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Genes of myoclonic epilepsies Kazuhiro Yamakawa 1 1Laboratory for Neurogenetics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute Keyword: ラフォーラ病 , EPM2A , 若年性ミオクロニーてんかん , EFHC1 pp.906-915
Published Date 2004/12/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100252
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 Lafora's disease(LD)is a fatal autosomal recessive epilepsy characterized by stimuli sensitive myoclonus, grand mal seizures, progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration, and Lafora bodies that are polyglucosan aggregates detected in multiple tissues including brain. EPM2A encoding dual-specificity phosphatase and EPM2B encoding putative E3 ubiquitin ligase have been identified as genes responsible for LD. The laforin protein encoded by EPM2A associates with polyribosome, and interacts with the HIRIP5 protein with NifU-like domain. We generated an EPM2A KO mouse that developed neurodegeneration, Lafora body aggregation, and myoclonic seizures, and it would contribute to the development of therapies for LD. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy(JME)is the most frequent human hereditary epilepsy characterized by myoclonic, tonic-clonic seizures, and juvenile onset. Mutations of CACNB4, GABRA1, CLCN2 genes have been reported in JME but in only a few families. We identified multiple mutations of EFHC1 on 6p12 in JME families.EFHC1 is expressed in multiple tissues including brain in which the expression is observed in soma and dendrites of neurons, the gene product causes apoptosis when expressed in hippocampal primary culture neurons, and the apoptosis is suppressed by the JME mutations. These findings may explain the microdysgenesis observed in idiopathic epilepsies and propose a novel hypothesis for pathogenesis of epilepsy.


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