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Expanding the phenotype of PIGS-associated early onset epileptic developmental encephalopathy.

Efthymiou, S; Dutra-Clarke, M; Maroofian, R; Kaiyrzhanov, R; Scala, M; Reza Alvi, J; Sultan, T; Christoforou, M; Tuyet Mai Nguyen, T; Mankad, K; et al. Efthymiou, S; Dutra-Clarke, M; Maroofian, R; Kaiyrzhanov, R; Scala, M; Reza Alvi, J; Sultan, T; Christoforou, M; Tuyet Mai Nguyen, T; Mankad, K; Vona, B; Rad, A; Striano, P; Salpietro, V; Guillen Sacoto, MJ; Zaki, MS; Gleeson, JG; Campeau, PM; Russell, BE; Houlden, H (2021) Expanding the phenotype of PIGS-associated early onset epileptic developmental encephalopathy. Epilepsia, 62 (2). e35-e41. ISSN 1528-1167 https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16801
SGUL Authors: Maroofian, Reza

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Abstract

The phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class S protein (PIGS) gene has recently been implicated in a novel congenital disorder of glycosylation resulting in autosomal recessive inherited glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein (GPI-AP) deficiency. Previous studies described seven patients with biallelic variants in the PIGS gene, of whom two presented with fetal akinesia and five with global developmental delay and epileptic developmental encephalopathy. We present the molecular and clinical characteristics of six additional individuals from five families with unreported variants in PIGS. All individuals presented with hypotonia, severe global developmental delay, microcephaly, intractable early infantile epilepsy, and structural brain abnormalities. Additional findings include vision impairment, hearing loss, renal malformation, and hypotonic facial appearances with minor dysmorphic features but without a distinctive facial gestalt. Four individuals died due to neurologic complications. GPI anchoring studies performed on one individual revealed a significant decrease in GPI-APs. We confirm that biallelic variants in PIGS cause vitamin pyridoxine-responsive epilepsy due to inherited GPI deficiency and expand the genotype and phenotype of PIGS-related disorder. Further delineation of the molecular spectrum of PIGS-related disorders would improve management, help develop treatments, and encourage the expansion of diagnostic genetic testing to include this gene as a potential cause of neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2021 The Authors. Epilepsia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International League Against Epilepsy This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: PIGS, congenital disorders of glycosylation, epilepsy, epileptic encephalopathy, exome sequencing, inherited GPI deficiency, neurodevelopmental disorders, phosphatidylinositol glycan class S, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1109 Neurosciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS)
Journal or Publication Title: Epilepsia
ISSN: 1528-1167
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
14 February 2021Published
7 January 2021Published Online
10 December 2020Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
G0601943Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
MR/S005021/1Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
MR/S01165X/1Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
PubMed ID: 33410539
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/112824
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.16801

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