Pentanucleotide Repeat Insertions in RAI1 Cause Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy Type 8
P Yeetong, ME Dembélé, M Pongpanich… - Movement …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
P Yeetong, ME Dembélé, M Pongpanich, L Cissé, C Srichomthong, AB Maiga, K Dembélé…
Movement Disorders, 2024•Wiley Online LibraryBackground Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (BAFME) is an autosomal dominant
disorder characterized by cortical tremors and seizures. Six types of BAFME, all caused by
pentanucleotide repeat expansions in different genes, have been reported. However,
several other BAFME cases remain with no molecular diagnosis. Objectives We aim to
characterize clinical features and identify the mutation causing BAFME in a large Malian
family with 10 affected members. Methods Long‐read whole genome sequencing, repeat …
disorder characterized by cortical tremors and seizures. Six types of BAFME, all caused by
pentanucleotide repeat expansions in different genes, have been reported. However,
several other BAFME cases remain with no molecular diagnosis. Objectives We aim to
characterize clinical features and identify the mutation causing BAFME in a large Malian
family with 10 affected members. Methods Long‐read whole genome sequencing, repeat …
Background
Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (BAFME) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cortical tremors and seizures. Six types of BAFME, all caused by pentanucleotide repeat expansions in different genes, have been reported. However, several other BAFME cases remain with no molecular diagnosis.
Objectives
We aim to characterize clinical features and identify the mutation causing BAFME in a large Malian family with 10 affected members.
Methods
Long‐read whole genome sequencing, repeat‐primed polymerase chain reaction and RNA studies were performed.
Results
We identified TTTTA repeat expansions and TTTCA repeat insertions in intron 4 of the RAI1 gene that co‐segregated with disease status in this family. TTTCA repeats were absent in 200 Malian controls. In the affected individuals, we found a read with only nine TTTCA repeat units and somatic instability. The RAI1 repeat expansions cause the only BAFME type in which the disease‐causing repeats are in a gene associated with a monogenic disorder in the haploinsufficiency state (ie, Smith‐Magenis syndrome [SMS]). Nevertheless, none of the Malian patients exhibited symptoms related to SMS. Moreover, leukocyte RNA levels of RAI1 in six Malian BAFME patients were no different from controls.
Conclusions
These findings establish a new type of BAFME, BAFME8, in an African family and suggest that haploinsufficiency is unlikely to be the main pathomechanism of BAFME. © 2023 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
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