Cardiac arrhythmia and epilepsy genetic variants in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

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Aschner, Amir [1 ]
Keller, Anne [1 ]
Williams, Andrew [2 ]
Whitney, Robyn [3 ]
Cunningham, Kris [4 ]
Hamilton, Robert M. [5 ]
Pollanen, Michael [2 ]
Donner, Elizabeth [1 ,6 ]
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[1] Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Div Neurol, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Temerty Fac Med, Dept Lab Med & Pathobiol, Toronto, ON, Canada
[3] McMaster Univ, McMaster Childrens Hosp, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[4] Queens Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Mol Med, Kingston, ON, Canada
[5] Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Div Cardiol, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] Univ Toronto, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Toronto, ON, Canada
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SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy); cardiac arrhythmias; biomarker; population allele frequencies; gene panel; HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY; RISK-FACTORS; MOUSE MODEL; SUDEP; SEIZURES; MORTALITY; DYSFUNCTION; METAANALYSIS; MECHANISMS; PHENOTYPE;
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10.3389/fneur.2024.1386730
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Introduction: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading epilepsy-related cause of death, affecting approximately 1 per 1,000 individuals with epilepsy per year. Genetic variants that affect autonomic function, such as genes associated with cardiac arrhythmias, may predispose people with epilepsy to greater risk of both sudden cardiac death and SUDEP. Advances in next generation sequencing allow for the exploration of gene variants as potential biomarkers. Methods: Genetic testing for the presence of cardiac arrhythmia and epilepsy gene variants was performed via genetic panels in 39 cases of SUDEP identified via autopsy by the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service. Variants were summarized by in-silico evidence for pathogenicity from 4 algorithms (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, PROVEAN, Mutation Taster) and allele frequencies in the general population (GnomAD). A maximum credible population allele frequency of 0.00004 was calculated based on epilepsy prevalence and SUDEP incidence to assess whether a variant was compatible with a pathogenic interpretation. Results: Median age at the time of death was 33.3 years (range: 2, 60). Fifty-nine percent (n=23) were male. Gene panels detected 62 unique variants in 45 genes: 19 on the arrhythmia panel and 26 on the epilepsy panel. At least one variant was identified in 28 (72%) of decedents. Missense mutations comprised 57 (92%) of the observed variants. At least three in silico models predicted 12 (46%) cardiac arrhythmia panel missense variants and 20 (65%) epilepsy panel missense variants were pathogenic. Population allele frequencies were <0.00004 for 11 (42%) of the cardiac variants and 10 (32%) of the epilepsy variants. Together, these metrics identified 13 SUDEP variants of interest. Discussion: Nearly three-quarters of decedents in this SUDEP cohort carried variants in comprehensive epilepsy or cardiac arrhythmia gene panels, with more than a third having variants in both panels. The proportion of decedents with cardiac variants aligns with recent studies of the disproportionate cardiac burden the epilepsy community faces compared to the general population and suggests a possible cardiac contribution to epilepsy mortality. These results identified 13 priority targets for future functional studies of these genes potential role in sudden death and demonstrates the necessity for further exploration of potential genetic contributions to SUDEP.
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