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Am J Hum Genet ; 108(7): 1342-1349, 2021 07 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34143952

ABSTRACT

EDEM3 encodes a protein that converts Man8GlcNAc2 isomer B to Man7-5GlcNAc2. It is involved in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation pathway, responsible for the recognition of misfolded proteins that will be targeted and translocated to the cytosol and degraded by the proteasome. In this study, through a combination of exome sequencing and gene matching, we have identified seven independent families with 11 individuals with bi-allelic protein-truncating variants and one individual with a compound heterozygous missense variant in EDEM3. The affected individuals present with an inherited congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) consisting of neurodevelopmental delay and variable facial dysmorphisms. Experiments in human fibroblast cell lines, human plasma, and mouse plasma and brain tissue demonstrated decreased trimming of Man8GlcNAc2 isomer B to Man7GlcNAc2, consistent with loss of EDEM3 enzymatic activity. In human cells, Man5GlcNAc2 to Man4GlcNAc2 conversion is also diminished with an increase of Glc1Man5GlcNAc2. Furthermore, analysis of the unfolded protein response showed a reduced increase in EIF2AK3 (PERK) expression upon stimulation with tunicamycin as compared to controls, suggesting an impaired unfolded protein response. The aberrant plasma N-glycan profile provides a quick, clinically available test for validating variants of uncertain significance that may be identified by molecular genetic testing. We propose to call this deficiency EDEM3-CDG.


Subject(s)
Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics , Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation/genetics , Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics , alpha-Mannosidase/genetics , Adolescent , Alleles , Calcium-Binding Proteins/deficiency , Cell Line , Child , Child, Preschool , Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation/blood , Developmental Disabilities/genetics , Female , Glycoproteins/blood , Glycosylation , Humans , Infant , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Male , Mutation , Pedigree , Polysaccharides/blood , Proteostasis Deficiencies/genetics , alpha-Mannosidase/deficiency
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Am J Med Genet A ; : e63596, 2024 Jun 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38895864

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to gain insights into potential genetic factors contributing to the infant's vulnerability to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) was performed on 144 infants that succumbed to SUID, and 573 healthy adults. Variants were filtered by gnomAD allele frequencies and predictions of functional consequences. Variants of interest were identified in 88 genes, in 64.6% of our cohort. Seventy-three of these have been previously associated with SIDS/SUID/SUDP. Forty-three can be characterized as cardiac genes and are related to cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, and other conditions. Variants in 22 genes were associated with neurologic functions. Variants were also found in 13 genes reported to be pathogenic for various systemic disorders and in two genes associated with immunological function. Variants in eight genes are implicated in the response to hypoxia and the regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and have not been previously described in SIDS/SUID/SUDP. Seventy-two infants met the triple risk hypothesis criteria. Our study confirms and further expands the list of genetic variants associated with SUID. The abundance of genes associated with heart disease and the discovery of variants associated with the redox metabolism have important mechanistic implications for the pathophysiology of SUID.

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Am J Hum Genet ; 102(1): 44-57, 2018 01 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29276004

ABSTRACT

Although the role of typical Rho GTPases and other Rho-linked proteins in synaptic plasticity and cognitive function and dysfunction is widely acknowledged, the role of atypical Rho GTPases (such as RHOBTB2) in neurodevelopment has barely been characterized. We have now identified de novo missense variants clustering in the BTB-domain-encoding region of RHOBTB2 in ten individuals with a similar phenotype, including early-onset epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, postnatal microcephaly, and movement disorders. Three of the variants were recurrent. Upon transfection of HEK293 cells, we found that mutant RHOBTB2 was more abundant than the wild-type, most likely because of impaired degradation in the proteasome. Similarly, elevated amounts of the Drosophila ortholog RhoBTB in vivo were associated with seizure susceptibility and severe locomotor defects. Knockdown of RhoBTB in the Drosophila dendritic arborization neurons resulted in a decreased number of dendrites, thus suggesting a role of RhoBTB in dendritic development. We have established missense variants in the BTB-domain-encoding region of RHOBTB2 as causative for a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy and have elucidated the role of atypical Rho GTPase RhoBTB in Drosophila neurological function and possibly dendrite development.


