Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: MEF2C Green List (high evidence)Green List (high evidence)
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications
Comment on phenotypes: reformatted phenotypesCreated: 17 Aug 2017, 3:58 p.m.
Le Meur et al. (2010) describe six unrelated children with a deletion or mutation of the MEF2C gene (5q14). All six patients had a similar phenotype including severe intellectual disability, developmental delay, hypotonia, absent speech, and the inability to walk unaided. Variable features include stereotypic movements, epilepsy and/or cerebral malformations, and dysmorphic features. Mutation of the MEF2C gene causes autosomal dominant mental retardation, stereotypic movements, epilepsy, and/or cerebral malformationsCreated: 17 Aug 2017, 3:56 p.m.
Comment on publications: added publications as suggested by external reviewersCreated: 17 Aug 2017, 3:54 p.m.
Green List (high evidence)
This is a pertinent gene from the NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases Study (NIHRBR-RD) BRIDGE Study : SPEED (Specialist Pathology: Evaluating Exomes in Diagnostics) which covers epilepsies, movement and microcephaly disorders, this gene is on the SPEED_NEURO_20170705 gene list. Evidences used for SPEED NEURO gene list: in_ddg2p_20141118_conf;in_ddg2p_20141118_conf;in_ddg2p_201507;in_ddg2p_201507_conf;in_ddg2p_2_4_2017;in_ddg2p_2_4_2017_conf;in_gilissen_2014_known;in_omim_20150205_epilepsies . Main mutation mechanism : Loss of functionCreated: 27 Jul 2017, 7:29 p.m.
Evidences key, gene present in following gene lists and main mutation mechanism : ddg2p_20141118; ddg2p_20141118_conf; ddg2p_201507; ddg2p_201507_conf; find_uk10k; gilissen_2014_known; omim_20150205_epilepsies; sfari_20150206; Nijmegen_ID_diagnostic; Nijmegen_ID_candidates; gonzalez_mantilla_2016; GEL_ID_green_20160217; neuro_20160418_strict; Loss of function. This is a pertinent gene from the BRIDGE Study : SPEED (Specialist Pathology: Evaluating Exomes in Diagnostics) which covers epilepsies, movement and microcephaly disorders, this gene comes from the SPEED_NEURO_v3.0_20170404 gene list. The following experts from the BRIDGE consortium NIHRBR-RD contributed to this panel: - Professor F. Lucy Raymond, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge - Manju Kurian, Paediatric neurologist, Great Ormond Street Hosptial - Keren Carss, NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Alba Sanchis-Juan, NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Marie Erwood NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Louise Daugherty, NIHR BioResource - Rare Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCreated: 19 Jul 2017, 12:49 p.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications
Green List (high evidence)
Source Victorian Clinical Genetics Services was added to MEF2C.
12.03.2018: Due to major updates completed (Phase 1, 2 and 3), this panel was promoted to Version 2 in order to reflect the major updates since November 2017 which have resulted in reviews for 836 genes added by Genomics England Curators and the Clinical Team, 130 new Green genes added to the interpretation pipeline (from 751 to 881 Green genes), and the gene total has increased from 1879 to 1927.
Phenotypes for MEF2C were set to Mental retardation, stereotypic movements, epilepsy, and/or cerebral malformations, 613443; MRSME; Chromosome 5q14.3 deletion syndrome, 613443
Phenotypes for MEF2C were set to Mental Retardation, Stereotypic Movements, Epilepsy, and/orCerebral Malformations; Mental retardation, stereotypic movements, epilepsy, and/or cerebral malformations, 613443; Chromosome 5q14.3 deletion syndrome, 613443; MENTAL RETARDATION-STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENTS-EPILEPSY AND/OR CEREBRAL MALFORMATIONS; MRSME
Publications for MEF2C were set to 20513142; 19592390; 23001426; 25529582; 24896178
The Gel status was updated for this whole panel
The Gel status was updated for this whole panel
MEF2C was added to Intellectual disabilitypanel. Source: Expert Review Green Model of inheritance for gene MEF2C was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Model of inheritance for gene MEF2C was changed to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
MEF2C was added to Intellectual disabilitypanel. Sources: Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services,Emory Genetics Laboratory,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
Model of inheritance for gene MEF2C was changed to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
MEF2C was added to Intellectual disabilitypanel. Sources: Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services,Emory Genetics Laboratory,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
MEF2C was added to Intellectual disabilitypanel. Sources: Illumina TruGenome Clinical Sequencing Services,Emory Genetics Laboratory,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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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).
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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We classify loss-of-function variants as those with the following Sequence Ontology (SO) terms:
Term descriptions can be found on the PanelApp homepage and Ensembl.
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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.