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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2023

Spinocerebellar ataxia in the Bouvier des Ardennes breed is caused by a KCNJ10 missense variant.

Kimberley Stee, Mario Van Poucke, Martí Pumarola, Lise Geerinckx, Iris Van Soens, Sofie F M Bhatti, Luc Peelman, Ine Cornelis

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kimberley SteeSmall Animals Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5208-2605
Mario Van PouckeDepartment of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4316-8984
Martí PumarolaMouse and Comparative Pathology Unit, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.
Lise GeerinckxDepartment of Pathobiology, Pharmacology and Zoological Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Iris Van SoensDepartment of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Sofie F M BhattiSmall Animals Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Luc PeelmanDepartment of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ine CornelisSmall Animals Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ghent University · BEGhent University Hospital · BEUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Liège · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Belgian Malinois, a KCNJ10 variant causes progressive spinocerebellar degeneration. HYPOTHESIS/

objectivesDescribe the clinical, diagnostic, pathological and genetic features of spinocerebellar degeneration in the Bouvier des Ardennes breed. ANIMALS: Five affected Bouvier des Ardennes puppies with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), 8 healthy related dogs, and 63 healthy unrelated Bouvier des Ardennes.

methodsSequential case study.

resultsClinical signs started at 6 weeks of age in 1 puppy with severe signs of cerebellar disease, and at 7 to 10 weeks of age in the 4 remaining puppies with milder signs of spinocerebellar disease. The first puppy displayed severe intention tremors and rapidly progressive generalized hypermetric ataxia, whereas the 4 others developed a milder progressive SCA. Euthanasia after progression to nonambulatory status was performed by 8 weeks of age in the first puppy, and before 11 months of age in the 4 remaining puppies. Histopathology revealed cerebellar spongy degeneration and a focal symmetrical demyelinating myelopathy. All cases were homozygous for KCNJ10 XM_545752.6:c.986T>C(p.(Leu329Pro)), which is pathogenic for SCA with (or without) myokymia, seizures or both (SAMS) and spongy degeneration and cerebellar ataxia (SDCA) 1 in Belgian Malinois dogs. All sampled parents were heterozygous and none of the healthy dogs were homozygous for this recessive variant. This variant has an allele frequency of 15% in the 63 healthy dogs studied. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Inherited spinocerebellar degeneration also affects the Bouvier des Ardennes breed and is caused by a KCNJ10 variant. It can present with a spectrum of severity grades, ranging from severe cerebellar to milder spinocerebellar signs.

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Cerebellar AtaxiaDog DiseasesSpinocerebellar AtaxiasSpinocerebellar DegenerationsAnimalsDogsHomozygoteMutation, Missensedemyelinating myelopathyhypermetric ataxiaintention tremorsSAMSSDCAspongy degeneration

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