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Published on: April 4, 2018
CACNA2D2 rs56287038:G>T and SCN1A rs2298771:C>T Variants Are Associated with Anti-Seizure Medication Response in
Zeynep Gizem Todurga-Seven1, Kubra Cigdem Pekkoc-Uyanik2, Erhan Rasit Agay3,4
1Department of Medical Pharmacology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey, zeynep.seven@iuc.edu.tr.
Introduction:
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, with variants in ion channel genes such as SCN1A, SCN1B, and CACNA2D2 implicated in neuronal excitability. This research aims to explore genetic polymorphisms in the SCN1A, SCN1B, and CACNA2D2 genes among Turkish epilepsy patients and assess their impact on responsiveness to anti-seizure medications (ASMs).
Methods:
Targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) was applied to genomic DNA from 29 patients.
Results:
Common 15 variants were analyzed in CACNA2D2 (rs2239801, rs56287038), SCN1A (rs2298771, rs3032638, rs11394960, rs67636132, rs566839, rs1461193, rs6432861, rs2020318), and SCN1B (rs72556351, rs2278995, rs557140301, rs67701503, rs55742440). A statistically significant difference in ASM response was observed in the recessive model of SCN1A rs2298771: C>T (TT vs. CC+CT) (p = 0.044), with the TT genotype associated with improved response. CACNA2D2 rs56287038:G>T showed significance in the allelic model (p = 0.012); the T allele was found only in resistant patients. SCN1A haplotype analysis revealed reduced C allele frequency in responders (p = 0.041). The CT (rs2298771+rs2020318), CG (rs2298771+rs1461193), and CC (rs2298771+rs6432861) haplotypes also showed considerable differences among groups (p = 0.041, p = 0.023, p = 0.041, respectively). Moreover, CTG (rs2298771+rs2020318+rs1461193), CCG (rs2298771+rs6432861+rs1461193), and CTCG (rs2298771+rs2020318+rs6432861+rs1461193) haplotypes were significantly associated with treatment response (p = 0.023, p = 0.023, p = 0.022). However, none of these associations remained statistically significant after false discovery rate correction, and all findings should therefore be interpreted as exploratory.
Conclusion:
CACNA2D2 rs56287038:G>T and SCN1A rs2298771:C>T may effect ASM response.
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