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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v5.524 | ADA | Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: ADA were changed from Severe combined immunodeficiency due to ADA deficiency, 102700; Adenosine deaminase deficiency, partial, 102700 to Severe combined immunodeficiency due to ADA deficiency, OMIM:102700; Adenosine deaminase deficiency, partial, OMIM:102700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1749 | ADAR | Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: ADAR were changed from Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, 127400Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6, 615010; DYSCHROMATOSIS SYMMETRICA HEREDITARIA 1 to Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6, OMIM:615010; Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, OMIM:127400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1748 | ADAR | Arina Puzriakova reviewed gene: ADAR: Rating: ; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 16225627, 16817193, 19017046; Phenotypes: Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6, OMIM:615010, Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, OMIM:127400; Mode of inheritance: BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1746 | ADAR | Tracy Lester reviewed gene: ADAR: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: Intellectual disability, developmental delay, delayed speech and language, learning disability; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1720 | PTPA |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: PTPA was added gene: PTPA was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: PTPA was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: PTPA were set to 36073231 Phenotypes for gene: PTPA were set to Intellectual disability; Parkinsonism Penetrance for gene: PTPA were set to Complete Review for gene: PTPA was set to AMBER Added comment: Biallelic PTPA pathogenic variants lead to a form of ID with later-onset parkinsonism based on 4 individuals from 2 families in the literature. Affected individuals were homozygous for missense variants demonstrated to result to reduced mRNA and protein levels as well as PP2A complex activation. Drosophila studies support an age-dependent locomotor dysfunction. Variants in other PP2A-complex-related genes also lead to NDDs. Summary provided below. There is currently no associated phenotype in OMIM, G2P, PanelApp Australia or SysNDD. Consider inclusion in relevant panels (ID, Parkinsonism/movement disorders, etc) with amber rating pending further reports. ------ Fevga, Tesson et al (2022 - PMID: 36073231) describe the features of 4 individuals, from 2 unrelated families, with biallelic pathogenic PTPA variants. These presented with normal or delayed early milestones, learning disability and ID (mild to moderate) followed by progressive signs of parkinsonism (at the age of 11 yrs in 2 sibs, 15 yrs in another individual). Motor symptoms were responsive to levodopa and later to deep brain stimulation. Linkage analysis in one consanguineous family followed by exome revealed homozygosity for a missense PTPA variant (NM_178001:c.893T>G/p.Met298Arg). Exome sequencing in affected subjects from the 2nd family revealed homozygosity for a further missense variant (c.512C>A/p.Ala171Asp). There were no other candidate variants for the phenotype following parental / segregation studies. Role of the gene: As the authors discuss, PTPA (or PPP2R4) is ubiquitously expressed in all tissues incl. brain and encodes a phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activator of the dimeric form of protein phosphatase-2A (PP2A). PP2A in turn, is the major Ser/Thr phosphatase in brain targeting a large number of proteins involved in diverse functions. Activation of PP2A is dependent on its methylation, which is negatively regulated by the PP2A-specific methylesterase (PME-1). By binding to PME-1, PTPA counteracts the negative influence of the former on PP2A. Pathogenic variants in genes encoding subunits/regulators of the PP2A complex (e.g. PPP2R1A or PPP2CA) are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Variant studies: Upon overexpression of wt and both variants in a HEK-293 cell line the authors demonstrated that both variants resulted in significantly reduced mRNA and protein levels (which for Ala171Asp were attributed to increased proteasomal degradation). Both variants were shown to result in impaired PP2A complex activation compared to wt. Drosophila / animal models: Pan-neuronal RNAi-mediated knockdown of ptpa in Drosophila resulted in an age-dependent locomotor dysfunction, reversible with L-DOPA treatment. Previous studies in mice suggest cognitive/electrophysiological impairments upon downregulation of PP2A activity in transgenic mice. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1603 | CACNA1C | Eleanor Williams Phenotypes for gene: CACNA1C were changed from Brugada syndrome 3 611875; Timothy syndrome 601005 to Timothy syndrome, OMIM:601005; Timothy syndrome, MONDO:0010979; Long QT syndrome 8, OMIM:618447; long qt syndrome 8, MONDO:0032756; Brugada syndrome 3, OMIM:611875; Brugada syndrome 3, MONDO:0012742; CACNA1C-related disorder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1561 | DALRD3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910). Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant. Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger. WES guided by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents. DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR It's DALR anticodon-binding domain is similar to those found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases RARS1/2. As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, its product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. In particular, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs. In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS2). Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lysates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification of the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not observed for other tRNAs (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA) or controls. These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele. As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc). Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating. Sources: Literature; to: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910). Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant. Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger. WES in both followed by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents. DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, its product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. In particular, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs. In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS2). Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lysates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification of the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not observed for other tRNAs (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA) or controls. These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele. As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc). Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1561 | DALRD3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: DALRD3 was added gene: DALRD3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: DALRD3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: DALRD3 were set to 32427860 Phenotypes for gene: DALRD3 were set to ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86, # 618910 Penetrance for gene: DALRD3 were set to Complete Review for gene: DALRD3 was set to AMBER Added comment: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910). Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant. Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger. WES guided by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents. DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR It's DALR anticodon-binding domain is similar to those found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases RARS1/2. As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, its product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. In particular, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs. In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS2). Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lysates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification of the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not observed for other tRNAs (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA) or controls. These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele. As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc). Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1561 | FBXO28 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: FBXO28 was added gene: FBXO28 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: FBXO28 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: FBXO28 were set to 30160831; 33280099 Phenotypes for gene: FBXO28 were set to Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 100 (# 619777) Penetrance for gene: FBXO28 were set to unknown Review for gene: FBXO28 was set to GREEN Added comment: Heterozygous pathogenic FBXO28 variants cause Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 100 (# 619777). At least 10 individuals with monoallelic missense / truncating FBXO28 variants have been reported. The subject with de novo frameshift variant initially reported by Balak et al (2018 - PMID:30160831) was included with additional clinical details in a recent report along with 9 further individuals (Schneider et al, 2021 - PMID: 33280099). The phenotype corresponds to a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with severe/profound ID. As discussed by Schneider et al, all individuals had DD prior to seizure onset which occurred at a median age of 22.5 months (range: 8m - 5y). The authors noted that missense variants may be associated with a milder phenotype (e.g. seizures occurred at the age of 4-5 years in 3 individuals). Given these, FBXO28 appears to be relevant for inclusion in the current panel, with investigations prior to seizure onset. As in the summary by Schneider et al, the gene encodes F-box only protein 28, a ubiquitin ligase promoting ubiquitination and degradation of phosphorylated proteins. While FBXO28 has been suggested to have a critical role in 1q41q42 deletions (most spanning also WDR26) the authors note that a mechanism different than haploinsufficiency may underly FBXO28 encephalopathy. Importantly, all 5 truncating variants reported (and 2/4 missense ones) occurred in the last exon, making these variants less susceptible to NMD. 2 other (of the 4) missense variants clustered in the F-box domain, which the authors hypothesize may correspond to a second pathogenic region. 7/9 variants arose de novo while 2 individuals had inherited a missense and a stopgain variant from mosaic unaffected parents (2.5% and 6%). A comparison of the FBXO28-associated phenotype with the respective of 1q41q42 deletions and WDR26-related NDD is also made. Consider inclusion in the ID panel with green (or amber) rating. Please consider inclusion in other possibly relevant panels (e.g. microcephaly (4/10), movement disorders, etc). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1556 | FBXW7 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: FBXW7 was added gene: FBXW7 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: FBXW7 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: FBXW7 were set to 33057194; 35395208; 30885698; 26482194; 19963109; 20332316 Phenotypes for gene: FBXW7 were set to Neurodevelopmental abnormality; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Macrocephaly; Microcephaly; Abnormality of brain morphology; Abnormality of the corpus callosum; Abnormality of the cerebellum; Abnormality of the cardiovascular system; Seizures; Strabismus; Abnormality of the palate Penetrance for gene: FBXW7 were set to unknown Review for gene: FBXW7 was set to AMBER Added comment: While Kaplanis et al (2020 - Ref1), identified FBXW7 among 285 genes significantly associated with developmental disorders, a recent study by Stephenson et al (2022 - Ref2) describes the neurodevelopmental phenotype of 35 individuals making this gene relevant to the current panel. There are previous reports of dn/inh germline variants in individuals (likely 7) with tumor predisposition although a neurodevelopmental phenotype was not reported in most cases. There is currently no FBXW7-related phenotype in OMIM. The gene is included in the DD panel of G2P [associated with: FBXW7-related developmental disorder (monoallelic), confidence: definitive, citing the study by Kaplanis et al]. SysID lists FBXW7 among the candidate ID genes (same Ref.). The gene has a green rating for ID in PanelApp Australia (VCGS participating in the recent publication). Consider inclusion with amber/green rating. Also consider inclusion in other panels that may be relevant(macro/microcephaly, seizures, CHD, corpus callosum / cerebellar abnormalities, cleft palate, WT, etc). [1]------------ Kaplanis et al (2020 - PMID: 33057194), by combining exome data from 31,058 parent offspring trios from the DDD study, Radboudumc and GeneDx, identified 285 genes significantly associated with developmental disorders, 28 of which (incl. FBXW7) not previously robustly associated with these disorders. [2]------------ Stephenson et al (2022 - PMID: 35395208) provide clinical information on 35 individuals harboring germline monoallelic FBXW7 variants or chromosomal deletions spanning this gene. The phenotype corresponded to a phenotypically variable NDD characterized by hypotonia (in about 2/3), neurodevelopmental abnormality (34/35 - as discussed later), seizures (8/35), abnormal brain morphology (13/17 - in 7/17 abnormal CC, in 5/17 abn. cerebellum, etc), head circumference (macrocephaly in 10/35, microcephaly in 2/35). Additional features included abnormal palate or uvula morphology (10/35 - cleft palate in 3 from 2 families while 1 individual from a 3rd family had bifid uvula) or abnormal heart morphology (11/35), ophthalmologic features (e.g. strabismus in 5/35) or hearing impairment (2/35). There was no recognizable gestalt (deeply set eyes with upper eyelid fullness in 9/35). As for the DD/ID this ranged from borderline to severe, characterized as mild-moderate in 27/35, severe in 3/35. One individual did not present neurodevelopmental abnormality 1/35. FBXW7 encodes F-box and WD40 domain protein 7 which is part of the SCF E3 ligase complex (SKP1/CUL1/F-box protein) exerting a role of recognition and binding of target proteins for degradation by the ubiquitin proteasome system. In this way FBWX7 participates in regulating a network of proteins involved in cell division, growth, differentiation (as summarized by Roversi et al - Ref2). Most individuals were investigated by trio-WES/WGS (few with singleton WES or CMA only). 