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Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing (rWGS) represents a valuable exploration in critically ill pediatric patients. Early diagnosis allows care to be adjusted. We evaluated the feasibility, turnaround time (TAT), yield, and utility of rWGS in Belgium. Twenty-one unrelated critically ill patients were recruited from the neonatal intensive care units, the pediatric intensive care unit, and the neuropediatric unit, and offered rWGS as a first tier test. Libraries were prepared in the laboratory of human genetics of the University of Liège using Illumina DNA PCR-free protocol. Sequencing was performed on a NovaSeq 6000 in trio for 19 and in duo for two probands. The TAT was calculated from the sample reception to the validation of results. Clinical utility data were provided by treating physicians. A definite diagnosis was reached in twelve (57.5%) patients in 39.80 h on average (range: 37.05-43.7). An unsuspected diagnosis was identified in seven patients. rWGS guided care adjustments in diagnosed patients, including a gene therapy, an off-label drug trial and two condition-specific treatments. We successfully implemented the fastest rWGS platform in Europe and obtained one of the highest rWGS yields. This study establishes the path for a nationwide semi-centered rWGS network in Belgium.
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Estado Terminal , Uso Off-Label , Recém-Nascido , Humanos , Criança , Bélgica , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma/métodos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva PediátricaRESUMO
Infertility in couples is a common problem, with both female and male factors contributing to similar extents. Severe, congenital disorders affecting fertility are, however, rare. While folliculogenesis and spermatogenesis are generally orchestrated via different mechanisms, some genetic anomalies can impair both female and male gametogenesis. Minichromosome maintenance complex component 9 (MCM9) is involved in DNA repair and mutations of the MCM9 gene have been previously reported in females with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). MCM9 is also an emerging cancer risk gene. We performed next-generation and Sanger sequencing of fertility and related genes and hormonal and imaging studies in a kindred whose members had POI and disordered spermatogenesis. We identified a homozygous pathogenic MCM9 variant, c.394C>T (p.Arg132*) in three sisters affected by POI due to ovarian dysgenesis and their brother who had normal pubertal development but suffered from non-obstructive azoospermia. Testicular biopsy revealed Sertoli cell-only testicular histopathology. No evidence of early onset cancer was found in the homozygotic family members, but they were all young (<30 years) at the time of the study. In the male patient the homozygous MCM9 variant led to normal pubertal development and hormonal levels but caused a Sertoli-cell-only syndrome with non-obstructive azoospermia. In the homozygous females studied, the clinical, hormonal, and gonadal phenotypes revealed ovarian dysgenesis consistent with previous reports. Active screening for potential colorectal and other cancer risks in the homozygotic MCM9 subjects has been instigated.
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Objective: The link between BRCA1 and homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in cancer has gained importance with the emergence of new targeted cancer treatments, while the available data on the role of the gene in colorectal cancer (CRC) remain contradictory. The aim of this case series was to elucidate the role of known pathogenic BRCA1 variants in the development of early-onset CRC. Design: Patients were evaluated using targeted next generation sequencing, exome sequencing and chromosomal microarray analysis of the paired germline and tumor samples. These results were used to calculate the HRD score and the frequency of mutational signatures in the tumors. Results: Three patients with metastatic CRC were heterozygous for a previously known BRCA1 nonsense variant. All tumors showed remarkably high HRD scores, and the HRD-related signature 3 had the second highest contribution to the somatic pattern of variant accumulation in the samples (23% in 1 and 2, and 13% in sample 3). Conclusions: A BRCA1 germline pathogenic variant can be involved in CRC development through HRD. Thus, BRCA1 testing should be considered in young patients with a personal history of microsatellite stable CRC as this could further allow a personalized treatment approach.
