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. 2018 Nov 21;103(6):1009–1021. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.10.019

Table 1.

Brain Imaging Features of Individuals with MACF1 Mutations

Subject ID LIS with Brainstem Hypoplasia and Dysplasia
LIS Only
LR14-088 LR17-434 LR16-306 LR17-450 LR04-067a1 LR04-067a2 LR18-077 LR18-0704 LR16-412
Protein Variants

GenBank: NM_012090.5a p.Cys5177Phe p.Cys5177Phe p.Asp5228Tyr p.Asp5228Tyr p.Cys5230Phe p.Cys5230Phe p.Cys5230Gly deletion p.Gly4706Arg
MACF1-204b p.Cys7135Phe p.Cys7135Phe p.Asp7186Tyr p.Asp7186Tyr p.Cys7188Phe p.Cys7188Phe p.Cys7188Gly deletion p.Gly6664Arg

Cerebral Hemispheres

LIS severity PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse PGY diffuse
LIS gradient P > A P > A P > A P > A A = P A = P P > A P > A P > A
LIS cortical thickness thin (4–7 mm) thin (4–7 mm) thick (10–15 mm) thick (10–15 mm) thin (4–7 mm) thin (4–7 mm) thin (4–7 mm) thin (4–7 mm) thin (4–7 mm)
Hippocampal dysplasia yes yes yes yes yes yes yes subtle subtle
Thin white matter yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Commissures

Anterior commissure thin thin thinc thin borderline thin borderline thin thin thin normal
Corpus callosum thin diffuse thin diffuse thin diffused thin diffused normal normal thin mild normal thin mild
Hippocampal commissure normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal
Optic chiasm normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal

Brainstem

Thick tectume no no no yes no no no no no
Severe narrowing of pons yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no
Wide pons and medulla yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes subtle
Base of pons tiny tiny absentc absent small small small tiny no
Pontine hypoplasia severe severe (DTI) severe severe moderate to severe moderate to severe moderate to severe severe no

Cerebellum

Vermis hypoplasia moderate mild mild mild mild mild moderate no normal
Hemisphere hypoplasia moderate mild mild mild mildf mildf mild no normal
Foliar dysplasia yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no

Abbreviations are as follows: A = P, anterior gradient same as posterior gradient; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; LIS, lissencephaly; P > A, posterior gradient more severe than anterior gradient; PGY, pachygyria.

a

GenBank: NM_012090.5 and transcript MACF1-203 (Ensembl: ENST00000361689.6).

b

Transcript MACF1-204 (Ensembl: ENST00000372915.7).

c

Low-resolution scan.

d

Severe hypoplasia of splenium.

e

Fused colliculi.

f

Right smaller than left.