28 germline FBXW7 variants were identified incl. missense (N=21), pLoF (predicted or not to undergo NMD) and 2 deletions encompassing but not limited to FBXW7. Additional SNVs/CNVs (e.g. an inh intragenic DPP6 dup in one individual (#9) with deletion, other de novo 4q CNVs (#10), an inh 22q spanning partially an ISCA TS region, a CACNA1A and KMT2D SNV, etc) were reported in few individuals. Most variants arose dn (N=30) with two individuals displaying mosaicism (2/30) and three individuals having inherited the variant from their affected parent. CNVs had occurred dn. 3 missense SNVs were recurrent in unrelated individuals. All variants identified affected all FBXW7 isoforms. As the authors comment missense variants clustered at the C-terminal half of the protein with most (16/21) occurring within the WD40 domain. [The N-terminal part commented in the literature to affect localization]. The crystal structure of FBXW7 and SKP1 complex has been determined with CYCLIN E1/DISC1 as substrates, and in silico modeling revealed that all missense variants aligned with residues required for this interaction, or adjacent ones. All were absent from gnomAD, while missense variants from gnomAD (N=78) were not predicted have significant effect on the binding affinity. Variant studies revealed that most missense variants (6/7 tested - Arg689Gln being the exception) are unlikely to cause protein instability or degradation in vivo. Co-expression of these missense variants with CYCLIN E1 / E2, known FBXW7 substrates revealed that variants were less efficient at degrading the substrate with variants in the WD40 domain having greater impact (in some cases E1 / E2 - specific). Elav-Gal4 mediated neuronal knockdown of the Drosophila ortholog archipelago (ago) using 2 RNAi-s with different efficiency was shown to affect learning or compromise neuronal function (also related to the level of knockdown). The authors summarize results from animal models for the role of this gene in development and the nervous system. KO mice die in utero at E10.5 manifesting abn. of hematopoietic or vascular development and heart-chamber maturation(*). Some htz knock-in for human cancer variants, display perinatal lethality, abn lung, cleft palate (30%)(*),etc. Conditional gut specific deletion results in impaired differentiation of intestinal goblet cells (*)(constipation in 16/35 in cohort). KO limited to CNS and PNS results in defective sucking and morphological brain abnormalities. Haploinsufficiency in the nervous system was associated with impaired differentiation of neural stem cells (possibly through a Notch-mediated mechanism). KO in Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system resulted in enhanced myelination. Excessive oligodendrocyte cells and hypermyelination (as a result of elevated Notch & mTOR signaling) are observed in homozygous mutant zebrafish or after morpholino-mediated fbxw7 knockdown. Overall, the authors propose haploinsufficiency or loss-of-function as the underlying mechanism. Finally, as the authors comment, FBXW7 is a tumor suppressor among the most commonly mutated genes in human cancer (3.5%). Germline variants have been previously reported in individuals with cancer (Wilms tumor, rhabdoid, etc - most summarized below). However, none of the 35 individuals in this cohort (oldest 44 y.o.) had any history of cancer. Reports of individuals with germline variants causing (monoallelic) disruption of FBXW7 - cases without DD/ID: [3]------------ Mahamdallie et al (2019 - PMID: 30885698) investigated with WES a cohort of 890 individuals with Wilms tumor (799 non-familial disease, 91 from WT pedigrees). In this context they identified 4 individuals having developed WT (ages: 28-76m) with FBXW7 dn or inherited LoF variants (710G>A / p.Trp237* dn - 1972C>T / p.Arg658* - inh:NA, 1017_1021del5, 670C>T - paternal / p.Arg224* inh:NA - RefSeq not provided). One additional individual with a missense variant (1753A>T / p.Ser585Cys - dn) had developed rhabdoid tumor. While the authors mentioned additional features for other subjects in their cohort, among the 5 individuals with FBXW7 variants, only one had hypotonia (ID_0592) and another (ID_7520) had two febrile convulsions. [4]------------ Roversi et al (2015 - PMID: 26482194) described the phenotype of a 34 y.o. female with syndromic presentation (macrocephaly, nephrotic syndrome due to FSGS, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Wilms tumor, ovarian cystadenoma, breast carcinoma) harboring a 157 kb deletion of 4q31.3. Eventual DD/ID was not reported despite detailed clinical description. The deletion spanned almost the entire FBXW7 gene and a pseudogene (hg19 - chr4:153205202-153362047). The authors provided evidence that the del affected the maternal allele as dn event (maternal mosaicism excluded). Expression of FBXW7 in patient-derived EBV lymphoblastoid cell line revealed decreased levels of expression compared to controls. At somatic level, the authors looked for eventual 2nd hit in tumor tissue (which was not the case) while they demonstrated decreased FBXW7 expression in a WT sample compared to normal renal tissue. Previously, variants in other genes candidate for the phenotype were ruled out (Sanger & MLPA for TP53, BRCA1/2, PALB2, WT1, 11p15 MS-MLPA, std karyotype). [5]------------ Kuiper et al (2015 - PMID: 19963109), in a 58 y.o. patient with recurrence of RCC, identified a constitutional translocation [t(3;4)(q21;q31)]. Using long-range PCR they defined the breakpoints at 3q21.3 (128379059 - hg18) between the PLXNA1 and C3orf56 genes while the chr4 breakpoint was located within the second intron of FBXW7 (pos. 153500813 - hg18). There were no additional phenotypes reported. [6]------------ Williams et al (2010 - PMID: 20332316) reported a patient with WT harboring germline variants in WT1 and FBXW7. While the phenotype was sufficiently explained by a germline stopgain WT1 variant with a frameshift WT1 variant (as 2nd hit) confined to the tumor, the authors identified a germline in-frame FBXW7 insertion in the same individual (c.45_46insCCT / p.Thr15_Gly16insPro - RefS : NA) [if correct corresponding to: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/4-153332910-C-CAGG - 345/281696 alleles in gnomAD]. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1530 | MAN2C1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: MAN2C1 was added gene: MAN2C1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Other Mode of inheritance for gene: MAN2C1 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: MAN2C1 were set to 35045343 Phenotypes for gene: MAN2C1 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Abnormality of nervous system morphology; Abnormality of the corpus callosum; Ventriculomegaly; Polymicrogyria; Abnormality of the face; Macrocephaly Penetrance for gene: MAN2C1 were set to unknown Review for gene: MAN2C1 was set to GREEN Added comment: Biallelic pathogenic MAN2C1 variants cause Congenital disorder of deglycosylation 2 (# 619775). Mild to moderate impairment of intellectual development is a feature in most patients as in the OMIM's clinical synopsis for this disorder. ---- Specifically, Maia et al (2022 - PMID: 35045343) report the clinical features based of 6 relevant individuals (4/6 aged 4-18years and 2/6 fetuses) from 4 families. These individuals had non-specific dysmorphic features (micro/retrognathia being the most common in 5/6), different congenital anomalies, variable degrees of ID (3/4), as well as brain MRI abnormalities (PMG in 3/6 from 3 fam, ventriculomegaly in 3/6 from 2 fam, callosal anomalies in 4/6 from 3 fam, cerebellar hypoplasia 2/6 - 2 fam, vermis hypoplasia 4/6 - 3 fam etc). Macrocephaly was reported for 2/6 individuals (2 fam). While ID was observed in 3/4 individuals of relevant age (mild in 1/4, moderate in 1/4, unk in 1/4), delayed motor and language development was reported for all (4/4). All individuals harbored biallelic MAN2C1 variants following exome sequencing (previous investigations not reported), and Sanger sequencing was used for validation and segregation (parents/sibs). There were no putative pathogenic variants in known disease genes. MAN2C1 encodes mannosidase, alpha, class 2c, member 1, an enzyme playing a role in deglycosylation of free oligosaccharides (fOSs). The latter are generated and released in the cytoplasm or the ER lumen during N-glycosylation of proteins. fOSs are generated from two different pathways (ERAD and LLO) with a defect in an enzyme of the NGLY1 already described to cause a NDD due to defect of deglycosylation. In a later step oligossaccharides are trimmed by the action of ENGase to form fOS containing one GlcNAc (N-Acetylglucosamine) residue (fOSGn1) at the reducing end. Processing of these fOSs by the cytosolic α-mannosidase (MAN2C1) converts Man7-9Gn1 to Man5Gn1 subsequently transported to lysosomes for degradation. Variants incl. 3 missense SNVs incl. c.2612G>C/p.Cys871Ser, c.2303G>A/p.Arg768Gln, c.607G>A/p.Gly203Arg, one splice variant (c.601-2A>G/p.Gly201Profs*10) and one indel (c.2733_2734del/p.His911Glnfs*67). [RefSeq NM_006715.3] Most were present in gnomAD with low AF ranging from 0.013% to 0.11% while c.2303G>A/p.Arg768 has an AF of 0.33% with 5 homozygotes(*) in the database. Conservation and in silico predictions supported their effect. For the variant affecting the splicing acceptor site (c.601-2A>G) studies in patient fibroblasts confirmed skipping of ex6. Fibroblasts from 2 sibs cmp htz for Arg768Gln and c.601-2A>G (Gly201Profs*10) were studied for protein levels, demonstrating 90% reduction in the amount of MAN2C1. There was no truncated protein observed upon immunoblot. Protein abundance was not affected in fibroblasts from the individual who was homozygous for Gly203Arg. Mannosidase activities were studied upon overexpression in a HEK293 model, with Gly203Arg presenting similar activity to WT and Arg768Gln exhibiting only a tiny residual activity. Cys871Ser showed increased activity compared to WT. Using fibroblasts from controls and the same individuals as above, the authors showed that pathogenic MAN2C1 variants caused defects in fOS processing (delayed processing of high oligomannose species, reduced production of M5Gn1 with M8 and M9Gn1/2 species remaining at high levels) supporting a total/partial loss of mannosidase activity for Arg768Gln and Gly203Arg. In MAN2C1-KO HAP1 cell lines, M7-M9Gn1 species accumulated while M5Gn1 - the product of MAN2C1 - were absent. Complementation of KO HAP1 cells with Gly203Arg, Arg768Gln and Cys871Ser suggested impaired fOS processing for Gly203Arg and Arg768Gln (with significant amounts of M7-M9Gn1 species). Cells complemented with Cys871Ser did not exhibit fOS processing defects. The authors speculate that Cys871Ser could affect a non-mannosidase function of the enzyme relevant to brain development or that it might lead to abnormal inter-subunit interactions or tetramer formation. Finally, Maia et al summarize findings in previously described Man2c1-KO mice (cited PMID: 24550399). These appeared normal, did not exhibit differences in growth or lifespan and did not present behavioral alterations. Man2c1-KO mice had CNS involvement with histological analyses in favor of neuronal and glial degeneration with multiple vacuoles in deep neocortical layers and telencephalic white matter tracts. Vacuolization was not observed upon brain histology for the 2 fetuses studied which Maia et al speculate may occur at a later stage. In KO mice there was considerable accumulation of Man8–9GlcNAc oligosaccharides. ---- G2P includes MAN2C1 in it's DD panel (confidence: strong, MAN2C1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder with cerebral malformations). In PanelApp Australia, this gene is rated green in the ID, polymicrogyria, cerebellar hypoplasia and fetal anomalies gene panels. Consider inclusion in the current panel with green (3 individuals/families/variants, role of the gene, NDD phenotype also reported for NGLY1-related disorder of deglycosylation, variant studies) or amber rating (ID not a universal feature, still DD observed in all affected individuals). Please consider adding this gene in other relevant panels (as in PanelApp Australia, also for corpus callosum abnormalities, metabolic disorders, etc). Sources: Literature, Other |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1528 | ADAT3 | Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were changed from Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 36, 615286; MRT36 to Neurodevelopmental disorder with brain abnormalities, poor growth, and dysmorphic facies, OMIM:615286 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1518 | HEATR3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: HEATR3 was added gene: HEATR3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: HEATR3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: HEATR3 were set to 35213692 Phenotypes for gene: HEATR3 were set to Anemia; Thrombocytopenia; Growth delay; Short stature; Abnormality of the skeletal system; Abnormality of finger; Abnormality of the thumb; Intellectual disability; Obesity; Abnormality of the face Penetrance for gene: HEATR3 were set to Complete Review for gene: HEATR3 was set to AMBER Added comment: O'Donohue et al (2022 - PMID: 35213692) describe the clinical features of 6 individuals (from 4 unrelated families) with biallelic pathogenic HEATR3 variants. These included bone marrow failure (anemia/anemia and thrombocytopenia at presentation), short stature/growth retardation (4/6), facial features (5/6 - in some: straight eyebrows, d-s palpebral fissures, synophrys) and skeletal findings incl. disproportionately short fingers/thumb anomaly. ID was reported in 4/6 individuals from 3 families (all: mild ID | 2/6 without ID). The phenotype corresponded overall to a variant form Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA, disorder caused by variants in genes encoding for ribosomal proteins) with additional features. The 1st family (2 affected sibs and parents) underwent WES, not diagnostic for DBA. Analysis suggested variants in HEATR3 (prioritized due to its potential role in ribosome biogenesis) and 4 additional genes as candidates. Collaboration in the European DBA consortium and national DBA consortia led to identification of additional families. HEATR3 encodes Heat-repeat-containing protein 3 or symportin, a protein that co-imports uL5 (encoded by RPL11) and uL18 (RPL5) in the nucleus where they assemble with 5S rRNA to form 5S RNP. The 5S RNP complex incorporates with maturing large ribosomal subunits to form the central protuberance. When 5S RNP is not incorporated, it accumulates and associates with Hdm2 ubiquitin ligase, the later normally targeting p53 proteasomal degradation. The following missense and splice variants were identified (NM_182922): - c.1751G>Α/p.(Gly584Glu) hmz - c.1337G>A/p.(Cys446Tyr) hmz - c.399+1G>T in trans with c.719C>T/p.(Pro240Leu) - c.400T>C/p.(Cys134Arg) hmz Variants were confirmed with Sanger sequencing. They were dispersed across HEATR3 without clustering although they affect residues either in the ARM (38-320) or HEAT (415-675) repeat domains, at positions evolutionary conserved, with in silico predictions in favor of a deleterious effect. With the exception of Cys134Arg (AF:4.11x10-6/no hmz), all were absent from gnomAD. Studies in yeast suggested that deletions in symportin gene (syo1) lead to a mild growth defect and accumulation of 40S subunits. Similarly, two yeast strains engineered to test for the effect of the p.Gly584Glu (yeast p.Gly522Glu/Ala) exhibited growth defect and ribosomal subunit imbalance, both restored by wt Syo1. HA-tagged HEATR3 in HeLa cells suggested that the co-translational capture mechanism to chaperone uL18 (RPL5) is conserved in human cells but was not observed upon expression of the p.Cys446Tyr variant. While HEATR3 transcription was not affected in LCLs from individuals hmz for Gly584Glu or Cys446Tyr, protein levels were barely detectable, suggesting destabilization of the protein. While uL18 accumulates in cytoplasm and nucleus with expected enrichment in nucleolus, upon siRNA knockdown of HEATR3 in HeLa cells this enrichment was lost. Studies in fibroblasts (Gly584Glu) demonstrated reduced uL18 nuclear staining. Overall, HEATR3 was suggested to be important for nuclear import of uL18 (though not for uL5). LCL studies demonstrated pre-rRNA processing defects in patient cells with accumulation of 32S and 12S pre-rRNAs, the former being reminiscent of accumulations observed in individuals with RPL5- and RPL11-related DBA. Expression of wt HEATR3 restored processing defects. LCLs from affected individuals revealed loss of free 60S subunits (as in yeast) with expression of wt cDNA restoring Nl levels. Western blots of LCLs demonstrated that the levels of uL5, uL18 and p53 were not affected (the latter also observed in RPL5-related DBA) Studies of bone marrow smears from 2 affected individuals allowed to conclude in a strong defect in erythroid cell proliferation. Currently, there is no HEATR3-associated phenotype in OMIM, PanelApp Australia, G2P or the SysID database. Consider inclusion in the ID panel with amber (mild ID in >3 individuals/families/variants although not universal feature) or green rating. Also consider inclusion in other possibly relevant panels eg. for cytopenias/congenital anemias, short stature, etc. