Fetal anomalies
Gene: CDK8 Green List (high evidence)The rating of this gene has been updated following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval.Created: 3 Mar 2022, 11:19 a.m. | Last Modified: 3 Mar 2022, 11:19 a.m.
Panel Version: 1.836
Comment on list classification: Following curation and clinical review it has been agreed that the associated phenotype is fetally-relevant and therefore this gene should be promoted to Green at the next GMS panel update (added 'Q4_21_rating' tag)Created: 2 Nov 2021, noon | Last Modified: 2 Nov 2021, noon
Panel Version: 1.750
Green List (high evidence)
This gene and phenotype were reviewed during a meeting on 21st October 2021 between representatives of the North Thames and Central & South R21 testing GLHs.
Clinical review and curation was performed by Lyn Chitty, Alison Male, Rowenna Roberts, Rhiannon Mellis (North Thames GLH) and Stephanie Allen, Denise Williams and Esther Kinning (Central & South GLH).
Outcome of review: Confirmed that the phenotype is fetally relevant, support adding to the Fetal anomalies panel as a Green gene.
Already rated Green on the following other PanelApp panel(s): Intellectual disability; Severe paediatric disorders
Details of review:
Aggarwal et al 2020 report a heterozygous nonsense variant in a fetus with ventriculomegaly and Ebstein anomaly resulting in IUFD. Post-mortem found additionally congenital diaphragmatic hernia, common atrium and facial dysmorphism. This nonsense variant is at the same position as a hotspot for missense variants reported in a paediatric cohort (Calpena et al 2019, PMID: 30905399) with overlapping but milder phenotype: half of the 12 children in that cohort had cardiac defects, most had dysmorphic features - hence Aggarwal et al propose that this is a more severe (prenatal) presentation of the same multiple malformation syndrome, caused here by a nonsense rather than missense mutation.
Sources: Literature, Expert ReviewCreated: 29 Oct 2021, 1:48 p.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Phenotypes
Syndromic developmental disorder with hypotonia and behavioural abnormalities
Publications
Tag Q4_21_rating was removed from gene: CDK8.
Source Expert Review Green was added to CDK8. Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Publications for gene: CDK8 were set to PMID: 31742715; 30905399
Phenotypes for gene: CDK8 were changed from Syndromic developmental disorder with hypotonia and behavioural abnormalities to Intellectual developmental disorder with hypotonia and behavioral abnormalities, OMIM:618748
Gene: cdk8 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Tag Q4_21_rating tag was added to gene: CDK8.
gene: CDK8 was added gene: CDK8 was added to Fetal anomalies. Sources: Literature,Expert Review Mode of inheritance for gene: CDK8 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for gene: CDK8 were set to PMID: 31742715; 30905399 Phenotypes for gene: CDK8 were set to Syndromic developmental disorder with hypotonia and behavioural abnormalities Review for gene: CDK8 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).
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:
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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.