کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3070850 | 1580749 | 2006 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has a multifactorial etiology involving developmental, environmental, and genetic components. Here, we report a voltage-gated potassium channel gene mutation found in a TLE patient, namely a Kv4.2 truncation mutation. Kv4.2 channels, encoded by the KCND2 gene, mediate A currents in the brain. The identified mutation corresponds to an N587fsX1 amino acid change, predicted to produce a truncated Kv4.2 protein lacking the last 44 amino acids in the carboxyl terminal. Electrophysiological analysis indicates attenuated K+ current density in cells expressing this Kv4.2-N587fsX1 mutant channel, which is consistent with a model of aberrant neuronal excitability characteristic of TLE. Our observations, together with other lines of evidence, raise the intriguing possibility of a role for KCND2 in the etiology of TLE.
Journal: Neurobiology of Disease - Volume 24, Issue 2, November 2006, Pages 245–253