Background: Mutations in the ALS2 gene cause juvenile-onset autosomal recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Objective: To assess the role of ALS2 among more common forms of ALS.
Methods: DNA from 95 unrelated familial, 95 unrelated sporadic, and 11 early-onset ALS patients was screened for mutations in ALS2 by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragments. Each variant identified was also analyzed among control subjects. All 34 exons of ALS2 plus the 5' and 3' untranslated region were screened.
Results: We detected 23 novel sequence variants; however, none is disease-associated.
Conclusion: Mutations of ALS2 are not a common cause of ALS.
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