A R to H amino acid substitution (CGA to CAT) has been introduced into exon 30 of the endogenous para gene, in the position equivalent to residue 1648 in the orthologous human SCN1A gene. The R1648H change in the human SCN1A gene is a pathogenic variant associated with GEFS+ (generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus).
GA16466709AT
GA?AT
R1726H | para-PA; R1679H | para-PAA; R1681H | para-PAB; R1679H | para-PAC; R1681H | para-PAD; R1703H | para-PAE; R1705H | para-PAF; R1684H | para-PAG; R1702H | para-PAH; R1681H | para-PAI; R1727H | para-PAJ; R1692H | para-PAK; R1706H | para-PAL; R1678H | para-PAM; R1738H | para-PAN; R1708H | para-PAO; R1692H | para-PAP; R1684H | para-PAQ; R1662H | para-PAS; R1651H | para-PAT; R1657H | para-PAW; R1694H | para-PAX; R1727H | para-PAY; R1706H | para-PAZ; R1726H | para-PB; R1727H | para-PBA; R1661H | para-PBB; R1651H | para-PBD; R1726H | para-PBF; R1726H | para-PBG; R1650H | para-PBH; R1726H | para-PC; R1709H | para-PD; R1703H | para-PE; R1703H | para-PF; R1682H | para-PG; R1692H | para-PH; R1674H | para-PI; R1695H | para-PJ; R1671H | para-PK; R1682H | para-PL; R1695H | para-PM; R1695H | para-PN; R1687H | para-PO; R1716H | para-PP; R1671H | para-PQ; R1674H | para-PR; R1695H | para-PS; R1705H | para-PT; R1713H | para-PU; R1692H | para-PV; R1697H | para-PW; R1720H | para-PX; R1733H | para-PY; R1684H | para-PZ
Analogous mutation in human SCN1A implicated in epilepsy, SCN-alpha-related; mutation carried on in vitro construct; site of nucleotide substitution in fly gene inferred by FlyBase curator based on reported amino acid change.
paraR-H/+ individuals exhibit spontaneous seizures at 22[o]C, which become more frequent and longer-lasting at higher temperatures.Upon stimulation trains, at 22[o]C local neurons exhibit sustained depolarizations and poststimulus depolarizations in a minority of mutants, but never in controls; at 30[o]C, almost all local neurons exhibit sustained depolarizations and cessation of action potential firing; in some cases, the depolarizations persist after the current step; also, firing frequency is decreased at 30[o]C.