Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with homozygosity for an Asp90Ala mutation in CuZn-superoxide dismutase
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 10 (1) , 61-66
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0595-61
Abstract
Recent reports have shown heterozygosity for some twenty different mutations in the CuZn-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD) gene in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS), and analysed samples from patients have shown decreased enzymic activity. Here we report homozygosity for an exon 4 mutation, Asp90Ala in fourteen patients among four unrelated ALS families and four apparently sporadic ALS patients from Sweden and Finland. The erythrocyte CuZn-SOD activity is essentially normal. Our findings suggest that this CuZn-SOD mutation causes ALS by a gain of function rather than by loss, and that the Asp90Ala mutation is less detrimental than previously reported mutations.Keywords
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