Table 2.
Neuropathological overview of foetuses interrupted for tubulin related lissencephalies
Case number | Gene | Gender | Nucleotidic change | Proteic change | TOP | Cortical lamination | Neuronoglial overmigration | Heterotopia | Olfactory bulbs agenesis | Hippocampus | Enlarged GZ | Basal Ganglia | Corpus callosum | Cerebellum | Pons –Braintem | Ophthalmological signs | Head circumference | Additional morphological signs | Reference |
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Nuclei and corticospinal tract | |||||||||||||||||||
LIS_TUB_025 fœtus06 | TUBA1A | M | c.787C > A | p.P263T | 26 | Poorly differentiated CP (2–3 layers poorly individualized) | - | Dispersed heterotopic neurons | + | N | + | Dysmorphic | c.ACC | Severe Hypoplasia | Severe pons hypoplasia | - | 5th p | Absent | [32] |
Severe hypoplasia and Disorganization of the CST | |||||||||||||||||||
LIS_TUB_011_ fœtus231 | TUBA1A | M | c.1226 T > C | p.V409A | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | c.ACC | Severe hypoplasia | Severe pons hypoplasia | N/A | 5th p | Absent | This series |
LIS_TUB_022_ fœtus05 | TUBA1A | M | c.712A > G | p.I238V | 25 | Poorly differentiated CP (2–3 layers poorly individualized) | - | Nodular heterotopia | - | N | + | Dysmorphic | c.ACC | Moderate Vermian Hypoplasia | Severe pons hypoplasia | N/A | 5th p | Absent | [32] |
Unilateral hypoplasia of the CST | |||||||||||||||||||
LIS_TUB_018_ fœtus10 | TUBA1A | F | c.1265G > A | p.R422H | 28 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | c.ACC | Mild Vermian Hypoplasia | Mild pons hypoplasia | N/A | 5th p | Absent | This series |
LIS_TUB_017 fœtus021 | TUBA1A | M | c.1205G > A | p.R402H | 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | c.ACC | Mild Vermian Hypoplasia | Mild pons hypoplasia | N/A | 5th p | Absent | This series |
LIS_TUB_013_ fœtus14 | TUBB2B | F | c.302G > A | p.G98R | 32,8 | Thick 4-layered cortex | - | Heterotopia | N/A | N | N/A | - | c.ACC | Mild Vermian Hypoplasia | Mild pons hypoplasia | - | 5th p | Absent | This series |
LIS_TUB_021_ fœtus07 | TUBA1A | M | c.1204C > T | p.R402C | 35 | Thick 4-layered cortex | - | Radial columnar heterotopic neurons | - | N | - | - | Thick CC | Mild Vermian Hypoplasia | Moderate pons hypoplasia | N/A | 5th p | Absent | [32] |
Mild hypoplasia of the CST |
Abbreviations: TOP termination of the pregnancy, LIS lissencephaly, N/A not available, ACC corpus callosum agenesis, GZ germinal zones, p. percentile; 1no foetopathological data available; Foetal MRI based analysis of the phenotype; unilat: unilateral; +: Present; −: Absent; N: Normal; CP cortical plate; CST: corticospinal tract.