Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

Elizabeth T Cirulli; Brittany N Lasseigne; Slavé Petrovski; Peter C Sapp; Patrick A Dion; Claire S Leblond; Julien Couthouis; Yi-Fan Lu; Quanli Wang; Brian J Krueger; Zhong Ren; Jonathan Keebler; Yujun Han; Shawn E Levy; Braden E Boone; Jack R Wimbish; Lindsay L Waite; Angela L Jones; John P Carulli; Aaron G Day-Williams; John F Staropoli; Winnie W Xin; Alessandra Chesi; Alya R Raphael; Diane McKenna-Yasek; Janet Cady; J M B Vianney de Jong; Kevin P Kenna; Bradley N Smith; Simon Topp; Jack Miller; Athina Gkazi; Ammar Al-Chalabi; Leonard H van den Berg; Jan Veldink; Vincenzo Silani; Nicola Ticozzi; Christopher E Shaw; Robert H Baloh; Stanley Appel; Ericka Simpson; Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne; Stefan M Pulst; Summer Gibson; John Q Trojanowski; Lauren Elman; Leo McCluskey; Murray Grossman; Neil A Shneider; FALS Sequencing Consortium; Karen Morrison

doi:10.1126/science.aaa3650

Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

Elizabeth T Cirulli
, Brittany N Lasseigne
, Slavé Petrovski
, Peter C Sapp
, Patrick A Dion
, Claire S Leblond
, Julien Couthouis
, Yi-Fan Lu
, Quanli Wang
, Brian J Krueger
, Zhong Ren
, Jonathan Keebler
, Yujun Han
, Shawn E Levy
, Braden E Boone
, Jack R Wimbish
, Lindsay L Waite
, Angela L Jones
, John P Carulli
, Aaron G Day-Williams

John F Staropoli, Winnie W Xin, Alessandra Chesi, Alya R Raphael, Diane McKenna-Yasek, Janet Cady, J M B Vianney de Jong, Kevin P Kenna, Bradley N Smith, Simon Topp, Jack Miller, Athina Gkazi, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Leonard H van den Berg, Jan Veldink, Vincenzo Silani, Nicola Ticozzi, Christopher E Shaw, Robert H Baloh, Stanley Appel, Ericka Simpson, Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, Stefan M Pulst, Summer Gibson, John Q Trojanowski, Lauren Elman, Leo McCluskey, Murray Grossman, Neil A Shneider, FALS Sequencing Consortium, Karen Morrison

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Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurological disease with no effective treatment. We report the results of a moderate-scale sequencing study aimed at increasing the number of genes known to contribute to predisposition for ALS. We performed whole-exome sequencing of 2869 ALS patients and 6405 controls. Several known ALS genes were found to be associated, and TBK1 (the gene encoding TANK-binding kinase 1) was identified as an ALS gene. TBK1 is known to bind to and phosphorylate a number of proteins involved in innate immunity and autophagy, including optineurin (OPTN) and p62 (SQSTM1/sequestosome), both of which have also been implicated in ALS. These observations reveal a key role of the autophagic pathway in ALS and suggest specific targets for therapeutic intervention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1436-41
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	347
Issue number	6229
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa3650
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2015

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Autophagy
Exome
Female
Genes
Genetic Association Studies
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Protein Binding
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
Risk
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Transcription Factor TFIIIA
Young Adult

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Cirulli, E. T., Lasseigne, B. N., Petrovski, S., Sapp, P. C., Dion, P. A., Leblond, C. S., Couthouis, J., Lu, Y.-F., Wang, Q., Krueger, B. J., Ren, Z., Keebler, J., Han, Y., Levy, S. E., Boone, B. E., Wimbish, J. R., Waite, L. L., Jones, A. L., Carulli, J. P., ... Morrison, K. (2015). Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways. Science, 347(6229), 1436-41. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa3650

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Exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies risk genes and pathways

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