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Liao WP. Epilepsy-associated genes: discovery, clinical significance, and underlying principles of genetic medicine. Seizure 2024; 116:1-3. [PMID: 38245481 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Wei-Ping Liao
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong, China.
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Alaamery M, Massadeh S, Aldarwish M, Albesher N, Aljawini N, Alahmed O, Kashgari A, Walsh CA, Eyaid W. Case report: A founder UGDH variant associated with developmental epileptic encephalopathy in Saudi Arabia. Front Genet 2024; 14:1294214. [PMID: 38292436 PMCID: PMC10824937 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1294214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of more than 100 rare genetic disorders characterized by impaired glycosylation of proteins and lipids. The clinical presentation of CDG varies tremendously, from single-organ to multi-organ involvement and from prenatal death to a normal adult phenotype. In this case study, we report a large consanguineous family with multiple children suffering from cerebral palsy, seizure, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and global developmental delay. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) analysis revealed a homozygous variant in the UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) gene (c.950G>A; p.R317Q) which segregates with the familial phenotype with a plausible autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, indicating a potential disease-causing association. The UGDH gene encodes the UDP-glucose dehydrogenase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of specific extracellular matrix constituents (proteoglycans and glycolipids) involved in neural migration and connectivity during early brain development. Many pathogenic mutations of UGDH have been reported in recent literature works. However, the variant identified in this study has been observed only in the Saudi population (13 families) and not in any other ethnic background, suggesting that it may be an ancient founder mutation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Manal Alaamery
- Developmental Medicine Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Genome Program, National Centre for Genomic Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- KACST-BWH Centre of Excellence for Biomedicine, Joint Centres of Excellence Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Developmental Medicine Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Genome Program, National Centre for Genomic Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- KACST-BWH Centre of Excellence for Biomedicine, Joint Centres of Excellence Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Genetics and Precision Medicine Department (GPM), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Genome Program, National Centre for Genomic Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- KACST-BWH Centre of Excellence for Biomedicine, Joint Centres of Excellence Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Developmental Medicine Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Radiology, King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Genetics and Precision Medicine Department (GPM), King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Wang YJ, Vu GH, Mu TW. Pathogenicity Prediction of GABA A Receptor Missense Variants. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.14.567135. [PMID: 38014242 PMCID: PMC10680766 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.14.567135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Variants in the genes encoding the subunits of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) receptors are associated with epilepsy. To date, over 1000 clinical variants have been identified in these genes. However, the majority of these variants lack functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain although accumulating evidence indicates that proteostasis deficiency is the major disease-causing mechanism for GABA A receptor variants. Here, we apply two state-of-the-art modeling tools, namely AlphaMissense, which uses an artificial intelligence-based approach based on AlphaFold structures, and Rhapsody, which integrates sequence evolution and known structure-based data, to predict the pathogenicity of saturating missense variants in genes that encode the major subunits of GABA A receptors in the central nervous system, including GABRA1 , GABRB2 , GABRB3 , and GABRG2 . Our results demonstrate that the predicted pathogenicity correlates well between AlphaMissense and Rhapsody although AlphaMissense tends to generate higher pathogenic probability. Furthermore, almost all annotated pathogenic variants in the ClinVar clinical database are successfully identified from the prediction, whereas uncertain variants from ClinVar partially due to the lack of experimental data are differentiated into different pathogenicity groups. The pathogenicity prediction of GABA A receptor missense variants provides a resource to the community as well as guidance for future experimental and clinical investigations.
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