Towards positional cloning of the locus for benign neonatal epilepsy (EBN1) on chromosome 20
- Institute of Human Genetics, Goettingen (Germany); and others
Benign neonatal epilepsy is characterized by tonic-clonic and generalized convulsions appearing during the neonatal period and clearing most often by the age of 2 years. EBN, a rare example of primary epilepsy, follows an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance with high penetrance. One locus for EBN (EBN1) was assigned by linkage analysis to the distal 20q segment in proximity to D20S19 and D20S20. The association of 20q sequences with seizures is also underlined by the observation that all 10 probands known with a ring 20 disclose seizures. For positional cloning of the respective locus at 20q13.3, we characterized segmental monosomy in two probands with r(20) and in one proband with a translocation t(10q;20q). The latter proband has a dicentric chromosome 10;20 with breakpoints very distally at 10q and 20q, and seizures similar to those in EBN. Segmental monosomy was investigated by FISH, Southerns and PCR for microsatellites assuming that the respective phenotype, i.e. seizures, is due to loss of 20q sequences (loss of gene function). Probes were used for D20S19, D20S20, D20S24, D20S26, D20S64, D20S102, D20S171, DS20S173, cos23D11, cos35, cos54, as well as for the genes CHRNA4, EDN3, GNAS1, KCNB1, MC3. All of these genes are reasonable candidates for EBN1, due to their function and/or expression pattern. Segmental monosomy for the distal 20q segment was disclosed in the proband with dic(10q;20q) for all loci distal from the critical marker D20S20 and including one of the above genes. In none of the two r(20) probands was any of the distal 20q-markers was found to be deleted, however. It is assumed that seizures with these probands should result from other mechanisms, e.g., by an altered function of respective genes resulting from ring formation. The gene deleted in our proband with dic(10q;20q) is a first candidate gene for EBN1 and is being investigated with respect to its significance for disease manifestation in EBN1.
- OSTI ID:
- 134470
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-1204
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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