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BACKGROUND: In Sub-Saharan Africa breast cancer is commonly detected at younger age and the profile is more aggressive with a high mortality rate compared to the European countries. It is suggested that African-specific genetic background plays a key role in this matter. The present study aimed at understanding the role of genetic factors in breast cancer development in young Rwandan. METHODS: We performed a massive parallel sequencing on Illumina MiSeq NGS system for the screening of 26 genes associated with hereditary breast cancer from 40 patients under 35 years old from two University Teaching Hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda. Sanger sequencing was used to confirm pathogenic and likely pathogenic mutations. RESULTS: Five patients out of 40 (12.5%) presented with pathogenic mutations including four patients (10%) carrying BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants. One patient showed a missense likely pathogenic TP53 variant. We have also detected additional missense, intronic, and 3'UTR variants of unknown significance in all study participants. CONCLUSION: This preliminary study suggests that the frequency of germline mutations in young Rwandan patients with breast cancer is similar to the observations made in Caucasians. However, further large studies including patients and controls are needed to better understand the impact of genetic factors as well as the environmental risk factors in the development of breast cancer in young Rwandans.
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Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Regiões 3' não Traduzidas , Adulto , Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteína BRCA2/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Ruanda , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genéticaRESUMO
Congenital uterine anomalies (CUA) may have major impacts on the health and social well-being of affected individuals. Their expressivity is variable, with the most severe end of the spectrum being the absence of any fully or unilaterally developed uterus (aplastic uterus), which is a major feature in Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH). So far, etiologies of CUA remain largely unknown. As reports of familial occurrences argue for strong genetic contributors in some cases, we performed whole exome sequencing in nine multiplex families with recurrence of uterine and kidney malformations, a condition called hereditary urogenital adysplasia. Heterozygous likely causative variants in the gene GREB1L were identified in four of these families, confirming GREB1L as an important gene for proper uterine and kidney development. The apparent mode of inheritance was autosomal dominant with incomplete penetrance. The four families included fetuses with uterovaginal aplasia and bilateral renal agenesis, highlighting the importance to investigate GREB1L in such phenotypes. Subsequent sequencing of the gene in a cohort of 68 individuals with MRKH syndrome or uterine malformation (mostly sporadic cases) identified six additional variants of unknown significance. We therefore conclude that heterozygous GREB1L variants contribute to MRKH syndrome and this probably requires additional genetic or environmental factors for full penetrance.
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Transtornos 46, XX do Desenvolvimento Sexual/genética , Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Anormalidades Congênitas/genética , Rim/anormalidades , Ductos Paramesonéfricos/anormalidades , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Útero/anormalidades , Transtornos 46, XX do Desenvolvimento Sexual/patologia , Anormalidades Múltiplas/patologia , Adulto , Estudos de Coortes , Anormalidades Congênitas/patologia , Feminino , Feto/anormalidades , Feto/patologia , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Rim/metabolismo , Rim/patologia , Masculino , Ductos Paramesonéfricos/patologia , Penetrância , Útero/patologia , Sequenciamento do ExomaRESUMO
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) represent 1/5 of the mammalian transcript number, and 90% of the genome length is transcribed. Many ncRNAs play a role in cancer. Among them, non-coding natural antisense transcripts (ncNAT) are RNA sequences that are complementary and overlapping to those of either protein-coding (PCT) or non-coding transcripts. Several ncNATs were described as regulating protein coding gene expression on the same loci, and they are expected to act more frequently in cis compared to other ncRNAs that commonly function in trans. In this work, 22 breast cancers expressing estrogen receptors and their paired adjacent non-malignant tissues were analyzed by strand-specific RNA sequencing. To highlight ncNATs potentially playing a role in protein coding gene regulations that occur in breast cancer, three different data analysis methods were used: differential expression analysis of ncNATs between tumor and non-malignant tissues, differential correlation analysis of paired ncNAT/PCT between tumor and non-malignant tissues, and ncNAT/PCT read count ratio variation between tumor and non-malignant tissues. Each of these methods yielded lists of ncNAT/PCT pairs that were enriched in survival-associated genes. This work highlights ncNAT lists that display potential to affect the expression of protein-coding genes involved in breast cancer pathology.
