Myotonia permanens

Summary

Myotonia permanens (MONDO:0020482) is a disease with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

• Prevalence: Unknown (Worldwide)
• Cohort genes: 1
• ClinVar variants: 1
• Phenotypes (HPO): 21

Clinical features

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

21 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 21 by frequency):

HPO ID	Term	Frequency
HP:0001276	Hypertonia	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002486	Myotonia	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003394	Muscle spasm	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003457	EMG abnormality	Frequent (30-79%)
HP:0000286	Epicanthus	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0000597	Ophthalmoparesis	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0000602	Ophthalmoplegia	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0001249	Intellectual disability	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0001288	Gait disturbance	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0001324	Muscle weakness	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0001376	Limitation of joint mobility	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0001608	Abnormality of the voice	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0002015	Dysphagia	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0002094	Dyspnea	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0002099	Asthma	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0003307	Hyperlordosis	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0003326	Myalgia	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0003712	Skeletal muscle hypertrophy	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0003720	Generalized muscle hypertrophy	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0004322	Short stature	Occasional (5-29%)
HP:0100749	Chest pain	Occasional (5-29%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	myotonia permanens
Mondo ID	MONDO:0020482
Orphanet	99735
ICD-11	2133644550
SNOMED CT	715789009
UMLS	C5848361
MedGen	1845910
GARD	0016905
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Data availability: 1 ClinVar variant · 1 GenCC gene-disease record.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › syndromic disease › myotonic syndrome › potassium-aggravated myotonia › myotonia permanens

Related subtypes (2): myotonia fluctuans, acetazolamide-responsive myotonia

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

1 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

1 pathogenic

ClinVar	Variant (HGVS)	Gene	Classification	Review
5920	NM_000334.4(SCN4A):c.3917G>A (p.Gly1306Glu)	GH-LCR	Pathogenic	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 24 · Orphanet: 7 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)

the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.

Gene	Classification	Inheritance	Disease	Records
SCN4A	Strong	Autosomal dominant	potassium-aggravated myotonia	24

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

Gene	Orphanet ID	Rare disease
SCN4A	Orphanet:681	Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
SCN4A	Orphanet:682	Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
SCN4A	Orphanet:684	Paramyotonia congenita of Von Eulenburg
SCN4A	Orphanet:98913	Postsynaptic congenital myasthenic syndrome
SCN4A	Orphanet:99734	Myotonia fluctuans
SCN4A	Orphanet:99735	Myotonia permanens
SCN4A	Orphanet:99736	Acetazolamide-responsive myotonia

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

Subset	Genes
multi_evidence	1

Cohort genes (full)

Symbol	HGNC	Ensembl	UniProt	Name	Evidence
SCN4A	HGNC:10591	ENSG00000007314	P35499	Sodium channel protein type 4 subunit alpha	gencc

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

Symbol	Protein name	Function (lead sentence)
SCN4A	Sodium channel protein type 4 subunit alpha	Pore-forming subunit of Nav1.4, a voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channel that directly mediates the depolarizing phase of action potentials in excitable membranes.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 1 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 0 · Druggable fraction: 1.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

Family	Genes	Fold	FDR
Ion channel	1	111.5×	0.009

Per-gene assignment

Symbol	Family	Druggable?	EC	InterPro (top 3)
SCN4A	Ion channel	yes		Na_channel_asu, Ion_trans_dom, Na_channel_a4su_mammal

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

Bucket	Genes
narrow (1-5 tissues)	0
moderate (6-20)	0
broad (>20)	1
unknown	0

Top tissues across cohort

Tissue	Cohort genes
gastrocnemius	1
hindlimb stylopod muscle	1
skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis	1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

Symbol	Bgee breadth	FANTOM5 breadth	SCXA	Top tissues
SCN4A	153	tissue_specific	yes	hindlimb stylopod muscle, gastrocnemius, skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

Symbol	Interactor count
SCN4A	1,704

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

Symbol	UniProt	PDB entries
SCN4A	P35499	3

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 8. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

