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Title: Evaluation of multiple putative risk alleles within the 15q13.3 region for genetic generalized epilepsy
Austin Authors: Damiano, John A;Mullen, Saul A ;Hildebrand, Michael S ;Bellows, Susannah T;Lawrence, Kate M;Arsov, Todor;Dibbens, Leanne M;Major, Heather;Dahl, Hans-Henrik M;Mefford, Heather C;Darbro, Benjamin W;Scheffer, Ingrid E ;Berkovic, Samuel F 
Affiliation: Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Florey Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Division of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: Nov-2015
Date: 2015-09-06
Publication information: Epilepsy Research 2015; 117: 70-73
Abstract: The chromosome 15q13.3 region has been implicated in epilepsy, intellectual disability and neuropsychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia. Deficiency of the acetylcholine receptor gene CHRNA7 and the partial duplication, CHRFAM7A, may contribute to these phenotypes and we sought to comprehensively analyze these genes in genetic generalized epilepsy. We analyzed using DHPLC, Sanger sequencing and long range PCR, 174 probands with genetic generalized epilepsy with or without intellectual disability or psychosis, including 8 with the recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion. We searched CHRNA7 and CHRFAM7A for single sequence variants, small copy number variants, and the common 2-bp deletion in CHRFAM7A. We identified two novel and one reported missense variants. The common 2-bp deletion was not enriched in patients compared to controls. Our data suggest that missense mutations in CHRNA7 contribute to complex inheritance in genetic generalized epilepsy in a similar fashion to the 15q13.3 microdeletion. They do not support a pathogenic role for the common 2-bp CHRFAM7A deletion.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/16197
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.09.007
ORCID: 0000-0002-2311-2174
0000-0003-4580-841X
Journal: Epilepsy Research
PubMed URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26421493
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Epilepsy, Generalized--Genetics
alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor--Genetics
Genetic predispositio to disease
Alleles
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