Subject(s)
Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Epilepsy/genetics , GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics , Mutation, Missense/genetics , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics , Adolescent , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Behavior, Animal , Child , Child, Preschool , Dendrites/metabolism , Female , GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry , Gene Dosage , HEK293 Cells , Humans , Male , Phenotype , Synapses/pathology , Tumor Suppressor Proteins/chemistry
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Am J Hum Genet ; 103(5): 752-768, 2018 11 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30388402

ABSTRACT

The nuclear factor I (NFI) family of transcription factors play an important role in normal development of multiple organs. Three NFI family members are highly expressed in the brain, and deletions or sequence variants in two of these, NFIA and NFIX, have been associated with intellectual disability (ID) and brain malformations. NFIB, however, has not previously been implicated in human disease. Here, we present a cohort of 18 individuals with mild ID and behavioral issues who are haploinsufficient for NFIB. Ten individuals harbored overlapping microdeletions of the chromosomal 9p23-p22.2 region, ranging in size from 225 kb to 4.3 Mb. Five additional subjects had point sequence variations creating a premature termination codon, and three subjects harbored single-nucleotide variations resulting in an inactive protein as determined using an in vitro reporter assay. All individuals presented with additional variable neurodevelopmental phenotypes, including muscular hypotonia, motor and speech delay, attention deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and behavioral abnormalities. While structural brain anomalies, including dysgenesis of corpus callosum, were variable, individuals most frequently presented with macrocephaly. To determine whether macrocephaly could be a functional consequence of NFIB disruption, we analyzed a cortex-specific Nfib conditional knockout mouse model, which is postnatally viable. Utilizing magnetic resonance imaging and histology, we demonstrate that Nfib conditional knockout mice have enlargement of the cerebral cortex but preservation of overall brain structure and interhemispheric connectivity. Based on our findings, we propose that haploinsufficiency of NFIB causes ID with macrocephaly.


Subject(s)
Haploinsufficiency/genetics , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Megalencephaly/genetics , NFI Transcription Factors/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Cerebral Cortex/pathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Codon, Nonsense/genetics , Cohort Studies , Corpus Callosum/pathology , Female , Humans , Male , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Young Adult
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Am J Hum Genet ; 103(2): 305-316, 2018 08 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30057029

ABSTRACT

Next-generation sequencing combined with international data sharing has enormously facilitated identification of new disease-associated genes and mutations. This is particularly true for genetically extremely heterogeneous entities such as neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Through exome sequencing and world-wide collaborations, we identified and assembled 20 individuals with de novo variants in FBXO11. They present with mild to severe developmental delay associated with a range of features including short (4/20) or tall (2/20) stature, obesity (5/20), microcephaly (4/19) or macrocephaly (2/19), behavioral problems (17/20), seizures (5/20), cleft lip or palate or bifid uvula (3/20), and minor skeletal anomalies. FBXO11 encodes a member of the F-Box protein family, constituting a subunit of an E3-ubiquitin ligase complex. This complex is involved in ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation and thus in controlling critical biological processes by regulating protein turnover. The identified de novo aberrations comprise two large deletions, ten likely gene disrupting variants, and eight missense variants distributed throughout FBXO11. Structural modeling for missense variants located in the CASH or the Zinc-finger UBR domains suggests destabilization of the protein. This, in combination with the observed spectrum and localization of identified variants and the lack of apparent genotype-phenotype correlations, is compatible with loss of function or haploinsufficiency as an underlying mechanism. We implicate de novo missense and likely gene disrupting variants in FBXO11 in a neurodevelopmental disorder with variable intellectual disability and various other features.


Subject(s)
F-Box Proteins/genetics , Genetic Variation/genetics , Neurodevelopmental Disorders/genetics , Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/genetics , Child , Exome/genetics , Female , Genetic Association Studies/methods , Humans , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Male , Microcephaly/genetics , Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/genetics , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics , Ubiquitination/genetics , Exome Sequencing/methods
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Genet Med ; 23(10): 1922-1932, 2021 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34163037

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: CACNA1C encodes the alpha-1-subunit of a voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel expressed in human heart and brain. Heterozygous variants in CACNA1C have previously been reported in association with Timothy syndrome and long QT syndrome. Several case reports have suggested that CACNA1C variation may also be associated with a primarily neurological phenotype. METHODS: We describe 25 individuals from 22 families with heterozygous variants in CACNA1C, who present with predominantly neurological manifestations. RESULTS: Fourteen individuals have de novo, nontruncating variants and present variably with developmental delays, intellectual disability, autism, hypotonia, ataxia, and epilepsy. Functional studies of a subgroup of missense variants via patch clamp experiments demonstrated differential effects on channel function in vitro, including loss of function (p.Leu1408Val), neutral effect (p.Leu614Arg), and gain of function (p.Leu657Phe, p.Leu614Pro). The remaining 11 individuals from eight families have truncating variants in CACNA1C. The majority of these individuals have expressive language deficits, and half have autism. CONCLUSION: We expand the phenotype associated with CACNA1C variants to include neurodevelopmental abnormalities and epilepsy, in the absence of classic features of Timothy syndrome or long QT syndrome.