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1511 | ADARB1 | Arina Puzriakova Tag for-review was removed from gene: ADARB1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1510 | ADAM22 | Arina Puzriakova Tag for-review was removed from gene: ADAM22. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1510 | ADARB1 | Sarah Leigh commented on gene: ADARB1: The rating of this gene has been updated following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1510 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh commented on gene: ADAM22: The rating of this gene has been updated following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1509 | ADARB1 |
Arina Puzriakova Source Expert Review Green was added to ADARB1. Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence) |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1509 | ADAM22 |
Arina Puzriakova Source Expert Review Green was added to ADAM22. Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence) |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1478 | SPRED2 |
Zornitza Stark gene: SPRED2 was added gene: SPRED2 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: SPRED2 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: SPRED2 were set to 34626534 Phenotypes for gene: SPRED2 were set to developmental delay; intellectual disability; cardiac defects; short stature; skeletal anomalies; a typical facial gestalt Review for gene: SPRED2 was set to GREEN gene: SPRED2 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: PMID: 34626534 Homozygosity for three different variants c.187C>T (p.Arg63∗), c.299T>C (p.Leu100Pro), and c.1142_1143delTT (p.Leu381Hisfs∗95) were identified in four subjects from three families. All variants severely affected protein stability, causing accelerated degradation, and variably perturbed SPRED2 functional behaviour. The clinical phenotype of the four affected individuals included developmental delay, intellectual disability, cardiac defects, short stature, skeletal anomalies, and a typical facial gestalt as major features, without the occurrence of the distinctive skin signs characterizing Legius syndrome. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.778 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh Classified gene: ADAM22 as Amber List (moderate evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.778 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh Gene: adam22 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.752 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh Phenotypes for gene: ADAM22 were changed from to ?Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 61 OMIM:617933; developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 61 MONDO:0033370 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.751 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh Tag for-review tag was added to gene: ADAM22. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.751 | ADAM22 | Sarah Leigh reviewed gene: ADAM22: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.510 | FBXO31 |
Zornitza Stark gene: FBXO31 was added gene: FBXO31 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: FBXO31 was set to BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: FBXO31 were set to 24623383; 32989326 Phenotypes for gene: FBXO31 were set to Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 45, MIM#615979; Intellectual disability, autosomal dominant Review for gene: FBXO31 was set to AMBER Added comment: Bi-allelic variants: Single consanguineous family reported with homozygous truncating variant, limited functional evidence. Mono-allelic variants: 2 unrelated probands reported as part of a 'cerebral palsy' cohort harbouring the same de novo missense variant (p.Asp334Asn). The variant affects the cyclin D interaction site, leading to an apparent gain of function of cyclin D degradation, supported by Western blots from patient fibroblasts which showed decreased cyclin D expression. Patient phenotypes: Spastic diplegia, with esotropia, ID, dysarthria, mixed receptive/expressive language disorder, ADHD, cleft palate, intestinal malrotation and midgut volvulus (patient 1); Spastic paraplegia with ventricular dilation and thin corpus callosum, ID, attention deficit, anxiety, language impairments, strabismus, severe constipation (patient 2). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.410 | NEDD4L |
Eleanor Williams changed review comment from: Associated with Periventricular nodular heterotopia 7 #617201 (AD) in OMIM. PMID: 27694961 - Broix et al 2016 - report 4 different de novo missense changes in NEDD4L in a total of five unrelated patients with periventricular nodular heterotopia and neurodevelopmental delay, and in a additional familial case with a similar phenotype and a previously found missense variant. In the familial case, two affected siblings were found to be heterozygous for the variant, the father and an unaffected sibling did not carry the variant, and the mother was found to show somatic mosaicism of NEDD4L variant. Functional studies showed a sensitivity of PNH-associated mutants to proteasome degradation.; to: Associated with Periventricular nodular heterotopia 7 #617201 (AD) in OMIM. PMID: 27694961 - Broix et al 2016 - report 4 different de novo missense changes in NEDD4L in a total of five unrelated patients with periventricular nodular heterotopia and neurodevelopmental delay, and in a additional familial case with a similar phenotype and a previously found missense variant. In the familial case, two affected siblings were found to be heterozygous for the variant, the father and an unaffected sibling did not carry the variant, and the mother was found to show somatic mosaicism of NEDD4L variant. Functional studies showed a sensitivity of PNH-associated mutants to proteasome degradation. Seizures were reported in some but not all affected individuals. |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.369 | NEMF |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. (In one of these 8 cases it could not be ruled out that a de novo and maternally inherited variant were on the same allele, as phase was not determined). A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature; to: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. (In one of these 8 cases it could not be ruled out that a de novo and maternally inherited variant were on the same allele, as phase was not determined). A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides produced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration in mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.369 | NEMF |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. (In one of these 8 cases it could be ruled out that the de novo and maternally inherited variants were on the same allele, as phase was not been determined). A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature; to: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. (In one of these 8 cases it could not be ruled out that a de novo and maternally inherited variant were on the same allele, as phase was not determined). A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.369 | NEMF |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature; to: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. (In