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Intellectual disability v3.1511 DLL1 Arina Puzriakova Tag for-review was removed from gene: DLL1.
Intellectual disability v3.1510 DLL1 Sarah Leigh commented on gene: DLL1
Intellectual disability v3.1509 DLL1 Arina Puzriakova Source Expert Review Green was added to DLL1.
Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Intellectual disability v3.1206 DLL1 Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: DLL1 were changed from Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Morphological abnormality of the central nervous system; Seizures; Behavioral abnormality; Autism; Scoliosis to Neurodevelopmental disorder with nonspecific brain abnormalities and with or without seizures, OMIM:618709
Intellectual disability v3.389 DLL1 Catherine Snow Publications for gene: DLL1 were set to 31353024
Intellectual disability v3.388 DLL1 Catherine Snow Classified gene: DLL1 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Intellectual disability v3.388 DLL1 Catherine Snow Added comment: Comment on list classification: Comment on list classification: There is a sufficient number of cases to rate this gene Green at the next GMS panel update.
Intellectual disability v3.388 DLL1 Catherine Snow Gene: dll1 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Intellectual disability v3.387 DLL1 Catherine Snow Tag for-review tag was added to gene: DLL1.
Intellectual disability v3.387 DLL1 Catherine Snow edited their review of gene: DLL1: Changed rating: GREEN
Intellectual disability v3.387 DLL1 Catherine Snow reviewed gene: DLL1: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 31353024, 31602192; Phenotypes: Neurodevelopmental disorder with nonspecific brain abnormalities and with or without seizures 618709; Mode of inheritance: MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Intellectual disability v3.0 DLL1 Zornitza Stark reviewed gene: DLL1: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 31353024; Phenotypes: Intellectual disability, autism, seizures, variable brain abnormalities, scoliosis; Mode of inheritance: MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted; Current diagnostic: yes
Intellectual disability v3.0 DLL1 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: DLL1 was added
gene: DLL1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: DLL1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: DLL1 were set to 31353024
Phenotypes for gene: DLL1 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Morphological abnormality of the central nervous system; Seizures; Behavioral abnormality; Autism; Scoliosis
Penetrance for gene: DLL1 were set to unknown
Review for gene: DLL1 was set to GREEN
Added comment: Heterozygous DLL1 pathogenic variants cause Neurodevelopmental disorder with nonspecific brain abnormalities and with or without seizures (# 618709).

Fischer-Zirnsak et al (2019 - PMID: 31353024) reported on 15 affected individuals from 12 unrelated families.

Most common features included DD/ID (12/14), ASD (6/14 - belonging to 6 families) or other behavioral abnormalities, seizures (6/14 - from 6 unrelated families) and various brain MRI abnromalities. As commented by OMIM (based on the same ref) "Cognitive function ranges from severely impaired to the ability to attend schools with special assistance". Among other features, scoliosis was observed in 4. The authors could not identify a distinctive facial gestalt.

Variable initial investigations (where discussed/performed - also suggesting relevance to the current panel) included CMA, FMR1, FLNA, mitochondrial DNA analysis and metabolic work-up but had not revealed an alternative cause.

The DLL1 variants were identified by WES (with the exception of a 122-kb microdeletion spanning DLL1 and FAM120B detected by CMA). Nonsense, frame-shift, splice-site variants in positions predicted to result to NMD were identified in most. One individual was found to harbor a missense variant (NM_005618.3:c.536G>T / p.Cys179Phe) and another the aforementioned microdeletion.

The variant in several individuals had occurred as a de novo event. In 2 families, it was inherited from an also affected parent (an unaffected sib was non-carrier) while in 3 families parental studies were not possible/complete.

In frame insertion of 4 residues was demonstrated for a splice site variant, from LCLs of the corresponding individual. For another individual, material was unavailable for mRNA studies. The missense variant affected a cysteine (of the DSL domain) conserved in all Notch ligands while AA changes affecting the same position of JAG1 (another Notch ligand) have been described in patients with Alagille s.

Based on the variants identified and reports of deletions spanning DLL1 in the literature, haploinsufficiency is the proposed underlying mechanism. The gene has also a pLI of 1 and %HI of 4.65.

DLL1 encodes the Delta-like canonical Notch ligand 1. Notch signaling is an established pathway for brain morphogenesis. Previous in vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated the role of DLL1 in CNS. The gene is highly expressed in neuronal precursor cells during embryogenesis. Expression of Dll1 (and other molecules of the Notch signalling pathway) in an oscillatory/sustained pattern and cell-cell interactions important for this pathway have been demonstrated to play a role in neuronal differentiation. [Most discussed by Fischer-Zirnsak et al with several refs provided / also Gray et al., 1999 - PMID: 10079256 & OMIM].

Animal models as summarized by the authors:
[Mouse] Loss of Dll1 in mice has been shown to increase neuronal differentiation, cause CNS hyperplasia and increased number of neurons (PMIDs cited: 9109488, 12397111, 20081190). Reduced Dll1 expression was associated with scoliosis and mild vertebral defects (cited PMIDs: 19562077, 14960495, 22484060 / among others Dll1 haploinsufficiency and dominant negative models studied). Scoliosis and vertebral segmentation defects were features in 4 and 1 individual, respectively in the cohort of 15.
[Zebrafish] Homozygous mutations in dlA, the zebrafish ortholog, disrupted the Delta-Notch signaling and led to patterning defects in the hindbrain and overproduction of neurons (cited: 15366005).

Please consider inclusion in other possibly relevant panels e.g. for ASD.
Sources: Literature