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A novel SLC1A4 homozygous mutation causing congenital microcephaly, epileptic encephalopathy and spastic tetraparesis: a video-EEG and tractography - case study

Pironti, E; Salpietro, V; Cucinotta, F; Granata, F; Mormina, E; Efthymiou, S; Scuderi, C; ... Di Rosa, G; + view all (2018) A novel SLC1A4 homozygous mutation causing congenital microcephaly, epileptic encephalopathy and spastic tetraparesis: a video-EEG and tractography - case study. Journal of Neurogenetics , 32 (4) pp. 316-321. 10.1080/01677063.2018.1476510. Green open access

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Abstract

Biallelic mutations in the SLC1A4 gene have been identified as a very rare cause of neurodevelopmental disorders. l-serine transport deficiency has been regarded as the causal molecular mechanism underlying the neurological phenotype of SLC1A4 mutation patients. To date this genetic condition has been reported almost exclusively in a limited number of Ashkenazi-Jewish individuals and as a result the SLC1A4 gene is not routinely included in the majority of the genetic diagnostic panels for neurological diseases. We hereby report a 7-year-old boy from a Southern Italian family, presenting with epileptic encephalopathy, congenital microcephaly, global developmental delay, severe hypotonia, spasticity predominant at the lower limbs, and thin corpus callosum. Whole exome sequencing identified a novel segregating SLC1A4 gene homozygous mutation (c.1141G > A: p.Gly381Arg) as the likely cause of the disease in our family. In order to deeply characterize the electro-clinical and neurological phenotype in our index patient, long-term systematic video-electroencephalograms (EEG) as well as repeated brain imaging studies (which included tractographic reconstructions) were performed on a regular basis during a 7 years follow-up time. In conclusion, we suggest to carefully considering SLC1A4 biallelic mutations in individuals presenting an early onset severe neurodevelopmental disorder with variable spasticity and seizures, regardless the patients' ethnic background.

Type: Article
Title: A novel SLC1A4 homozygous mutation causing congenital microcephaly, epileptic encephalopathy and spastic tetraparesis: a video-EEG and tractography - case study
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2018.1476510
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2018.1476510
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: SLC1A4 gene, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, tractography, video-EEG, whole-exome sequencing
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 > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057810
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