one of these 8 cases it could be ruled out that the de novo and maternally inherited variants were on the same allele, as phase was not been determined). A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.369 | NEMF |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: NEMF was added gene: NEMF was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: NEMF was set to BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: NEMF were set to 32934225 Phenotypes for gene: NEMF were set to Hypotonia; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Axonal neuropathy; Ataxia; Abnormal brain imaging; Kyphosis; Scoliosis; Tremor; Respiratory distress Penetrance for gene: NEMF were set to Complete Review for gene: NEMF was set to GREEN Added comment: Martin et al (2020 - PMID:32934225) report on 8 individuals from 6 families with a juvenile neuromuscular disease due to biallelic NEMF variants. A ninth individual with similar presentation was found to harbor a single NEMF missense SNV as de novo event (due to a speculated dominant-negative effect). This individual had a similar presentation. Features incl. hypotonia (4/8 with biallelic variant (B) | 1/1 monoallelic (M) ), DD/ID (7/8B | 0/1M) with speech delay as universal feature (8/8B | 1/1M), axonal neuropathy (3/3B | 1/1M), ataxia (3/8B | 0/1M). Other findings included tremor (1/7B | 1/1M), abnormal brain imaging (2/6B / ?/1M), kyphosis/scoliosis (4/8B | 0/1M), respiratory distress (1/8B | 0/1M). NEMF (Rqc2 in yeast) encodes the nuclear export mediator factor, a component of the Ribosome-associated Quality Control (RCQ) complex which is involved in proteolytic targeting of incomplete polypeptides prodduced by ribosome stalling. NEMF facilitates the recruitment of E3 ligase Listerin (LTN1) which ubiquitinates nascent polypeptide chains for subsequent proteasomal degradation. The author provide evidence that mice homozygous for Nemf missense mutations display progressive motor phenotypes, exhibit neurogenic atrophy and progressive axonal degeneration. A further NEMF-null mouse model displayed more severe phenotype (with heterozygous mice being unaffected). Equivalent mutations (of those in the above mouse model) in yeast (Rqc2) were shown to interfere with its ability to modify aberrant translation products with C-terminal tails which assist RQC-mediated protein degradation. Mutation of Ltn1 (belonging to the same protein control pathway) has been also shown to lead to neurodegeneration im mice. Overall NEMF is thought to play a role in neuronal translational homeostasis and the disorder to be mediated by dysfunction of the RQC pathway (normally protecting neurons against degeneration). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.276 | ADARB1 | Arina Puzriakova Publications for gene: ADARB1 were set to 32220291 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.275 | ADARB1 | Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: ADARB1 were changed from Intellectual disability; microcephaly; seizures to Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, microcephaly, and seizures, 618862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.274 | ADARB1 | Arina Puzriakova edited their review of gene: ADARB1: Added comment: PMID: 32719099 (2020) - Three additional patients from two consanguineous families with novel biallelic variants in the ADARB1 gene. All affected individuals presented global DD, severe-profound ID, intractable early infantile-onset seizures, severe microcephaly, axial hypotonia and progressive appendicular spasticity. In vitro RNA editing assays showed that both variants resulted in severe impairment or loss of ADAR2 enzymatic activity.; Changed publications: 32220291, 32719099 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.200 | ADAMTS10 | Arina Puzriakova edited their review of gene: ADAMTS10: Changed publications: 15368195, 18567016, 19836009, 25469541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.200 | ADAMTS10 | Arina Puzriakova Classified gene: ADAMTS10 as Amber List (moderate evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.200 | ADAMTS10 | Arina Puzriakova Added comment: Comment on list classification: While mild ID is reportedly a phenotypic feature associated with Weill–Marchesani syndrome, this is not evident in the literature cases. Therefore, a more consistent and/or significant pattern of ID is necessary for inclusion of ADAMTS10 on a diagnostic ID panel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.200 | ADAMTS10 | Arina Puzriakova Gene: adamts10 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.199 | ADAMTS10 | Arina Puzriakova reviewed gene: ADAMTS10: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 15368195, 18567016, 19836009; Phenotypes: Weill-Marchesani syndrome, 277600; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.170 | ADARB1 |
Arina Puzriakova changed review comment from: Variants reported in four unrelated individuals with severe/profound intellectual disability, microcephaly, and seizures. Functional studies demonstrate variants result in reduction of ADARB1 product activity or changes in splicing (PMID: 32220291). Homozygous knockout mice presented with seizures and early death, supporting the role of ADARB1 in brain function (PMID: 10894545) Gene is associated with phenotype in OMIM and G2P.; to: Gene is associated with phenotype in OMIM and G2P. PMID: 32220291 - Bi-allelic variants reported in four unrelated individuals with severe/profound intellectual disability, microcephaly, and seizures. Functional studies demonstrate variants result in reduction in ADARB1 product activity or changes in splicing. PMID: 10894545 - Homozygous knockout mice presented with siezures and early death, supporting the role of ADARB1 in brain function. This gene has also been added to the Genetic Epilepsy and Severe Microcephaly panels with a suggested Green classification at the next major review. |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.158 | ADARB1 | Sarah Leigh Classified gene: ADARB1 as Amber List (moderate evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.158 | ADARB1 | Sarah Leigh Gene: adarb1 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.157 | ADARB1 | Sarah Leigh Tag for-review tag was added to gene: ADARB1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.157 | ADARB1 | Arina Puzriakova reviewed gene: ADARB1: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 32220291; Phenotypes: Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, microcephaly, and seizures, 618862; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.35 | ADAM22 | Rebecca Foulger Classified gene: ADAM22 as Amber List (moderate evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.35 | ADAM22 | Rebecca Foulger Gene: adam22 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.34 | ADAM22 | Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: ADAM22: PMID:27066583. Muona et al., 2016 report a Finnish proband-parent-trio with intractable seizures and ID. Compound het variants c.1202G>A, p.Cys401Tyr and c.2396delG, p.Ser799IlefsTer96 were found in ADAM22. Functional assays showed that mutant proteins failed to form the LGI1-ADAM22 ligand-receptor complex. The variants are unlikely to be full LOF. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.34 | ADAM22 | Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: ADAM22: PMID:30237576 (Maddirevula et al., 2019) searched their database of clinical exomes for homozygous variants and report an 18 year old male with Arg860* variant and recurrent seizures (Supplementary Table). His development was normal until 5 months when he had a slower gain of milestones. He has ID with severely delayed speech. Family history revealed ID and epilepsy in his old brother and in wider family. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.34 | ADAM22 |
