Mosaic brain disorders - deep sequencing

Gene: PIK3CA

Green List (high evidence)

PIK3CA (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha)
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh38): ENSG00000121879
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh37): ENSG00000121879
OMIM: 171834, Gene2Phenotype
PIK3CA is in 21 panels

4 reviews

Sarah Leigh (Genomics England Curator)

Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Tom Cullup (Great Ormond Street Hospital)

Green List (high evidence)

Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Phenotypes
CLOVE syndrome, somatic, OMIM:612918; Cerebral cavernous malformations 4, somatic, OMIM:619538; Macrodactyly, somatic, OMIM:155500; Megalencephaly-capillary malformation-polymicrogyria syndrome, somatic, OMIM:602501

Publications

Mode of pathogenicity
Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Green List (high evidence)

Comment on classification of this gene: This gene should be rated GREEN, as it has been implicated in at least three unrelated cases.

The mosaic activating variants identified in PIK3CA include p.Glu545Lys, p.Glu542Lys, p.Thr544Asn and p.His1047Arg.

This gene has been associated with multiple phenotypes in OMIM. The relevant ones are added here.
Created: 21 Dec 2022, 3:29 p.m. | Last Modified: 21 Dec 2022, 3:31 p.m.
Panel Version: 0.32

Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Phenotypes
Megalencephaly-capillary malformation-polymicrogyria syndrome, somatic, OMIM:602501; Macrodactyly, somatic, OMIM:155500; Cerebral cavernous malformations 4, somatic, OMIM:619538; CLOVE syndrome, somatic, OMIM:612918

Publications

Mode of pathogenicity
Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments

Eleanor Williams (Genomics England Curator)

Green List (high evidence)

The rating of this gene has been updated to Green and the mode of inheritance set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval.
Created: 1 Feb 2023, 5:26 p.m. | Last Modified: 1 Feb 2023, 5:29 p.m.
Panel Version: 0.93
Review submitted on behalf of Dr Lara Menzies, Dr Wendy Jones, Dr Amy McTague. Mode of inheritance: postzygotic mosaicm. Publications: For summary see Jansen et al 2015, Brain and above MTOR pathway summary papers. Mechanism: Gain of function (MTOR hyperactivation). Penetrance: variable penetrance.
Created: 21 Dec 2022, 12:16 p.m. | Last Modified: 21 Dec 2022, 12:16 p.m.
Panel Version: 0.2

Phenotypes
Megalencehaly Capillary Malformation Polymicrogyria syndrome (MCAP), Macrodactyly, cerebral cavernous malformations, CLOVE syndrome. NB also several additional phenotypes not relevant to this panel indication, including Cowden syndrome and other somatic variants within various tumours

Mode of pathogenicity
Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments

Details

Mode of Inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Sources
  • NHS GMS
  • Expert Review Green
  • Expert list
Phenotypes
  • Megalencephaly-capillary malformation-polymicrogyria syndrome, somatic, OMIM:602501
  • Macrodactyly, somatic, OMIM:155500
  • Cerebral cavernous malformations 4, somatic, OMIM:619538
  • CLOVE syndrome, somatic, OMIM:612918
Tags
somatic
OMIM
171834
Clinvar variants
Variants in PIK3CA
Penetrance
None
Publications
Mode of Pathogenicity
Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments
Panels with this gene

History Filter Activity

11 Oct 2023, Gel status: 3

Added New Source

Sarah Leigh (Genomics England Curator)

Source NHS GMS was added to PIK3CA.

31 May 2023, Gel status: 3

Set publications

Arina Puzriakova (Genomics England Curator)

Publications for gene: PIK3CA were set to 25722288

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Added Tag

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Tag somatic tag was added to gene: PIK3CA.

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Set publications

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Publications for gene: PIK3CA were set to

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Set Phenotypes

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Phenotypes for gene: PIK3CA were changed from to Megalencephaly-capillary malformation-polymicrogyria syndrome, somatic, OMIM:602501; Macrodactyly, somatic, OMIM:155500; Cerebral cavernous malformations 4, somatic, OMIM:619538; CLOVE syndrome, somatic, OMIM:612918

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Set mode of pathogenicity

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Mode of pathogenicity for gene: PIK3CA was changed from to Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Set mode of inheritance

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Mode of inheritance for gene: PIK3CA was changed from to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 3

Entity classified by Genomics England curator

Achchuthan Shanmugasundram (Genomics England Curator)

Gene: pik3ca has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).

21 Dec 2022, Gel status: 1

Created, Added New Source, Set mode of inheritance

Eleanor Williams (Genomics England Curator)

gene: PIK3CA was added gene: PIK3CA was added to Mosaic brain disorders. Sources: Expert list Mode of inheritance for gene: PIK3CA was set to