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Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , RNA Antissenso/metabolismo , RNA não Traduzido/metabolismo , Transcriptoma , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/mortalidade , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Receptores de Estrogênio/genética , Receptores de Estrogênio/metabolismo , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de Sequência de RNA , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
An increasing number of bioinformatic tools designed to detect CNVs (copy number variants) in tumor samples based on paired exome data where a matched healthy tissue constitutes the reference have been published in the recent years. The idea of using a pool of unrelated healthy DNA as reference has previously been formulated but not thoroughly validated. As of today, the gold standard for CNV calling is still aCGH but there is an increasing interest in detecting CNVs by exome sequencing. We propose to design a metric allowing the comparison of two CNV profiles, independently of the technique used and assessed the validity of using a pool of unrelated healthy DNA instead of a matched healthy tissue as reference in exome-based CNV detection. We compared the CNV profiles obtained with three different approaches (aCGH, exome sequencing with a matched healthy tissue as reference, exome sequencing with a pool of eight unrelated healthy tissue as reference) on three multiple myeloma samples. We show that the usual analyses performed to compare CNV profiles (deletion/amplification ratios and CNV size distribution) lack in precision when confronted with low LRR values, as they only consider the binary status of each CNV. We show that the metric-based distance constitutes a more accurate comparison of two CNV profiles. Based on these analyses, we conclude that a reliable picture of CNV alterations in multiple myeloma samples can be obtained from whole-exome sequencing in the absence of a matched healthy sample.
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Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA/genética , Exoma/genética , Mieloma Múltiplo/genética , Algoritmos , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Humanos , Padrões de ReferênciaRESUMO
Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are increasingly recognized as powerful biomarkers in several pathologies, including breast cancer. Here, their plasmatic levels were measured to be used as an alternative screening procedure to mammography for breast cancer diagnosis.A plasma miRNA profile was determined by RT-qPCR in a cohort of 378 women. A diagnostic model was designed based on the expression of 8 miRNAs measured first in a profiling cohort composed of 41 primary breast cancers and 45 controls, and further validated in diverse cohorts composed of 108 primary breast cancers, 88 controls, 35 breast cancers in remission, 31 metastatic breast cancers and 30 gynecologic tumors.A receiver operating characteristic curve derived from the 8-miRNA random forest based diagnostic tool exhibited an area under the curve of 0.81. The accuracy of the diagnostic tool remained unchanged considering age and tumor stage. The miRNA signature correctly identified patients with metastatic breast cancer. The use of the classification model on cohorts of patients with breast cancers in remission and with gynecologic cancers yielded prediction distributions similar to that of the control group.Using a multivariate supervised learning method and a set of 8 circulating miRNAs, we designed an accurate, minimally invasive screening tool for breast cancer.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/genética , Carcinoma Lobular/genética , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , MicroRNAs/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Neoplasias da Mama/sangue , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/sangue , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/secundário , Carcinoma Lobular/sangue , Carcinoma Lobular/secundário , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Seguimentos , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Metástase Linfática , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Prognóstico , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Curva ROC , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Receptores de Estrogênio/metabolismo , Receptores de Progesterona/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase ReversaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Cattle populations are characterized by regular outburst of genetic defects as a result of the extensive use of elite sires. The causative genes and mutations can nowadays be rapidly identified by means of genome-wide association studies combined with next generation DNA sequencing, provided that the causative mutations are conventional loss-of-function variants. We show in this work how the combined use of next generation DNA and RNA sequencing allows for the rapid identification of otherwise difficult to identify splice-site variants. RESULTS: We report the use of haplotype-based association mapping to identify a locus on bovine chromosome 10 that underlies autosomal recessive arthrogryposis in Belgian Blue Cattle. We identify 31 candidate mutations by resequencing the genome of four cases and 15 controls at ~10-fold depth. By analyzing RNA-Seq data from a carrier fetus, we observe skipping of the second exon of the PIGH gene, which we confirm by RT-PCR to be fully penetrant in tissues from affected calves. We identify - amongst the 31 candidate variants - a C-to-G transversion in the first intron of the PIGH gene (c211-10C > G) that is predicted to affect its acceptor splice-site. The resulting PIGH protein is likely to be non-functional as it lacks essential domains, and hence to cause arthrogryposis. CONCLUSIONS: This work illustrates how the growing arsenal of genome exploration tools continues to accelerate the identification of an even broader range of disease causing mutations, therefore improving the management and control of genetic defects in livestock.
