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The effect of NOTCH3 pathogenic variant position on CADASIL disease severity: NOTCH3 EGFr 1-6 pathogenic variant are associated with a more severe phenotype and lower survival compared with EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant

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Rutten, Julie W., Van Eijsden, Bastian J., Duering, Marco, Jouvent, Eric, Opherk, Christian, Pantoni, Leonardo, Federico, Antonio, Dichgans, Martin +3 more·2019·Genetics in Medicine

Abstract

PURPOSE: CADASIL is a small-vessel disease caused by a cysteine-altering pathogenic variant in one of the 34 epidermal growth factor-like repeat (EGFr) domains of the NOTCH3 protein. We recently found that pathogenic variant in EGFr domains 7-34 have an unexpectedly high frequency in the general population (1:300). We hypothesized that EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant more frequently cause a much milder phenotype, thereby explaining an important part of CADASIL disease variability. METHODS: Age at first stroke, survival and white matter hyperintensity volume were compared between 664 CADASIL patients with either a NOTCH3 EGFr 1-6 pathogenic variant or an EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant. The frequencies of NOTCH3 EGFr 1-6 and EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant were compared between individuals in the genome Aggregation Database and CADASIL patients. RESULTS: CADASIL patients with an EGFr 1-6 pathogenic variant have a 12-year earlier onset of stroke than those with an EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant, lower survival, and higher white matter hyperintensity volumes. Among diagnosed CADASIL patients, 70% have an EGFr 1-6 pathogenic variant, whereas EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant strongly predominate in the population. CONCLUSION: NOTCH3 pathogenic variant position is the most important determinant of CADASIL disease severity, with EGFr 7-34 pathogenic variant predisposing to a later onset of stroke and longer survival.

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  • All 4 treated patients who underwent genetic analysis had NOTCH3 variants located outside the classic high-risk EGFr 1-6 domains.

    “In addition, all 4 had NOTCH3 variants located outside the classic high-risk EGFr 1–6 domains.14”

    From Multiple Sclerosis Misdiagnosis in Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy With Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (2026) · cites this paper as [14]

    The Discussion (page not provided) identifies EGFr 1–6 variants as associated with a more severe CADASIL phenotype than EGFr 7–34 variants, supporting the description of EGFr 1–6 as higher risk. The paper does not identify the four treated patients or report their genetic-analysis results, so it does not support the claim that all four had variants outside those domains. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Rutten, J. W., Van Eijsden, B. J., Duering, M., Jouvent, E., Opherk, C., Pantoni, L., Federico, A., Dichgans, M., Markus, H. S., Chabriat, H., & Lesnik Oberstein, S. A. J.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
  • LMU Klinikum (DE)
  • SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn (DE)
  • University of Milan (IT)
  • University of Siena (IT)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
Corresponding author
Rutten, Julie W.
Venue
Genetics in Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-03
Volume
21
Issue
3
Pages
676-682
ISSN
1098-3600 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4249518051
Cited by
169
References
17
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1
FWCI
8.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2019-08-01)
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Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10019, NF-SI-0617-10006)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
Keywords
CADASIL, Notch3, epidermal growth factor-like repeats, disease severity, survival, white matter hyperintensity volume, cerebral small vessel disease
MeSH terms
Receptor, Notch3, Protein Domains, Adult, Aged, Brain, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Phenotype, Disease Progression, Stroke, CADASIL

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