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Tubulinopathy

MedGen UID:
1490472
•Concept ID:
CN850169
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Tubulinopathies
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0100153

Definition

A nervous system disorder characterized by complex cortical malformations including in most cases dysmorphic basal ganglia and/or corpus callosum in which the cause of the disease is a variation in a tubulin gene. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Abnormalities of the corpus callosum. Can prenatal imaging predict the genetic status? Correlations between imaging phenotype and genotype.
Nguyen T, Heide S, Guilbaud L, Valence S, Perre SV, Blondiaux E, Keren B, Quenum-Miraillet G, Jouannic JM, Mandelbrot L, Picone O, Guet A, Tsatsaris V, Milh M, Girard N, Vincent M, Nizon M, Poirsier C, Vivanti A, Benachi A, Portes VD, Guibaud L, Patat O, Spentchian M, Frugère L, Héron D, Garel C
Prenat Diagn 2023 Jun;43(6):746-755. Epub 2023 May 23 doi: 10.1002/pd.6382. PMID: 37173814

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

De novo and inherited monoallelic variants in TUBA4A cause ataxia and spasticity.
Benkirane M, Bonhomme M, Morsy H, Safgren SL, Marelli C, Chaussenot A, Smedley D, Cipriani V, de Sainte-Agathe JM, Ding C, Larrieu L, Vestito L, Margot H, Lesca G, Ramond F, Castrioto A, Baux D, Verheijen J, Sansa E, Giunti P, Haetty A, Bergougnoux A, Pointaux M, Ardouin O, Van Goethem C, Vincent MC, Hadjivassiliou M, Cossée M, Rouaud T, Bartsch O, Freeman WD, Wierenga KJ, Klee EW, Vandrovcova J, Houlden H, Debant A, Koenig M
Brain 2024 Nov 4;147(11):3681-3689. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae193. PMID: 38884572
Abnormalities of the corpus callosum. Can prenatal imaging predict the genetic status? Correlations between imaging phenotype and genotype.
Nguyen T, Heide S, Guilbaud L, Valence S, Perre SV, Blondiaux E, Keren B, Quenum-Miraillet G, Jouannic JM, Mandelbrot L, Picone O, Guet A, Tsatsaris V, Milh M, Girard N, Vincent M, Nizon M, Poirsier C, Vivanti A, Benachi A, Portes VD, Guibaud L, Patat O, Spentchian M, Frugère L, Héron D, Garel C
Prenat Diagn 2023 Jun;43(6):746-755. Epub 2023 May 23 doi: 10.1002/pd.6382. PMID: 37173814
Spectrum of brain malformations in fetuses with mild tubulinopathy.
Hagege R, Krajden Haratz K, Malinger G, Ben-Sira L, Leibovitz Z, Heron D, Burglen L, Birnbaum R, Valence S, Keren B, Blumkin L, Jouannic JM, Lerman-Sagie T, Garel C
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Jun;61(6):740-748. doi: 10.1002/uog.26140. PMID: 36484554
Prenatal phenotyping of fetal tubulinopathies: A multicenter retrospective case series.
Brar BK, Thompson MG, Vora NL, Gilmore K, Blakemore K, Miller KA, Giordano J, Dufke A, Wong B, Stover S, Lianoglou B, Van den Veyver I, Dempsey E, Rosner M, Chong K, Chitayat D, Sparks TN, Norton ME, Wapner R, Baranano K, Jelin AC; Fetal Sequencing Consortium
Prenat Diagn 2022 Dec;42(13):1686-1693. Epub 2022 Nov 28 doi: 10.1002/pd.6269. PMID: 36403095Free PMC Article
Bi-allelic CAMSAP1 variants cause a clinically recognizable neuronal migration disorder.
Khalaf-Nazzal R, Fasham J, Inskeep KA, Blizzard LE, Leslie JS, Wakeling MN, Ubeyratna N, Mitani T, Griffith JL, Baker W, Al-Hijawi F, Keough KC, Gezdirici A, Pena L, Spaeth CG, Turnpenny PD, Walsh JR, Ray R, Neilson A, Kouranova E, Cui X, Curiel DT, Pehlivan D, Akdemir ZC, Posey JE, Lupski JR, Dobyns WB, Stottmann RW, Crosby AH, Baple EL
Am J Hum Genet 2022 Nov 3;109(11):2068-2079. Epub 2022 Oct 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.09.012. PMID: 36283405Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