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Artrogripose/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Splicing de RNA , Animais , Artrogripose/etiologia , Artrogripose/veterinária , Bélgica , Bovinos , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Éxons , Genoma , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Genótipo , Glicosilfosfatidilinositóis/metabolismo , Haplótipos , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Íntrons , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Sítios de Splice de RNA , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Análise de Sequência de RNARESUMO
Chloride-proton exchange by the lysosomal anion transporter ClC-7/Ostm1 is of pivotal importance for the physiology of lysosomes and bone resorption. Mice lacking either ClC-7 or Ostm1 develop a lysosomal storage disease and mutations in either protein have been found to underlie osteopetrosis in mice and humans. Some human disease-causing CLCN7 mutations accelerate the usually slow voltage-dependent gating of ClC-7/Ostm1. However, it has remained unclear whether the fastened kinetics is indeed causative for the disease. Here we identified and characterized a new deleterious ClC-7 mutation in Belgian Blue cattle with a severe symptomatology including perinatal lethality and in most cases gingival hamartomas. By autozygosity mapping and genome-wide sequencing we found a handful of candidate variants, including a cluster of three private SNPs causing the substitution of a conserved tyrosine in the CBS2 domain of ClC-7 by glutamine. The case for ClC-7 was strengthened by subsequent examination of affected calves that revealed severe osteopetrosis. The Y750Q mutation largely preserved the lysosomal localization and assembly of ClC-7/Ostm1, but drastically accelerated its activation by membrane depolarization. These data provide first evidence that accelerated ClC-7/Ostm1 gating per se is deleterious, highlighting a physiological importance of the slow voltage-activation of ClC-7/Ostm1 in lysosomal function and bone resorption.
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Bovinos/genética , Canais de Cloreto/genética , Doenças da Gengiva/genética , Hamartoma/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Osteopetrose/genética , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligases/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Genótipo , Doenças da Gengiva/complicações , Hamartoma/complicações , Haplótipos , Células HeLa , Homeostase , Homozigoto , Humanos , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Tirosina/química , Xenopus laevisRESUMO
Fertility is one of the most important traits in dairy cattle, and has been steadily declining over the last decades. We herein use state-of-the-art genomic tools, including high-throughput SNP genotyping and next-generation sequencing, to identify a 3.3 Kb deletion in the FANCI gene causing the brachyspina syndrome (BS), a rare recessive genetic defect in Holstein dairy cattle. We determine that despite the very low incidence of BS (<1/100,000), carrier frequency is as high as 7.4% in the Holstein breed. We demonstrate that this apparent discrepancy is likely due to the fact that a large proportion of homozygous mutant calves die during pregnancy. We postulate that several other embryonic lethals may segregate in livestock and significantly compromise fertility, and propose a genotype-driven screening strategy to detect the corresponding deleterious mutations.
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Proteínas de Grupos de Complementação da Anemia de Fanconi/genética , Deleção de Genes , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Criação de Animais Domésticos/métodos , Animais , Bovinos , Mapeamento Cromossômico/métodos , Cruzamentos Genéticos , Feminino , Fertilidade , Morte Fetal , Genes Recessivos , Genótipo , Humanos , Modelos Genéticos , Mutação , Gravidez , Prenhez , Deleção de SequênciaRESUMO
We report association mapping of a locus on bovine chromosome 3 that underlies a Mendelian form of stunted growth in Belgian Blue Cattle (BBC). By resequencing positional candidates, we identify the causative c124-2A>G splice variant in intron 1 of the RNF11 gene, for which all affected animals are homozygous. We make the remarkable observation that 26% of healthy Belgian Blue animals carry the corresponding variant. We demonstrate in a prospective study design that approximately one third of homozygous mutants die prematurely with major inflammatory lesions, hence explaining the rarity of growth-stunted animals despite the high frequency of carriers. We provide preliminary evidence that heterozygous advantage for an as of yet unidentified phenotype may have caused a selective sweep accounting for the high frequency of the RNF11 c124-2A>G mutation in Belgian Blue Cattle.
