Table 1

List of ion channel genes exhibiting alternative splicing in patients with mTLE

Genes by gene class
GenBank accession number (reference transcript*)
GenBank accession number (variant transcript*)
Alternative splicing event: change of mRNA transcript composition in epilepsy
Alternatively spliced region
Splice array p value

Calcium channels





     CACNA1A
NM_023035
U79668
ES: 26% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 48
0.002

NM_023035
CQ723237
ASA: 24% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 23
0.003

NM_023035
BE972738
NE: 36% ↓ variant/total ratio
3' downstream
<0.001
     CACNA1C
NM_000719
CQ722696
ASD: 94% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 2
<0.001

NM_000719
CQ722691
ASD: 23% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 24
0.017
     CACNA1H
NM_021098
CQ730788
ASA: 25% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 34
<0.001
     CACNA1I
NM_001003406
AX068892
NE: 36% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.012

NM_001003406
AX068892
NE: 23% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRONS 20/21
0.009
     CACNA2D1
NM_000722
BG211441
ES: 28% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 8
0.003
     CACNB1
NM_000723
NM_199247
NE: 28% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 6
<0.001

NM_000723
BP316738
NE: 28% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 6
0.002
     CACNB2
NM_201596
AF465485
ES: 20% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
0.020
     CACNB3
NM_000725
AK122911
NEs: 28% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
<0.001
     CACNB4
NM_000726
AY054985
NE: 31% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 2
0.012
     CACNG4
NM_014405
AW134993
PIED: 45% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 4
0.009

NM_014405
AI675178
PIED: 41% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 4
0.003






Chloride channels





     CLCN2
NM_004366
BC021578
ES: 38% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 13
<0.001
     CLCN3
NM_001829
CQ732096
ASA: 22% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 2
0.004

NM_001829
CQ736554
NE: 32% ↑ reference/total ratio
INTRON 12
0.012
     CLCN6
NM_001286
BC050457
ASA: 16% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 20
0.016
     CLCN7
NM_001287
AK096963
IR: 36% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 18
<0.001

NM_001287
BQ920088
ASA: 21% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 12
0.004
     CLIC5
NM_016929
BC039380
ASA: 20% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 5
0.013






Sodium channels





     SCN2A2
NM_021007
BC029489
ES: 23% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 1
0.006
     SCN9A
NM_002977
BG108767
ASD: 26% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 16
0.003
     SCNN1A
NM_001038
BF033087
PIED: 21% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 13
<0.001
     SCNN1D
NM_002978
AX230571
NE: 52% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 2
0.012

NM_002978
AK127357
NE: 77% ↑ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.002






Potassium channels





     KCNAB2
NM_003636
BG720519
ES: 35% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1
0.014

NM_003636
BM823724
NEs: 19% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.015

NM_003636
CA495339
IR: 24% ↓ reference/total ratio
INTRON 11
0.020
     KCNC3
NM_004977
AK127492
ASD: 27% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 5
0.020
     KCNH5
NM_172376
NM_139318
NE: 24% ↑ variant/total ratio
3' downstream
<0.001
     KCNJ1
NM_153767
NM_000220
NE: 27% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 3
<0.001
     KCNJ6
NM_002240
CQ738104
NEs: 24% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 2
0.017
     KCNJ15
NM_170736
NM_002243
NE: 108% ↑ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
<0.001

NM_170736
NM_170737
NE: 2.5x ↑ reference/total ratio
INTRON 2
<0.001

NM_170736
CQ732921
NEs: 42% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 2
0.005

NM_170736
BM544058
NE: 98% ↑ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
<0.001

NM_170736
BF105170
NE: 78% ↑ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.003

NM_170736
BI518753
NE: 2.5x ↑ reference/total ratio
INTRON 2
<0.001
     KCNK1
NM_002245
AV733795
PIED: 34% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 2
0.010

NM_002245
BG699040
NE: 45% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.009

NM_002245
BF212472
NEs: 23% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.017

NM_002245
BU661246
NEs: 48% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
<0.001
     KCNK2
NM_014217
BU956092
ES: 62% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 4
0.008
     KCNK4
NM_016611
NM_033310
NE: 102% ↑ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.005
     KCNK12
NM_022055
AX302031
NEs: 20% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.014
     KCNMA1
NM_002247
CQ870200
NE: 24% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 20
0.006

NM_002247
CQ870204
PIED: 32% ↓ variant/reference ratio
3' downstream
0.020

NM_002247
BG185868
NE: 28% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 9
0.014
     KCNN2
NM_021614
NM_170775
NE: 26% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 3
0.002
     KCNQ2
NM_004518
AY358189
NE: 28% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 7
0.018

NM_004518
BG772772
NEs: 23% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 7
0.018
     HCN3
NM_020897
CQ715247
EsS: 15% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 3-4
0.012
     SLICK
NM_198503
CQ728754
EsS: 28% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXONS 22-25
0.019

NM_198503
CQ728754
ES: 57% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 15
0.003






GABA receptors





     GABRA2
NM_000807
CD014113
ES: 26% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 8
<0.001

NM_000807
CD014116
EsS: 29% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXONS 4-9
<0.001

NM_000807
CD014112
EsS: 35% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 4
<0.001

NM_000807
CD014107
EsS: 31% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXONS 7/8
<0.001

NM_000807
CD014110
EsS: 36% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXONS 6-8
<0.001

NM_000807
CD014109
EsS: 40% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXONS 6/7
<0.001
     GABRA3
NM_000808
AX897950
ES: 17% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 7
0.007
     GABRG2
NM_198904
NM_198903
ASA: 22% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 4
0.005
     GABRR1
NM_002042
CB959800
NEs: 17% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.007






Ionotropic glutamate receptors





     GRIA1
NM_000827
A46050
NE: 34% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 14
0.012

