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April 2022; 8 (2) ArticleOpen Access

Clinical Deep Phenotyping of ABCA7 Mutation Carriers

Alana S. Campbell, View ORCID ProfileCharlotte C.G. Ho, Merve Atık, Mariet Allen, Sarah Lincoln, Kimberly Malphrus, Thuy Nguyen, Stephanie R. Oatman, Morgane Corda, Olivia Conway, Samantha Strickland, Ronald C. Petersen, View ORCID ProfileDennis W. Dickson, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner
First published January 13, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000655
Alana S. Campbell
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Charlotte C.G. Ho
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Merve Atık
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Mariet Allen
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Sarah Lincoln
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Kimberly Malphrus
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Thuy Nguyen
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Stephanie R. Oatman
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Morgane Corda
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Olivia Conway
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Samantha Strickland
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Ronald C. Petersen
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Dennis W. Dickson
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Neill R. Graff-Radford
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner
From the Department of Neurology (A.S.C., S.R.O., N.R.G.-R., N.E.-T.), and Department of Neuroscience (C.C.G.H., M. Atık, M. Allen, S.L., K.M., T.N., S.R.O., M.C., O.C., S.S., D.W.D., N.E.-T.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; and Department of Neurology (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Clinical Deep Phenotyping of ABCA7 Mutation Carriers
Alana S. Campbell, Charlotte C.G. Ho, Merve Atık, Mariet Allen, Sarah Lincoln, Kimberly Malphrus, Thuy Nguyen, Stephanie R. Oatman, Morgane Corda, Olivia Conway, Samantha Strickland, Ronald C. Petersen, Dennis W. Dickson, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner
Neurol Genet Apr 2022, 8 (2) e655; DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000655

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Background and Objectives Putative loss-of-function (pLOF) ABCA7 variants that increase Alzheimer disease (AD) risk were identified; however, deep phenotypic characterization of these variants in mutation carriers is limited. We aimed to obtain deep clinical phenotypes of ABCA7 pLOF mutation carriers from a large retrospectively reviewed series.

Methods Genotypes were determined for 5,353 individuals evaluated at Mayo Clinic for 6 reported ABCA7 pLOF variants (p.E709fs, p.Trp1214X, p.L1403fs, c.4416+2T>G, p.E1679X, and c.5570+5G>C). Medical records of 100 mutation carriers were reviewed for demographics, clinical phenotypes, and diagnoses. Eleven mutation carriers had autopsy-based neuropathologic diagnoses.

Results We confirmed that ABCA7 pLOF mutations confer AD risk in our series of 2,495 participants with AD and 2,858 cognitively unaffected participants. Clinical review of 100 mutation carriers demonstrated phenotypic variability of clinical presentations with both memory and nonmemory cognitive impairment and a subset presenting with motor symptoms. There was a wide range of age at onset of cognitive symptoms (ages 56–92 years, mean = 75.6). Ten of the 11 autopsied mutation carriers had AD neuropathology. ABCA7 pLOF mutation carriers had higher rates of depression (41.6%) and first-degree relatives with cognitive impairment (38.1%) compared with the general population.

Discussion Our study provides a deep clinical review of phenotypic characteristics of mutation carriers for 6 ABCA7 pLOF mutations. Although memory impairment was the most common initial symptom, nonmemory cognitive and/or motor symptoms were present in a substantial number of mutation carriers, highlighting the heterogeneity of clinical features associated with these mutations. Likewise, although AD neuropathology is the most common, it is not the only autopsy-based diagnosis. Presence of earlier ages at onset, higher rates of depression, and first-degree relatives with cognitive impairment among mutation carriers suggest that these genetic variants may have more aggressive clinical features than AD in the general population. This deep phenotyping study of ABCA7 pLOF mutation carriers provides essential genotype-phenotype correlations for future precision medicine approaches in the clinical setting.

Glossary

ABCA7=
ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A, member 7;
AD=
Alzheimer disease;
AGD=
argyrophilic grain disease;
APP=
amyloid precursor protein;
AUT=
autopsy-confirmed participants;
CBS=
corticobasal syndrome;
DLBD=
diffuse Lewy body disease;
FTD=
frontotemporal dementia;
JS=
clinical participants from Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL;
MCI=
mild cognitive impairment;
mRNA=
messenger RNA;
OR=
odds ratio;
PA=
pathologic aging;
PD=
Parkinson disease;
pLOF=
putative loss of function;
PPA=
primary progressive aphasia;
PSP=
progressive supranuclear palsy;
QC=
quality control;
RS=
clinical participants from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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  • The Article Processing Charge was funded by the NIH.

  • Received August 6, 2021.
  • Accepted in final form December 17, 2021.
  • Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology.

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