GENE AND MUTATIONS THEREOF ASSOCIATED WITH SEIZURE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS
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    发明申请
    GENE AND MUTATIONS THEREOF ASSOCIATED WITH SEIZURE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS 有权
    与癫痫和运动障碍相关的基因和突变

    公开(公告)号:US20140304846A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-09

    申请号:US14354461

    申请日:2012-10-29

    摘要: The present invention relates to the proline rich transmembrane protein 2 (PRRT2) gene, and the identification of mutations and variations in PRRT2 that give rise to seizure and movement disorders. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for the diagnosis or prognosis of such disorders by identifying alterations in the PRRT2 gene. Identification of alterations in the PRRT2 gene also enables the identification of subjects with an increased likelihood of having an offspring predisposed to such disorders. The present invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising an alteration in the PRRT2 gene, wherein said alteration produces a seizure and/or movement disorder phenotype. Also provided is an isolated PRRT2 polypeptide that comprises an alteration which produces a seizure and/or movement disorder phenotype. Furthermore, the present invention provides kit for diagnosing or prognosing a seizure and/or movement disorder in a subject, or for identifying a subject with an increased likelihood of having an offspring predisposed to a seizure and/or movement disorder, wherein the kit includes one or more components for testing for the presence of an alteration in the PRRT2 gene in the subject.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及富含脯氨酸的跨膜蛋白2(PRRT2)基因,以及PRRT2中引起癫痫发作和运动障碍的突变和变异的鉴定。 因此,本发明通过鉴定PRRT2基因的改变来提供诊断或预测这些病症的方法。 识别PRRT2基因中的改变还能够鉴定出具有易于发生这种疾病的后代的可能性增加的受试者。 本发明还提供了包含PRRT2基因改变的分离的核酸分子,其中所述改变产生癫痫发作和/或运动障碍表型。 还提供了分离的PRRT2多肽,其包含产生癫痫发作和/或运动障碍表型的改变。 此外,本发明提供了用于诊断或预测受试者的癫痫发作和/或运动障碍的试剂盒,或用于鉴定患有易于发生癫痫发作和/或运动障碍的后代的可能性增加的受试者,其中该试剂盒包括一个 或更多的组分用于测试受试者中PRRT2基因的改变的存在。