NeuroTeach 32 - Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)

Hereditary Ataxias!!!

Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA)
“SCA1 …. the unstable CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion” American geneticist Harry T. Orr


2)
SCA definition
“complex group of heterogeneous degenerative diseases of the cerebellum and its connections”

3) Worldwide distribution of SCA subtypes
21% SCA3, Brazil & Portugal 15% SCA2, India & Singapore 15% SCA6, Japan & Germany 6% SCA1, South Africa 5% SCA7, South Africa 3% SCA8, worldwide <1% rare SCA 10, SCA 12, SCA 14, SCA17


4)
SCA1
“ophthalmoplegia + spasticity + extrapyramidal signs” - ATXN1, AD - anticipation w/ paternal transmission - 1st identified - best understood at molecular level


5) SCA2
“early slow oculomotor saccades, ophthalmoplegia, fasciculations, extrapyramidal signs” - infantile, onset - associated w/ dementia & muscle cramping - ATXN2, AD - anticipation w/ paternal transmission - Cuban population


6) SCA3 “ophthalmoplegia, vestibular involv, fasciculations, neuropathy, spasticity, extrapyramidal signs” -severe vertigo & muscle cramping -Machado-Joseph disease -most freq SCA -Portuguese pop -anticipation w/ paternal transmission


7)
SCA6 “downbeat nystagmus & vestibular involvement” - after age 50y, onset - episodic ataxia - severe vertigo - CACNA1A - anticipation is not seen


8) SCA7 “early slowed oculomotor saccades, spasticity” - infantile onset - associated w/ seizure & retinopathy - macular dystrophy


9) SCA8

“saccadic dysmetria and gaze-evoked nystagmus”

- mild disease
- ATXN 8, ATXN8 OS 
- AD
- maternal anticipation

10) SCA10

- associated w/ seizures
- ATXN 10
- Mexican population
- paternal anticipation
- SCA2&SCA10


11) SCA12

“action tremor, progressive ataxia, subtle parkinsonism”

- PPP2R2B
- Agarwal community


12) SCA14 - PRKCG - AD


13) SCA17 “extrapyramidal signs” - dementia - TBP - AD

14) Algorithm - age


15) Algorithm – clinical manifestation


16) Algorithm – oculomotor sign


17) Ophthalmologic manifestations of SCA


18) Algorithm regarding AD or AR
- according to the family inheritance order, the panel