Perry syndrome is a rapidly progressive, autosomal dominant, neurodegenerative disorder. The cardinal symptoms consist of parkinsonism, depression, severe weight loss and hypoventilation. At a molecular level, Perry syndrome is characterized by TDP-43 inclusions indicating a pathological overlap with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and some forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Perry syndrome has recently been identified as being due to mutations in the DCTN1 gene, encoding the component of the dynactin complex.
Category
Neurodegenerative disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Movement disorders
8A00 Parkinsonism
H00879 Perry syndrome
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06515 Regulation of kinetochore-microtubule interactions
H00879 Perry syndrome
Network
nt06515 Regulation of kinetochore-microtubule interactions
Newsway V, Fish M, Rohrer JD, Majounie E, Williams N, Hack M, Warren JD, Morris HR
Title
Perry syndrome due to the DCTN1 G71R mutation: a distinctive levodopa responsive disorder with behavioral syndrome, vertical gaze palsy, and respiratory failure.
