OMIA:001552-9615 : Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, 12 in Canis lupus familiaris (dog)

Categories: Lysosomal storage disease , Nervous system phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 606693 (trait) , 617225 (trait) , 610513 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Considered a defect: yes

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2011

Cross-species summary: One of several variants of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) or Batten disease: CLN12; NCL12. In humans also known as "also known as Kufor-Rakeb syndrome, PARK9, and spastic paraplegia78" (Schmutz et al., 2019).

Species-specific description: The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of lysosomal storage diseases characterized by intraneuronal accumulation of fluorescent granules and early neuronal death. In the Tibetan terrier, changes in behavior and vision begin at 4-6 years of age. A genetic test is available.

Mapping: By conducting a GWAS on 19 affected and 15 control Tibetan Terriers, each genotyped with the Affymetrix Canine Genome 2.0 Array, Farias et al. (2011) mapped this disorder to a 1.3 Mb region of chromosome CFA2., which contains 18 genes, including a likely candidate ATP13A2. Later that same year, Wöhlke et al. (2011) reported an independent GWAS on 12 affected and 7 control Tibetan Terriers, each genotyped with the "127K canine Affymetrix SNP chip", which enabled them to map this disorder to the same region of CFA2 as Farias et al. (2011).

Molecular basis: By sequencing the likely positional candidate gene mentioned in the Mapping section (above), Farias et al (2011) identified the causative mutation as a single base deletion in ATP13A2, namely "c.1,623delG, which predicted a frame shift and premature termination codon (p.P541fsX597)". Later that same year, Wöhlke et al. (2011) confirmed the same mutation, but called it c.1620delG, and stated that it "causes an alternative splicing of exon 16 but not a frameshift mutation with a premature termination codon as previously supposed [by Farias et al., 2011]". They went on to explain that "As a result of the in-frame loss of exon 16, the ATP13A2 protein is shortened by 69 amino acids. Therefore, all NCL-affected Tibetan terriers in the present study can synthesize this shortened ATP13A2 protein. In humans, all three isoforms do not lack exon 16. This new insight on the structure of the mutated protein may explain why Tibetan terriers express only mild neurodegenerative symptoms and the onset of the disease is late in life." The sequence information provided by Wöhlke et al. (2011) in their Figure corresponds to transcript XM_005617949.3:c.1623del. Schmutz et al. (2019): "Whole genome sequence analysis of one of [three affected Australian Cattle] . . . dogs revealed a homozygous c.1118C > T variant in ATP13A2 that predicts a nonconservative p.(Thr373Ile) amino acid substitution. All 3 affected dogs were homozygous for this variant, which was heterozygous in 42 of 394 unaffected Australian Cattle Dogs, the remainder of which were homozygous for the c.1118C allele. "

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Clinical features: Behavioral signs usually appear around 4 to 6 years of age (Katz et al., 2005, Katz et al., 2007, Farias et al., 2011). Signs include behavioral changes, cognitive decline, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, seizures, nervousness, aggressiveness, loss of training, hypersensitivity to stimuli, loss of coordination, tremors, retinal degeneration, depressed rod function, some impairment of cone function, moderate visual impairment in low light, but good visual acuity in bright light.

Pathology: There is widespread accumulation of autofluorescent lysosomal storage material throughout the cerebral cortex, retina, and cerebellum. Stored material appears as stacks of membranes in whorls or parallel arrays, or coarsely granular and lipid-like substances. Components of this material include glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and histone H4 (Katz et al., 2007).

Prevalence: As NCL is rare in other breeds, it is more common by comparison in the Tibetan terrier, which is likely due to the relatively small breeding population and adult onset of signs (Katz et al., 2005). Schmutz et al. (2019) "genotyped the [c.1118C>T] variant in a cohort of 397 Australian Cattle Dogs, which included the 3 known cases, dog D, 26 unaffected Australian Cattle Dogs older than 6 years of age and 367 population controls. This revealed a perfect association of the genotypes with the phenotype (Table 2). All three affected dogs carried the variant in homozygous state. Dog D, the sire of the two affected dogs was heterozygous (obligate carrier). Among the other 393 Australian Cattle dogs, we observed 352 dogs that were homozygous wildtype and 41 dogs that were heterozygous and presumably carriers for the disease. These data indicate that among the Australian Cattle Dogs that were sampled, the carrier frequency is around 10%. Because of sampling bias in our population, the carrier frequency among all Australian Cattle Dogs may be different. We also genotyped 555 dogs from genetically diverse breeds. None of these dogs carried the ATP13A2:c.1118C > T variant".

Control: Relatives of affected dogs should be tested. Avoid breeding affected or carrier dogs.

Genetic testing: There is a test available.

Breeds: Australian Cattle Dog (Dog) (VBO_0200088), Tibetan Terrier (Dog) (VBO_0201353).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
ATP13A2 ATPase type 13A2 Canis lupus familiaris 2 NC_051806.1 (81842888..81861861) ATP13A2 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.

Since October 2021, OMIA includes a semiautomated lift-over pipeline to facilitate updates of genomic positions to a recent reference genome position. These changes to genomic positions are not always reflected in the ‘acknowledgements’ or ‘verbal description’ fields in this table.

OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
1067 Australian Cattle Dog (Dog) Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, 12 ATP13A2 missense Naturally occurring variant CanFam3.1 2 g.81208162C>T c.1118C>T p.(T373I) XM_005617949.3; XP_005618006.1 2019 30956123
400 Tibetan Terrier (Dog) Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, 12 ATP13A2 splicing Naturally occurring variant CanFam3.1 2 g.81210367del c.1623del XM_005617949.3; XP_005618006.1; variant was published as c.1623delG p.P541fs*597 by Farias et al. (2011); Wöhlke et al. (2011) provided an alternate transcript position c.1620delG and proposed that the variant causes exon 16 skipping in NCL-affected Tibetan terriers. The sequence information provided by Wöhlke et al. (2011) corresponds to XM_005617949.3:c.1623del 2011 21362476 22022275

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2022). OMIA:001552-9615: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2023 Meadows, J.R.S., Kidd, J.M., Wang, G.D., Parker, H.G., Schall, P.Z., Bianchi, M., Christmas, M.J., Bougiouri, K., Buckley, R.M., Hitte, C., Nguyen, A.K., Wang, C., Jagannathan, V., Niskanen, J.E., Frantz, L.A.F., Arumilli, M., Hundi, S., Lindblad-Toh, K., Ginja, C., Agustina, K.K., André, C., Boyko, A.R., Davis, B.W., Drögemüller, M., Feng, X.Y., Gkagkavouzis, K., Iliopoulos, G., Harris, A.C., Hytönen, M.K., Kalthoff, D.C., Liu, Y.H., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Pires, A.E., Racimo, F., Ramos-Almodovar, F., Savolainen, P., Venetsani, S., Tammen, I., Triantafyllidis, A., vonHoldt, B., Wayne, R.K., Larson, G., Nicholas, F.W., Lohi, H., Leeb, T., Zhang, Y.P., Ostrander, E.A. :
Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture. Genome Biol 24:187, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37582787. DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-03023-7.
2021 Cerda-Gonzalez, S., Packer, R.A., Garosi, L., Lowrie, M., Mandigers, P.J.J., O'Brien, D.P., Volk, H.A. :
International veterinary canine dyskinesia task force ECVN consensus statement: Terminology and classification. J Vet Intern Med 35:1218-1230, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33769611. DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16108.
2020 Story, B.D., Miller, M.E., Bradbury, A.M., Million, E.D., Duan, D., Taghian, T., Faissler, D., Fernau, D., Beecy, S.J., Gray-Edwards, H.L. :
Canine models of inherited musculoskeletal and neurodegenerative diseases. Front Vet Sci 7:80, 2020. Pubmed reference: 32219101. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00080.
2019 Schmutz, I., Jagannathan, V., Bartenschlager, F., Stein, V.M., Gruber, A.D., Leeb, T., Katz, M.L. :
ATP13A2 missense variant in Australian Cattle Dogs with late onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Mol Genet Metab 127:95-106, 2019. Pubmed reference: 30956123. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.11.015.
2017 Katz, M.L., Rustad, E., Robinson, G.O., Whiting, R.E.H., Student, J.T., Coates, J.R., Narfstrom, K. :
Canine neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses: Promising models for preclinical testing of therapeutic interventions. Neurobiol Dis 108:277-87, 2017. Pubmed reference: 28860089. DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.08.017.
2011 Farias, F.H., Zeng, R., Johnson, G.S., Wininger, F.A., Taylor, J.F., Schnabel, R.D., McKay, S.D., Sanders, D.N., Lohi, H., Seppälä, E.H., Wade, C.M., Lindblad-Toh, K., O'Brien, D.P., Katz, M.L. :
A truncating mutation in ATP13A2 is responsible for adult-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in Tibetan terriers. Neurobiol Dis 42:468-74, 2011. Pubmed reference: 21362476. DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.02.009.
Wöhlke, A., Philipp, U., Bock, P., Beineke, A., Lichtner, P., Meitinger, T., Distl, O. :
A one base pair deletion in the canine ATP13A2 gene causes exon skipping and late-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in the Tibetan terrier. PLoS Genet 7:e1002304, 2011. Pubmed reference: 22022275. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002304.
2007 Katz, ML., Sanders, DN., Mooney, BP., Johnson, GS. :
Accumulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein and histone H4 in brain storage bodies of Tibetan terriers with hereditary neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. J Inherit Metab Dis 30:952-63, 2007. Pubmed reference: 18004671. DOI: 10.1007/s10545-007-0683-y.
2005 Drogemulller, C., Wohlke, A., Distl, O. :
Evaluation of the canine TPP1 gene as a candidate for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in Tibetan Terrier and Polish Owczarek Nizinny dogs. Anim Genet 36:178-9, 2005. Pubmed reference: 15771740. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01254.x.
Katz, ML., Narfstrom, K., Johnson, GS., O'Brien, DP. :
Assessment of retinal function and characterization of lysosomal storage body accumulation in the retinas and brains of Tibetan Terriers with ceroid-lipofuscinosis. Am J Vet Res 66:67-76, 2005. Pubmed reference: 15691038.
2002 Katz, M.L., Sanders, D.A., Sanders, D.N., Hansen, E.A., Johnson, G.S. :
Assessment of plasma carnitine concentrations in relation to ceroid lipofuscinosis in Tibetan Terriers. Am J Vet Res 63:890-5, 2002. Pubmed reference: 12061538.
1992 Alroy, J., Schelling, SH., Thalhammer, JG., Raghavan, SS., Natowicz, MR., Prence, EM., Orgad, U. :
Adult onset lysosomal storage disease in a Tibetan terrier: clinical, morphological and biochemical studies. Acta Neuropathol 84:658-63, 1992. Pubmed reference: 1471473.
Riis, R.C., Cummings, J.F., Loew, E.R., Delahunta, A. :
Tibetan Terrier Model of Canine Ceroid Lipofuscinosis American Journal of Medical Genetics 42:615-621, 1992. Pubmed reference: 1609844. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320420437.

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