Hereditary Neuropathy_CMT - isolated
Gene: RCC1
24 individuals from 12 families reported with severe, acute-onset axonal neuropathy following infection (13 female and 11 male patients, with a mean age at diagnosis of 1 year 10 months [SD 2·27]).
Eight biallelic missense variants in RCC1 identified.
Patients had variable phenotypes, ranging from rapidly progressive fatal axonal neuropathy to mild motor neuropathy with impaired walking. Neurological presentation was often secondary to an infection, resulting in initial misdiagnoses of Guillain-Barré syndrome in several patients. 15 children had disease recurrence. The disease was fatal in 15 patients.
The RCC1 variants coded for proteins that alter GDP-to-GTP exchange activity and had reduced thermal stability in vitro. In primary fibroblasts, heat shock or oxidative stress revealed defects in Ran nuclear localisation and impaired nucleocytoplasmic transport. A Drosophila model of the disease revealed a fatal intolerance to oxidative stress.
Sources: Expert listCreated: 4 Aug 2025, 7:30 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Hereditary peripheral neuropathy, MONDO:0020127, RCC1-related
Publications
Gene: rcc1 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Gene: rcc1 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
gene: RCC1 was added gene: RCC1 was added to Hereditary Neuropathy_CMT - isolated. Sources: Expert list Mode of inheritance for gene: RCC1 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: RCC1 were set to 40683276 Phenotypes for gene: RCC1 were set to Hereditary peripheral neuropathy, MONDO:0020127, RCC1-related Review for gene: RCC1 was set to GREEN