Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing
Gene: TRAF7 Green List (high evidence)As a result of watchlist tag audit the watchlist tag was removed from TRAF7- this is now a green gene with sufficient evidence/reviewCreated: 13 Jan 2020, 4:18 p.m. | Last Modified: 13 Jan 2020, 4:18 p.m.
Panel Version: 3.0
Comment on list classification: Updated rating from Amber to Green following advice from the Genomics England clinical team that the combination of motor and speech delay would be regarded by many clinicians as equivalent to global developmental delay.Created: 1 Jul 2019, 3:30 p.m. | Last Modified: 1 Jul 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Panel Version: 2.933
Comment on list classification: TRAF7 was added to the panel and rated Green by Konstantinos Varvagiannis based on PMID:29961569 (Tokita et al, 2018) who report four different heterozygous missense mutations in the TRAF7 gene in 7 unrelated patients with MIM:618164. The variants were de novo in at least six of the patients. Motor and/or speech delay were present to a variable degree in 5 of the 5 subjects for whom this outcome could be assessed (The remaining two subjects were 1 week old and 3 weeks old). After discussion with Louise Daugherty, I have rated TRAF7 as Amber: PMID:29961569 assayed motor delay and speech delay as indicators of developmental delay- the authors don't refer to global DD, and motor/speech delay are not directly linked to ID. Additional evidence comes from an ID cohort study (PMID:27479843, Lelieveld et al, 2016) and the DDD study (PMID:28135719). Rated Amber with a 'watchlist' tag, awaiting further evidence.Created: 14 May 2019, 12:15 p.m.
Comment on publications: PMIDs 25363760 and 25961944 report variants detected in autism patients. This is out of scope of the ID panel, so I have removed these publications from the current list.Created: 14 May 2019, 11:50 a.m.
TRAF7 is now associated with a disorder in OMIM: Cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies with developmental delay, 618164.Created: 14 May 2019, 11:47 a.m.
Green List (high evidence)
PMID: 29961569 reports on 7 unrelated individuals with pathogenic variants in TRAF7. Common features included developmental delay, congenital heart defects, limb and digital anomalies as well as shared facial features (including epicanthal folds, ptosis, abnormal ears, excess nuchal skin). Two (or possibly three) of these patients had seizures. Some of these individuals had been investigated in the past for disorders of the Ras-MAPK pathway (CFC, Noonan and Costello syndrome).
The SNVs reported are missense and occured de novo in all patients for whom parental studies were possible (6 out of 7). A recurrent mutation [p.(Arg655Gln)] was found in 4 of the 7 individuals. One patient was found to harbor a mutation in the mosaic state, as a de novo occurrence.
The variants resulted in reduced activation of ERK1/2 (also known as MAPK3/MAPK1). //
7 individuals with de novo coding variants have previously been reported in large cohorts of patients with intellectual disability (PMIDs : 27479843, 28135719 - DDD study) and/or ASD (25363760, 25961944). One of the individuals from the DDD study had a stopgain variant.
The individuals from these studies are summarized in the denovo-db (http://denovo-db.gs.washington.edu/denovo-db/QueryVariantServlet?searchBy=Gene&target=TRAF7)AF7). //
As a result this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green (or amber).
Sources: Expert Review, LiteratureCreated: 15 Oct 2018, 3:52 p.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Phenotypes
Global developmental delay; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of digit; Abnormality of limbs
Publications
Tag watchlist was removed from gene: TRAF7.
Gene: traf7 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Publications for gene: TRAF7 were set to 29961569; 27479843; 28135719
Tag watchlist tag was added to gene: TRAF7.
Gene: traf7 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Publications for gene: TRAF7 were set to 29961569; 27479843; 28135719; 25363760; 25961944
Publications for gene: TRAF7 were set to 29961569; 27479843; 28135719; 25363760; 25961944
Phenotypes for gene: TRAF7 were changed from Global developmental delay; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of digit; Abnormality of limbs to Cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies with developmental delay, 618164; Global developmental delay; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of digit; Abnormality of limbs
gene: TRAF7 was added gene: TRAF7 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Expert Review,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: TRAF7 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: TRAF7 were set to 29961569; 27479843; 28135719; 25363760; 25961944 Phenotypes for gene: TRAF7 were set to Global developmental delay; Abnormal heart morphology; Abnormality of digit; Abnormality of limbs Penetrance for gene: TRAF7 were set to unknown Review for gene: TRAF7 was set to GREEN
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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).
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.
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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.