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  • De novo POLR2A p.(Ile457Thr...
    Giacomini, Thea; Scala, Marcello; Nobile, Giulia; Severino, Mariasavina; Tortora, Domenico; Nobili, Lino; Accogli, Andrea; Torella, Annalaura; Capra, Valeria; Mancardi, Maria Margherita; Nigro, Vincenzo

    Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979), August 2022, 2022-Aug, 2022-08-00, Letnik: 44, Številka: 7
    Journal Article

    Heterozygous POLR2A variants have been recently reported in patients with a neurodevelopmental syndrome characterized by profound infantile-onset hypotonia. POLR2A encodes the highly conserved RBP1 protein, an essential subunit of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II. We investigated a 12-year-old girl presenting with an early-onset encephalopathy characterized by psychomotor delay, facial dysmorphism, refractory epilepsy with variable seizure types, behavioural abnormalities, and sleep disorder. Brain MRI showed a slowly progressive cerebellar atrophy. Trio-exome sequencing (Trio-ES) revealed the de novo germline variant NM_000937.5:c.1370T>C; p.(Ile457Thr) in POLR2A. This variant was previously reported in a subject with profound generalized hypotonia and muscular atrophy by Haijes et al. Our patient displayed instead a severe epileptic phenotype with refractory hypotonic seizures with impaired consciousness, myoclonic jerks, and drop attacks. This case expands the clinical spectrum of POLR2A-related syndrome, highlighting its phenotypic variability and supporting the relevance of epilepsy as a core feature of this emerging condition.