The genetic spectrum of congenital ocular motor apraxia type Cogan: an observational study, continued.
Schröder S, Yigit G, Li Y, Altmüller J, Büttel HM, Fiedler B, Kretzschmar C, Nürnberg P, Seeger J, Serpieri V, Valente EM, Wollnik B, Boltshauser E, Brockmann K
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 May 2;18(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02706-5. PMID: 37131188Free PMC Article
Spectrum of brain malformations in fetuses with mild tubulinopathy.
Hagege R, Krajden Haratz K, Malinger G, Ben-Sira L, Leibovitz Z, Heron D, Burglen L, Birnbaum R, Valence S, Keren B, Blumkin L, Jouannic JM, Lerman-Sagie T, Garel C
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Jun;61(6):740-748. doi: 10.1002/uog.26140. PMID: 36484554
Prenatal phenotyping of fetal tubulinopathies: A multicenter retrospective case series.
Brar BK, Thompson MG, Vora NL, Gilmore K, Blakemore K, Miller KA, Giordano J, Dufke A, Wong B, Stover S, Lianoglou B, Van den Veyver I, Dempsey E, Rosner M, Chong K, Chitayat D, Sparks TN, Norton ME, Wapner R, Baranano K, Jelin AC; Fetal Sequencing Consortium
Prenat Diagn 2022 Dec;42(13):1686-1693. Epub 2022 Nov 28 doi: 10.1002/pd.6269. PMID: 36403095Free PMC Article
Complementing the phenotypical spectrum of TUBA1A tubulinopathy and its role in early-onset epilepsies.
Schröter J, Popp B, Brennenstuhl H, Döring JH, Donze SH, Bijlsma EK, van Haeringen A, Huhle D, Jestaedt L, Merkenschlager A, Arelin M, Gräfe D, Neuser S, Oates S, Pal DK, Parker MJ, Lemke JR, Hoffmann GF, Kölker S, Harting I, Syrbe S
Eur J Hum Genet 2022 Mar;30(3):298-306. Epub 2022 Jan 11 doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-01027-0. PMID: 35017693Free PMC Article
Epilepsy in Tubulinopathy: Personal Series and Literature Review.
Romaniello R, Zucca C, Arrigoni F, Bonanni P, Panzeri E, Bassi MT, Borgatti R
Cells 2019 Jul 2;8(7) doi: 10.3390/cells8070669. PMID: 31269740Free PMC Article

Therapy

Lissencephaly in an epilepsy cohort: Molecular, radiological and clinical aspects.
Kolbjer S, Martin DA, Pettersson M, Dahlin M, Anderlid BM
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2021 Jan;30:71-81. Epub 2021 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.12.011. PMID: 33453472

