Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: EMC10 Green List (high evidence)The rating of this gene has been updated following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval.Created: 14 Mar 2022, 2:22 p.m. | Last Modified: 14 Mar 2022, 2:22 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.1519
Green List (high evidence)
Comment on list classification: There is now enough evidence to warrant a Green rating at the next GMS panel update.Created: 11 Jun 2021, 10:52 a.m. | Last Modified: 11 Jun 2021, 10:52 a.m.
Panel Version: 3.1124
There are now at least 15 individuals from 8 families reported with biallelic variants in the EMC10 gene associated with disease. One variant found in a single population is likely to be a founder variant; however, the identification of a different variant in a family presenting with a similar phenotype corroborates causality. Both variants were shown to significantly reduce EMC10 RNA expression. All affected individuals show a core phenotype of GDD/ID with variable severity. Seizures were noted in 7/15 individuals, typically during childhood or in the neonatal period, and included multifocal as well as generalized tonic–clonic seizures.Created: 11 Jun 2021, 10:50 a.m. | Last Modified: 11 Jun 2021, 10:50 a.m.
Panel Version: 3.1123
Comment on phenotypes: EMC10 is now associated with a relevant phenotype in OMIM - 'Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, OMIM:619264' and is listed in G2P with a 'probable' disease confidence rating for 'EMC10-related neurodevelopmental disorder'Created: 11 Jun 2021, 10:21 a.m. | Last Modified: 11 Jun 2021, 10:21 a.m.
Panel Version: 3.1122
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, OMIM:619264
Publications
Comment on list classification: New gene added by Zornitza Stark (Australian Genomics). This gene is not associated with any phenotypes in OMIM or Gene2Phenotype. As there is only 1 case, this gene has been given a Red rating.Created: 16 Dec 2020, 4:38 p.m. | Last Modified: 16 Dec 2020, 4:38 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.652
Green List (high evidence)
PMID 33531666: Additional 12 individuals from 7 Middle Eastern families reported. Same variant in all, suggestive of founder effect (but different to the previously reported family).Created: 10 May 2021, 8:18 a.m. | Last Modified: 10 May 2021, 8:18 a.m.
Panel Version: 3.1069
Homozygous variants of EMC1 are associated with GDD, scoliosis, and cerebellar atrophy, indicating the relevance of this pathway for neurogenetic disorders.
One Saudi family with 2 affected individuals with mild ID, speech delay, and GDD.
WES and Sanger sequencing revealed a homozygous splice acceptor site variant (c.679‐1G>A) in EMC10 . Variant segregated within the family. RT‐qPCR showed a substantial decrease in the relative EMC10 gene expression in the patients.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 9 Dec 2020, 8:35 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, MIM# 619264
Publications
Tag Q2_21_rating was removed from gene: EMC10.
Source Expert Review Green was added to EMC10. Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Gene: emc10 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Tag Q2_21_rating tag was added to gene: EMC10.
Publications for gene: EMC10 were set to 32869858
Phenotypes for gene: EMC10 were changed from Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, OMIM:619264 to Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, OMIM:619264
Phenotypes for gene: EMC10 were changed from Intellectual disability to Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and variable seizures, OMIM:619264
Gene: emc10 has been classified as Red List (Low Evidence).
gene: EMC10 was added gene: EMC10 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: EMC10 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: EMC10 were set to 32869858 Phenotypes for gene: EMC10 were set to Intellectual disability Review for gene: EMC10 was set to RED
If promoting or demoting a gene, please provide comments to justify a decision to move it.
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).
OR
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).
OR
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.
AND
D. Evidence indicates that disease-causing mutations follow a Mendelian pattern of causation appropriate for reporting in a diagnostic setting(iv).
AND
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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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.