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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology Année : 2016

Contactin-Associated Protein 1 (CNTNAP1) Mutations Induce Characteristic Lesions of the Paranodal Region

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Congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy is a rare neonatal syndrome responsible for hypotonia and weakness. Nerve microscopic examination shows amyelination or hypomyelination. Recently, mutations in CNTNAP1 have been described in a few patients. CNTNAP1 encodes contactin-associated protein 1 (caspr-1), which is an essential component of the paranodal junctions of the peripheral and central nervous systems, and is necessary for the establishment of transverse bands that stabilize paranodal axo-glial junctions. We present the results of nerve biopsy studies of three patients from two unrelated, non-consanguineous families with compound heterozygous CNTNAP1 mutations. The lesions were identical, characterized by a hypomyelinating process; on electron microscopy, we detected, in all nodes of Ranvier, subtle lesions that have never been previously described in human nerves. Transverse bands of the myelin loops were absent, with a loss of attachment between myelin and the axolemma; elongated Schwann cell processes sometimes dissociated the Schwann cell and axon membranes that bound the space between them. These lesions were observed in the area where caspr-1 is located and are reminiscent of the lesions reported in sciatic nerves of caspr-1 null mice. CNTNAP1 mutations appear to induce characteristic ultrastructural lesions of the paranodal region.

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Neurobiologie

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hal-01474302 , version 1 (05-07-2023)

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Mathilde Nizon, Alex Magee, Bertrand Isidor, Laurent Magy, Yann Péréon, et al.. Contactin-Associated Protein 1 (CNTNAP1) Mutations Induce Characteristic Lesions of the Paranodal Region. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 2016, ⟨10.1093/jnen/nlw093⟩. ⟨hal-01474302⟩
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