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ArticlePloS one2011

Frequency of KCNC3 DNA variants as causes of spinocerebellar ataxia 13 (SCA13).

Karla P Figueroa, Michael F Waters, Vartan Garibyan, Thomas D Bird, Christopher M Gomez, Laura P W Ranum, Natali A Minassian, Diane M Papazian, Stefan M Pulst

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Towards Zebrafish Models of CNS Channelopathies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  8. Suppression of Kv3.3 channels by antisense oligonucleotides reverses biochemical effects and motor impairment in spinocerebellar ataxia type 13 mice.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
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  13. Loss-of-function BK channel mutation causes impaired mitochondria and progressive cerebellar ataxia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  16. KCNC1-related disorders: new de novo variants expand the phenotypic spectrum.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2019
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  17. Purkinje Cell Signaling Deficits in Animal Models of Ataxia.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2018
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  19. What does phenotype have to do with it?Neurology. Genetics · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Karla P FigueroaDepartment of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
Michael F Waters
Vartan Garibyan
Thomas D Bird
Christopher M Gomez
Laura P W Ranum
Natali A Minassian
Diane M Papazian
Stefan M Pulst
University of Utah · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Minnesota · USVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

MOLECULAR GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SCA8R01NS040389 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI RANUM, LAURA P.W · 2000 to 2010
$3.8M
SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2--GENE AND GENE PRODUCTR01NS033123 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI PULST, STEFAN M. · 1996 to 2012
$2.9M
Role of Beta-III Spectrin in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5R01NS056158 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI RANUM, LAURA P.W · 2007 to 2011
$2.8M
Kv3.3 K+ Channels and Neuronal Excitability in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13R01NS058500 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PAPAZIAN, DIANE M · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS 5R01NS033123-10NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS033123NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040389NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056158NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS058500NINDS NIH HHS R01NS058500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGain-of function or dominant-negative mutations in the voltage-gated potassium channel KCNC3 (Kv3.3) were recently identified as a cause of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia. Our objective was to describe the frequency of mutations associated with KCNC3 in a large cohort of index patients with sporadic or familial ataxia presenting to three US ataxia clinics at academic medical centers. METHODOLOGY: DNA sequence analysis of the coding region of the KCNC3 gene was performed in 327 index cases with ataxia. Analysis of channel function was performed by expression of DNA variants in Xenopus oocytes. PRINCIPAL

findingsSequence analysis revealed two non-synonymous substitutions in exon 2 and five intronic changes, which were not predicted to alter splicing. We identified another pedigree with the p.Arg423His mutation in the highly conserved S4 domain of this channel. This family had an early-onset of disease and associated seizures in one individual. The second coding change, p.Gly263Asp, subtly altered biophysical properties of the channel, but was unlikely to be disease-associated as it occurred in an individual with an expansion of the CAG repeat in the CACNA1A calcium channel.

conclusionsMutations in KCNC3 are a rare cause of spinocerebellar ataxia with a frequency of less than 1%. The p.Arg423His mutation is recurrent in different populations and associated with early onset. In contrast to previous p.Arg423His mutation carriers, we now observed seizures and mild mental retardation in one individual. This study confirms the wide phenotypic spectrum in SCA13.

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AdolescentAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBase SequenceDNADNA Mutational AnalysisHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataMutationOocytesPhenotypeShaw Potassium ChannelsSpinocerebellar AtaxiasDNAKCNC3 protein, humanShaw Potassium Channels

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PMID21479265
PMCPMC3066194
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