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NEUROLOGY 2003;61:1204-1210
© 2003 American Academy of Neurology

Surgical outcome in mesial temporal sclerosis correlates with prion protein gene variant

R. Walz, MD PhD, R. M.R.P.S. Castro, MSc, T. R. Velasco, MD, V. Alexandre, Jr., MD, M. H. Lopes, J. P. Leite, MD PhD, A. C. Santos, MD PhD, J. A. Assirati, Jr., MD, L. Wichert-Ana, MD, V. C. Terra-Bustamante, MD, M. M. Bianchin, MD PhD, P. C. Maciag, MD PhD, K. B. Ribeiro, DDS, R. Guarnieri, MD, D. Araújo, MD, O. Cabalero, MD PhD, R. Moura, MSc, A. C.M. Salim, K. Kindlmann, M. C. Landemberger, W. Marques, Jr., MD PhD, R. M.F. Fernandes, MD PhD, L. N. Serafini, MD PhD, H. R. Machado, MD PhD, C. G. Carlotti, Jr., MD PhD, R. R. Brentani, MD PhD, A. C. Sakamoto, MD PhD and V. R. Martins, PhD

From CIREP, Centro de Cirurgia de Epilepsia (Drs. Walz, Velasco, Alexandre, Leite, Wichert-Ana, Terra-Bustamante, Guarnieri, Araújo, Fernandes, Bianchin, and Sakamoto), Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Médica (Drs. Walz, Leite, Santos, Marques, and Sakamoto), Departamento de Anatomia e Cirurgia (Drs. Assirati, Machado, and Carlotti), and Departamento de Patologia (Dr. Serafini), Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto; Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa Hospital do Câncer (R.M.R.P.S. Castro, M.H. Lopes, K.B. Ribeiro, R. Moura, K. Kindlmann, M.C. Landemberger, and Drs. Brentani and Martins); and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Drs. Maciag, Cabalero, Brentani, and Martins, and A.C.M. Salim), São Paulo Branch, Brazil.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Roger Walz, Centro de Cirurgia de Epilepsia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), 14.048-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; e-mail: rogerwalz{at}hotmail.com or Dr. Vilma R. Martins, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Rua Prof. Antônio Prudente 109 4A, 01509-010 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; e-mail: vmartins@ludwig.org.br

Background: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy related to hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) is the most common surgically remediable epileptic syndrome. Ablation of the cellular prion protein (PrPc) gene (PRNP) enhances neuronal excitability of the hippocampus in vitro and sensitivity to seizure in vivo, indicating that PrPc might be related to epilepsy.

Objective: To evaluate the genetic contribution of PRNP to MTLE-HS.

Methods: The PRNP coding sequence of DNA from peripheral blood cells of 100 consecutive patients with surgically treated MTLE-HS was compared to that from a group of healthy controls adjusted for sex, age, and ethnicity (n = 180). The presence of PRNP variant alleles was correlated with clinical and presurgical parameters as well as surgical outcome.

Results: A variant allele at position 171 (Asn->Ser), absent in controls, was found in heterozygosis (Asn171Ser) in 23% of patients (p < 0.0001). The PRNP genotypes were not correlated with any clinical or presurgical data investigated. However, patients carrying the Asn171Ser variant had a five times higher chance of continuing to have seizures after temporal lobectomy (95% CI 1.65 to 17.33, p = 0.005) than those carrying the normal allele. At 18 months after surgery, 91.8% of patients with the normal allele at codon 171 were seizure free, in comparison to 68.2% of those carrying Asn171Ser (p = 0.005).

Conclusions: The PRNP variant allele Asn171Ser is highly prevalent in patients with medically untreatable MTLE-HS and influences their surgical outcome. The results suggest that the PRNP variant allele at codon 171 (Asn171Ser) is associated with epileptogenesis in MTLE-HS.

Received July 24, 2003. Accepted in final form August 13, 2003.

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