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Genetic and neurodevelopmental spectrum of SYNGAP1-associated intellectual disability and epilepsy

Mignot, C; Von Stülpnagel, C; Nava, C; Ville, D; Sanlaville, D; Lesca, G; Rastetter, A; ... Depienne, C; + view all (2016) Genetic and neurodevelopmental spectrum of SYNGAP1-associated intellectual disability and epilepsy. Journal of Medical Genetics , 53 (8) pp. 511-522. 10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103451. Green open access

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to delineate the neurodevelopmental spectrum associated with SYNGAP1 mutations and to investigate genotype-phenotype correlations. METHODS: We sequenced the exome or screened the exons of SYNGAP1 in a total of 251 patients with neurodevelopmental disorders. Molecular and clinical data from patients with SYNGAP1 mutations from other centres were also collected, focusing on developmental aspects and the associated epilepsy phenotype. A review of SYNGAP1 mutations published in the literature was also performed. RESULTS: We describe 17 unrelated affected individuals carrying 13 different novel loss-of-function SYNGAP1 mutations. Developmental delay was the first manifestation of SYNGAP1-related encephalopathy; intellectual disability became progressively obvious and was associated with autistic behaviours in eight patients. Hypotonia and unstable gait were frequent associated neurological features. With the exception of one patient who experienced a single seizure, all patients had epilepsy, characterised by falls or head drops due to atonic or myoclonic seizures, (myoclonic) absences and/or eyelid myoclonia. Triggers of seizures were frequent (n=7). Seizures were pharmacoresistant in half of the patients. The severity of the epilepsy did not correlate with the presence of autistic features or with the severity of cognitive impairment. Mutations were distributed throughout the gene, but spared spliced 3' and 5' exons. Seizures in patients with mutations in exons 4-5 were more pharmacoresponsive than in patients with mutations in exons 8-15. CONCLUSIONS: SYNGAP1 encephalopathy is characterised by early neurodevelopmental delay typically preceding the onset of a relatively recognisable epilepsy comprising generalised seizures (absences, myoclonic jerks) and frequent triggers.

Type: Article
Title: Genetic and neurodevelopmental spectrum of SYNGAP1-associated intellectual disability and epilepsy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103451
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103451
Language: English
Additional information: This article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Genetics following peer review. The definitive copyedited, typeset version, Mignot, C; Von Stülpnagel, C; Nava, C; Ville, D; Sanlaville, D; Lesca, G; Rastetter, A; (2016) Genetic and neurodevelopmental spectrum of SYNGAP1-associated intellectual disability and epilepsy, Journal of Medical Genetics, is available online at: http://jmg.bmj.com/content/early/2016/03/17/jmedgenet-2015-103451.
Keywords: Epilepsy and seizures, Genetics, Neurology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1483524
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