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Background  Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) is a rare autosomal-recessive neurodegenerative disorder. Patients with INAD usually show neurological symptoms with infant onset and die in childhood. Recently, it was reported that mutations in the  PLA2G6  gene cause INAD, but neuropathological analysis of genetically confirmed individuals with neuroaxonal dystrophy has been limited.    Results  Here, we report a Japanese individual with neuroaxonal dystrophy associated with compound heterozygous mutations in the  PLA2G6  gene. A novel splice-site mutation resulting in skipping and missense mutations (p.R538C) in exon 9 was identified in the patient. This patient initially presented with cerebellar ataxia at the age of 3 years, which was followed by symptoms of mental retardation, extrapyramidal signs, and epileptic seizure. The patient survived until 20 years of age. Neuropathological findings were characterized by numerous axonal spheroids, brain iron deposition, cerebellar neuronal loss, phosphorylated alpha-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies (LBs), and phosphorylated-tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, LB pathology exhibited a unique distribution with extremely severe cortical involvement.    Conclusions  Our results support a genetic clinical view that compound heterozygous mutations with potential residual protein function are associated with a relatively mild phenotype. Moreover, the severe LB pathology suggests that dysfunction of the  PLA2G6  gene primarily contributes to LB formation.

acta neuropathologica communications

Extensive aggregation of α-synuclein and tau in juvenile-onset neuroaxonal dystrophy: an autopsied individual with a novel mutation in the PLA2G6 gene-splicing site