amino acid change in close proximity to transmembrane helix 3 (TMH3). The level of heteroplasmy was either complete or very high ranging from 87 to 99%. The high prevalence of pathogenic MT-ATP6 variants suggests that analysis of this gene should be included in the routine workup of both hereditary and sporadic ataxias.
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Introduction
Hereditary adult-onset ataxias are a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous group of movement disorders. They can be transmitted as autosomal-dominant, autosomal-recessive, X-linked, or mitochondrial traits. Autosomal-dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are characterized by gait and limb ataxia, associated with dysarthria and abnormal eye movements in most patients. Additional signs and symptoms may comprise aberrant reflexes, seizures, dystonia, tremor, myoclonus, and cognitive impairment. Mutations have been described in various genes in SCAs. The types of mutations observed are repeat expansions, point mutations, deletions, and insertions in nuclear genes [1]. No obvious genotype/phenotype correlations can be established in most cases. Exceptions include SCA7 characterized by ataxia concurring with retinopathy, and SCA34 that frequently presents with erythrokeratodermia in addition to ataxia [1].
Mutations of mitochondrial DNA frequently underlie ataxia-associated syndromes, even if ataxia is not the major sign [2,3,4]. One of the genes affected, mitochondrial ATP synthase 6 (MT-ATP6), codes for ATP synthase subunit-α which is a subunit of the F1F0ATP-synthase complex responsible for mitochondrial energy production [5].
MT-ATP6 mutations including point mutations, deletions and truncations have also been described in adult-onset ataxia patients. The phenotype of ataxia caused by mutations in MT-ATP6 can frequently not be distinguished from ataxias caused by nuclear gene mutations [6]. In other cases, however, ataxia is associated with various symptoms such as combinations of ataxia with spastic paraplegia [7], motor neuron disease [8], neuropathy [9], myeloneuropathy [10], white matter abnormalities, kidney disease and cognitive decline [11], peripheral neuropathy, diabetes and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism [12], and episodic weakness combined with inherited axonal neuropathy [13]. Of these syndromes, only the complex ataxia-related syndrome described by Kytövouri is caused by a unique mutation of MT-ATP6, m.8561C>G (p.P12S) [12], which was formerly not associated with maternally inherited Leigh syndrome (MILS), or neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP) syndrome [3].
The degree of heteroplasmy of the mutated gene MT-ATP6 facilitates classification of some mitochondrial syndromes. Thus, a mutation load of > 90% is frequently found in MILS syndrome [3, 14] and MT-ATP6 mutations in 70–90% of mitochondrial DNA often cause NARP syndrome [2, 3, 15, 16].
The following study was performed to determine the relative frequency and possible specificity of MT-ATP6 mutations in patients clinically classified as adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia.
Patients and methods
Genetic analysis
Ninety-four unrelated spinocerebellar ataxia patients were tested for mutations in MT-ATP6 (ENSG00000198899). Eighty-six patients were of German origin, three were Russians, two Polish, and one patient each came from Turkey, Spain, and Italy. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Giessen. Patients gave written informed consent according to the guidelines of the German Genetics Diagnostics Act. All patients were examined and diagnosed at specialized German movement disorder centers. Other causes of ataxic movement disorders such as neoplasia, stroke, CNS infection, multiple sclerosis, vitamin deficiency, and alcohol abuse were excluded in all patients. Sixty patients had a positive family history consistent with autosomal-dominant or mitochondrial inheritance. Thirty-four patients were classified as sporadic.
DNA was extracted from peripheral blood. Repeat expansions at loci SCA1-3, SCA6-8, SCA10, SCA12, and SCA17 were excluded. Similarly, no pathogenic variants were detected at loci SCA11 (TTBK2), SCA13 (KCNC3), SCA14 (PRKCG), SCA19 (KCND3), SCA23 (PDYN), SCA27 (FGF14), SCA28 (AGF3L2), and SCA38 (ELOVL5). Large deletions at SCA15/16 (ITPR1/SUMF1) were excluded by quantitative PCR.
