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De novo  mutations of neuronal sodium channels are responsible for ~5% of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, but the role of somatic mutation of these genes in adult-onset epilepsy is not known. We evaluated the role of post-zygotic somatic mutation by adult activation of a conditional allele of the pathogenic variant  Scn8a R1872W   in the mouse. After activation of CAG-Cre-ER by tamoxifen, the mutant transcript was expressed throughout the brain at a level proportional to tamoxifen dose. The threshold for generation of spontaneous seizures was reached when the proportion of mutant transcript reached 8% of total  Scn8a  transcript, equivalent to expression of the epileptogenic variant in 16% of heterozygous neurons. Expression below this level did not result in spontaneous seizures, but did increase susceptibility to seizure induction by kainate or auditory stimulation. The relatively high threshold for spontaneous seizures indicates that somatic mutation of sodium channels is unlikely to contribute to the elevated incidence of epilepsy in the elderly population. However, somatic mutation could increase susceptibility to other seizure stimuli.

Spontaneous seizures and elevated seizure susceptibility in response to somatic mutation of sodium channel Scn8a in the mouse