Congenital myasthenic syndromes due to heteroallelic nonsense/missense mutations in the acetylcholine receptor epsilon subunit gene: identification and functional characterization of six new mutations.

Abstract:

:We describe and functionally characterize six mutations of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) epsilon subunit gene in three congenital myasthenic syndrome patients. Endplate studies demonstrated severe endplate AChR deficiency, dispersed endplate regions and well preserved junctional folds in all three patients. Electrophysiologic studies were consistent with expression of the fetal gamma-AChR at the endplates in one patient, prolongation of some channel events in another and gamma-AChR expression as well as some shorter than normal channel events in still another. Genetic analysis revealed two recessive and heteroallelic epsilon subunit gene mutations in each patient. One mutation in each (epsilonC190T [epsilon R64X], epsilon 127ins5 and epsilon 553del 7) generates a nonsense codon that predicts truncation of the epsilon subunit in its N-terminal, extracellular domain; and one mutation in each generates a missense codon (epsilon R147L, epsilon P245L and epsilon R311W). None of the mutations was detected in 100 controls. Expression studies in HEK cells indicate that the three nonsense mutations are null mutations and that surface expression of AChRs harboring the missense mutations is significantly reduced. Kinetic analysis of AChRs harboring the missense mutations show that epsilon R147L is kinetically benign, epsilon P245L prolongs burst open duration 2-fold by slowing the rate of channel closing and epsilon R311W shortens burst duration 2-fold by slowing the rate of channel opening and speeding the rate of ACh dissociation. The modest changes in activation kinetics are probably overshadowed by reduced expression of the missense mutations. The consequences of the endplate AChR deficiency are mitigated by persistent expression of gamma-AChR, changes in the release of transmitter quanta and appearance of multiple endplate regions on the muscle fiber.

journal_name

Hum Mol Genet

journal_title

Human molecular genetics

authors

Ohno K,Quiram PA,Milone M,Wang HL,Harper MC,Pruitt JN 2nd,Brengman JM,Pao L,Fischbeck KH,Crawford TO,Sine SM,Engel AG

doi

10.1093/hmg/6.5.753

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-05-01 00:00:00

pages

753-66

issue

5

eissn

0964-6906

issn

1460-2083

journal_volume

6

pub_type

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