Efthymiou, Stephanie;
Dutra-Clarke, Marina;
Maroofian, Reza;
Kaiyrzhanov, Rauan;
Scala, Marcello;
Reza Alvi, Javeria;
Sultan, Tipu;
... Houlden, Henry; + view all
(2021)
Expanding the phenotype of PIGS-associated early onset epileptic developmental encephalopathy.
Epilepsia
, 62
(2)
e35-e41.
10.1111/epi.16801.
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Abstract
The phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class S protein (PIGS) gene has recently been implicated in a novel congenital disorder of glycosylation resulting in autosomal recessive inherited glycosylphosphatidylinositol‐anchored protein (GPI‐AP) deficiency. Previous studies described seven patients with biallelic variants in the PIGS gene, of whom two presented with fetal akinesia and five with global developmental delay and epileptic developmental encephalopathy. We present the molecular and clinical characteristics of six additional individuals from five families with unreported variants in PIGS. All individuals presented with hypotonia, severe global developmental delay, microcephaly, intractable early infantile epilepsy, and structural brain abnormalities. Additional findings include vision impairment, hearing loss, renal malformation, and hypotonic facial appearances with minor dysmorphic features but without a distinctive facial gestalt. Four individuals died due to neurologic complications. GPI anchoring studies performed on one individual revealed a significant decrease in GPI‐APs. We confirm that biallelic variants in PIGS cause vitamin pyridoxine‐responsive epilepsy due to inherited GPI deficiency and expand the genotype and phenotype of PIGS‐related disorder. Further delineation of the molecular spectrum of PIGS‐related disorders would improve management, help develop treatments, and encourage the expansion of diagnostic genetic testing to include this gene as a potential cause of neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Expanding the phenotype of PIGS-associated early onset epileptic developmental encephalopathy |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/epi.16801 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16801 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | congenital disorders of glycosylation, epilepsy, epileptic encephalopathy, exome sequencing, inherited GPI deficiency, neurodevelopmental disorders, phosphatidylinositol glycan class S, PIGS |
| 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/10119215 |
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