Rebecca Foulger gene: ADAM22 was added gene: ADAM22 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: ADAM22 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: ADAM22 were set to 27066583; 30237576 Added comment: Added ADAM22 to ID panel based on literature curation for Epilepsy phenotype. Patients in PMID:27066583 (Finnish trio with compound het ADAM22 variants in the proband) and PMID:30237576 (18 year old male with Arg860* variant) both report ID alongside epilepsy. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.24 | ADARB1 |
Zornitza Stark gene: ADARB1 was added gene: ADARB1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: ADARB1 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: ADARB1 were set to 32220291 Phenotypes for gene: ADARB1 were set to Intellectual disability; microcephaly; seizures Review for gene: ADARB1 was set to GREEN gene: ADARB1 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: Four unrelated individuals with bi-allelic variants in this gene. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.0 | EOGT | Zornitza Stark reviewed gene: EOGT: Rating: RED; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 31368252; Phenotypes: Adams-Oliver syndrome 4, MIM#615297; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.0 | ADAMTS10 |
Zornitza Stark gene: ADAMTS10 was added gene: ADAMTS10 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Expert list Mode of inheritance for gene: ADAMTS10 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Phenotypes for gene: ADAMTS10 were set to Weill-Marchesani syndrome 1, recessive, MIM#277600 Review for gene: ADAMTS10 was set to AMBER Added comment: Mild intellectual disability is described in around 10% of affected individuals. Sources: Expert list |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.0 | MN1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: MN1 was added gene: MN1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: MN1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: MN1 were set to 31834374; 31839203; 15870292 Phenotypes for gene: MN1 were set to Central hypotonia; Feeding difficulties; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Hearing impairment; Abnormality of facial skeleton; Craniosynostosis; Abnormality of the face; Abnormality of the cerebellum; Abnormality of the corpus callosum; Polymicrogyria Penetrance for gene: MN1 were set to Complete Review for gene: MN1 was set to GREEN Added comment: Two studies by Mak et al (2019 - PMID: 31834374 / Ref1) and Miyake et al (2019 - PMID: 31839203 / Ref2) provide sufficient evidence for heterozygous MN1 C-terminal truncating variants (predicted to escape NMD - localizing within the last nucleotides of exon 1 or in exon 2) being associated with a distinctive phenotype and DD and ID among the features. Mak et al also discuss on the phenotype of individuals with variants causing N-terminal truncation or with MN1 deletions (discussed at the end of this review). Overlapping features for C-terminal truncating variants included hypotonia, feeding difficulties, global DD and ID, hearing loss, cranial shape defects (/craniosynostosis in few), highly suggestive/distinctive facial features (eg. frontal bossing, hypertelorism, downslanting palpebral-fissures, shallow orbits, short upturned nose, low-set/posteriorly rotated/dysplastic ears, etc) and brain MRI abnormalities (eg. rhomboencephalosynapsis or cerebellar dysplasia, polymicrogyria, dysplastic CC). The majority of the affected individuals were investigated by WES/WGS with a single one tested by targeted MN1 Sanger sequencing due to highly suggestive features. Variable previous investigations incl. CMA in several, gene panel testing (Rasopathies, hearing loss, craniofacial panels, FMR1, etc) and metabolic work were normal in most. In a single case a likely pathogenic ACSL4 also explained part of the phenotype (Ref2). In the majority of these individuals, the variant had occured as a de novo event. Two sibs had inherited the truncating variant from a milder affected mosaic parent. A parental sample was not available for an additional individual. p.(Arg1295*) or NM_002430.2:c.3883C>T was a recurrent variant, seen in several individuals and in both studies. Several lines of evidence are provided for the MN1 variants and the role of the gene including: - For few individuals for whom cell lines were available, variants were shown to escape NMD by cDNA/RT-PCR/RNA-seq [Ref1 & 2]. - The gene has a high expression in fetal brain [Ref2 / fig S2] - MN1 (* 156100 - MN1 protooncogene, transcriptional regulator) has been proposed to play a role in cell proliferation and shown to act as transcription cofactor (increasing its transactivation capacity in synergy with coactivators EP300 and RAC3) [Discussion and Refs provided in Ref2]. - In vitro studies suggested increased protein stability (upon transfection of wt/mut constructs in HEK293T cells), enhanced MN1 aggregation in nuclei (when wt/mut GFP-tagged MN1 was expressed in HeLa cells), increased inhibitory effect on cell growth (MG63 cells - role of MN1 in cell proliferation discussed above) and retained transactivation activity (upon transient MN1 overexpression of wt/mt MN1 in HEK293T cells) for the variants. These seem to support a gain-of-function effect for the C-terminal truncating variants [Ref2]. - The truncating variants are proposed to raise the fraction of Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs = regions without fixed tertiary structure) probably contributing to the above effects [Ref2]. - Expression of FLAG-tagged MN1 wt/mut MN1 followed by immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry analysis (mCAT-Hela cells), provided evidence that MN1 is involved in transcriptional regulation: a. through binding ZBTB24 and RING1 E3 ubiquitin ligase (with mutant MN1 displaying impaired interaction with ZBTB24 and no binding to RING1) and/or b. through interaction with DNA-binding transcription factors PBX1 and PKNOX1. Proper MN1 degradation is proposed to mediate precise transcriptional regulation. [Ref2] - Transcriptome analysis in LCLs from an affected individual suggested dysregulation of genes relevant to neuronal development (eg. LAMP, ITGA, etc) and GO analysis suggested enrichment for pathways possibly linked to the observed phenotypes [Ref2]. - Discussed in both Refs1/2, homozygous Mn1-ko mice display abnormal skull bone development and die at/shortly after birth as a result of cleft palate. Heterozygous Mn1-ko mice display hypoplastic membranous bones of the cranial skeleton and cleft palate (CP), the latter with incomplete penetrance [Meester-Smoor et al 2005 - PMID: 15870292]. This is thus compatible with the cranial shape defects observed in C-terminal truncations (while CP has been reported in gene deletions, bifid uvula was reported once in C-terminal and N-terminal truncating variants, in the latter case with submucous CP). ----- The phenotype of other MN1 variants is discussed by Mak et al (Ref1) : - 3 individuals with MN1 N-terminal truncating variants (eg. Ser179*, Pro365Thrfs*120, Ser472*) presented speech delay, mild conductive hearing loss and facial features different from C-terminal truncations. None of these individuals had significant ID. - Microdeletions: One individual (#27) with 130 kb deletion harboring only MN1, presented microcephaly, DD and ID and mildly dysmorphic facial features. Deletions spanning MN1 and other genes (eg a 1.17 Mb deletion in ind. #28) and relevant cases from the literature reviewed, with mild DD/ID, variable palatal defects and/or facial dysmorphisms (distinct from the C-terminal truncating variants) among the frequent findings. [Please consider inclusion in other possibly relevant gene panels eg. for hearing loss (conductive/sensorineural in 16/20 reported by Mak et al) or craniosynostosis, etc]. