GNAO1 encephalopathy: further delineation of a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome affecting females
Posted on 2016-04-12 - 05:00
Abstract Background De novo heterozygous mutations in the GNAO1 gene, encoding the Gα o subunit of G-proteins, are the cause of a severe neurodevelopmental disorder, featuring early infantile seizures, profound cognitive dysfunction and, occasionally, movement disorder (early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-17). Methods We report a further case of this association in a 20 month-old Spanish girl with neonatal-onset refractory seizures, progressive microcephaly, oral-lingual dyskinesia and nearly absent psychomotor development. We performed whole-exome sequencing, a computational structural analysis of the novel gene variant identified and reviewed the previously reported cases. Results Trio whole-exome-sequencing uncovered a de novo p.Leu199Pro GNAO1 mutation. Computational structural analysis indicates this novel variant adversely affects the stability of the G-protein heterotrimeric complex as a whole. Of note, our patient showed a sustained seizure reduction while on a ketogenic diet. Conclusions With this observation, a total of twelve patients with GNAO1 encephalopathy have been reported. Oral-lingual dyskinesia and responsiveness of seizures to ketogenic diet are novel features. The distorted sex ratio (12/12 females) of the condition remains unexplained; a differential gender effect of the disruption of G-protein- mediated signal transduction on the developing brain can be hypothesized.
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Marcé-Grau, Anna; Dalton, James; López-Pisón, Javier; García-Jiménez, María; Monge-Galindo, Lorena; Cuenca-León, Ester; et al. (2016). GNAO1 encephalopathy: further delineation of a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome affecting females. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3646136.v1