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Crescimento , Íntrons , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Splicing de RNA/genética , Animais , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Bovinos , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Estudos de Associação Genética , Crescimento/genética , Crescimento/fisiologia , Haplótipos , Heterozigoto , Homozigoto , Humanos , Íntrons/genética , Mutação , Fenótipo , Homologia de Sequência de AminoácidosRESUMO
Colour sidedness is a dominantly inherited phenotype of cattle characterized by the polarization of pigmented sectors on the flanks, snout and ear tips. It is also referred to as 'lineback' or 'witrik' (which means white back), as colour-sided animals typically display a white band along their spine. Colour sidedness is documented at least since the Middle Ages and is presently segregating in several cattle breeds around the globe, including in Belgian blue and brown Swiss. Here we report that colour sidedness is determined by a first allele on chromosome 29 (Cs(29)), which results from the translocation of a 492-kilobase chromosome 6 segment encompassing KIT to chromosome 29, and a second allele on chromosome 6 (Cs(6)), derived from the first by repatriation of fused 575-kilobase chromosome 6 and 29 sequences to the KIT locus. We provide evidence that both translocation events involved circular intermediates. This is the first example, to our knowledge, of a phenotype determined by homologous yet non-syntenic alleles that result from a novel copy-number-variant-generating mechanism.
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Bovinos/genética , Cromossomos de Mamíferos/genética , Cor de Cabelo/genética , Translocação Genética/genética , Alelos , Animais , Bovinos/classificação , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA/genética , Duplicação Gênica/genética , Fusão Gênica/genética , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Genótipo , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Fenótipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genéticaRESUMO
We herein describe the positional identification of a 2-bp deletion in the open reading frame of the MRC2 receptor causing the recessive Crooked Tail Syndrome in cattle. The resulting frame-shift reveals a premature stop codon that causes nonsense-mediated decay of the mutant messenger RNA, and the virtual absence of functional Endo180 protein in affected animals. Cases exhibit skeletal anomalies thought to result from impaired extracellular matrix remodeling during ossification, and as of yet unexplained muscular symptoms. We demonstrate that carrier status is very significantly associated with desired characteristics in the general population, including enhanced muscular development, and that the resulting heterozygote advantage caused a selective sweep which explains the unexpectedly high frequency (25%) of carriers in the Belgian Blue Cattle Breed.
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Doenças dos Bovinos/epidemiologia , Doenças dos Bovinos/genética , Bovinos/genética , Surtos de Doenças , Mutação da Fase de Leitura/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Seleção Genética , Animais , Pareamento de Bases/genética , Sequência de Bases , Bélgica/epidemiologia , Códon sem Sentido/genética , Simulação por Computador , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Heterozigoto , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Tamanho do Órgão , Especificidade de Órgãos , Penetrância , Estabilidade de RNA/genética , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Receptores Mitogênicos/genética , Receptores Mitogênicos/metabolismo , Deleção de SequênciaRESUMO
The widespread use of elite sires by means of artificial insemination in livestock breeding leads to the frequent emergence of recessive genetic defects, which cause significant economic and animal welfare concerns. Here we show that the availability of genome-wide, high-density SNP panels, combined with the typical structure of livestock populations, markedly accelerates the positional identification of genes and mutations that cause inherited defects. We report the fine-scale mapping of five recessive disorders in cattle and the molecular basis for three of these: congenital muscular dystony (CMD) types 1 and 2 in Belgian Blue cattle and ichthyosis fetalis in Italian Chianina cattle. Identification of these causative mutations has an immediate translation into breeding practice, allowing marker assisted selection against the defects through avoidance of at-risk matings.