Detection of Brain Somatic Mutations in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Refractory Epilepsy Patients
3 May, 2021
Seyeon Kim, Sara Baldassari, Nam Suk Sim Mathilde Chipaux, Georg Dorfmüller, Dong Seok Kim, Won Seok Chang, Valérie Taly, Jeong Ho Lee, Stéphanie Baulac
Annals of Neurology 08 April 2021 doi.org/10.1002/ana.26080
Abstract
Brain mosaic mutations are a major cause of refractory focal epilepsies with cortical malformations such as focal cortical dysplasia, hemimegalencephaly, malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy, and ganglioglioma. Here, we collected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during epilepsy surgery to search for somatic variants in cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) using targeted droplet digital polymerase chain reaction. In 3 of 12 epileptic patients with known somatic mutations previously identified in brain tissue, we here provide evidence that brain mosaicism can be detected in the CSF‐derived cfDNA. These findings suggest future opportunities for detecting the mutant allele driving epilepsy in CSF. ANN NEUROL 2021.
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