Subject(s)
Autistic Disorder , Calcium Channels, L-Type , Long QT Syndrome , Syndactyly , Autistic Disorder/genetics , Calcium Channels, L-Type/genetics , Humans , Phenotype
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Am J Med Genet A ; 185(9): 2766-2775, 2021 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34160123

ABSTRACT

Retinoic acid exposures as well as defects in the retinoic acid-degrading enzyme CYP26B1 have teratogenic effects on both limb and craniofacial skeleton. An initial report of four individuals described a syndrome of fetal and infantile lethality with craniosynostosis and skeletal anomalies caused by homozygous pathogenic missense variants in CYP26B1. In contrast, a 22-year-old female was reported with a homozygous missense pathogenic variant in CYP26B1 with complex multisuture craniosynostosis and intellectual disability, suggesting that in some cases, biallelic pathogenic variants of CYP26B1 may be compatible with life. Here we describe four additional living individuals from two families with compound heterozygous pathogenic missense variants in CYP26B1. Structural assessment of these additional missense variants places them further from the catalytic site and supports a model consistent with milder nonlethal disease. In addition to previously reported findings of multisuture craniosynostosis, conductive hearing loss, joint contractures, long slender fingers, camptodactly, broad fingertips, and developmental delay/intellectual disability, skeletal imaging in our cases also revealed gracile long bones, gracile ribs, radioulnar synostosis, and carpal and/or tarsal fusions. These individuals broaden the phenotypic range of biallelic pathogenic variants in CYPB26B1 and most significantly clarify that mortality can range from perinatal lethality to survival into adulthood.


Subject(s)
Abnormalities, Multiple/pathology , Homozygote , Mutation, Missense , Radius/abnormalities , Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase/genetics , Synostosis/pathology , Ulna/abnormalities , Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics , Child , Family , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Phenotype , Radius/pathology , Synostosis/genetics , Ulna/pathology
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Am J Med Genet A ; 185(5): 1486-1493, 2021 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33683002

ABSTRACT

The RASopathies are a group of similar genetic syndromes with cardiovascular abnormalities, characteristic facial features, short stature, abnormalities of the skin and musculoskeletal system, and variable neurodevelopmental challenges. The most common cardiovascular abnormalities include pulmonary valvular stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Congenital polyvalvular disease (CPVD) refers to congenital dysplasia of two or more cardiac valves. We diagnosed a RASopathy in two individuals with CPVD and noted that CPVD in RASopathies has rarely been reported in the literature. Thus, we performed a retrospective chart review and literature review to investigate the association and characterize the phenotype of CPVD in the RASopathies. CPVD was present in 2.5% (n = 6/243) of individuals in our RASopathy cohort. Involvement of two cardiac valves, commonly the aortic and pulmonic valves, was seen in the majority of individuals (6/8; 75%) in our cohort, but only 27% (3/11) of reported CPVD and RASopathy cases in the literature. CPVD should be considered an associated cardiovascular phenotype of the RASopathies, which has implications for diagnosis and management.


Subject(s)
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/genetics , Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics , Pulmonary Valve Stenosis/genetics , Adolescent , Aortic Valve/pathology , Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/epidemiology , Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/pathology , Cardiovascular Abnormalities/epidemiology , Cardiovascular Abnormalities/genetics , Cardiovascular Abnormalities/pathology , Child , Child, Preschool , Dwarfism/genetics , Dwarfism/pathology , Facies , Female , Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics , Heart Defects, Congenital/pathology , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Musculoskeletal Abnormalities/epidemiology , Musculoskeletal Abnormalities/genetics , Musculoskeletal Abnormalities/pathology , Noonan Syndrome , Phenotype , Pulmonary Valve Stenosis/epidemiology , Pulmonary Valve Stenosis/pathology , Skin Abnormalities/genetics , Skin Abnormalities/pathology , ras Proteins/genetics
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Am J Hum Genet ; 100(6): 895-906, 2017 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28552198

