Corrado Angelini1, Ludovico Lispi2, Cecilia Salvoro3, Maria Luisa Mostacciuolo3, Giovanni Vazza3. 1. Fondazione Hospital S.Camillo Institute for Research and Health Care, Venice, Italy. corrado.angelini@unipd.it. 2. Neurology and Neurophysiopathology Unit, ASO San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy. 3. Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome (SCCMS) is a postsynaptic form of congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs), a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders caused by genetic defects leading to an abnormal signal transmission at the endplate. METHODS: We report clinical and molecular data of a multigenerational family in which the presentation of a progressive proximal-distal weakness with ocular involvement led to a number of different clinical diagnoses. RESULTS: A comprehensive genetic study which included whole-genome linkage analysis and whole-exome sequencing identified a heterozygous missense substitution (c.721C>T, p.L241F) in the ε subunit of the acetylcholine receptor (CHRNE) that was consistent with clinical weakness in all patients. DISCUSSION: SCCMS is characterized by a broad and heterogeneous clinical phenotype in which disease onset, symptoms, severity, and progression can be highly variable even between family members. The identification of a CHRNE mutation allowed to make the definitive diagnosis of CMS in this family and contributed to define the clinical spectrum of this disease.
INTRODUCTION: The slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome (SCCMS) is a postsynaptic form of congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs), a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders caused by genetic defects leading to an abnormal signal transmission at the endplate. METHODS: We report clinical and molecular data of a multigenerational family in which the presentation of a progressive proximal-distal weakness with ocular involvement led to a number of different clinical diagnoses. RESULTS: A comprehensive genetic study which included whole-genome linkage analysis and whole-exome sequencing identified a heterozygous missense substitution (c.721C>T, p.L241F) in the ε subunit of the acetylcholine receptor (CHRNE) that was consistent with clinical weakness in all patients. DISCUSSION: SCCMS is characterized by a broad and heterogeneous clinical phenotype in which disease onset, symptoms, severity, and progression can be highly variable even between family members. The identification of a CHRNE mutation allowed to make the definitive diagnosis of CMS in this family and contributed to define the clinical spectrum of this disease.
Authors: Hacer Durmus; Heinrich Sticht; Serdar Ceylaner; Said Hashemolhosseini; Feza Deymeer Journal: Acta Neurol Belg Date: 2020-10-08 Impact factor: 2.396