1. A novel mutation in the transmembrane 6 domain of GABBR2 leads to a Rett-like phenotype
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Céline Brulard, Philippe Parent, Stéphane Bézieau, Anne-Sophie Denommé-Pichon, Médéric Jeanne, Annick Toutain, Frédéric Laumonnier, Estelle Colin, Bertrand Isidor, Brigitte Gilbert-Dussardier, Audrey Donnart, Sylvie Odent, Sophie Blesson, Li Xue, Richard Redon, Servane Alirol, Philippe Rondard, and Marie-Laure Vuillaume
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0301 basic medicine ,Genetics ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Phenotype ,In vitro ,Transmembrane protein ,03 medical and health sciences ,Epileptic spasms ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Neurology ,In vivo ,medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,GABBR2 ,Functional studies ,Novel mutation ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We read with great interest the recent article published by Yooet al1reporting 4 additional Rett-like (RTT) patients with therecurring A567TGABBR2mutation.2More interestingly, theyshowed, with in vitro and in vivo functional studies, that theseverity of the phenotype caused byGABBR2mutations wasdirectly linked to their impact onc-aminobutyric acid (GABA)signaling activity, this latter being more reduced with the 2 mis-sense mutations, S695I and I705N, associated with epilepticencephalopathy (EE).1,3They hypothesized that the position ofvariants in different transmembrane (TM) domains ofGABBR2,TM6 for S695I and I705N, and TM3 for A567T, could deter-mine the phenotypic expression. This hypothesis was recentlyreinforced with the report of a novelGABBR2mutation also inTM6 and associated with infantile epileptic spasms.
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- 2018
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