GABRG2 Variants Associated with Febrile Seizures

Autor: Ciria C. Hernandez, Yanwen Shen, Ningning Hu, Wangzhen Shen, Vinodh Narayanan, Keri Ramsey, Wen He, Liping Zou, Robert L. Macdonald
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Biomolecules, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 414 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-273X
DOI: 10.3390/biom13030414
Popis: Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common form of epilepsy in children between six months and five years of age. FS is a self-limited type of fever-related seizure. However, complicated prolonged FS can lead to complex partial epilepsy. We found that among the GABAA receptor subunit (GABR) genes, most variants associated with FS are harbored in the γ2 subunit (GABRG2). Here, we characterized the effects of eight variants in the GABAA receptor γ2 subunit on receptor biogenesis and channel function. Two-thirds of the GABRG2 variants followed the expected autosomal dominant inheritance in FS and occurred as missense and nonsense variants. The remaining one-third appeared as de novo in the affected probands and occurred only as missense variants. The loss of GABAA receptor function and dominant negative effect on GABAA receptor biogenesis likely caused the FS phenotype. In general, variants in the GABRG2 result in a broad spectrum of phenotypic severity, ranging from asymptomatic, FS, genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+), and Dravet syndrome individuals. The data presented here support the link between FS, epilepsy, and GABRG2 variants, shedding light on the relationship between the variant topological occurrence and disease severity.
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