Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: BRD4 Green List (high evidence)Comment on phenotypes: Gene-checked tag removed as this gene now has a phenotype listed in OMIM (Cornelia de Lange syndrome 6, OMIM:620568)Created: 3 Apr 2024, 10:48 a.m. | Last Modified: 3 Apr 2024, 10:48 a.m.
Panel Version: 5.512
Comment on list classification: New gene added by external expert and reviewed by curation team. Promoted from red to green based on the evidence provided by Konstantinos Varvagiannis (Other). BRD4 is not associated with a phenotype in OMIM and in Gene2Phenotype it is reported to be probably associated with Cornelia de Lange-like syndrome. Intellectual disability (medium to severe) is a phenotype of Cornelia de Lange-like syndrome.Created: 24 Jun 2019, 10:59 a.m. | Last Modified: 24 Jun 2019, 10:59 a.m.
Panel Version: 2.881
Comment on list classification: Addition of gene from reviewer awaiting internal reviewCreated: 14 May 2019, 10:57 a.m.
Green List (high evidence)
PMID: 29379197 reports on 3 unrelated individuals with de novo mutations in BRD4 and a Cornelia de Lange-like phenotype. One of these individuals was a DDD study participant (DDD4K.04273). A further (fourth) individual had a 1.04 Mb deletion encompassing BRD4 (and 28 other genes) and presented with a similar phenotype.
Appart from intellectual disability which was a universal (4/4), other common features included a CdLS-like appearance (3/4), microcephaly (3/4) and cardiac malformations (VSD in 2/4).
Review of published patients with multigenic deletions spanning also BRD4 support a CdLS-like phenotype and haploinsufficiency as the underlying mechanism.
As the authors note, mice heterozygous for loss-of-function mutations in BRD4 show CdLS-like features.
Functional studies performed demonstrated association of BRD4 with NIPBL with colocalization (/shared binding) to super-enhancers and co-regulation of gene expression.
The variants reported in this study included a missense as well as 2 frameshift mutations.
PMIDs: 30055032 and 30302754 report further patients with deletions spanning BRD4 and review the previously published patients.
BRD4 is included in gene panels for intellectual disability offered by different diagnostic laboratories.
As a result this gene can be considered for inclusion in this panel as green.
Sources: Literature, Expert ReviewCreated: 24 Nov 2018, 11:57 p.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Phenotypes
Intellectual disability; Microcephaly; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of the face
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Phenotypes for gene: BRD4 were changed from Intellectual disability; Microcephaly; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of the face to Cornelia de Lange syndrome 6, OMIM:620568
Tag gene-checked was removed from gene: BRD4.
Tag gene-checked tag was added to gene: BRD4.
Gene: brd4 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Gene: brd4 has been classified as Red List (Low Evidence).
gene: BRD4 was added gene: BRD4 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Expert Review Mode of inheritance for gene: BRD4 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: BRD4 were set to 29379197; 30055032; 30302754 Phenotypes for gene: BRD4 were set to Intellectual disability; Microcephaly; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of the face Penetrance for gene: BRD4 were set to unknown Review for gene: BRD4 was set to GREEN gene: BRD4 was marked as current diagnostic
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Genes included in a Genomics England gene panel for a rare disease category (green list) should fit the criteria A-E outlined below.
These guidelines were developed as a combination of the ClinGen DEFINITIVE evidence for a causal role of the gene in the disease(a), and the Developmental Disorder Genotype-Phenotype (DDG2P) CONFIRMED DD Gene evidence level(b) (please see the original references provided below for full details). These help provide a guideline for expert reviewers when assessing whether a gene should be on the green or the red list of a panel.
A. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing an interpretable functional region(ii) of this gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
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B. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing cis-regulatory elements convincingly affecting the expression of a single gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
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C. As definitions A or B but in 2 or 3 unrelated cases/families with the phenotype, with the addition of convincing bioinformatic or functional evidence of causation e.g. known inborn error of metabolism with mutation in orthologous gene which is known to have the relevant deficient enzymatic activity in other species; existence of an animal model which recapitulates the human phenotype.
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D. Evidence indicates that disease-causing mutations follow a Mendelian pattern of causation appropriate for reporting in a diagnostic setting(iv).
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E. No convincing evidence exists or has emerged that contradicts the role of the gene in the specified phenotype.
(i)Plausible disease-causing mutations: Recurrent de novo mutations convincingly affecting gene function. Rare, fully-penetrant mutations - relevant genotype never, or very rarely, seen in controls. (ii) Interpretable functional region: ORF in protein coding genes miRNA stem or loop. (iii) Phenotype: the rare disease category, as described in the eligibility statement. (iv) Intermediate penetrance genes should not be included.
It’s assumed that loss-of-function variants in this gene can cause the disease/phenotype unless an exception to this rule is known. We would like to collect information regarding exceptions. An example exception is the PCSK9 gene, where loss-of-function variants are not relevant for a hypercholesterolemia phenotype as they are associated with increased LDL-cholesterol uptake via LDLR (PMID: 25911073).
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We classify loss-of-function variants as those with the following Sequence Ontology (SO) terms:
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Standardised terms were used to represent the gene-disease mode of inheritance, and were mapped to commonly used terms from the different sources. Below each of the terms is described, along with the equivalent commonly-used terms.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, and imprinting has not been implicated.
A variant on the paternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on the maternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease. This is the default used for autosomal dominant mode of inheritance where no knowledge of the imprinting status of the gene required to cause the disease is known. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal dominant, dominant, AD, DOMINANT.
A variant on both alleles of this gene is required to cause the disease. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive, recessive, AR, RECESSIVE.
The disease can be caused by a variant on one or both alleles of this gene. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant, recessive or dominant, AR/AD, AD/AR, DOMINANT/RECESSIVE, RECESSIVE/DOMINANT.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, however a variant on both alleles of this gene can result in a more severe form of the disease/phenotype.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele, whereas a variant on both X-chromosome alleles is required to cause the disease in females. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: X-linked recessive.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele. A variant on one allele of this gene may also cause the disease in females, though the disease/phenotype may be less severe and may have a later-onset than is seen in males. X-linked inactivation and mosaicism in different tissues complicate whether a female presents with the disease, and can change over their lifetime. This term is the default setting used for X-linked genes, where it is not known definitately whether females require a variant on each allele of this gene in order to be affected. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: X-linked dominant, x-linked, X-LINKED, X-linked.
The gene is in the mitochondrial genome and variants within this can cause this disease, maternally inherited. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: Mitochondrial.
Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: Unknown, NA, information not provided.
For example, if the mode of inheritance is digenic, please indicate this in the comments and which other gene is involved.