Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (Apr 2022)

Adult-Onset Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis With a Novel DNAJC5 Mutation Exhibits Aberrant Protein Palmitoylation

  • Qiang Huang,
  • Qiang Huang,
  • Qiang Huang,
  • Yong-Fang Zhang,
  • Yong-Fang Zhang,
  • Lin-Jie Li,
  • Eric B. Dammer,
  • Yong-Bo Hu,
  • Yong-Bo Hu,
  • Xin-Yi Xie,
  • Ran Tang,
  • Jian-Ping Li,
  • Jin-Tao Wang,
  • Xiang-Qian Che,
  • Gang Wang,
  • Ru-Jing Ren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.829573
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is composed of a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases, with the hallmark of lipofuscin deposit (a mixture of lipids and proteins with metal materials) inside the lysosomal lumen, which typically emits auto-fluorescence. Adult-onset NCL (ANCL) has been reported to be associated with a mutation in the DNAJC5 gene, including L115R, L116Δ, and the recently identified C124_C133dup mutation. In this study, we reported a novel C128Y mutation in a young Chinese female with ANCL, and this novel mutation caused abnormal palmitoylation and triggered lipofuscin deposits.

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