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Precise detection of low-level somatic mutation in resected epilepsy brain tissue
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Low-level somatic mutations have been shown to be the major genetic etiology of intractable epilepsy. The extents thereof, however, have yet to be systematically and accurately explored in a large cohort of resected epilepsy brain tissues. Moreover, clinically useful and precise analysis tools for detecting low-level somatic mutations from unmatched formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) brain samples, the most clinically relevant samples, are still lacking. In total, 446 tissues samples from 232 intractable epilepsy patients with various brain pathologies were analyzed using deep sequencing (average read depth, 1112x) of known epilepsy-related genes (up to 28 genes) followed by confirmatory site-specific amplicon sequencing. Pathogenic mutations were discovered in 31.9% (74 of 232) of the resected epilepsy brain tissues and were recurrently found in only eight major focal epilepsy genes, including AKT3, DEPDC5, MTOR, PIK3CA, TSC1, TSC2, SCL35A2, and BRAF. Somatic mutations, two-hit mutations, and germline mutations accounted for 22.0% (51), 0.9% (2), and 9.1% (21) of the patients with intractable epilepsy, respectively. The majority of pathogenic somatic mutations (62.3%, 33 of 53) had a low variant allelic frequency of less than 5%. The use of deep sequencing replicates in the eight major focal epilepsy genes robustly increased PPVs to 50-100% and sensitivities to 71-100%. In an independent FCDII cohort of only unmatched FFPE brain tissues, deep sequencing replicates in the eight major focal epilepsy genes identified pathogenic somatic mutations in 33.3% (5 of 15) of FCDII individuals (similar to the genetic detecting rate in the entire FCDII cohort) without any false-positive calls. Deep sequencing replicates of major focal epilepsy genes in unmatched FFPE brain tissues can be used to accurately and efficiently detect low-level somatic mutations, thereby improving overall patient care by enriching genetic counseling and informing treatment decisions.
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- Sim, N. S., Ko, A., Kim, W. K., Kim, S. H., Kim, J. S., Shim, K.-W., Aronica, E., Mijnsbergen, C., Spliet, W. G. M., Koh, H. Y., Kim, H. D., Lee, J. S., Kim, D. S., Kang, H.-C., & Lee, J. H.
- Affiliations
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (KR)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Joon Soo
- Kang, Hoon-Chul
- Lee, Jeong Ho
- ORCID
- Venue
- Acta Neuropathologica
- Published
- 2019-08-03
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 901-912
- ISSN
- 0001-6322 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0533
- OpenAlex
- W2966760373
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 13.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- pure.amsterdamumc.nl
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- Acta Neuropathologica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- YUHSpace (Yonsei University Medical Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Suh Kyungbae Foundation
- Korean Health Technology R&D Project (HI15C1601, HI18C0586, H15C3143, H16C0415)
- Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (95105004)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Epilepsy research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Keywords
- drug-resistant epilepsy, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, germline mutations, focal cortical dysplasia type II, AKT3, DEPDC5, mTOR, PIK3CA, TSC1, TSC2, BRAF, genetic counseling
- MeSH terms
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Adolescent, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Mutation, Cohort Studies, Sequence Analysis, Young Adult
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