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Intellectual disability v9.300 MED12L Arina Puzriakova Tag Q3_25_promote_green was removed from gene: MED12L.
Intellectual disability v9.299 MED12L Arina Puzriakova reviewed gene: MED12L: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: ; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance:
Intellectual disability v9.298 MED12L Arina Puzriakova Source NHS GMS was added to MED12L.
Source Expert Review Green was added to MED12L.
Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Intellectual disability v9.144 MED12L Eleanor Williams changed review comment from: Since the last review additional cases have been reported.
In OMIM this gene is associated with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, OMIM:618872 (AD) - accessed 21st October 2025
In ClinGen the gene has a definitive rating with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, MONDO:0030030

There are now 3 more reports of plausable pathogenic variants in this gene in patients with an intellectual disability phenotype. 2 cases with de novo variants and 1 with a maternally inherited variant.

PMID: 36212160 - Park et al 2022 - WES to analyse 1,180 Korean patients with neurological symptoms. 1 individual with a de novo variant c.1895C>T; p.Ser632Leu in MED12L and a phenotype of global developmental delay and facial dysmorphism.

PMID: 35920825 - Ferraz et al 2022 - a male proband with a confirmed de novo germline frameshift variant in MED12L (NM_053002.6 (MED12L_v001):c.971del;p.(pro324Glnfs∗18)) identified by WES. The clinical phenotype included mild motor and speech delay, oligodontia, and dysmorphic signs. Of note the patient also carried 2 de novo chromosomal balanced reciprocal translocations: 46,XY,t(1;2)(p33;p22),t(5;9)(p15;q21) and the authors note that Nizon et al. 2019 report a patient with a balanced reciprocal translocation suggesting that the MED12L loss-of-function variant may contribute to chromosomal instability.

PMID: 40957966 - Dutta et al 2025 - report a proband with likely pathogenic MED12L nonsense variant (p.Arg1210Ter) which is maternally inherited (father also sequenced). At 2.5 yo the proband was diagnosed with global developmental delay, absent speech, ASD, hyperactivity, exophoria and myopia. Developmental regression began between 18 - 24 months. She has frequent respiratory infections. The 19 yo mother has a clinical history which includes speech delay and learning disability, but features are much milder than the proband. The proband also has inherited a pathogenic GAMT variant from her mother and a pathogenic TNFRSF13B variant from her father but these are not thought to contribute to the ID phenotype.; to: Since the last review additional cases have been reported.
In OMIM this gene is associated with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, OMIM:618872 (AD) - accessed 21st October 2025
In ClinGen the gene has a definitive rating with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, MONDO:0030030 (last curated November 19th, 2024)

There are now 3 more reports of plausable pathogenic variants in this gene in patients with an intellectual disability phenotype. 2 cases with de novo variants and 1 with a maternally inherited variant.

PMID: 36212160 - Park et al 2022 - WES to analyse 1,180 Korean patients with neurological symptoms. 1 individual with a de novo variant c.1895C>T; p.Ser632Leu in MED12L and a phenotype of global developmental delay and facial dysmorphism.

PMID: 35920825 - Ferraz et al 2022 - a male proband with a confirmed de novo germline frameshift variant in MED12L (NM_053002.6 (MED12L_v001):c.971del;p.(pro324Glnfs∗18)) identified by WES. The clinical phenotype included mild motor and speech delay, oligodontia, and dysmorphic signs. Of note the patient also carried 2 de novo chromosomal balanced reciprocal translocations: 46,XY,t(1;2)(p33;p22),t(5;9)(p15;q21) and the authors note that Nizon et al. 2019 report a patient with a balanced reciprocal translocation suggesting that the MED12L loss-of-function variant may contribute to chromosomal instability.

PMID: 40957966 - Dutta et al 2025 - report a proband with likely pathogenic MED12L nonsense variant (p.Arg1210Ter) which is maternally inherited (father also sequenced). At 2.5 yo the proband was diagnosed with global developmental delay, absent speech, ASD, hyperactivity, exophoria and myopia. Developmental regression began between 18 - 24 months. She has frequent respiratory infections. The 19 yo mother has a clinical history which includes speech delay and learning disability, but features are much milder than the proband. The proband also has inherited a pathogenic GAMT variant from her mother and a pathogenic TNFRSF13B variant from her father but these are not thought to contribute to the ID phenotype.
Intellectual disability v9.144 MED12L Eleanor Williams Classified gene: MED12L as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Intellectual disability v9.144 MED12L Eleanor Williams Gene: med12l has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Intellectual disability v9.143 MED12L Eleanor Williams Tag Q3_25_promote_green tag was added to gene: MED12L.
Intellectual disability v9.143 MED12L Eleanor Williams Phenotypes for gene: MED12L were changed from Motor delay; Delayed speech and language development; Intellectual disability; Behavioral abnormality; Abnormality of the abdomen; Seizures; Abnormality of the corpus callosum to Nizon-Isidor syndrome, OMIM:618872; Nizon-Isidor syndrome, MONDO:0030030
Intellectual disability v9.142 MED12L Eleanor Williams Publications for gene: MED12L were set to 31155615
Intellectual disability v9.141 MED12L Eleanor Williams edited their review of gene: MED12L: Added comment: Since the last review additional cases have been reported.
In OMIM this gene is associated with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, OMIM:618872 (AD) - accessed 21st October 2025
In ClinGen the gene has a definitive rating with Nizon-Isidor syndrome, MONDO:0030030

There are now 3 more reports of plausable pathogenic variants in this gene in patients with an intellectual disability phenotype. 2 cases with de novo variants and 1 with a maternally inherited variant.

