Mutations in DDHD1, encoding a phospholipase A1, is a novel cause of retinopathy and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation.

Rodolphe Dard, Claire Meyniel, Valérie Touitou, Giovanni Stevanin, Foudil Lamari, Alexandra Durr, Claire Ewenczyk, Fanny Mochel
European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2017-12-01; 60(12): 639-642
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.08.015

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1. Eur J Med Genet. 2017 Dec;60(12):639-642. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.08.015. Epub
2017 Aug 14.

Mutations in DDHD1, encoding a phospholipase A1, is a novel cause of retinopathy
and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation.

Dard R(1), Meyniel C(2), Touitou V(3), Stevanin G(4), Lamari F(5), Durr A(6),
Ewenczyk C(6), Mochel F(7).

Author information:
(1)AP-HP, Département de Génétique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris,
France; CHI Poissy St Germain-en-Laye, Département de Génétique, Cytogénétique et
Biologie de la Reproduction, St Germain-en-Laye, France.
(2)AP-HP, Département de Neurophysiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière,
Paris, France.
(3)AP-HP, Département d’Ophtalmologie, DHU Vision et Handicaps, Groupe
Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
(4)Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S
1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.
(5)AP-HP, Laboratoire de Biochimie Métabolique, Groupe Hospitalier
Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Groupe de
Recherche Clinique Neurométabolique, Paris, France.
(6)AP-HP, Département de Génétique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris,
France; Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06
UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France.
(7)AP-HP, Département de Génétique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris,
France; Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06
UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France;
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Groupe de Recherche Clinique Neurométabolique,
Paris, France. Electronic address: .

Defects of phospholipids remodelling and synthesis are inborn errors of
metabolism responsible for various clinical presentations including spastic
paraplegia, retinopathy, optic atrophy, myo- and cardiomyopathies, and
osteo-cutaneous manifestations. DDHD1 encodes a phospholipase A1, which is
involved in the remodelling of phospholipids. We previously described a
relatively pure hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) phenotype associated with
mutations in DDHD1. Here we report a complex form of HSP associated with retinal
dystrophy and a pattern of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)
on brain MRI, due to a novel homozygous mutation in DDHD1. This observation
enlarges the clinical spectrum of DDHD1-associated disorders and sheds light on a
new aetiology for syndromes associating retinopathy and NBIA. It also emphasizes
the role of complex lipids in the retina.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2017.08.015
PMID: 28818478 [Indexed for MEDLINE]

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