Publication
Title
Do Glut1 (glucose transporter type 1) defects exist in epilepsy patients responding to a ketogenic diet?
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Abstract
In the recent years, several neurological syndromes related to defects of the glucose transporter type 1 (Glut1) have been descried. They include the glucose transporter deficiency syndrome (Glut1-DS) as the most severe form, the paroxysmal exertion-induced dyskinesia (FED), a form of spastic paraparesis (CSE) as well as the childhood (CAE) and the early-onset absence epilepsy (EOAE). Glut1, encoded by the gene SLC2A1, is the most relevant glucose transporter in the brain. All Glut1 syndromes respond well to a ketogenic diet (KD) and most of the patients show a rapid seizure control. Ketogenic Diet developed to an established treatment for other forms of pharmaco-resistant epilepsies. Since we were interested in the question if those patients might have an underlying Glut1 defect, we sequenced SLC2A1 in a cohort of 28 patients with different forms of pharmaco-resistant epilepsies responding well to a KD. Unfortunately, we could not detect any mutations in SLC2A1. The exact action mechanisms of MD in pharmaco-resistant epilepsy are not well understood, but bypassing the Glut1 transporter seems not to play an important role. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Epilepsy research. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2015
ISSN
0920-1211
DOI
10.1016/J.EPLEPSYRES.2015.04.012
Volume/pages
114 (2015) , p. 47-51
ISI
000357438400006
Pubmed ID
26088884
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
EPIPGX: Epilepsy Pharmacogenomics: delivering biomarkers for clinical use
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 04.03.2024
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