Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy revisited
Georgia Xiromerisiou, Chrysoula Marogianni, Katerina Dadouli, Christina Zompola, Despoina Georgouli, Antonios Provatas, Aikaterini Theodorou, Paschalis Zervas, Christina Nikolaidou, Stergios Stergiou, Panagiotis Ntellas, Maria Sokratous, Pantelis Stathis, Georgios P. Paraskevas, Anastasios Bonakis, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios Tsivgoulis
Abstract
<h3>Objective</h3> The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the various <i>NOTCH3</i> mutations and their clinical and genetic profile, along with the presentation of a novel mutation in a patient. <h3>Methods</h3> Here, we describe the phenotype of a patient with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) harboring a novel mutation. We also performed an extensive literature research for <i>NOTCH3</i> mutations published since the identification of the gene and performed a systematic review of all published cases with NOTCH3 mutations. We evaluated the mutation pathogenicity in a great number of patients with detailed clinical and genetic evaluation and investigated the possible phenotype-genotype correlations. <h3>Results</h3> Our patient harbored a novel mutation in the <i>NOTCH3</i> gene, the c.3084 G > C, corresponding to the aminoacidic substitution p.Trp1028Cys, presenting with seizures as the first neurologic manifestation. We managed to find a correlation between the pathogenicity of mutations, severity of the phenotype, and age at onset of CADASIL. Significant differences were also identified between men and women regarding the phenotype severity. <h3>Conclusions</h3> The collection and analysis of these scarce data published since the identification of <i>NOTCH3</i> qualitatively by means of a systematic review and quantitatively regarding genetic profile and pathogenicity scores, highlight the significance of the ongoing trend of investigating phenotypic genotypic correlations.