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Discovery of autism/intellectual disability somatic mutations in Alzheimer’s brains: mutated ADNP cytoskeletal impairments and repair as a case study
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With Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exhibiting reduced ability of neural stem cell renewal, we hypothesized that de novo mutations controlling embryonic development, in the form of brain somatic mutations instigate the disease. A leading gene presenting heterozygous dominant de novo autism-intellectual disabilities (ID) causing mutations is activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP), with intact ADNP protecting against AD-tauopathy. We discovered a genomic autism ADNP mutation (c.2188C>T) in postmortem AD olfactory bulbs and hippocampi. RNA-Seq of olfactory bulbs also identified a novel ADNP hotspot mutation, c.2187_2188insA. Altogether, 665 mutations in 596 genes with 441 mutations in AD patients (389 genes, 38% AD—exclusive mutations) and 104 genes presenting disease-causing mutations (OMIM) were discovered. OMIM AD mutated genes converged on cytoskeletal mechanisms, autism and ID causing mutations (about 40% each). The number and average frequencies of AD-related mutations per subject were higher in AD subjects compared to controls. RNA-seq datamining (hippocampus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, fusiform gyrus and superior frontal gyrus—583 subjects) yielded similar results. Overlapping all tested brain areas identified unique and shared mutations, with ADNP singled out as a gene associated with autism/ID/AD and presenting several unique aging/AD mutations. The large fusiform gyrus library (117 subjects) with high sequencing coverage correlated the c.2187_2188insA ADNP mutation frequency to Braak stage (tauopathy) and showed more ADNP mutations in AD specimens. In cell cultures, the ADNP-derived snippet NAP inhibited mutated-ADNP-microtubule (MT) toxicity and enhanced Tau–MT association. We propose a paradigm-shifting concept in the perception of AD whereby accumulating mosaic somatic mutations promote brain pathology.
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![Fig. 4 ADNP mutations inhibit MT dynamics, NAP protects. a Location of functional protein regions are depicted along full-length human ADNP coding sequence. The arrows point out all ADNP mutations identified in the current study, including the mutations that were examined below. The figure was constructed according previously published data [4–7, 11, 19, 21, 25, 53, 71–75]. b Live imaging of N1E-115 cells expressing EB3-RFP with GFP conjugated to full-length ADNP or truncated ADNP proteins with or without NAP treatment (10−12M) for 4 h. Transfection with backbone plasmid (pEGFP-C1) expressing non-conjugated GFP, was performed as a control. Time-lapse images were automatically captured every 3 s during a 1 min using the Leica LAS AF software. Tracks of EB3 comet-like structures presented as colored lines and were obtained by the Imaris software. c Graphs represent quantification of the average track length and comet speed. Data from three independent experiments were collected in unbiased fashion by the Imaris software, and statistical analysis (Table S14) of the data was performed by Two-Way ANOVA (SigmaPlot11). Statistical significance is presented by *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Control n = 26; Control + NAP n = 11; full-length ADNP n = 28; full-length ADNP + NAP n = 28; p.Arg730* n = 43; p.Arg730* + NAP n = 20; p.Tyr719* n = 32; p.Tyr719* + NAP n = 30](/paper-figures/a9fe773eaf1b4ea4a2450bb72efeee09/discovery-of-autism-intellectual-disability-somatic-mutations-in-alzheimers-figure-4.jpg)

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- Ivashko-Pachima, Y., Hadar, A., Grigg, I., Korenková, V., Kapitansky, O., Karmon, G., Gershovits, M., Sayas, C. L., Kooy, R. F., Attems, J., Gurwitz, D., & Gozes, I.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Universidad de La Laguna (ES)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Gozes, Illana
- ORCID
- Venue
- Molecular Psychiatry
- Published
- 2019-10-30
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1619-1633
- ISSN
- 1359-4184 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5578
- PMC
- PMC8159740
- OpenAlex
- W2982336643
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 13
- FWCI
- 7.89
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- en
- Open access
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- Molecular Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by)
- Funders
- Fundación Alicia Koplowitz
- Alzheimer's Society
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Newcastle University (G0400074)
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (CZ1.05/1.1.00/02.0109, RVO:86652036, CZ.1.05, LQ1604 NPU II, 86652036, LQ1604)
- Israel Science Foundation (ISF 1424/14, 1424/14)
- Tel Aviv University
- Medical Research Council (G0400074)
- European Regional Development Fund (CZ.1.05/1.100/02.0109, LQ1604, 86652036)
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, somatic mutations, ADNP, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, de novo mutations, microtubules, tauopathy, olfactory bulb, hippocampus, NAP peptide, Braak stages
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Autistic Disorder, Brain, Humans, Intellectual Disability, Mutation, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Homeodomain Proteins
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