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Rocio N Villar-Quiles1, Maja von der Hagen1, Corinne Métay1
1From the Basic and Translational Myology Lab (R.N.V.-Q., V.G., A.F.), UMR8251, Université de Paris/CNRS; Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires Nord/Est/Ile de France (R.N.V.-Q., B. Eymard, N.B.R., A.F.) and Neuromuscular Morphology Unit (N.B.R., M.F.), Institut de Myologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Department of Paediatric Neurology (M.v.d.H.), Medinzinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; AP-HP (C.M., P.R.), Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Chromosomique, UF Cardiogénétique et Myogénétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Neurology (V.G.), University Hospital of Montpellier, France; Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section (S.D.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders (E.B.), Bambino Gesu' Children's Research Hospital, Rome, Italy; Departamento de Neurología Pediátrica (C.C.), Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile; Paediatrics Department (D.C.), Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France; Neuromuscular Unit (J.C.), Neuropaediatrics Department, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona; Center for the Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER) (J.C.), ISCIII; Department of Neurology (M.L.C.), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos; Department of Medicine (M.L.C.), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Department of Neurology (M.d.V.), Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam Neuroscience, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Neurology (I.D.), Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, France; Department of Child Neurology (N.G.), University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium; Department of Pediatric Neurology (A.K.), Center for Chronically Sick Children, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neuropediatrics (E.L.), CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR INSERM U1253, Tours, France; Department of Neuropediatrics (J.L.), University Children's Hospital of Basel (UKBB), Switzerland; Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires Nord/Est/Ile de France (E.M.), Neurology Department, Raymond-Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches; Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires Nord/Est/Ile de France (M.M.), Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (L.M.), University of Bologna, Italy; Réanimation Médicale, Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles et Centre d'Investigation Clinique, UMR 1429 (D.O.), INSERM-UMR, 1179, UVSQ (D.O.), and Neuromuscular Unit, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Intensive Care and Rehabilitation, AP-HP, UVSQ Paris Saclay (B. Estournet, S.Q.-R.), Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France; Department of Neurology (U.R.), Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden, German; Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics (M.A.S.), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Friedrich-Baur-Institut (B.S.-W.), Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich; Department of Pediatric Neurology (M.S.), University of Tübingen, Germany; The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre (V.S.), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Department of Child Neurology (H.T.), Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; Centre de Compétence Neuromusculaire (J.A.U.), Hôpital Marin, Hendaye, France; Department of Neurology (A.v.d.K.), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, the Netherlands; Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurology (E.W.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany; Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section (C.G.B.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and Department of Pediatric Neurology (U.S.), Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, University of Essen, Germany.
Objective:
To clarify the prevalence, long-term natural history, and severity determinants of SEPN1-related myopathy (SEPN1-RM), we analyzed a large international case series.
Methods:
Retrospective clinical, histologic, and genetic analysis of 132 pediatric and adult patients (2-58 years) followed up for several decades.
Results:
The clinical phenotype was marked by severe axial muscle weakness, spinal rigidity, and scoliosis (86.1%, from 8.9 ± 4 years), with relatively preserved limb strength and previously unreported ophthalmoparesis in severe cases. All patients developed respiratory failure (from 10.1±6 years), 81.7% requiring ventilation while ambulant. Histopathologically, 79 muscle biopsies showed large variability, partly determined by site of biopsy and age. Multi-minicores were the most common lesion (59.5%), often associated with mild dystrophic features and occasionally with eosinophilic inclusions. Identification of 65 SEPN1 mutations, including 32 novel ones and the first pathogenic copy number variation, unveiled exon 1 as the main mutational hotspot and revealed the first genotype-phenotype correlations, bi-allelic null mutations being significantly associated with disease severity (p = 0.017). SEPN1-RM was more severe and progressive than previously thought, leading to loss of ambulation in 10% of cases, systematic functional decline from the end of the third decade, and reduced lifespan even in mild cases. The main prognosis determinants were scoliosis/respiratory management, SEPN1 mutations, and body mass abnormalities, which correlated with disease severity. We propose a set of severity criteria, provide quantitative data for outcome identification, and establish a need for age stratification.
Conclusion:
Our results inform clinical practice, improving diagnosis and management, and represent a major breakthrough for clinical trial readiness in this not so rare disease.
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