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From the I.R.C.C.S. H San Raffaele, Laboratorio Biologia Molecolare Clinica (Drs. Carrera, Piatti, Stenirri, and Ferrari), Unità di Neuroimmunologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (Dr. Grimaldi), Milan; the Istituto Neurologico "C. Mondino" (Dr. Marchioni), Pavia; the Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agro-Industriali (Dr. Righetti), Università di Verona; and the C.N.R. Istituto Tecnologie Biomediche Avanzate (Drs. Curcio and Gelfi), Milan, Italy.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Paola Carrera I.R.C.C.S. H San Raffaele, Lab. Biologia Molecolare Clinica, via Olgettina, 60-20132 Milan, Italy; e-mail: carrera.paola{at}hsr.it
OBJECTIVE: To verify linkage to chromosome 19p13, to detect mutations in the CACNA1A gene, and to correlate genetic results to their clinical phenotypes in Italian families with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM).
BACKGROUND: FHM is an autosomal dominant disease, classified as a subtype of migraine with aura. Only a proportion of FHM patients have been associated with chromosome 19p13. Among these, four missense mutations within the CACNA1A gene in five unrelated families have been described.
METHODS: A linkage study was performed in 19 patients affected by FHM from five families by studying microsatellite markers associated with the 19p13 region. All familial and seven additional sporadic patients with FHM were analyzed to search for mutations within the CACNA1A gene by applying the double gradient–denaturant gradient electrophoresis technique.
RESULTS: Lod score values did not establish significantly linkage to chromosome 19. However, seven new genetic variants were detected: six were new polymorphisms. The seventh was a missense mutation present in family 1, and it was associated with a hemiplegic migraine phenotype without unconsciousness and cerebellar ataxia. Because this missense mutation is absent in the general population and cosegregates with the disease, it may be a pathologic mutation.
CONCLUSIONS: Genetic heterogeneity of FHM has been shown in familial and sporadic FHM patients of Italian origin. The new missense mutation—G4644T—is associated with milder clinical features compared with typical FHM.
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