A 953-bp fragment of MT-ATP6 was amplified by PCR using primers mtATP6_F: 5′-GCCCACCATAATTACCCC-3′, and mtATP6_R: 5′-GCCTAGTATGAGGAGCGTTATG-3′. PCR fragments were sequenced in both directions.
Analysis of degree of heteroplasmy
Heteroplasmy levels for m.8572G > A (p.G16S), m.8578C > T (p.P18S), m.8812A > G (p.T96A), m.9026G > A (p.G167D), and m.9176 T > C (p.L217P) were determined by pyrosequencing as described earlier [6]. DNA of the five patients was amplified by PCR to generate short products. One of the primers was biotinylated to facilitate isolation of the template strand via streptavidin. For pyrosequencing, a sequencing primer was used in close proximity to the mutation. Pyromark Assay Design Software v.2.0 (Qiagen/Hilden) was used for design of the variant-specific assays. Pyrosequencing was done on a Pyromark Q24 sequencer according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Assays were repeated at least twice.
A single PCR product was generated for closely adjacent variants m.8572G > A (p.G16S) and m.8578C > T (p.P18S). Primers were Pyro_G16S_P18S_F: 5′-TCTGTTCGCTTCATTCATTGC-3′ and 5′-biotinylated reverse primer Pyro_G16S_P18S_R: 5′-GAGGGGGAAATAGAATGATCAGTA-3′. Both variants were quantified in DNA of patient #960 (m.8572G > A), or patient #982 (m.8578C > T) using primer PyroSeq_G16_P18_F: 5′-TGCCCCCACAATCCT-3′.
Variant m.8812A > G (p.T96A) was analyzed with 5′-biotinylated forward primer Pyro_T96A_F: 5′-CTCGGACTCCTGCCTCACT-3′, and Pyro_T96A_R: 5′-CTGTGCCCGCTCATAAGG-3′. Reverse primer used for quantification was PyroSeq_T96A_R: 5′-GGCTAGGTTTATAGATAGTT-3′.
Primers for variant m.9026G > A (p.G167D) were Pyro_G167D_F: 5′-AACCAATAGCCCTGGCCGTAC-3′ and 5′-biotinylated Pyro_G167D_R: 5′-CGCTTCCAATTAGGTGCATGA-3′. Primer used for quantification was PyroSeq_G167D_F: 5′-CTAACCGCTAACATTACTG-3′.
Variant m.9176T > C (p.L217P) was analyzed using primers Pyro_L217P_F: 5′- TCGCCTTAATCCAAGCCTAC-3′, and 5′-biotinylated Pyro_L217P_R: 5′- ATTATGTGTTGTCGTGCAGGTAGA-3′. Quantification was performed with primer PyroSeq_L217P_F: 5′-CCTACGTTTTCACACTTC-3′.
Prediction of pathogenicity
Pathogenicity of observed variants was analyzed in silico (Table 1). Programs used were MutationTaster2 (http://www.mutationtaster.org) [17], Polyphen-2 (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/) [18], PROVEAN (http://provean.jcvi.org) [19], SIFT (https://sift.bii.a-star.edu.sg) [20, 21], and Variant Effect Predictor (VEP, https://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/tools/vep/index.html) [22], which is a modified version of a combination of SIFT and Polyphen-2 prediction programs.
Frequency of each variant detected (Table 1) was analyzed by searching the database MitoMap (https://www.mitomap.org) [23]. Variants were classified according to the ACMG guidelines [24] (Table 1).
Clinical findings
Patient 1
Disease onset in male patient 1 (#982, family 1, II-2, Fig. 1a, Table 2) was at age 53 when he presented with gait instability and frequent falls. At age 56, comprehensive neurological examination revealed mild and slowly progressive gait ataxia, postural instability, dysdiadochokinesia, moderate horizontal nystagmus and mild dysarthria. Fine motor movements were not impaired. While psychiatric symptoms were excluded, the patient complained of moderate lack of concentration and forgetfulness. His older brother who had perinatal asphyxia presented with generalized dystonia and mild ataxic gait. His younger brother died at age 50 of unknown causes. However, a psychiatric disorder and tremor had been excluded. The patient´s sister was healthy at her last examination at age 48.
