A KCNC1 mutation in epilepsy of infancy with focal migrating seizures produces functional channels that fail to be regulated by PKC phosphorylation
- 7 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Neurophysiology
- Vol. 126 (2), 532-539
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00257.2021
Abstract
Channelopathies caused by mutations in genes encoding ion channels generally produce a clear change in channel function. Accordingly, mutations in KCNC1, which encodes the voltage-dependent Kv3.1 potassium channel, result in Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy as well as other Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies, and these have been shown to reduce or fully abolish current amplitude. One exception to this is the mutation A513V Kv3.1b, located in the cytoplasmic C-terminal domain of the channel protein. This de novo variant was detected in a patient with Epilepsy of Infancy with Focal Migrating Seizures (EIFMS) but no difference could be detected between A513V Kv3.1 current and that of wild type Kv3.1. Using both biochemical and electrophysiological approaches, we have now confirmed that this variant produces functional channels but find that the A513V mutation renders the channel completely insensitive to regulation by phosphorylation at S503, a nearby regulatory site in the C-terminus. In this respect, the mutation resembles those in another channel, KCNT1, which are the major cause of EIFMS. Because the amplitude of Kv3.1 current is constantly adjusted by phosphorylation in vivo, our findings suggest that loss of such regulation contributes to EIFMS phenotype and emphasize the role of channel modulation for normal neuronal function.Keywords
Funding Information
- HHS | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS102239 to LKK)
- HHS | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC01919 to LKK)
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