ABSTRACT

With advances in genomic sequencing technology, the number of reported gene-disease relationships has rapidly expanded. However, the evidence supporting these claims varies widely, confounding accurate evaluation of genomic variation in a clinical setting. Despite the critical need to differentiate clinically valid relationships from less well-substantiated relationships, standard guidelines for such evaluation do not currently exist. The NIH-funded Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has developed a framework to define and evaluate the clinical validity of gene-disease pairs across a variety of Mendelian disorders. In this manuscript we describe a proposed framework to evaluate relevant genetic and experimental evidence supporting or contradicting a gene-disease relationship and the subsequent validation of this framework using a set of representative gene-disease pairs. The framework provides a semiquantitative measurement for the strength of evidence of a gene-disease relationship that correlates to a qualitative classification: "Definitive," "Strong," "Moderate," "Limited," "No Reported Evidence," or "Conflicting Evidence." Within the ClinGen structure, classifications derived with this framework are reviewed and confirmed or adjusted based on clinical expertise of appropriate disease experts. Detailed guidance for utilizing this framework and access to the curation interface is available on our website. This evidence-based, systematic method to assess the strength of gene-disease relationships will facilitate more knowledgeable utilization of genomic variants in clinical and research settings.


Subject(s)
Genetic Association Studies , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genomics , Humans , Reproducibility of Results
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Am J Hum Genet ; 101(1): 139-148, 2017 Jul 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28686853

ABSTRACT

We report 15 individuals with de novo pathogenic variants in WDR26. Eleven of the individuals carry loss-of-function mutations, and four harbor missense substitutions. These 15 individuals comprise ten females and five males, and all have intellectual disability with delayed speech, a history of febrile and/or non-febrile seizures, and a wide-based, spastic, and/or stiff-legged gait. These subjects share a set of common facial features that include a prominent maxilla and upper lip that readily reveal the upper gingiva, widely spaced teeth, and a broad nasal tip. Together, these features comprise a recognizable facial phenotype. We compared these features with those of chromosome 1q41q42 microdeletion syndrome, which typically contains WDR26, and noted that clinical features are consistent between the two subsets, suggesting that haploinsufficiency of WDR26 contributes to the pathology of 1q41q42 microdeletion syndrome. Consistent with this, WDR26 loss-of-function single-nucleotide mutations identified in these subjects lead to nonsense-mediated decay with subsequent reduction of RNA expression and protein levels. We derived a structural model of WDR26 and note that missense variants identified in these individuals localize to highly conserved residues of this WD-40-repeat-containing protein. Given that WDR26 mutations have been identified in ∼1 in 2,000 of subjects in our clinical cohorts and that WDR26 might be poorly annotated in exome variant-interpretation pipelines, we would anticipate that this disorder could be more common than currently appreciated.


Subject(s)
Facies , Gait/genetics , Haploinsufficiency/genetics , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Proteins/genetics , Seizures/genetics , Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , Child, Preschool , Chromosome Deletion , Female , Growth and Development/genetics , Humans , Intellectual Disability/complications , Male , Mutation/genetics , Proteins/chemistry , RNA Stability/genetics , Seizures/complications , Syndrome
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Am J Hum Genet ; 101(5): 768-788, 2017 Nov 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29100089

ABSTRACT

Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CAMK2) is one of the first proteins shown to be essential for normal learning and synaptic plasticity in mice, but its requirement for human brain development has not yet been established. Through a multi-center collaborative study based on a whole-exome sequencing approach, we identified 19 exceedingly rare de novo CAMK2A or CAMK2B variants in 24 unrelated individuals with intellectual disability. Variants were assessed for their effect on CAMK2 function and on neuronal migration. For both CAMK2A and CAMK2B, we identified mutations that decreased or increased CAMK2 auto-phosphorylation at Thr286/Thr287. We further found that all mutations affecting auto-phosphorylation also affected neuronal migration, highlighting the importance of tightly regulated CAMK2 auto-phosphorylation in neuronal function and neurodevelopment. Our data establish the importance of CAMK2A and CAMK2B and their auto-phosphorylation in human brain function and expand the phenotypic spectrum of the disorders caused by variants in key players of the glutamatergic signaling pathway.


