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Table 1 Demographics, clinical presentation and pathological findings of cases of neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) examined, with resulting analysis for HRNR variants

From: Letter to the editor on: Hornerin deposits in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease: direct identification of proteins with compositionally biased regions in inclusions by Park et al. (2022)

ID

Age of onset

Age at death

Sex

Family history

Country of origin

Clinical Diagnosis/Presentation pre-biopsy

Main pathological findings and site of pathology

HRNR variant

Estimated number of GGC repeats in NOTCH2NLC

Allele 1

Allele 2

1

17

24

M

Yes

UK

Young-onset parkinsonism and dysautonomia

Widespread neuronal hyaline intranuclear inclusions immunoreactive for ubiquitin and p62 (brain)

No variants detected

21

-

2

33

46

M

Yes

Australia

Slowly progressive motor and sensory neuronopathy with ataxia

Eosinophilic neuronal intranuclear inclusions (brain)

No variants detected

22

28

3

60 s

67

F

No

Australia

Unknown presentation

Eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions in pyramidal cells (brain)

c.3236 G > A, p.(Glu1054Lys), synonymous c.3346 C > T

15

20

4

52

72

F

No

Australia

Slowly progressive primary lateral sclerosis

Cortical neuronal and astrocytic intranuclear inclusions (brain)

No variants detected

15

23

5

11

21

F

Yes (monozygotic twin)

Finland

Ataxia, seizures, and extrapyramidal symptoms

Inclusion bodies in most nerve cell types of central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as in occasional astrocytes

c.3023 G > C, p.(Ser1008Thr) – confirmation of variant found in the same individual by Park et al.[1]

19

22

6

49

62

F

Yes

Spain

Ataxia

Intranuclear hyaline inclusions in neurons and glia in widespread areas of the brain immunoreactive for ubiquitin (brain)

No variants detected

15

25

7

82

84

F

Yes

Spain

Dementia

Intranuclear hyaline inclusions in neurons and glia in widespread areas of the brain immunoreactive for ubiquitin (brain)

No variants detected

16

23

8

26

-

F

No

USA

Unknown presentation

Pathological changes in keeping with NIID (brain)

No variants detected

17

23

9

84

-

M

No

USA

Alzheimer’s disease, ataxia

Intranuclear hyaline inclusions in neurons and glia in widespread areas of the brain (brain)

c.3236 G > A, p.(Glu1054Lys), synonymous c.3346 C > T

15

19

10

69

-

M

No

USA

Diagnosed clinically with NIID

Neuronal intranuclear inclusions (brain)

No variants detected

14

27

11

80

-

M

No

USA

Unknown presentation

Neuronal intranuclear inclusions (brain)

c.3236 G > A, p.(Glu1054Lys), synonymous c.3346 C > T

19

-

12

51

N/A

F

No

Ukraine

Recurrent encephalopathy and migraines

NOTCH2NLC repeat expansion positive NIID: Antemortem biopsy contains p62 positive intranuclear inclusions (skin)

No variants detected

19

92–106

  1. All cases were previously investigated for the NOTCH2NLC GGC repeat expansion with sizing of the repeat sequence through repeat-primed PCR [7]. NIID cases 1 to 11 were not associated with repeat expansion in NOTCH2NLC. Case 12 was the only case found to have a GGC repeat expansion in NOTCH2NLC to be associated with NIID, with repeat sizing from Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequencing. Case 5 is the case investigated by Park and colleagues [1, 8]