Biallelic Variants in CNPY3, Encoding an Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone, Cause Early-Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy

Early-onset epileptic encephalopathies, including West syndrome (WS), are a group of neurological disorders characterized by developmental impairments and intractable seizures from early infancy. We have now identified biallelic CNPY3 variants in three individuals with WS; these include compound-heterozygous missense and frameshift variants in a family with two affected siblings (individuals 1 and 2) and a homozygous splicing variant in a consanguineous family (individual 3). All three individuals showed hippocampal malrotation.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - January 30, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hiroki Mutoh, Mitsuhiro Kato, Tenpei Akita, Takuma Shibata, Hiroyuki Wakamoto, Hiroko Ikeda, Hiroki Kitaura, Kazushi Aoto, Mitsuko Nakashima, Tianying Wang, Chihiro Ohba, Satoko Miyatake, Noriko Miyake, Akiyoshi Kakita, Kensuke Miyake, Atsuo Fukuda, Naomi Tags: Report Source Type: research