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The authors conducted whole genome linkage and haplotype analyses, followed by sequencing of candidate genes; RNA and protein expression studies; and finally proof of principle investigations on knockdown morpholino oligonucleotide injected zebrafish.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The authors characterise a novel form of autosomal recessive complex hereditary spastic paraparesis (CHSP). MRI studies of brain and spinal cord were normal. Within a single significantly linked locus the authors ultimately identified a homozygous missense mutation c.1146A&gt;T (p.K382N) in the vacuolar protein sorting 37A (\n                      <jats:italic>Vps37A<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) gene, fully penetrant and segregating with the disease in both families. Mobility was significantly reduced in\n                      <jats:italic>Vps37A<\/jats:italic>\n                      knockdown morpholino oligonucleotide injected zebrafish, supporting the causal relationship between mutations in this gene and the phenotype described in the patients of this study.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The authors provide evidence for the involvement of\n                      <jats:italic>Vps37A<\/jats:italic>\n                      , a member of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) system, in upper motor neuron disease. The ESCRT system has been shown to play a central role in intracellular trafficking, in the maturation of multivesicular bodies and the sorting of ubiquitinated membrane proteins into internal luminal vesicles. 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