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  • Title: [Study of GRIN2A mutation in epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders].
    Author: Qian P, Yang X, Xu X, Liu X, Zhang Y, Yang Z.
    Journal: Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi; 2018 Jun 10; 35(3):314-318. PubMed ID: 29896722.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To detect potential mutations of the glutamate receptor subunit (GRIN2A) gene and delineate the clinical-genetic characteristics of patients with epilepsy-aphasia spectrum (EAS) disorders. METHODS: One hundred twenty two patients with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike-and-wave during sleep (CSWS), benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECT) and BECT variants were recruited. Potential mutations of the GRIN2A gene were screened with Sanger sequencing. And clinical-genetic characteristics for all patients were analyzed. RESULTS: The patients have included 9 LKS, 26 CSWS, 42 BECT variants and 45 BECT. The mean age of onset of seizure or aphasia was 5 years old (10 months to 11 years). Mutation screening has detected 4 possible pathogenic missense mutations including c.2278G>A (p.G760S), c.4153G>T (p.D1385Y), c.1364G>A (p.C455Y) and c.691T>C (p.C231R) in four unrelated probands, which comprised one case with LKS and three with BECT variants. The mutation rate was 11.1% (1/9) for LKS and 7.2% (3/42) for BECT variants. No GRIN2A mutation was found in the 26 patients with CSWS and 45 patients with BECT. Among the 122 probands, 25 (20.5%) patients without a GRIN2A mutation had a positive family history of febrile seizures or epilepsy. CONCLUSION: GRIN2A mutation do exist in EAS patients, but with a relatively low rate. A proportion of EAS patients without a GRIN2A mutation have a positive family history, which suggested a complex mechanism for EAS.
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