Optic Atrophy and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia via the SPG7 Gene
Summary and Pricing 
Test Method
Exome Sequencing with CNV Detection
| Test Code | Test Copy Genes | Test CPT Code | Gene CPT Codes Copy CPT Code | Base Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11707 | SPG7 | 81406 | 81406,81405 | $990 | Order Options and Pricing |
Pricing Comments
Our favored testing approach is exome based NextGen sequencing with CNV analysis. This will allow cost effective reflexing to PGxome or other exome based tests. However, if full gene Sanger sequencing is desired for STAT turnaround time, insurance, or other reasons, please see link below for Test Code, pricing, and turnaround time information. If the Sanger option is selected, CNV detection may be ordered through Test #600.
An additional 25% charge will be applied to STAT orders. STAT orders are prioritized throughout the testing process.
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The Sanger Sequencing method for this test is NY State approved.
For Sanger Sequencing click here.Turnaround Time
3 weeks on average for standard orders or 2 weeks on average for STAT orders.
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Clinical Features and Genetics
Clinical Features
Optic Atrophy (OA) is the most prevalent inherited optic neuropathy besides Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Both share a common pathological hallmark, the preferential loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) (Carelli et al. 2009; Yu-Wai-Man et al. 2010). OA is clinically characterized by bilateral reduction in visual acuity that progresses insidiously from early childhood (Yu-Wai-Man et al. 2011). Other symptoms include central or near central scotomas, tritanopia, variable degree of ptosis, central visual field defects and/or ophthalmalgia and optic nerve pallor. The most common OA is inherited in an autosomal dominant (AD) mode (DOA). Phenotype-genotype studies found that 20% of DOA patients develop a more severe phenotype called “DOA plus” (DOA+), which is characterized by extraocular multi-systemic features, including neurosensory hearing loss, or less commonly chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, myopathy, peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis-like illness, spastic paraplegia or cataracts (Yu-Wai-Man et al. 2010; Amati-Bonneau et al. 2009). Disease prevalence is estimated at ~1/30,000 in most populations in the world, but in Denmark it can reach to 1/10,000 due to a founder effect (Kjer et al. 1996; Thiselton et al. 2001; Lenaers et al. 2012).
Clinically and genetically heterogeneous hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders in which primary symptom is insidiously progressive spasticity (rigid muscles) and weakness of the lower limbs. HSP affects 1 in 10,000 people in the Western world (Polo et al. 1993). The Complicated form of the HSP shows additional neurological signs such as amyotrophy, mental retardation, pigmentary retinal degeneration, optic atrophy, extrapyramidal features, cerebellar ataxia, ichthyosis etc. (Harding 1981; Polo et al.. 1993)
Genetics
Mutations in SPG7 (spastic paraplegia gene 7) are associated with autosomal recessive (AR) optic atrophy and AR pure and complex hereditary spastic paraplegia. However, rarely it is also associated with AD isolated OA (Klebe et al. 2012). SPG7 gene encoding paraplegin is a putative mitochondrial metallopeptidase of the AAA family. Paraplegin coassembles with a homologous protein, AFG3L2, in the mitochondrial inner membrane to form the oligomeric mAAA protease complex. Impaired complex formation due to mutations in SPG7 leads to decreased activity of respiratory complex I that could directly contribute to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and decreased ATP synthesis leading to energy failure and in turn neurodegeneration (Atorino 2003).
Although heterogeneous, the majority of suspected hereditary optic neuropathy patients (>60%) harbor pathogenic mutations within OPA1, and ~3% have OPA3 mutations (Ferre et al. 2009). Optic nerve degeneration or optic atrophy is present in many disorders where mitochondrial impairment is the underlying cause for the RGC pathophysiology (Yu-Wai-Man et al. 2011). Examples are Wolfram’s syndrome, Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome or other neuropathies associated with neurological diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxias, Friedreich’s syndrome, Charcot Marie-Tooth type 2 and 6, Deafness-Dystonia-Optic Neuropathy syndromes etc. (Lenaers et al. 2012).
Clinical Sensitivity - Sequencing with CNV PGxome
In one study, SPG7 causative mutations were identified in 21% (23/134) of the hereditary spastic paraplegia index cases. In this study, all the patients who tested positive for SPG7 had optic neuropathy (Klebe et al. 2012).
Testing Strategy
This test provides full coverage of all coding exons of the SPG7 gene plus 10 bases of flanking noncoding DNA in all available transcripts along with other non-coding regions in which pathogenic variants have been identified at PreventionGenetics or reported elsewhere. We define full coverage as >20X NGS reads or Sanger sequencing. PGnome panels typically provide slightly increased coverage over the PGxome equivalent. PGnome sequencing panels have the added benefit of additional analysis and reporting of deep intronic regions (where applicable).
