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- Title
Functional correlates of clinical phenotype and severity in recurrent SCN2A variants.
- Authors
Berecki, Géza; Howell, Katherine B.; Heighway, Jacqueline; Olivier, Nelson; Rodda, Jill; Overmars, Isabella; Vlaskamp, Danique R. M.; Ware, Tyson L.; Ardern-Holmes, Simone; Lesca, Gaetan; Alber, Michael; Veggiotti, Pierangelo; Scheffer, Ingrid E.; Berkovic, Samuel F.; Wolff, Markus; Petrou, Steven
- Abstract
In SCN2A-related disorders, there is an urgent demand to establish efficient methods for determining the gain- (GoF) or loss-of-function (LoF) character of variants, to identify suitable candidates for precision therapies. Here we classify clinical phenotypes of 179 individuals with 38 recurrent SCN2A variants as early-infantile or later-onset epilepsy, or intellectual disability/autism spectrum disorder (ID/ASD) and assess the functional impact of 13 variants using dynamic action potential clamp (DAPC) and voltage clamp. Results show that 36/38 variants are associated with only one phenotypic group (30 early-infantile, 5 later-onset, 1 ID/ASD). Unexpectedly, we revealed major differences in outcome severity between individuals with the same variant for 40% of early-infantile variants studied. DAPC was superior to voltage clamp in predicting the impact of mutations on neuronal excitability and confirmed GoF produces early-infantile phenotypes and LoF later-onset phenotypes. For one early-infantile variant, the co-expression of the α1 and β2 subunits of the Nav1.2 channel was needed to unveil functional impact, confirming the prediction of 3D molecular modeling. Neither DAPC nor voltage clamp reliably predicted phenotypic severity of early-infantile variants. Genotype, phenotypic group and DAPC are accurate predictors of the biophysical impact of SCN2A variants, but other approaches are needed to predict severity. A comprehensive biophysical analysis of disease-associated mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene, SCN2A, suggests that dynamic action potential clamp may be a better predictor than voltage clamp of how these mutations alter neuronal excitability, though other approaches are needed to predict severity.
- Subjects
SODIUM channels; PHENOTYPES; ACTION potentials; AUTISM spectrum disorders; INTELLECTUAL disabilities
- Publication
Communications Biology, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2399-3642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s42003-022-03454-1