Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: PUS7 Green List (high evidence)Comment on list classification: Gene status was changed from to Green due to a expert review by Konstantinos Varvagiannis. Associated with phenotype in OMIM and not in Gen2Phen. ID and DD identified in sufficient unrelated cases for PUS7 to be rated green on the ID panel.Created: 30 May 2019, 10:45 a.m.
Green List (high evidence)
PMID: 30778726 (2019 - Shaheen et al.) reports 3 additional individuals from 2 consanguineous families. ID was a feature in all three. Variants reported: NM_019042.3 c.1507G>T or p.(Asp503Tyr) and c.329_332delCTGA or p.(Thr110Argfs*4), each found in homozygous state in affected individuals. As a result, PUS7 can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green. (The PMID for the article by de Brouwer et al. was added).Created: 24 Feb 2019, 5:57 p.m.
de Brouwer et al. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.10.026) report on 6 individuals from 3 unrelated families homozygous for truncating variants in PUS7.
The common phenotype consisted of ID with speech delay, microcephaly, short stature as well as aggressive behavior.
One frameshift, one nonsense and one intragenic deletion affecting the penultimate exon of PUS7 were private respectively to each family. qPCR demonstrated reduction of mRNA levels for the two first variants, with absence of the normally sized protein upon Western blot for the first one.
The deletion, not identified due to its small size by aCGH, was found in the exome analysis and confirmed by MAQ. RT-PCR demonstrated the absence of the respective exon in mRNA. The deletion resulted in introduction of a stop codon in the last exon and mRNA expression levels were shown to be normal. Western blot demonstrated absence of a normally sized protein.
Functional studies demonstrated defective tRNA and mRNA pseudouridylation. Drosophila knockouts recapitulated the behavioral phenotype.
Biallelic mutations in PUS1 and PUS3 have been reported in individuals with intellectual disability (as well as some other features noted in PUS7-related disorder).
PUS7 is included in the gene panel for ID offered by Radboud UMC (among the principal authors of the study).
Therefore this gene can be considered for inclusion in this panel as green (rather than amber).
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 8 Dec 2018, 8:49 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Intellectual disability; Microcephaly; Short stature; Behavioral abnormality
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Source Expert Review Green was added to PUS7. Source Expert Review was added to PUS7. Added phenotypes Intellectual developmental disorder with abnormal behavior, microcephaly, and short stature, 618342 for gene: PUS7 Publications for gene PUS7 were changed from to 30778726; 30526862 Rating Changed from No List (delete) to Green List (high evidence)
gene: PUS7 was added gene: PUS7 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: PUS7 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Phenotypes for gene: PUS7 were set to Intellectual disability; Microcephaly; Short stature; Behavioral abnormality Penetrance for gene: PUS7 were set to Complete Review for gene: PUS7 was set to GREEN gene: PUS7 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.