Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients
Gain-of-function variants in the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7, encoded by the SCN9A gene, have previously been identified in patients with erythromelalgia, a clinical diagnosis defined by intermittent attacks of painful, hot, swollen, and red skin, predominantly involving the hands and feet....
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| author | Mari Skystad Kvernebo Celene Grayson Ioannis M. Stylianou Virginia Woloshen Christopher Radomski Cato Mørk Knut Kvernebo |
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| description | Gain-of-function variants in the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7, encoded by the SCN9A gene, have previously been identified in patients with erythromelalgia, a clinical diagnosis defined by intermittent attacks of painful, hot, swollen, and red skin, predominantly involving the hands and feet. Symptoms are induced or aggravated by warming and relieved by cooling. In primary erythromelalgia there is no known underlying disease. This study investigated the frequency of SCN9A variants in a cohort of primary erythromelalgia patients collected at a single centre, and examined the clinical signs and symptoms associated with identified variants. One hundred patients with possible erythromelalgia were collected prospectively and evaluated by clinical examination. Thirty-five patients fulfilling the clinical criteria of primary erythromelalgia were screened for variants in SCN9A. Five were found to carry likely causal variants, including a variant found in 2 related individuals and a variant not previously described in patients with erythromelalgia. The clinical findings differed significantly between the patients. Overall, in this cohort only 4/34 (11.7%) of unrelated patients had erythromelalgia likely caused by gain-of-function variants in SCN9A. Variants in SCN9A are therefore likely to cause or contribute to primary erythromelalgia in only a small proportion of patients.
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| spelling | doaj-art-73d6034b209b499c936039f9fd0a2e012025-01-24T09:08:00ZengMedical Journals SwedenActa Dermato-Venereologica0001-55551651-20572025-01-0110510.2340/actadv.v105.42022Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia PatientsMari Skystad Kvernebo0Celene Grayson1Ioannis M. Stylianou2Virginia Woloshen3Christopher Radomski4Cato Mørk5Knut Kvernebo6Department of Dermatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Aleris Medical Center, Stømmen, NorwayXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, CanadaXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, CanadaXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, CanadaXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, CanadaAkershus Dermatology Centre, Lørenskog, NorwayInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayGain-of-function variants in the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7, encoded by the SCN9A gene, have previously been identified in patients with erythromelalgia, a clinical diagnosis defined by intermittent attacks of painful, hot, swollen, and red skin, predominantly involving the hands and feet. Symptoms are induced or aggravated by warming and relieved by cooling. In primary erythromelalgia there is no known underlying disease. This study investigated the frequency of SCN9A variants in a cohort of primary erythromelalgia patients collected at a single centre, and examined the clinical signs and symptoms associated with identified variants. One hundred patients with possible erythromelalgia were collected prospectively and evaluated by clinical examination. Thirty-five patients fulfilling the clinical criteria of primary erythromelalgia were screened for variants in SCN9A. Five were found to carry likely causal variants, including a variant found in 2 related individuals and a variant not previously described in patients with erythromelalgia. The clinical findings differed significantly between the patients. Overall, in this cohort only 4/34 (11.7%) of unrelated patients had erythromelalgia likely caused by gain-of-function variants in SCN9A. Variants in SCN9A are therefore likely to cause or contribute to primary erythromelalgia in only a small proportion of patients. https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/view/42022ErythromelalgiaNAV1.7 voltage gated sodium channelGeneticsetiology |
| spellingShingle | Mari Skystad Kvernebo Celene Grayson Ioannis M. Stylianou Virginia Woloshen Christopher Radomski Cato Mørk Knut Kvernebo Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients Acta Dermato-Venereologica Erythromelalgia NAV1.7 voltage gated sodium channel Genetics etiology |
| title | Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients |
| title_full | Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients |
| title_fullStr | Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients |
| title_short | Genetic Variants in the SCN9A Gene are Detected in a Minority of Erythromelalgia Patients |
| title_sort | genetic variants in the scn9a gene are detected in a minority of erythromelalgia patients |
| topic | Erythromelalgia NAV1.7 voltage gated sodium channel Genetics etiology |
| url | https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/view/42022 |
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