Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: MAST1 Green List (high evidence)Comment on list classification: New gene added by external expert and reviewed by curation team: Sufficient evidence has been provided by the external expert review for this gene to be rated green.Created: 25 Feb 2019, 1:36 p.m.
Green List (high evidence)
PMID: 30449657 reports on 6 unrelated individuals with de novo mutations in MAST1. All these 6 individuals were investigated for a strikingly similar phenotype of enlarged corpus callosum (CC), cerebellar hypoplasia, cortical malformation with associated DD/ID. Seizures were a feature in 2/6 (one further had EEG anomalies without clinical seizures).
Three of them harbored an in-frame deletion of 1 amino-acid (3 different indels reported - all in a specific domain) while 3 others had a missense variant (NM_014975.2:c.1549G>A or p.Gly517Ser).
Mast1 has embryonic expression in murine models with postnatal decrease. Similarly qPCR of human fetal brain cDNA demonstrated expression at 13 and 22 gestational weeks. A murine model for L278del recapitulated the brain (incl. CC) and cerebellar phenotype while Mast1 knockout mice do not present similar morphological defects. While Western blot in murine brain lysates demonstrated absence of Mast1 in knockout and reduction in the L278del, Mast1 transcript levels for L278del were similar to wildtype. Other Mast proteins (Mast1 & Mast2) were significantly reduced upon western blot while this was not reflected in their mRNA levels, suggesting a dominant-negative effect, at least for the L278del.
4 additional individuals with somewhat different phenotype consisting DD/ID and microcephaly/autism are described in the supplement. All 4 had de novo missense variants but did not display the CC-cerebral and cerebellar anomalies. Four different (additional to Gly517Ser) missense SNVs were observed.
Several additional individuals exist in the denovo-db (among others DDD participant DDD4K.02310 published in 28135719, 25666757 - McMichael et al. commented in the article, 27479843, etc.). [http://denovo-db.gs.washington.edu/denovo-db/QueryVariantServlet?searchBy=Gene&target=Mast1]
Epilepsy was a feature in 4/10 individuals (with an additional one with EEG anomalies without clinical seizures). One further individual from PMID:23934111 (in denovo-db) had seizures.
As the authors comment (and as evident from the 6+4 reported patients) the related neurodevelopmental phenotype may be more complex.
MAST1 is not related to any phenotype in G2P, nor in OMIM.
The gene is included in gene panels for ID offered by different diagnostic laboratories.
As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in this panel as green.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 9 Dec 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Phenotypes
Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Abnormality of the corpus callosum, Cerebellar hypoplasia, Abnormality of the cerebral cortex, Seizures; Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Microcephaly, Autism, Seizures
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Gene: mast1 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Phenotypes for gene: MAST1 were changed from Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Abnormality of the corpus callosum, Cerebellar hypoplasia, Abnormality of the cerebral cortex, Seizures; Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Microcephaly, Autism, Seizures to Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Abnormality of the corpus callosum, Cerebellar hypoplasia, Abnormality of the cerebral cortex, Seizures; Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Microcephaly, Autism, Seizures; Mega-corpus-callosum syndrome with cerebellar hypoplasia and cortical malformations, 618273
gene: MAST1 was added gene: MAST1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: MAST1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: MAST1 were set to 30449657; 28135719; 25666757; 27479843 Phenotypes for gene: MAST1 were set to Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Abnormality of the corpus callosum, Cerebellar hypoplasia, Abnormality of the cerebral cortex, Seizures; Global developmental delay, Intellectual disability, Microcephaly, Autism, Seizures Penetrance for gene: MAST1 were set to unknown Review for gene: MAST1 was set to GREEN gene: MAST1 was marked as current diagnostic
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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.
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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.
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