Subject(s)
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/genetics , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Mutation/genetics , Animals , Brain/pathology , Cell Line , Exome/genetics , Female , Glutamic Acid/genetics , HEK293 Cells , Humans , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Neurons/pathology , Phosphorylation/genetics , Signal Transduction/genetics
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Genet Med ; 22(2): 423-426, 2020 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31527676

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Pediatric cardiomyopathy is rare, has a broad differential diagnosis, results in high morbidity and mortality, and has suboptimal diagnostic yield using next-generation sequencing panels. Exome sequencing has reported diagnostic yields ranging from 30% to 57% for neonates in intensive care units. We aimed to characterize the clinical utility of exome sequencing in infantile heart failure. METHODS: Infants diagnosed with acute heart failure prior to 1 year old over a period of 34 months at a large tertiary children's hospital were recruited. Demographic and diagnostic information was obtained from medical records. Fifteen eligible patients were enrolled. RESULTS: Dilated cardiomyopathy was the predominant cardiac diagnosis, seen in 60% of patients. A molecular diagnosis was identified in 66.7% of patients (10/15). Of those diagnoses, 70% would not have been detected using multigene next-generation sequencing panels focused on cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia disease genes. Genetic testing changed medical decision-making in 53% of all cases and 80% of positive cases, and was especially beneficial when testing was expedited. CONCLUSION: Given the broad differential diagnosis and critical status of infants with heart failure, rapid exome sequencing provides timely diagnoses, changes medical management, and should be the first-tier molecular test.


Subject(s)
Exome Sequencing/trends , Genetic Testing/ethics , Heart Failure/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathies/genetics , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/genetics , Exome/genetics , Female , Genetic Testing/trends , Heart Failure/genetics , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Treatment Outcome , Exome Sequencing/methods
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Genet Med ; 22(2): 389-397, 2020 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31388190

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Sifrim-Hitz-Weiss syndrome (SIHIWES) is a recently described multisystemic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by de novo variants inCHD4. In this study, we investigated the clinical spectrum of the disorder, genotype-phenotype correlations, and the effect of different missense variants on CHD4 function. METHODS: We collected clinical and molecular data from 32 individuals with mostly de novo variants in CHD4, identified through next-generation sequencing. We performed adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis and nucleosome remodeling assays on variants from five different CHD4 domains. RESULTS: The majority of participants had global developmental delay, mild to moderate intellectual disability, brain anomalies, congenital heart defects, and dysmorphic features. Macrocephaly was a frequent but not universal finding. Additional common abnormalities included hypogonadism in males, skeletal and limb anomalies, hearing impairment, and ophthalmic abnormalities. The majority of variants were nontruncating and affected the SNF2-like region of the protein. We did not identify genotype-phenotype correlations based on the type or location of variants. Alterations in ATP hydrolysis and chromatin remodeling activities were observed in variants from different domains. CONCLUSION: The CHD4-related syndrome is a multisystemic neurodevelopmental disorder. Missense substitutions in different protein domains alter CHD4 function in a variant-specific manner, but result in a similar phenotype in humans.


Subject(s)
Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex/genetics , Neurodevelopmental Disorders/genetics , Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly/genetics , Developmental Disabilities/genetics , Female , Genetic Association Studies , Genotype , Hearing Loss/genetics , Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Male , Megalencephaly/genetics , Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex/metabolism , Musculoskeletal Abnormalities/genetics , Mutation, Missense/genetics , Phenotype , Syndrome , Transcription Factors/genetics
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Am J Med Genet A ; 182(6): 1454-1459, 2020 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32198970

ABSTRACT

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defect and are both clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Truncus arteriosus (TA), characterized by a single arterial vessel arising from both ventricles giving rise to the coronary, pulmonary and systemic arteries, is rare and only responsible for 1% of all CHD. Two consanguineous families with TA were previously identified to have homozygous nonsense variants within the gene NKX2-6. NKX2-6 is a known downstream target of TBX1, an important transcriptional regulator implicated in the cardiac phenotype of 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome. Herein, we report two siblings with TA presumably caused by compound heterozygous NKX2-6 variants without a history of consanguinity. Two in-house cohorts with conotruncal defects (CTD) were sequenced for variants in NKX2-6 and no additional cases of biallelic NKX2-6 variants were identified. The similar phenotype of these cases, and the clustering of variants that likely result in a truncated protein that disrupts the homeobox domain, suggest that biallelic loss of function for NKX2-6 is a rare genetic etiology for TA in particular, and possibly other types of CHD.


