A novel mutation in LAMC3 associated with generalized polymicrogyria of the cortex and epilepsy

Neurogenetics. 2018 Jan;19(1):61-65. doi: 10.1007/s10048-017-0534-4. Epub 2017 Dec 15.

Abstract

Occipital cortical malformation is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by pachygyria and polymicrogyria of the occipital lobes as well as global developmental delays and seizures. This condition is due to biallelic, loss-of-function mutations in LAMC3 and has been reported in four unrelated families to date. We report an individual with global delays, seizures, and polymicrogyria that extends beyond the occipital lobes and includes the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes. Next-generation sequencing identified a homozygous nonsense mutation in LAMC3: c.3190C>T (p.Gln1064*). This finding extends the cortical phenotype associated with LAMC3 mutations.

Keywords: Cortical malformation of the occipital lobe; LAMC3; Next-generation sequencing; Polymicrogyria.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Epilepsy / complications
  • Epilepsy / diagnostic imaging
  • Epilepsy / genetics*
  • Female
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Laminin / genetics*
  • Polymicrogyria / complications
  • Polymicrogyria / diagnostic imaging
  • Polymicrogyria / genetics*

Substances

  • Codon, Nonsense
  • LAMC3 protein, human
  • Laminin