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A novel SCN1A mutation associated with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus--and prevalence of variants in patients with epilepsy.


ABSTRACT: We recently described mutations of the neuronal sodium-channel alpha-subunit gene, SCN1A, on chromosome 2q24 in two families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) type 2. To assess the contribution that SCN1A makes to other types of epilepsy, 226 patients with either juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, absence epilepsy, or febrile convulsions were screened by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and manual sequencing of variants; the sample included 165 probands from multiplex families and 61 sporadic cases. The novel mutation W1204R was identified in a family with GEFS+. Seven other coding changes were observed; three of these are potential disease-causing mutations. Two common haplotypes, with frequencies of .67 and .33, were defined by five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning a 14-kb region of linkage disequilibrium. An SNP located 18 bp upstream of the splice-acceptor site for exon 3 was observed in 7 of the 226 patients but was not present in 185 controls, suggesting possible association with a disease mutation. This work has confirmed the role of SCN1A in GEFS+, by identification of a novel mutation in a previously undescribed family. Although a few candidate disease alleles were identified, the patient survey suggests that SCN1A is not a major contributor to idiopathic generalized epilepsy. The SCN1A haplotypes and SNPs identified here will be useful in future association and linkage studies.

SUBMITTER: Escayg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1275640 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A novel SCN1A mutation associated with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus--and prevalence of variants in patients with epilepsy.

Escayg A A   Heils A A   MacDonald B T BT   Haug K K   Sander T T   Meisler M H MH  

American journal of human genetics 20010314 4


We recently described mutations of the neuronal sodium-channel alpha-subunit gene, SCN1A, on chromosome 2q24 in two families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) type 2. To assess the contribution that SCN1A makes to other types of epilepsy, 226 patients with either juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, absence epilepsy, or febrile convulsions were screened by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and manual sequencing of variants; the sample included 165 probands from multip  ...[more]

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