Dependent on the sequencing backbone selected for this testing, discounted reflex testing to any other similar backbone-based test is available (i.e., PGxome panel to whole PGxome; PGnome panel to whole PGnome).
Indications for Test
Patients with symptoms suggestive of inherited optic neuropathy are candidates. This test may also be considered for the reproductive partners of individuals who carry pathogenic variants in SPG7.
Patients with symptoms suggestive of inherited optic neuropathy are candidates. This test may also be considered for the reproductive partners of individuals who carry pathogenic variants in SPG7.
Gene
| Official Gene Symbol | OMIM ID |
|---|---|
| SPG7 | 602783 |
| Inheritance | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Autosomal Dominant | AD |
| Autosomal Recessive | AR |
| X-Linked | XL |
| Mitochondrial | MT |
Disease
| Name | Inheritance | OMIM ID |
|---|---|---|
| Spastic Paraplegia 7 | AR, AD | 607259 |
Citations
- Amati-Bonneau P, Milea D, Bonneau D, Chevrollier A, Ferré M, Guillet V, Gueguen N, Loiseau D, Crescenzo M-AP de, Verny C, Procaccio V, Lenaers G, et al. 2009. OPA1-associated disorders: phenotypes and pathophysiology. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 41: 1855–1865. PubMed ID: 19389487
- Atorino L. 2003. Loss of m-AAA protease in mitochondria causes complex I deficiency and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress in hereditary spastic paraplegia. The Journal of Cell Biology 163: 777–787. PubMed ID: 14623864
- Carelli V, Morgia C La, Valentino ML, Barboni P, Ross-Cisneros FN, Sadun AA. 2009. Retinal ganglion cell neurodegeneration in mitochondrial inherited disorders. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1787: 518–528. PubMed ID: 19268652
- Ferré M, Bonneau D, Milea D, Chevrollier A, Verny C, Dollfus H, Ayuso C, Defoort S, Vignal C, Zanlonghi X, Charlin J-F, Kaplan J, et al. 2009. Molecular screening of 980 cases of suspected hereditary optic neuropathy with a report on 77 novel OPA1 mutations. Human Mutation 30: E692–E705. PubMed ID: 19319978
- Harding AE. 1981. Hereditary “pure” spastic paraplegia: a clinical and genetic study of 22 families. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 44: 871–883. PubMed ID: 7310405
- Kjer B, Eiberg H, Kjer P, Rosenberg T. 1996. Dominant optic atrophy mapped to chromosome 3q region. II. Clinical and epidemiological aspects. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 74: 3–7. PubMed ID: 8689476
- Klebe S, Depienne C, Gerber S, Challe G, Anheim M, Charles P, Fedirko E, Lejeune E, Cottineau J, Brusco A, Dollfus H, Chinnery PF, et al. 2012. Spastic paraplegia gene 7 in patients with spasticity and/or optic neuropathy. Brain 135: 2980–2993. PubMed ID: 23065789
- Lenaers G, Hamel C, Delettre C, Amati-Bonneau P, Procaccio V, Bonneau D, Reynier P, Milea D. 2012. Dominant optic atrophy. Orphanet J Rare Dis 7: 46–46. PubMed ID: 22776096
- Polo JM, Calleja J, Combarros O, Berciano J. 1993. Hereditary“ pure” spastic paraplegia: a study of nine families. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 56: 175–181. PubMed ID: 8382269
- Thiselton DL, Alexander C, Morris A, Brooks S, Rosenberg T, Eiberg H, Kjer B, Kjer P, Bhattacharya SS, Votruba M. 2001. A frameshift mutation in exon 28 of the OPA1 gene explains the high prevalence of dominant optic atrophy in the Danish population: evidence for a founder effect. Human genetics 109: 498–502. PubMed ID: 11735024
- Yu-Wai-Man P, Griffiths PG, Burke A, Sellar PW, Clarke MP, Gnanaraj L, Ah-Kine D, Hudson G, Czermin B, Taylor RW, Horvath R, Chinnery PF. 2010. The Prevalence and Natural History of Dominant Optic Atrophy Due to OPA1 Mutations. Ophthalmology 117: 1538–1546.e1. PubMed ID: 20417570
- Yu-Wai-Man P, Shankar SP, Biousse V, Miller NR, Bean LJH, Coffee B, Hegde M, Newman NJ. 2011. Genetic Screening for OPA1 and OPA3 Mutations in Patients with Suspected Inherited Optic Neuropathies. Ophthalmology 118: 558–563. PubMed ID: 21036400
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