Table 1.
Summary of all reported NAXE variants and associated cases of PEBEL1. Molecularly confirmed probands and their siblings (confirmed or unconfirmed), grouped under the pathogenic NAXE variants, are shown. Reported clinical findings, treatments, and outcomes are shown. Bolded are patients that were alive at assessment 1 year or more after diagnosis.
| Case | Genetics of NAXE transcript: NM_144772.2, protein: NP_658985.2 |
SexA | Age | Outcome | Neurologic phenotype | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | Δ product | Variant 2 | Δ product | Hypotonia | Loss of motor milestones |
Ataxia | Movement d/o |
Bulbar | Seizures | ||||
| 1 | c.281C>A | p.Ala94Asp | c.281C>A | p.Ala94Asp | ♀ | 6–12 | Death at 1-3y | + | + | ||||
| 2 | ♀ | m | + | + | |||||||||
| 3 | ♀ | + | + | ||||||||||
| 4 | ♂ | + | + | ||||||||||
| 5 | ♂ | Death at 10 yC | + | + | |||||||||
| 6 | c.177C>AD | p.Tyr59* | c.177C>AD | p.Tyr59* | ♂ | 20 m | Death at 21 m | + | + | Quadriparesis, torticollis | |||
| 7 | ♀ | 19 m | Death at 24 m | + | + | Quadriparesis | |||||||
| 8 | c.196C>TD | p.Gln66 | c.516 + 1G>AD | ♀ | 15 m | Death at 24 m | + | Tremor | |||||
| 9 | c.804_807 delinsAD | p.Lys270del | c.804_807 delinsAD | p.Lys270del | ♂ | 16 m | Death at 18 m | + | |||||
| 10 | c.804_807 delinsAD | p.Lys270del | c.368A>T | p.Asp123Val | 1 ♂ | 2 y | Alive at 3 y with residual ataxia E | + | + | + | Torticollis | ||
| 11 | c.653A>T | p.Asp218Val | c.743delC | p.Ala248Glufs*26 | ♂ | 16 m | Death at 29 m | + | + | Dysarthria | + | ||
| 12 | ? | 8 m | Death at 24 m | ||||||||||
| 13 | c.653A>T | p.Asp218Val | c.743_744delCA | p.Ala248Thrfs | ♂F | 8 m | Death at 24 m | + | + | ||||
| 14 | ♂F | ? | ? | + | + | ||||||||
| 15 | c.757G>AD | p.Gly253Ser | c.665-1G>AD | ♂ | 3 y | Death at 6 y | + | Recurrent falls | Dysarthria, dysphagia | ||||
| 16 | c.757G>AD | p.Gly253Ser | c.665-1G>AD,G | ♀ | 20 y | Death at 22 y | + | Myoclonus | |||||
| 17 | c.757G>AD | p.Gly253Ser | c.665-1G>AD | ♀ | 22 y | Alive at 29 y, nonambulatory E | Myoclonus, perioral dyskinesia, spasticity | Dysarthria | + | ||||
| 18 | c.733A>C | p.Lys245Gln | c.733A>C | p.Lys245Gln | ♀ | 20 m | Alive at 5.5 y with unsteady gateH1,I | + | + | + | Quadriparesis, tremor | Dysarthria | + |
| 19 | c.733A>C | p.Lys245Gln | c.733A>C | p.Lys245Gln | ♀F | 4 y | Death at 4 y | + | + | ||||
| 20 | c.652G>A | p.Asp218Asn | c.652G>A | p.Asp218Asn | ♂ | 3 d | Death at 4–6 m | + | + | ||||
| 21 | ? | ? | + | + | |||||||||
| 22 | ? | ? | + | + | |||||||||
| 23 | c.640A>G | p.Ile214Val | c.640A>G | p.Ile214Val | ♂ | 7y | Not reported | ||||||
| 24 | ♀ | ? | diseased, age not reported | ||||||||||
| 25 | c.386G>C | p.Arg129Pro | c.641 T>G | p.Ile214Ser | ♂ | 2 y | Death at 3 y | + | + | + | Quadriparesis, torticollis | Dysarthria | + |
| 26 | c.255A>T | p.Glu85Asp | c.361G>A | p.Gly121Arg | ♂ | 2 y | Death at 3 y | + | + | ||||
| 27 | c.255A>T | p.Glu85Asp | c.361G>A | p.Gly121Arg | ♂ | 2y | Alive at 4 y with mild myopathy H2 | Mild | + | ||||
| 28 | c.565G>A | p.Gly189Ser | c.565G>A | p.Gly189Ser | ♂ | 1 y | Death by 3 y | + | + | + | UE hyperkinesia | ||
| 29 | ♂ | 1 y | Death by 20 m | + | + | + | |||||||
| 30 | c.368A>T | p.Asp123Val | c.733A>C | p.Lys245Gln | ♀F | 2.5 y | Alive at 21 y, ventilatordependent and bedridden | + | |||||
Abbreviations: ND = not determined; m = month(s); y = year(s); Nl = normal; R = regression; T2HI = T2 hyperintensities; DR = diffusion restriction on diffusion weighted imaging; Abn = Abnormal; PR = pigmentary retinopathy; GDD = global developmental delays; HTN = hypertension; skin = Pellagra-like erythematous desquamating rash involving the neck face and torso also described as Lyell-like (toxic epidermal necrolysis) in some reports; WM = white matter; FTT = failure to thrive; UE = upper extremities; FSGS = focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; CK = creatine kinase.
Number includes family members presenting with a similar phenotype even in the absence of molecular confirmation.
Increased lactate in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or an abnormal lactate peak on MR spectroscopy.
Patient was bedridden and ventilator-dependent since diagnosis.
No protein expression in fibroblasts.
Treated with niacin (80–200 mg/day).
Information obtained from a retrospective whole exome sequencing study; phenotypic characterization is limited to the human phenotype ontology's (HPO) standardized annotation.
Suspected to be triggered by alcohol and tetrahydrocannabinol consumption.
Treated with nicotinamide, 30 mg/day; along with thiamine 60 mg/day, riboflavin 3 mg/day, pyridoxine 3 mg/day, and coenzyme Q10.
Treated with nicotinamide; and coenzyme Q10, thiamine and riboflavin (doses not reported).
Suffered two crises, recovered from the first one after 2 months of rehabilitation with residual ataxia and hypotonia.
The patient is a product of consanguineous union. Brain malformations in this case, not seen in others, may be related to other genetic variations.