Early-onset Parkinson disease

STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT

Green List (high evidence)

Chromosome: 8
GRCh37 Position: 145537313-145537466
GRCh38 Position: 144313626-144313808
Repeated Sequence: CCCCGCNCCGCCT
Normal Number of Repeats: < or = 500
Pathogenic Number of Repeats: = or > 700

HSF1 (heat shock transcription factor 1, Ensemblv115)
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh38): ENSG00000185122
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh37): ENSG00000185122
OMIM: 140580, ClinGen, DECIPHER
HSF1 is in 3 panels

1 review

Bryony Thompson (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Green List (high evidence)

NOTE: bp rather than number of repeats is reported above
PMID 40581632 reports 33 individuals (27 individuals >700bp) from 18 families with heterozygous intronic VNTR expansions (a combination of two VNTRs, (CCCCGCNCCGCCT)n/(CCNCGCCT)n) in intron 10 of HSF1 that co‑segregate with adult‑onset essential tremor; the expansion reduces HSF1 mRNA and protein levels and Drosophila HSF knockdown recapitulates a tremor phenotype, supporting a loss‑of‑function (haploinsufficiency) mechanism with incomplete penetrance. The study screened 165 Chinese ET pedigrees and 666 normal controls. Expanded VNTR alleles were highly enriched in ET-affected individuals, and the length of VNTRs was positively correlated with disease severity. Most controls had a HSF1 repeat expansion allele size <500 bp most affected individuals had an expansion >700 bp.
Sources: Literature
Created: 1 Aug 2026, 9:40 a.m.

Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Phenotypes
Essential tremor, MONDO:0003233

Publications

Details

Name
HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT
Chromosome
8
GRCh37 Coordinates
145537313-145537466
GRCh38 Coordinates
144313626-144313808
Repeated Sequence
CCCCGCNCCGCCT
Normal Number of Repeats: < or =
500
Pathogenic Number of Repeats: = or >
700
Mode of Inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Sources
  • Literature
  • Expert Review Green
  • Expert Review Green
  • Literature
Phenotypes
  • Essential tremor, MONDO:0003233
OMIM
140580
ClinGen
HSF1
DECIPHER
HSF1
Clinvar variants
Variants in HSF1
Penetrance
None
Publications

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1 Aug 2026, Gel status: 3

Created, Added New Source, Set mode of inheritance, Set publications, Set Phenotypes

Bryony Thompson (Royal Melbourne Hospital)

STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was added STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was added to Early-onset Parkinson disease. Sources: Expert Review Green,Literature Mode of inheritance for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT were set to 40581632 Phenotypes for STR: HSF1_ET_CCCCGCNCCGCCT_CCNCGCCT were set to Essential tremor, MONDO:0003233