Kohring Tvergaard, Nicolai, Tkemaladze, Tinatin, Stödberg, Tommy, Kvarnung, Malin, Tatton-Brown, Katrina, Baralle, Diana, Tumer, Zeynep and Bayat, Allan (2024) Unraveling GRIA1 neurodevelopmental disorders: Lessons learned from the p.(Ala636Thr) variant. Clinical Genetics. (doi:10.1111/cge.14577).
Abstract
Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs), specifically α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propi-onic acid receptors (AMPARs), play a crucial role in orchestrating excitatory neurotransmission in the brain. AMPARs are intricate assemblies of subunits encoded by four paralogous genes: GRIA1-4. Functional studies have established that rare GRIA variants can alter AMPAR currents leading to a loss- or gain-of-function. Patients affected by rare heterozygous GRIA variants tend to have family specific variants and only few recurrent variants have been reported. We deep-phenotyped a cohort comprising eight unrelated children and adults, harboring a recurrent and well-established disease-causing GRIA1 variant (NM_001114183.1: c.1906G>A, p.(Ala636Thr)). Recurrent symptoms in-cluded motor and/or language delay, mild-severe intellectual disability, behavioral and psychiatric comorbidities, hypotonia and epilepsy. We also report challenges in social skills, autonomy, living and work situation, and occupational levels. Furthermore, we compared their clinical manifestations in relation to those documented in patients presenting with rare heterozygous variants at analogous positions within paralogous genes. This study provides unprecedented details on the neurodevelop-mental outcomes, cognitive abilities, seizure profiles, and behavioral abnormalities associated with p.(Ala636Thr) refining and broadening the clinical phenotype.
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