Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A
The phenotypic spectrum associated with the skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channel gene (SCN4A) has expanded with advancements in genetic testing. Autosomal dominant SCN4A mutations were first linked to hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, then subsequently included paramyotonia congenita, several...
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| author | Nathaniel Elia Nathaniel Elia Trystan Nault Hugh J. McMillan Gail E. Graham Lijia Huang Stephen C. Cannon |
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| description | The phenotypic spectrum associated with the skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channel gene (SCN4A) has expanded with advancements in genetic testing. Autosomal dominant SCN4A mutations were first linked to hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, then subsequently included paramyotonia congenita, several variants of myotonia, and finally hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Biallelic recessive mutations were later identified in myasthenic myopathy and in infants showing a severe congenital myopathy with hypotonia. We report a patient with a pathogenic de novo SCN4A variant, c.2386C>G p.L796V at a highly conserved leucine. The phenotype was manifest at birth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, severe episodes of bronchospasm that responded immediately to carbamazepine therapy, and electromyographic evidence of widespread myotonia. Another de novo case of p.L796V has been reported with hip dysplasia, scoliosis, myopathy, and later paramyotonia. Expression studies of L796V mutant channels showed predominantly gain-of-function changes, that included defects of slow inactivation. Computer simulations of muscle excitability reveal a strong predisposition to myotonia with exceptionally prolonged bursts of discharges, when the L796V defects are included. We propose L796V is a pathogenic variant, that along with other cases in the literature, defines a new dominant SCN4A disorder of myotonic myopathy with secondary congenital joint and skeletal involvement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cdee1e9e5a74441a995371d88fa6eefe2022-12-21T22:48:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952020-02-011110.3389/fneur.2020.00077517845Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4ANathaniel Elia0Nathaniel Elia1Trystan Nault2Hugh J. McMillan3Gail E. Graham4Lijia Huang5Stephen C. Cannon6Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMolecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe phenotypic spectrum associated with the skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channel gene (SCN4A) has expanded with advancements in genetic testing. Autosomal dominant SCN4A mutations were first linked to hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, then subsequently included paramyotonia congenita, several variants of myotonia, and finally hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Biallelic recessive mutations were later identified in myasthenic myopathy and in infants showing a severe congenital myopathy with hypotonia. We report a patient with a pathogenic de novo SCN4A variant, c.2386C>G p.L796V at a highly conserved leucine. The phenotype was manifest at birth with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, severe episodes of bronchospasm that responded immediately to carbamazepine therapy, and electromyographic evidence of widespread myotonia. Another de novo case of p.L796V has been reported with hip dysplasia, scoliosis, myopathy, and later paramyotonia. Expression studies of L796V mutant channels showed predominantly gain-of-function changes, that included defects of slow inactivation. Computer simulations of muscle excitability reveal a strong predisposition to myotonia with exceptionally prolonged bursts of discharges, when the L796V defects are included. We propose L796V is a pathogenic variant, that along with other cases in the literature, defines a new dominant SCN4A disorder of myotonic myopathy with secondary congenital joint and skeletal involvement.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00077/fullskeletal musclechannelopathysodium channelNaV1.4myotoniavoltage-clamp |
| spellingShingle | Nathaniel Elia Nathaniel Elia Trystan Nault Hugh J. McMillan Gail E. Graham Lijia Huang Stephen C. Cannon Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A Frontiers in Neurology skeletal muscle channelopathy sodium channel NaV1.4 myotonia voltage-clamp |
| title | Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A |
| title_full | Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A |
| title_fullStr | Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A |
| title_short | Myotonic Myopathy With Secondary Joint and Skeletal Anomalies From the c.2386C>G, p.L796V Mutation in SCN4A |
| title_sort | myotonic myopathy with secondary joint and skeletal anomalies from the c 2386c g p l796v mutation in scn4a |
| topic | skeletal muscle channelopathy sodium channel NaV1.4 myotonia voltage-clamp |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00077/full |
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