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. 2014 May;75(5):782-7.
doi: 10.1002/ana.24126. Epub 2014 Apr 14.

Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations

Ingrid E Scheffer  1 , Sarah E Heron, Brigid M Regan, Simone Mandelstam, Douglas E Crompton, Bree L Hodgson, Laura Licchetta, Federica Provini, Francesca Bisulli, Lata Vadlamudi, Jozef Gecz, Alan Connelly, Paolo Tinuper, Michael G Ricos, Samuel F Berkovic, Leanne M Dibbens
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Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations

Ingrid E Scheffer et al. Ann Neurol. 2014 May.

Abstract

We recently identified DEPDC5 as the gene for familial focal epilepsy with variable foci and found mutations in >10% of small families with nonlesional focal epilepsy. Here we show that DEPDC5 mutations are associated with both lesional and nonlesional epilepsies, even within the same family. DEPDC5-associated malformations include bottom-of-the-sulcus dysplasia (3 members from 2 families), and focal band heterotopia (1 individual). DEPDC5 negatively regulates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which plays a key role in cell growth. The clinicoradiological phenotypes associated with DEPDC5 mutations share features with the archetypal mTORopathy, tuberous sclerosis, raising the possibility of therapies targeted to this pathway.

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