2019
Loss of UGP2 in brain leads to a severe epileptic encephalopathy, emphasizing that bi-allelic isoform-specific start-loss mutations of essential genes can cause genetic diseases
Perenthaler E, Nikoncuk A, Yousefi S, Berdowski WM, Alsagob M, Capo I, van der Linde HC, van den Berg P, Jacobs EH, Putar D, Ghazvini M, Aronica E, van IJcken WFJ, de Valk WG, Medici-van den Herik E, van Slegtenhorst M, Brick L, Kozenko M, Kohler JN, Bernstein JA, Monaghan KG, Begtrup A, Torene R, Al Futaisi A, Al Murshedi F, Mani R, Al Azri F, Kamsteeg EJ, Mojarrad M, Eslahi A, Khazaei Z, Darmiyan FM, Doosti M, Karimiani EG, Vandrovcova J, Zafar F, Rana N, Kandaswamy KK, Hertecant J, Bauer P, AlMuhaizea MA, Salih MA, Aldosary M, Almass R, Al-Quait L, Qubbaj W, Coskun S, Alahmadi KO, Hamad MHA, Alwadaee S, Awartani K, Dababo AM, Almohanna F, Colak D, Dehghani M, Mehrjardi MYV, Gunel M, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Passi GR, Cheema HA, Efthymiou S, Houlden H, Bertoli-Avella AM, Brooks AS, Retterer K, Maroofian R, Kaya N, van Ham TJ, Barakat TS. Loss of UGP2 in brain leads to a severe epileptic encephalopathy, emphasizing that bi-allelic isoform-specific start-loss mutations of essential genes can cause genetic diseases. Acta Neuropathologica 2019, 139: 415-442. PMID: 31820119, PMCID: PMC7035241, DOI: 10.1007/s00401-019-02109-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genePluripotent stem cell differentiationGenetic diseasesUnfolded protein responseVisual disturbancesAltered glycogen metabolismPremature neuronal differentiationStem cell differentiationEpileptic encephalopathyUpregulated unfolded protein responseDevelopmental delayEssential genesEssential proteinsTherapy-resistant seizuresDifferentiation defectsMutant animalsStart codonMultiple lineagesProtein responseNeural stem cellsSevere epileptic encephalopathySimilar disease mechanismsSevere developmental delayShort isoformProtein absence
2017
Novel compound heterozygous mutations in GPT2 linked to microcephaly, and intellectual developmental disability with or without spastic paraplegia
Kaymakcalan H, Yarman Y, Goc N, Toy F, Meral C, Ercan‐Sencicek A, Gunel M. Novel compound heterozygous mutations in GPT2 linked to microcephaly, and intellectual developmental disability with or without spastic paraplegia. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2017, 176: 421-425. PMID: 29226631, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38558.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsNovel compound heterozygous missense variantsSpastic paraplegiaNovel compound heterozygous variantsCompound heterozygous missense variantsMissense variantsNovel compound heterozygous mutationsCompound heterozygous variantsHeterozygous missense variantsCompound heterozygous mutationsFamily membersTurkish cohortIndex patientsIntellectual developmental disabilitiesClinical phenotypeHeterozygous variantsDevelopmental delayHeterozygous mutationsAffected sisterMale siblingsUnaffected parentsFemale siblingsIntellectual disabilityDevelopmental disabilitiesSanger sequencingParaplegia