Subject(s)
Heart Defects, Congenital/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , T-Box Domain Proteins/genetics , Truncus Arteriosus/physiopathology , Alleles , Arteries/abnormalities , Arteries/growth & development , Child , Child, Preschool , Codon, Nonsense/genetics , Congenital Abnormalities/genetics , Congenital Abnormalities/physiopathology , Consanguinity , Female , Heart Defects, Congenital/complications , Heart Defects, Congenital/physiopathology , Humans , Infant , Male , Pedigree , Phenotype , Protein Domains/genetics , Truncus Arteriosus/metabolism
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Am J Med Genet A ; 179(8): 1442-1450, 2019 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31111620

ABSTRACT

Muenke syndrome (MIM #602849), the most common syndromic craniosynostosis, results from the recurrent pathogenic p.P250R variant in FGFR3. Affected patients exhibit wide phenotypic variability. Common features include coronal craniosynostosis, hearing loss, carpal and tarsal anomalies, and developmental/behavioral issues. Our study examined the phenotypic findings, medical management, and surgical outcomes in a cohort of 26 probands with Muenke syndrome identified at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. All probands had craniosynostosis; 69.7% had bicoronal synostosis only, or bicoronal and additional suture synostosis. Three male patients had autism spectrum disorder. Recurrent ear infections were the most common comorbidity, and myringotomy tube placement the most common extracranial surgical procedure. Most patients (76%) required only one fronto-orbital advancement. de novo mutations were confirmed in 33% of the families in which proband and both parents were genetically tested, while in the remaining 66% one of the parents was a mutation carrier. In affected parents, 40% had craniosynostosis, including 71% of mothers and 13% of fathers. We additionally analyzed the medical resource utilization of probands with Muenke syndrome. To our knowledge, these data represent the first comprehensive examination of long-term management in a large cohort of patients with Muenke syndrome. Our study adds valuable information regarding neuropsychiatric and medical comorbidities, and highlights findings in affected relatives.


Subject(s)
Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics , Craniosynostoses/genetics , Hearing Loss/genetics , Mutation , Otitis/genetics , Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis , Autism Spectrum Disorder/pathology , Autism Spectrum Disorder/surgery , Child , Child, Preschool , Cohort Studies , Comorbidity , Craniosynostoses/diagnosis , Craniosynostoses/pathology , Craniosynostoses/surgery , Disease Management , Female , Gene Expression , Hearing Loss/diagnosis , Hearing Loss/pathology , Hearing Loss/surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Ear Ventilation/methods , Osteogenesis, Distraction/methods , Otitis/diagnosis , Otitis/pathology , Otitis/surgery , Pedigree , Philadelphia , Recurrence
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Hum Mutat ; 39(11): 1641-1649, 2018 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30311378

ABSTRACT

ClinVar provides open access to variant classifications shared from many clinical laboratories. Although most classifications are consistent across laboratories, classification differences exist. To facilitate resolution of classification differences on a large scale, clinical laboratories were encouraged to reassess outlier classifications of variants with medically significant differences (MSDs). Outliers were identified by first comparing ClinVar submissions from 41 clinical laboratories to detect variants with MSDs between the laboratories (650 variants). Next, MSDs were filtered for variants with ≥3 classifications (244 variants), of which 87.6% (213 variants) had a majority consensus in ClinVar, thus allowing for identification of outlier classifications in need of reassessment. Laboratories with outlier classifications were sent a custom report and encouraged to reassess variants. Results were returned for 204 (96%) variants, of which 62.3% (127) were resolved. Of those 127, 64.6% (82) were resolved due to reassessment prompted by this study and 35.4% (45) resolved by a previously completed reassessment. This study demonstrates a scalable approach to classification resolution and capitalizes on the value of data sharing within ClinVar. These activities will help the community move toward more consistent variant classifications, which will improve the care of patients with, or at risk for, genetic disorders.