Prognosis

De novo and inherited monoallelic variants in TUBA4A cause ataxia and spasticity.
Benkirane M, Bonhomme M, Morsy H, Safgren SL, Marelli C, Chaussenot A, Smedley D, Cipriani V, de Sainte-Agathe JM, Ding C, Larrieu L, Vestito L, Margot H, Lesca G, Ramond F, Castrioto A, Baux D, Verheijen J, Sansa E, Giunti P, Haetty A, Bergougnoux A, Pointaux M, Ardouin O, Van Goethem C, Vincent MC, Hadjivassiliou M, Cossée M, Rouaud T, Bartsch O, Freeman WD, Wierenga KJ, Klee EW, Vandrovcova J, Houlden H, Debant A, Koenig M
Brain 2024 Nov 4;147(11):3681-3689. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae193. PMID: 38884572
Abnormalities of the corpus callosum. Can prenatal imaging predict the genetic status? Correlations between imaging phenotype and genotype.
Nguyen T, Heide S, Guilbaud L, Valence S, Perre SV, Blondiaux E, Keren B, Quenum-Miraillet G, Jouannic JM, Mandelbrot L, Picone O, Guet A, Tsatsaris V, Milh M, Girard N, Vincent M, Nizon M, Poirsier C, Vivanti A, Benachi A, Portes VD, Guibaud L, Patat O, Spentchian M, Frugère L, Héron D, Garel C
Prenat Diagn 2023 Jun;43(6):746-755. Epub 2023 May 23 doi: 10.1002/pd.6382. PMID: 37173814
PEBAT, an Intriguing Neurodegenerative Tubulinopathy Caused by a Novel Homozygous Variant in TBCD: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Ocampo-Chih C, Dennis H, Lall N, Pham N, Liang B, Verma S, Neira Fresneda J
Pediatr Neurol 2023 Feb;139:59-64. Epub 2022 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.11.006. PMID: 36527993
Prenatal phenotyping of fetal tubulinopathies: A multicenter retrospective case series.
Brar BK, Thompson MG, Vora NL, Gilmore K, Blakemore K, Miller KA, Giordano J, Dufke A, Wong B, Stover S, Lianoglou B, Van den Veyver I, Dempsey E, Rosner M, Chong K, Chitayat D, Sparks TN, Norton ME, Wapner R, Baranano K, Jelin AC; Fetal Sequencing Consortium
Prenat Diagn 2022 Dec;42(13):1686-1693. Epub 2022 Nov 28 doi: 10.1002/pd.6269. PMID: 36403095Free PMC Article
The mutational and phenotypic spectrum of TUBA1A-associated tubulinopathy.
Hebebrand M, Hüffmeier U, Trollmann R, Hehr U, Uebe S, Ekici AB, Kraus C, Krumbiegel M, Reis A, Thiel CT, Popp B
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 11;14(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1020-x. PMID: 30744660Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

De novo and inherited monoallelic variants in TUBA4A cause ataxia and spasticity.
Benkirane M, Bonhomme M, Morsy H, Safgren SL, Marelli C, Chaussenot A, Smedley D, Cipriani V, de Sainte-Agathe JM, Ding C, Larrieu L, Vestito L, Margot H, Lesca G, Ramond F, Castrioto A, Baux D, Verheijen J, Sansa E, Giunti P, Haetty A, Bergougnoux A, Pointaux M, Ardouin O, Van Goethem C, Vincent MC, Hadjivassiliou M, Cossée M, Rouaud T, Bartsch O, Freeman WD, Wierenga KJ, Klee EW, Vandrovcova J, Houlden H, Debant A, Koenig M
Brain 2024 Nov 4;147(11):3681-3689. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae193. PMID: 38884572
PEBAT, an Intriguing Neurodegenerative Tubulinopathy Caused by a Novel Homozygous Variant in TBCD: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Ocampo-Chih C, Dennis H, Lall N, Pham N, Liang B, Verma S, Neira Fresneda J
Pediatr Neurol 2023 Feb;139:59-64. Epub 2022 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.11.006. PMID: 36527993
Spectrum of brain malformations in fetuses with mild tubulinopathy.
Hagege R, Krajden Haratz K, Malinger G, Ben-Sira L, Leibovitz Z, Heron D, Burglen L, Birnbaum R, Valence S, Keren B, Blumkin L, Jouannic JM, Lerman-Sagie T, Garel C
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Jun;61(6):740-748. doi: 10.1002/uog.26140. PMID: 36484554
Epilepsy in Tubulinopathy: Personal Series and Literature Review.
Romaniello R, Zucca C, Arrigoni F, Bonanni P, Panzeri E, Bassi MT, Borgatti R
Cells 2019 Jul 2;8(7) doi: 10.3390/cells8070669. PMID: 31269740Free PMC Article
The mutational and phenotypic spectrum of TUBA1A-associated tubulinopathy.
Hebebrand M, Hüffmeier U, Trollmann R, Hehr U, Uebe S, Ekici AB, Kraus C, Krumbiegel M, Reis A, Thiel CT, Popp B
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 11;14(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1020-x. PMID: 30744660Free PMC Article

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