PMID: 36212160 - Park et al 2022 - WES to analyse 1,180 Korean patients with neurological symptoms. 1 individual with a de novo variant c.1895C>T; p.Ser632Leu in MED12L and a phenotype of global developmental delay and facial dysmorphism.

PMID: 35920825 - Ferraz et al 2022 - a male proband with a confirmed de novo germline frameshift variant in MED12L (NM_053002.6 (MED12L_v001):c.971del;p.(pro324Glnfs∗18)) identified by WES. The clinical phenotype included mild motor and speech delay, oligodontia, and dysmorphic signs. Of note the patient also carried 2 de novo chromosomal balanced reciprocal translocations: 46,XY,t(1;2)(p33;p22),t(5;9)(p15;q21) and the authors note that Nizon et al. 2019 report a patient with a balanced reciprocal translocation suggesting that the MED12L loss-of-function variant may contribute to chromosomal instability.

PMID: 40957966 - Dutta et al 2025 - report a proband with likely pathogenic MED12L nonsense variant (p.Arg1210Ter) which is maternally inherited (father also sequenced). At 2.5 yo the proband was diagnosed with global developmental delay, absent speech, ASD, hyperactivity, exophoria and myopia. Developmental regression began between 18 - 24 months. She has frequent respiratory infections. The 19 yo mother has a clinical history which includes speech delay and learning disability, but features are much milder than the proband. The proband also has inherited a pathogenic GAMT variant from her mother and a pathogenic TNFRSF13B variant from her father but these are not thought to contribute to the ID phenotype.; Changed rating: GREEN; Changed publications to: 31155615, 36212160, 35920825, 40957966; Changed phenotypes to: Nizon-Isidor syndrome, OMIM:618872, Nizon-Isidor syndrome, MONDO:0030030; Changed mode of inheritance: MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Intellectual disability v3.1519 MED12 Ivone Leong Tag Q3_21_MOI was removed from gene: MED12.
Tag Q3_21_expert_review was removed from gene: MED12.
Intellectual disability v3.1519 MED12 Sarah Leigh commented on gene: MED12
Intellectual disability v3.1519 MED12 Ivone Leong Source NHS GMS was added to MED12.
Mode of inheritance for gene MED12 was changed from X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females to X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
Intellectual disability v3.1315 MED12 Eleanor Williams Tag Skewed X-inactivation tag was added to gene: MED12.
Tag Q3_21_MOI tag was added to gene: MED12.
Tag Q3_21_expert_review tag was added to gene: MED12.
Intellectual disability v3.1315 MED12 Eleanor Williams changed review comment from: Comment on mode of inheritance: Leaving the mode of inheritance as XL hemizigous in males, biallelic in females for now, but there are several (10+ female cases reported now with de novo variants in MED12 and an intellectual disability phenotype) so consideration should be given to changing the mode of inheritance to monoallelic in females.; to: Comment on mode of inheritance: Leaving the mode of inheritance as XL hemizigous in males, biallelic in females for now, but there are several (10+) female cases reported now with de novo variants in MED12 and an intellectual disability phenotype so consideration should be given to changing the mode of inheritance to monoallelic in females.
Intellectual disability v3.1315 MED12 Eleanor Williams Added comment: Comment on mode of inheritance: Leaving the mode of inheritance as XL hemizigous in males, biallelic in females for now, but there are several (10+ female cases reported now with de novo variants in MED12 and an intellectual disability phenotype) so consideration should be given to changing the mode of inheritance to monoallelic in females.
Intellectual disability v3.1315 MED12 Eleanor Williams Mode of inheritance for gene: MED12 was changed from X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females to X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
Intellectual disability v3.1314 MED12 Eleanor Williams Publications for gene: MED12 were set to 6711603
Intellectual disability v3.1313 MED12 Eleanor Williams edited their review of gene: MED12: Changed publications to: 33244165, 34079076, 33244166
Intellectual disability v3.1313 MED12 Eleanor Williams reviewed gene: MED12: Rating: ; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
Intellectual disability v2.876 MED12L Eleanor Williams Classified gene: MED12L as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Intellectual disability v2.876 MED12L Eleanor Williams Gene: med12l has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Intellectual disability v2.875 MED12L Eleanor Williams commented on gene: MED12L
Intellectual disability v2.857 MED12L Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: MED12L was added
gene: MED12L was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: MED12L was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: MED12L were set to 31155615
Phenotypes for gene: MED12L were set to Motor delay; Delayed speech and language development; Intellectual disability; Behavioral abnormality; Abnormality of the abdomen; Seizures; Abnormality of the corpus callosum
Penetrance for gene: MED12L were set to unknown
Review for gene: MED12L was set to AMBER
Added comment: Nizon et al. (2019 - PMID: 31155615) report on 7 unrelated individuals with nucleotide or copy-number variants in MED12L.