Subject(s)
Databases, Genetic , Genetic Testing/methods , Genetic Variation/genetics , Genome, Human/genetics , Humans
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Am J Hum Genet ; 96(3): 507-13, 2015 Mar 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25728777

ABSTRACT

Through a multi-center collaboration study, we here report six individuals from five unrelated families, with mutations in KAT6A/MOZ detected by whole-exome sequencing. All five different de novo heterozygous truncating mutations were located in the C-terminal transactivation domain of KAT6A: NM_001099412.1: c.3116_3117 delCT, p.(Ser1039∗); c.3830_3831insTT, p.(Arg1278Serfs∗17); c.3879 dupA, p.(Glu1294Argfs∗19); c.4108G>T p.(Glu1370∗) and c.4292 dupT, p.(Leu1431Phefs∗8). An additional subject with a 0.23 MB microdeletion including the entire KAT6A reading frame was identified with genome-wide array comparative genomic hybridization. Finally, by detailed clinical characterization we provide evidence that heterozygous mutations in KAT6A cause a distinct intellectual disability syndrome. The common phenotype includes hypotonia, intellectual disability, early feeding and oromotor difficulties, microcephaly and/or craniosynostosis, and cardiac defects in combination with subtle facial features such as bitemporal narrowing, broad nasal tip, thin upper lip, posteriorly rotated or low-set ears, and microretrognathia. The identification of human subjects complements previous work from mice and zebrafish where knockouts of Kat6a/kat6a lead to developmental defects.


Subject(s)
Histone Acetyltransferases/genetics , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Comparative Genomic Hybridization , Exome , Female , Gene Deletion , Genetic Loci , Heterozygote , Histone Acetyltransferases/metabolism , Humans , Infant , Male , Microcephaly/genetics , Mutation , Pedigree , Phenotype
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Genome Res ; 25(3): 305-15, 2015 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25637381

ABSTRACT

Recommendations for laboratories to report incidental findings from genomic tests have stimulated interest in such results. In order to investigate the criteria and processes for assigning the pathogenicity of specific variants and to estimate the frequency of such incidental findings in patients of European and African ancestry, we classified potentially actionable pathogenic single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in all 4300 European- and 2203 African-ancestry participants sequenced by the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project (ESP). We considered 112 gene-disease pairs selected by an expert panel as associated with medically actionable genetic disorders that may be undiagnosed in adults. The resulting classifications were compared to classifications from other clinical and research genetic testing laboratories, as well as with in silico pathogenicity scores. Among European-ancestry participants, 30 of 4300 (0.7%) had a pathogenic SNV and six (0.1%) had a disruptive variant that was expected to be pathogenic, whereas 52 (1.2%) had likely pathogenic SNVs. For African-ancestry participants, six of 2203 (0.3%) had a pathogenic SNV and six (0.3%) had an expected pathogenic disruptive variant, whereas 13 (0.6%) had likely pathogenic SNVs. Genomic Evolutionary Rate Profiling mammalian conservation score and the Combined Annotation Dependent Depletion summary score of conservation, substitution, regulation, and other evidence were compared across pathogenicity assignments and appear to have utility in variant classification. This work provides a refined estimate of the burden of adult onset, medically actionable incidental findings expected from exome sequencing, highlights challenges in variant classification, and demonstrates the need for a better curated variant interpretation knowledge base.


Subject(s)
Exome , Genomics , Incidental Findings , Adult , Black People/genetics , Female , Gene Frequency , Genes, Dominant , Genetic Association Studies , Genetic Testing , Genome, Human , Genomics/methods , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , Male , Phenotype , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , White People/genetics
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Genet Med ; 20(12): 1600-1608, 2018 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29595809

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Hereditary hearing loss is highly heterogeneous. To keep up with rapidly emerging disease-causing genes, we developed the AUDIOME test for nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) using an exome sequencing (ES) platform and targeted analysis for the curated genes. METHODS: A tiered strategy was implemented for this test. Tier 1 includes combined Sanger and targeted deletion analyses of the two most common NSHL genes and two mitochondrial genes. Nondiagnostic tier 1 cases are subjected to ES and array followed by targeted analysis of the remaining AUDIOME genes. RESULTS: ES resulted in good coverage of the selected genes with 98.24% of targeted bases at >15 ×. A fill-in strategy was developed for the poorly covered regions, which generally fell within GC-rich or highly homologous regions. Prospective testing of 33 patients with NSHL revealed a diagnosis in 11 (33%) and a possible diagnosis in 8 cases (24.2%). Among those, 10 individuals had variants in tier 1 genes. The ES data in the remaining nondiagnostic cases are readily available for further analysis. CONCLUSION: The tiered and ES-based test provides an efficient and cost-effective diagnostic strategy for NSHL, with the potential to reflex to full exome to identify causal changes outside of the AUDIOME test.


Subject(s)
Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosis , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/genetics , Pathology, Molecular , Exome/genetics , Female , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/physiopathology , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , Male , Mutation , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Exome Sequencing
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