Patient 2
Male patient 2 (#873, family 2, III-1, Fig. 1a, Table 2) came to clinical attention at age 62 because of ataxic gait, frequent falls, and tremor. Dysmetria was diagnosed by finger-to-nose and knee-heel test. The patient reported first occurrence of postural and action tremor of the hands at age 46. At the time of investigation, lifted saccades and abnormal executive function were diagnosed. Brain MRI revealed a colliquative necrosis of the temporal lobe. At age 73, ataxic wide-based gait had worsened. Tremor that was initially confined to the hands, now also affected the head and had become the major sign. SCA-loci that are associated with tremor (SCA12, and SCA15/16) have been excluded in this patient. The patient´s younger brother, his deceased mother, and maternal grandmother had had similar signs and symptoms, of which tremor and mild ataxic gait were most striking.
Patient 3
Female patient 3 (#960, II-1, Fig. 1a, Table 2) was sporadic with none of her parents affected. In the patient, a mild spinocerebellar ataxia was diagnosed at age 65. The ataxia was progressive but did not affect the ability to walk without a cane for at least short distances at age 75.
Patient 4
At age 56, sporadic male patient 4 (#1115, II-1, Fig. 1a, Table 2) came to clinical attention due to a pure, progressive ataxic syndrome. MRI revealed distinct cerebellar atrophy. No health problems, in particular no movement disorders have been reported in his parents. His mother died at age 85. His father was killed in World War II.
Patient 5
Abnormal gait and frequent falls first occurred in female patient 5 (#1174, I-1, Fig. 1a, Table 2) at age 46. At age 75, a comprehensive neurological examination revealed pronounced dysarthria and a saccadic gaze sequence. Performance of directed movements and abnormal gait had severely worsened. Walking distance was only a few meters even when using a walker. MRI revealed distinct cerebellar atrophy. Her son suffered from similar symptoms that were diagnosed in his thirties.
Results and discussion
In 94 adult-onset SCA cases, we detected 14 variants of MT-ATP6 that result in non-synonymous amino acid (aa) changes (Table 1). Five of these variants were predicted to be deleterious by at least three of the five in silico tools applied (Table 1). These variants are m.8572G > A (c.46G > A; p.G16S) detected in sporadic patient 3 (II-1, Table 2, Fig. 1b), m.8578C > T (c.52C > T; p.P18S) (patients II-1 and II-2 of family 1, Table 2, Fig. 1b), m.8812A > G (c.286A > G; p.T96A) (sporadic patient 4, II-1, Table 2, Fig. 1b), m.9026G > A (c.500G > A; p.G167D) (family 2, patient III-1, Table 2, Fig. 1b), and m.9176T > C (c.650T > C; p.L217P) (patient 5, I-1, Table 2, Fig. 1b). An additional variant, m.9055G > A (c.529G > A; p.A177T), was classified as deleterious by two programs, but could be excluded, because it occurred multiple times in our collective and is also frequent in controls as reflected by the high MitoMap frequency of 4.24% (Table 1).
All deleterious variants but variant m.9176T > C (c.650T > C; p.L217P) have not been associated with mitochondrial disease before. These variants were classified as class 5/pathogenic (m.9026G > A, m.9176T > C), class 4/likely pathogenic (m.8578C > T), and class 3/variant of uncertain significance (m.8572G > A, m.8812A > G) according to the ACMG guidelines [24]. Pathogenicity of these variants is further supported by phylogenetic conservation of the affected aa residues (Fig. 1c), a finding that indicates an important role of these aa’s in normal protein function.
Of the aa changes observed, all but one affect the helix structure of transmembrane domains of subunit-α of ATP synthase.
The two most proximal variants were detected in sporadic patient 3 (II-1), and in patients II-1, and II-2 of family 1. Of these, m.8572G > A (c.46G > A) results in a glycine to serine change at aa position 16 (p.G16S). The mutation m.8578C > T (c.52C > T) of family 1 is located adjacent to m.8572 and results in the substitution of a proline by a serine at aa position 18 (p.P18S). The pyrograms revealed homoplasmy for both m.8572G > A (p.G16S), and m.8578C > T (p.P18S) (Suppl. Figure 1). Both mutations affect the first transmembrane helix (TMH1) of subunit-α of ATP synthase and appear to disturb proton translocation. However, most disease-causing alterations of ATP synthase subunit-α appear to be located in the three distal transmembrane helices (TMH4-6) independent of the patient´s phenotype [4, 13, 25, 26].
