Variant Intestinal-Cell Kinase in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

BACKGROUND In juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, data are limited on the genetic basis of networks promoting convulsions with diffuse polyspikes on electroencephalography (EEG) and the subtle microscopic brain dysplasia called microdysgenesis. METHODS Using Sanger sequencing, we sequenced the exomes of si...

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Autores: Bailey, J. N.; de Nijs, L.; Bai, D.; Suzuki, T.; Miyamoto, H.; Tanaka, M.; Patterson, C.; Lin, Y. -C.; Medina, M. T.; Alonso, M. E.; Serratosa, J. M.; Duron, R. M.; Nguyen, V. H.; Wight, J. E.; Martinez-Juarez, I. E.; Ochoa, A.; Jara-Prado, A.; Guilhoto, Laura Maria de Figueiredo Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Molina, Y.; Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas [UNIFESP]; Lopez-Ruiz, M.; Inoue, Y.; Kaneko, S.; Hirose, S.; Osawa, M.; Oguni, H.; Fujimoto, S.; Grisar, T. M.; Stern, J. M.; Yamakawa, K.; Lakaye, B.; Delgado-Escueta, A. V.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Estado:Published version
Data de publicação:2018
País:Brasil
Recursos:UNIFESP
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:Inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/55814
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1700175
https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/55814
Nível de acesso:Acesso aberto
Resumo:BACKGROUND In juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, data are limited on the genetic basis of networks promoting convulsions with diffuse polyspikes on electroencephalography (EEG) and the subtle microscopic brain dysplasia called microdysgenesis. METHODS Using Sanger sequencing, we sequenced the exomes of six members of a large family affected with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and confirmed cosegregation in all 37 family members. We screened an additional 310 patients with this disorder for variants on DNA melting-curve analysis and targeted real-time DNA sequencing of the gene encoding intestinal-cell kinase (ICK). We calculated Bayesian logarithm of the odds (LOD) scores for cosegregating variants, odds ratios in case-control associations, and allele frequencies in the Genome Aggregation Database. We performed functional tests of the effects of variants on mitosis, apoptosis, and radial neuroblast migration in vitro and conducted video-EEG studies in mice lacking a copy of Ick. RESULTS A variant, K305T (c.914A -> C), cosegregated with epilepsy or polyspikes on EEG in 12 members of the family affected with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. We identified 21 pathogenic ICK variants in 22 of 310 additional patients (7%). Four strongly linked variants (K220E, K305T, A615T, and R632X) impaired mitosis, cell-cycle exit, and radial neuroblast migration while promoting apoptosis. Tonic-clonic convulsions and polyspikes on EEG resembling seizures in human juvenile myoclonic epilepsy occurred more often in knockout heterozygous mice than in wildtype mice (P = 0.02) during light sleep with isoflurane anesthesia. CONCLUSIONS Our data provide evidence that heterozygous variants in ICK caused juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in 7% of the patients included in our analysis. Variant ICK affects cell processes that help explain microdysgenesis and polyspike networks observed on EEG in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

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