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ArticleOrphanet journal of rare diseases2014

The c.429_452 duplication of the ARX gene: a unique developmental-model of limb kinetic apraxia.

Aurore Curie, Tatjana Nazir, Amandine Brun, Yves Paulignan, Anne Reboul, Karine Delange, Anne Cheylus, Sophie Bertrand, Fanny Rochefort, Gérald Bussy and 32 more

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Article in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors at 20 institutions in 2 countries.

Aurore CurieCentre de Référence « Déficiences Intellectuelles de Causes Rares », Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69677 Bron, France. aurorecurie@yahoo.fr.
Tatjana Nazir
Amandine Brun
Yves Paulignan
Anne Reboul
Karine Delange
Anne Cheylus
Sophie Bertrand
Fanny Rochefort
Gérald Bussy
Stéphanie Marignier
Didier Lacombe
Catherine Chiron
Mireille Cossée
Bruno Leheup
Christophe Philippe
Vincent Laugel
Anne De Saint Martin
Silvia Sacco
Karine Poirier
Thierry Bienvenu
Isabelle Souville
Brigitte Gilbert-Dussardier
Eric Bieth
Didier Kauffmann
Philippe Briot
Bénédicte de Fréminville
Fabienne Prieur
Michel Till
Caroline Rooryck-Thambo
Isabelle Mortemousque
Isabelle Bobillier-Chaumont
Annick Toutain
Renaud Touraine
Damien Sanlaville
Jamel Chelly
Sonya Freeman
Jian Kong
Nouchine Hadjikhani
Randy L Gollub
Alice Roy
Vincent des Portes
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging · USHôpital Cochin · FRCentre d’Investigation Clinique Innovation Technologique de Nancy · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours · FRHôpital Femme Mère Enfant · FRLaboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire · FRUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRCentre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne · FRDélégation Paris 5 · FRGénétique Moléculaire Génomique Microbiologie · FRHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · FRInstitut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires · FRInstitut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire · FRLaboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires · FROur Bodies Ourselves · USPhysiopathologie et Epidémiologie des Maladies Respiratoires · FRSorbonne Université · FR

Funding

Study of individual variability in acupuncture and placebo analgesiaK01AT003883 · NCCIH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KONG, JIAN · 2006 to 2010
$678k
NCCIH NIH HHS K01 AT003883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe c.429_452dup24 of the ARX gene is a rare genetic anomaly, leading to X-Linked Intellectual Disability without brain malformation. While in certain cases c.429_452dup24 has been associated with specific clinical patterns such as Partington syndrome, the consequence of this mutation has been also often classified as "non-specific Intellectual Disability". The present work aims at a more precise description of the clinical features linked to the c.429_452dup24 mutation.

methodsWe clinically reviewed all affected patients identified in France over a five-year period, i.e. 27 patients from 12 different families. Detailed cognitive, behavioural, and motor evaluation, as well as standardized videotaped assessments of oro-lingual and gestural praxis, were performed. In a sub-group of 13 ARX patients, kinematic and MRI studies were further accomplished to better characterize the motor impairment prevalent in the ARX patients group. To ensure that data were specific to the ARX gene mutation and did not result from low-cognitive functioning per se, a group of 27 age- and IQ-matched Down syndrome patients served as control.

resultsNeuropsychological and motor assessment indicated that the c.429_452dup24 mutation constitutes a recognizable clinical syndrome: ARX patients exhibiting Intellectual Disability, without primary motor impairment, but with a very specific upper limb distal motor apraxia associated with a pathognomonic hand-grip. Patients affected with the so-called Partington syndrome, which involves major hand dystonia and orolingual apraxia, exhibit the most severe symptoms of the disorder. The particular "reach and grip" impairment which was observed in all ARX patients, but not in Down syndrome patients, was further characterized by the kinematic data: (i) loss of preference for the index finger when gripping an object, (ii) major impairment of fourth finger deftness, and (iii) a lack of pronation movements. This lack of distal movement coordination exhibited by ARX patients is associated with the loss of independent digital dexterity and is similar to the distortion of individual finger movements and posture observed in Limb Kinetic Apraxia.

conclusionThese findings suggest that the ARX c.429_452dup24 mutation may be a developmental model for Limb Kinetic Apraxia.

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Gene DuplicationModels, BiologicalAdolescentAdultApraxiasBiomechanical PhenomenaCase-Control StudiesChildDown SyndromeExtremitiesHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMutationTranscription FactorsYoung AdultARX protein, humanHomeodomain ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID24528893
PMCPMC4016261
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