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PEHO Syndrome May Represent Phenotypic Expansion at the Severe End of the Early-Onset Encephalopathies.


ABSTRACT: Progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia and optic atrophy (PEHO) syndrome is a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder. Patients without optic nerve atrophy and brain imaging abnormalities but fulfilling other PEHO criteria are often described as a PEHO-like syndrome. The molecular bases of both clinically defined conditions remain unknown in spite of the widespread application of genome analyses in both clinic and research.We enrolled two patients with a prior diagnosis of PEHO and two individuals with PEHO-like syndrome. All four individuals subsequently underwent whole-exome sequencing and comprehensive genomic analysis.We identified disease-causing mutations in known genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders including GNAO1 and CDKL5 in two of four individuals. One patient with PEHO syndrome and a de novoGNAO1 mutation was found to have an additional de novo mutation in HESX1 that is associated with optic atrophy.We hypothesize that PEHO and PEHO-like syndrome may represent a severe end of the spectrum of the early-onset encephalopathies and, in some instances, its complex phenotype may result from an aggregated effect of mutations at two loci.

SUBMITTER: Gawlinski P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5125779 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Background</h4>Progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia and optic atrophy (PEHO) syndrome is a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder. Patients without optic nerve atrophy and brain imaging abnormalities but fulfilling other PEHO criteria are often described as a PEHO-like syndrome. The molecular bases of both clinically defined conditions remain unknown in spite of the widespread application of genome analyses in both clinic and research.<h4>Methods</h4>We enrolled two patients w  ...[more]

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