NM_000827
M64752
NE: 39% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 14
0.008
     GRIA2
NM_000826
BC010574
NE: 44% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 13
0.007

NM_000826
AX147452
NE: 61% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 13/EXON14
0.005

NM_000826
AV748963
NE: 44% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 14
0.015
     GRIA3
NM_007325
NM_181894
NEs: 19% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 2
0.006
     GRIK2
NM_021956
CQ715784
ASD: 65% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 10
<0.001
     GRIK4
NM_014619
CQ869986
NEs: 29% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.006

NM_014619
CQ715345
NE: 31% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 4
0.015

NM_014619
CQ715345
ES: 23% ↑ reference/total
EXON 7
0.005
     GRIK5
NM_002088
CQ719647
ASD: 24% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 16
0.008

NM_002088
AX665460
ASD: 23% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 18
0.004

NM_002088
CN420154
EsS: 27% ↓ variant/reference
EXONS 12-14
0.020






FXYD domain ion transport regulators





     FXYD1
NM_021902
BQ181273
IR: 51% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 7
<0.001
     FXYD6
NM_022003
AX430335
NE: 31% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
<0.001

NM_022003
AX892598
NE: 35% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
<0.001

NM_022003
BC018652
NEs: 38% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1/INTRON 1
<0.001

NM_022003
AL832811
NE: 33% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
<0.001

NM_022003
AW270073
ES: 34% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 9
<0.001

NM_022003
BI823239
NE: 48% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
<0.001

NM_022003
BF527041
NE: 36% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.002

NM_022003
BP372334
NE: 45% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
<0.001

NM_022003
BE263758
NE: 37% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 2
<0.001

NM_022003
BX488702
ASA: 50% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 2
<0.001

NM_022003
BI598749
NE: 40% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.006
     FXYD7
NM_022006
CQ722304
ES: 21% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 4
0.007






Transient receptor potential cation channels





     TRPA1
NM_007332
BF570694
ASD: 37% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 25
<0.001
     TRPC4
NM_016179
AF421362
ES: 24% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 3
0.004
     TRPM1
NM_002420
AX480882
ASD:43% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 17
<0.001
     TRPM7
NM_017672
CQ728707
EsS: 35% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 7-11
<0.001
     TRPV1
NM_080704
NM_080705
NE: 31% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.007

NM_080704
AX686983
ES: 35% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 8
0.005
     TRPV2
NM_016113
BQ645005
ASD: 25% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 15
0.005






Glycine receptors





     GLRB
NM_000824
CD013911
ES: 31% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 9
0.004






Inositol triphosphate receptors





     ITPR1
NM_002223
CQ727353
EsS: 22% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 52-54
0.020






Purinergic receptors





     P2RX1
NM_002558
BM469621
NE: 57% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 3
<0.001

NM_002558
BP372168
ASD: 17% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 1
0.002
     P2RXL1
NM_005446
BC064805
ASD: 24% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1
0.013






Cyclic nucleotide gated channels





     CNGA1
NM_000087
CN366905
NEs: 20% ↓ variant/total ratio
5' upstream
0.011
     CNGB3
NM_019098
AI150392
ES: 19% ↓ variant/total ratio
EXON 18
0.016






Amiloride-sensitive cation channel





     ACCN2
NM_020039
BC028722
NE: 19% ↓ variant/reference
INTRON 3
0.017

NM_020039
AX683970
NE: 23% ↓ variant/reference
INTRON 3
0.019






Two pore segment channels





     TPCN1
NM_017901
CQ729206
ASA: 27% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 10
<0.001
     TPCN2
NM_139075
AW178475
NE: 87% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 9
<0.001






Mucolipin





     MCOLN1
NM_020533
BQ723075
ASD: 17% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 2
<0.001

NM_020533
CA489568
ASD: 69% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
0.011






Ryanodine receptors





     RYR3
NM_001036
CQ730808
ES: 28% ↑ variant/total ratio
EXON 84
0.017






Miscellaneous other ion channels/interacting proteins





     C6orf69
NM_173562
BC023525
EsS: 33% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXONS 3-5
0.003
     KCNIP2 (potassium channel interacting protein)
NM_014591
NM_173191
ASA: 37% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 3
0.004

NM_014591
NM_173193
EsS: 19% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 2-3
0.018

NM_014591
NM_173197
ES: 9% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 7
0.015
     MLC1 (megalencephalic leuko-encephalopathy with subcortical cysts)
NM_015166
BX451200
ASD: 31% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 8
0.009
     PKD1L2 (polycystic kidney disease 1-like)
NM_052892
CQ741519
ES: 82% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
0.006
     PKD2L2 (polycystic kidney disease 2like)
NM_014386
AF182034
NEs: 38% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 13/3' downstream
0.005
     SH3KBP1 (SH3KBP1 binding protein)
NM_138392
BX366064
ASD: 26% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 10
0.002

NM_138392
AL523485
ASD: 26% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 13
0.005
     VGCNL1 (voltage-gated channel)
NM_052867
BM556576
NE: 31% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 7
<0.001

NM_052867
AK094669
EsS: 28% ↓ reference/total ratio
INTRON 12
0.019

*Reference transcript refers to traditionally spliced gene product, while the variant refers to the alternatively spliced mRNA transcript. Change was quantified using splice array samples (control versus mTLE temporal cortex, n = 10/group). The ratio selected to quantify an event was determined based on best available probe choice (see Materials and methods section). ASA, alternative splice acceptor site; ASD, alternative splice donor site; ES, exon skipped; EsS, exons skipped; IR, intron retention; NE, novel exon; NEs, novel exons; PIED, partial internal exon deletion.

Heinzen et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R32   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r32

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