Features included motor delay (4/7), speech impairment (7/7) with ID of variable degrees (7/7 - mild to severe). Variable behavioral abnormalities (ASD in 4/7, aggressive behavior, ADHD, etc), functional GI anomalies, corpus callosum abnormalities and seizures were among other features noted in some/few. There was no recognizable facial phenotype.

Nucleotide variants included 1 stopgain, 1 frameshift and 2 splice site variants. 3 CNVs were reported (two 3q25.1 microduplications of 460- and 147-kb respectively and one microdeletion of 291-kb) although all spanned also other genes.

De novo occurrence was shown for 2 CNVs and 2 SNVs, as parental samples were unavailable for 3 of the subjects.

Contribution of other genetic (eg. an inherited 22q11.2 microduplication, VUS in other genes) or environmental factors could not be ruled out for few individuals.

Among the arguments provided:

MED12L encodes a subunit of the kinase module of the mediator complex, a complex required for transcription by RNA polymerase II. Mutations in other subunits of the kinase module (eg. MED12, MED13L, etc) have been implicated in intellectual disability.

The protein is localized in the nucleus. The gene is mainly expressed in the brain.

The functional effect of 2 CNVs was evaluated using the recovery of RNA synthesis assay, an assay reflecting global transcriptional activity. Fibrobast studies from one individual with microdeletion and one further subject with microduplication demonstrated decreased RNA synthesis compared to controls. Decreased RNA synthesis was also observed in cell lines from individuals with mutations in other genes for subunits of the mediator complex (eg. MED12 or MED13L) or from individuals with Cockayne syndrome.

Therefore haploinsufficiency is suggested to underly the transcriptional defect. (MED12L also appears to be intolerant to LoF variation with a pLI score of 1).

Some features appear to be common among the disorders caused by pathogenic variants in MED12L or other subunits of the kinase module (MED12, MED13, MED13L) eg. ID, abnormal behaviour or autistic features.

Animal models are not discussed / (probably not) available (MGI for Med12l : http://www.informatics.jax.org/marker/MGI:2139916).

MED12L is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM or G2P. The gene is not commonly included in gene panels for ID offered by diagnostic laboratories.

As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel, probably as amber (4 variants affecting only MED12L, segregation studies performed for 2, degree of ID reported mild on 2 occasions) pending further reports.
Sources: Literature
Intellectual disability v2.787 CDK8 Konstantinos Varvagiannis commented on gene: CDK8: Calpena et al. (2019 - PMID: 30905399 - DDD study among the co-authors) report on 12 unrelated individuals with pathogenic CDK8 missense variants.

Common features included hypotonia and DD (universal feature). Older children displayed variable degrees of ID (2 mild, 5 moderate, 2 moderate-severe). Other features included feeding difficulties, behavioral disorders, CHD, epilepsy (2 individuals), impaired vision and hearing problems in few.

CDK8 (alternatively CDK19) serves a one of the four subunits of a kinase module that reversibly binds to the mediator complex to regulate its activity (in turn, regulation of transcription). Mutations in other genes coding for the 3 other subunits of the kinase module (eg. MED12 or MED13L) lead to syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders.

8 missense CDK8 variants were reported in total. Ser62Leu (NM_001260.2:c.185C>T) was recurrent, observed in 5 subjects. The variants had occurred as de novo events in all cases (10 individuals) where parental samples were available.

All variants clustered in the kinase domain (residues 21-335 - of 464 total) around the ATP binding pocket. A thermal stability assay did not reveal gross protein instability in the presence or absence of ATP while the ability to bind ATP was retained for most/all variants. Study of STAT1 phosphorylation was suggestive of attenuated kinase activity for all variants, though to a lesser degree for 2 of them. Given the type of variants (all missense) and the pLI of 0.38 haploinsufficiency appears to be unlikely. A dominant-negative mechanism is favoured.

CDK8 is not associated with any phenotype in G2P.

As a result, CDK8 can be considered for upgrade to green or amber (if the degree of ID is relevant for the current panel).
Intellectual disability v2.468 MED12 Louise Daugherty Source Victorian Clinical Genetics Services was added to MED12.
Intellectual disability MED12 BRIDGE consortium edited their review of MED12
Intellectual disability MED12 BRIDGE consortium edited their review of MED12
Intellectual disability MED12 BRIDGE consortium reviewed MED12