The mutation m.8561C > G (p.P12R) of subunit-α in a patient with adult-onset ataxia, neuropathy, diabetes, and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism was shown to interfere with assembly of complex V of the mitochondrial respiratory chain by the alteration of two ATP synthase subunits. This results in impaired ATP synthesis [12].
In sporadic patient 4 (II-1), two non-synonymous aa changes were detected. Variant m.8723G > A (c.197G > A; p.R66Q) was predicted to be likely benign (Table 1). In contrast, variant m.8812A > G (c.286A > G) shows a mutation load of 97% (Suppl. Figure 1) and results in replacement of threonine by alanine at aa position 96 (p.T96A). This variant is located adjacent to TMH3, which spans aa 97–117 as shown in UniProtKB (http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P00846).
Two variants were found in patient III-1 of family 2. Of these sequence changes, m.8950G > A (c.424G > A; p.V142I) was classified as likely benign (Table 1). In contrast, m.9026G > A (c.500G > A) is predicted to be pathogenic (Table 1). This mutation has a heteroplasmic load of about 87% (Suppl. Figure 1) and results in the replacement of a glycine by an aspartate at aa position 167 (p.G167D) of TMH5. A previous finding of an aa change at the same position (p.G167S) in patients with NARP-MILS syndrome [27] supports a possible impairment of the ATP synthase subunit α. Recently, m.9026G > A was also described in a child with intellectual disability, headaches, myalgias, and fatigue. However, a low mutation load of 16–23% in various tissues makes a correlation with the child's symptoms difficult [26].
Other deleterious aa changes associated with reduced ATP synthase activity have been described in close proximity to p.G167D. Among these, p.L170P was described in patients with cognitive delay, and early-onset ataxia [28]. p.L170P was also the first MT-ATP6 mutation associated with pure adult-onset ataxia [6]. Both our patient III-1 of family 2 carrying the p.G167D mutation and the patient described by Pfeffer [6] did not have cerebellar atrophy. In contrast to Pfeffer´s and Sikorska´s cases, the patient described here displayed a severe dystonic tremor. This finding shows that—similar to autosomal-dominant ataxia cases [1]—a strict genotype–phenotype correlation can also not be established in mitochondrial ataxia [3, 26, 29, 30].
Variant m.9176T > C (c.650T > C) was almost homoplasmic with a 99% mutation load (Suppl. Figure 1) in patient 5 (I-1). The deduced amino acid change of leucine to proline at position 217 (p.L217P) is located in TMH6. Unlike the novel mutations described above, m.9176T > C has been reported at least 30 times in several disorders with highly variable disease duration and age of onset [4, 23, 30, 31]. These disorders include a late-onset hereditary spastic paraplegia-like syndrome [7], MILS [32, 33], and ataxia in combination with familial bilateral striatal necrosis [34].
The five pathogenic variants of MT-ATP6 described here result in a prevalence of 5.32% in our group of adult-onset SCA patients. Two of these mutations occurred in the 34 patients with negative family histories, this amounts to 5.88% that is even higher than the overall prevalence in the cohort. The overall prevalence of 5.32% is significantly higher than the 3.13%, that were reported by Pfeffer et al. in a study of 64 ataxia cases [6]. Our findings are in agreement with Pulkes’ conjecture [35] of an important role and comparatively frequent occurrence of MT-ATP6 mutations in adult-onset ataxia patients.
In conclusion, MT-ATP6 mutations mainly affect the transmembrane helical domains of subunit-α of ATP synthase. Given the relatively frequent finding of MT-ATP6 mutations in SCA patients, this gene should be routinely analyzed in SCA patients, even in the absence of positive family history, once repeat expansions have been excluded.
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Nolte, D., Kang, JS., Hofmann, A. et al. Mutations in MT-ATP6 are a frequent cause of adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia. J Neurol 268, 4866–4873 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10607-5
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