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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Sodium channel α1-subunit mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy and infantile spasms |
Other Titles: | Sodium channel alpha1-subunit mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy and infantile spasms |
Author: | Wallace, R. Hodgson, B. Grinton, B. Gardiner, R. Robinson, R. Rodriguez-Casero, V. Sadleir, L. Morgan, J. Harkin, L. Dibbens, L. Yamamoto, T. Andermann, E. Mulley, J. Berkovic, S. Scheffer, I. |
Citation: | Neurology, 2003; 61(6):765-769 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0028-3878 1526-632X |
Statement of Responsibility: | R.H. Wallace, B.L. Hodgson, B.E. Grinton, R.M. Gardiner, R. Robinson, V. Rodriguez–Casero, L. Sadleir, J. Morgan, L.A. Harkin, L.M. Dibbens, T. Yamamoto, E. Andermann, J.C. Mulley, S.F. Berkovic, and I.E. Scheffer |
Abstract: | Background: Mutations in SCN1A, the gene encoding the α1 subunit of the sodium channel, have been found in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI) and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS⁺). Mutations in SMEI include missense, nonsense, and frameshift mutations more commonly arising de novo in affected patients. This finding is difficult to reconcile with the family history of GEFS⁺ in a significant proportion of patients with SMEI. Infantile spasms (IS), or West syndrome, is a severe epileptic encephalopathy that is usually symptomatic. In some cases, no etiology is found and there is a family history of epilepsy. Method: The authors screened SCN1A in 24 patients with SMEI and 23 with IS. Results: Mutations were found in 8 of 24 (33%) SMEI patients, a frequency much lower than initial reports from Europe and Japan. One mutation near the carboxy terminus was identified in an IS patient. A family history of seizures was found in 17 of 24 patients with SMEI. Conclusions: The rate of SCN1A mutations in this cohort of SMEI patients suggests that other factors may be important in SMEI. Less severe mutations associated with GEFS⁺ could interact with other loci to cause SMEI in cases with a family history of GEFS⁺. This study extends the phenotypic heterogeneity of mutations in SCN1A to include IS. |
Keywords: | Humans Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile Spasms, Infantile Seizures, Febrile Sodium Channels Nerve Tissue Proteins Codon, Nonsense RNA Splice Sites Amino Acid Substitution Sequence Alignment DNA Mutational Analysis Sequence Deletion Amino Acid Sequence Protein Structure, Tertiary Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Structure-Activity Relationship Genetic Heterogeneity Mutation, Missense Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational Exons Models, Molecular Molecular Sequence Data Child Child, Preschool Infant Australia Female Male NAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel |
Rights: | © 2003 American Academy of Neurology |
DOI: | 10.1212/01.WNL.0000086379.71183.78 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000086379.71183.78 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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