Pathway	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
Interaction between L1 and Ankyrins	1	368.4×	0.012	SCN4A
Phase 0 - rapid depolarisation	1	346.1×	0.012	SCN4A
L1CAM interactions	1	120.2×	0.018	SCN4A
Cardiac conduction	1	108.8×	0.018	SCN4A
Muscle contraction	1	77.2×	0.021	SCN4A
Axon guidance	1	45.1×	0.027	SCN4A
Nervous system development	1	42.9×	0.027	SCN4A
Developmental Biology	1	14.5×	0.069	SCN4A

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO term	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by action potential	1	16852.0×	3e-04	SCN4A
cardiac muscle cell action potential involved in contraction	1	702.2×	0.004	SCN4A
sodium ion transport	1	271.8×	0.005	SCN4A
muscle contraction	1	208.1×	0.005	SCN4A
sodium ion transmembrane transport	1	203.0×	0.005	SCN4A

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 1 · Phase ≥3: 1 · Phased (≥1): 1 · Undrugged: 0

Druggability breadth: 1 of 1 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Genes with an approved drug

The molecule shown is one approved compound that hits the gene — not necessarily a drug of choice or one indicated for this disease.

Symbol	Example approved molecule
SCN4A	CARBAMAZEPINE

Top cohort targets by molecule count

Symbol	Molecules	Max phase
SCN4A	24	4

Drugs targeting cohort genes (top 30)

Molecule	Max phase	Targets in cohort
CARBAMAZEPINE	4	SCN4A
PHENYTOIN	4	SCN4A
LAMOTRIGINE	4	SCN4A
RILUZOLE	4	SCN4A
LIDOCAINE	4	SCN4A
IMIPRAMINE	4	SCN4A
SERTINDOLE	4	SCN4A
PIMOZIDE	4	SCN4A
NIFEDIPINE	4	SCN4A
DILTIAZEM	4	SCN4A
MIBEFRADIL	4	SCN4A
HALOPERIDOL	4	SCN4A
MEXILETINE	4	SCN4A
AMITRIPTYLINE	4	SCN4A
AMIODARONE	4	SCN4A
CHLORPROMAZINE	4	SCN4A
VIXOTRIGINE	3	SCN4A
ELECLAZINE	3	SCN4A
TETRODOTOXIN	3	SCN4A
TEDISAMIL	3	SCN4A
NITRENDIPINE	3	SCN4A
AJMALINE	3	SCN4A
PF-05089771	2	SCN4A
CIFENLINE	2	SCN4A

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

Symbol	Assays	Type breakdown
SCN4A	95	Binding:69, Functional:18, ADMET:7, Toxicity:1

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

24 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Compound	Max phase	Cohort target (bioactivity)
CARBAMAZEPINE	4	SCN4A
PHENYTOIN	4	SCN4A
LAMOTRIGINE	4	SCN4A
RILUZOLE	4	SCN4A
LIDOCAINE	4	SCN4A
IMIPRAMINE	4	SCN4A
SERTINDOLE	4	SCN4A
PIMOZIDE	4	SCN4A
NIFEDIPINE	4	SCN4A
DILTIAZEM	4	SCN4A
MIBEFRADIL	4	SCN4A
HALOPERIDOL	4	SCN4A
MEXILETINE	4	SCN4A
AMITRIPTYLINE	4	SCN4A
AMIODARONE	4	SCN4A
CHLORPROMAZINE	4	SCN4A
VIXOTRIGINE	3	SCN4A
ELECLAZINE	3	SCN4A
TETRODOTOXIN	3	SCN4A
TEDISAMIL	3	SCN4A
NITRENDIPINE	3	SCN4A
AJMALINE	3	SCN4A
PF-05089771	2	SCN4A
CIFENLINE	2	SCN4A

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

Tier	Definition	Genes	Symbols
A	Approved (phase 4 drug)	1	SCN4A
B	Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved	0
C	Druggable family + PDB, no drug	0
D	Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug	0
E	Difficult family or no structure, no drug	0

Undrugged target profiles

0 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.