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From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Jen, Wan, Graves, Yue, and Baloh, and H. Yu, C. Coulin, and G. Kim), Physiology (Dr. Papazian and A.F. Mock), and Surgery/Division of Head & Neck Surgery (Dr. Baloh), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; and Institute of Anatomy (C. Coulin), University of Freiburg, Germany.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. J. Jen, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Box 951769, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769; e-mail: jjen{at}ucla.edu
Objective:— To examine the functional consequences of episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2)-causing nonsense and missense mutations in vitro and to characterize the basis of fluctuating weakness in patients with E2A.
Background:— Mutations in CACNA1A encoding the Cav2.1 calcium channel subunit cause EA2 through incompletely understood mechanisms. Although the Cav2.1 subunit is important for neurotransmission at the neuromuscular junction, weakness has not been considered a feature of EA2.
Methods:— The disease-causing mutations in three unrelated patients with EA2 and fluctuating weakness were identified by mutation screening and sequencing. Mutant constructs harboring mutations R1281X, F1406C, R1549X were transfected into COS7 cells and expressed for patch clamp studies. Single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG) was performed in patients to examine synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction.
Results:— Functional studies in COS7 cells of nonsense and missense EA2 mutants demonstrated markedly decreased current densities compared with wild type. SFEMG demonstrated jitter and blocking in these patients with EA2, compared with normal subjects and three patients with SCA-6.
Conclusion:— EA2-causing missense and nonsense mutations in CACNA1A produced mutant channels with diminished whole cell calcium channel activity in vitro due to loss of function. Altered biophysical properties or reduced efficiency of plasma membrane targeting of mutant channels may contribute to abnormal neuromuscular transmission, manifesting as myasthenic syndrome.
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