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1143 | AFF3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Voisin et al. (2019 - https://doi.org/10.1101/693937) report on 10 individuals with de novo missense AFF3 variants affecting a 9-amino-acid sequence (degron) important for the protein's degradation and summarize the phenotype of an additional individual previously described by Steichen-Gersdorf et al. (2008 - PMID: 18616733) with a 500 kb affecting only AFF3 (LAF4) and removing also this sequence. The phenotype of missense variants consisted of kidney anomalies, mesomelic dysplasia, seizures, hypertrichosis, intellectual disability and pulmonary problems and was overlapping with that of the deletion. [10 of 11 subjects exhibited severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy]. 9 probands harbored missense variants affecting the codon 258 while one individual had a variant affecting codon 260 [c.772G>T or p.Ala258Ser (x2), c.772G>A or p.Ala258Thr (x6), c.773C>T or p.Ala258Val (x1) and c.779T>G or p.(Val260Gly) (x1) - NM_001025108.1 / NP_001020279.1]. The deletion removed exons 4-13. AFF1-4 are ALF transcription factor paralogs, components of the transcriptional super elongation complex regulating expression of genes involved in neurogenesis and development. Using HEK293T cells expressing FLAG-tagged AFF3 (and AFF4) wt or mutants, accumulation of mutated forms was shown upon immunoblot. Aff3+/- and/or -/- mice exhibit skeletal defects. These were more pronounced in homozygous mice which demonstrated also some elements in favor of kidney dysfunction and/or metabolic deregulation and possible neurological dysfunction (signs of impaired hearing and diminished grip strength). Homozygous mice had CNS anomalies (enlarged lateral ventricles and decreased corpus callosum size) similar to some affected individuals, although these were not observed in another Aff3-/- model. Knock-in mice modeling the microdeletion and the Ala258Thr variant displayed lower mesomelic limb deformities and early lethality respectively [cited PMIDs : 21677750, 25660031, knock-in model was part of the present study]. Accumulation of the protein in zebrafish (by overexpression of the human wt AFF3 mRNA), led to morphological defects. Reanalysis of transcriptome data from previously generated HEK293T cell lines knocked down for AFF2, AFF3 and AFF4 by shRNAs (study) suggested that these transcription factors are not redundant. Finally, CHOPS syndrome (#616368) due to mutations of AFF4 also leading to increased protein stability presents a partially overlapping phenotype (incl. cognitive impairment) to that of AFF3. ---- Shimizu et al. (8/2019 - PMID: 31388108) describe an additional individual with de novo AFF3 missense variant. The phenotype overlaps with that summarized by Voisin et al. incl. mesomelic dysplasia with additional skeletal anomalies, bilateral kidney hypoplasia and severe DD at the age of 2.5 years. Seizures and pulmonary problems were not observed. Although a different RefSeq is used the variant is among those also reported by Voisin et al. [NM_002285.2:c.697G>A (p.Ala233Thr) corresponding to NM_001025108.1:c.772G>A (p.Ala258Thr)]. ---- In G2P, AFF3 is associated with Skeletal dysplasia with severe neurological disease (disease confidence : probable / ID and seizures among the assigned phenotypes). There is no associated phenotype in OMIM. Some diagnostic laboratories include AFF3 in their ID panel (eg. among the many co-authors' affiliations GeneDx and Victorian Clinical Genetics - which was already listed as source for AFF3 in the current panel). ---- As a result this gene can be considered for upgrade to green (relevant phenotype and severity, sufficient cases, evidence for accumulation similar to AFF4, animal models, etc) or amber (pending publication of the article). [Review modified to add additional reference/case report]; to: Voisin et al. (2019 - https://doi.org/10.1101/693937) report on 10 individuals with de novo missense AFF3 variants affecting a 9-amino-acid sequence (degron) important for the protein's degradation and summarize the phenotype of an additional individual previously described by Steichen-Gersdorf et al. (2008 - PMID: 18616733) with a 500 kb deletion affecting only AFF3 (LAF4) and removing also this sequence. The phenotype of missense variants consisted of kidney anomalies, mesomelic dysplasia, seizures, hypertrichosis, intellectual disability and pulmonary problems and was overlapping with that of the deletion. [10 of 11 subjects exhibited severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy]. 9 probands harbored missense variants affecting the codon 258 while one individual had a variant affecting codon 260 [c.772G>T or p.Ala258Ser (x2), c.772G>A or p.Ala258Thr (x6), c.773C>T or p.Ala258Val (x1) and c.779T>G or p.(Val260Gly) (x1) - NM_001025108.1 / NP_001020279.1]. The deletion removed exons 4-13. AFF1-4 are ALF transcription factor paralogs, components of the transcriptional super elongation complex regulating expression of genes involved in neurogenesis and development. Using HEK293T cells expressing FLAG-tagged AFF3 (and AFF4) wt or mutants, accumulation of mutated forms was shown upon immunoblot. Aff3+/- and/or -/- mice exhibit skeletal defects. These were more pronounced in homozygous mice which demonstrated also some elements in favor of kidney dysfunction and/or metabolic deregulation and possible neurological dysfunction (signs of impaired hearing and diminished grip strength). Homozygous mice had CNS anomalies (enlarged lateral ventricles and decreased corpus callosum size) similar to some affected individuals, although these were not observed in another Aff3-/- model. Knock-in mice modeling the microdeletion and the Ala258Thr variant displayed lower mesomelic limb deformities and early lethality respectively [cited PMIDs : 21677750, 25660031, knock-in model was part of the present study]. Accumulation of the protein in zebrafish (by overexpression of the human wt AFF3 mRNA), led to morphological defects. Reanalysis of transcriptome data from previously generated HEK293T cell lines knocked down for AFF2, AFF3 and AFF4 by shRNAs (study) suggested that these transcription factors are not redundant. Finally, CHOPS syndrome (#616368) due to mutations of AFF4 also leading to increased protein stability presents a partially overlapping phenotype (incl. cognitive impairment) to that of AFF3. ---- Shimizu et al. (8/2019 - PMID: 31388108) describe an additional individual with de novo AFF3 missense variant. The phenotype overlaps with that summarized by Voisin et al. incl. mesomelic dysplasia with additional skeletal anomalies, bilateral kidney hypoplasia and severe DD at the age of 2.5 years. Seizures and pulmonary problems were not observed. Although a different RefSeq is used the variant is among those also reported by Voisin et al. [NM_002285.2:c.697G>A (p.Ala233Thr) corresponding to NM_001025108.1:c.772G>A (p.Ala258Thr)]. ---- In G2P, AFF3 is associated with Skeletal dysplasia with severe neurological disease (disease confidence : probable / ID and seizures among the assigned phenotypes). There is no associated phenotype in OMIM. Some diagnostic laboratories include AFF3 in their ID panel (eg. among the many co-authors' affiliations GeneDx and Victorian Clinical Genetics - which was already listed as source for AFF3 in the current panel). ---- As a result this gene can be considered for upgrade to green (relevant phenotype and severity, sufficient cases, evidence for accumulation similar to AFF4, animal models, etc) or amber (pending publication of the article). [Review modified to add additional reference/case report] |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1135 | SNX27 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: SNX27 was added gene: SNX27 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: SNX27 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: SNX27 were set to 25894286; 31721175; 21300787; 23524343 Phenotypes for gene: SNX27 were set to Generalized hypotonia; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures Penetrance for gene: SNX27 were set to Complete Review for gene: SNX27 was set to GREEN gene: SNX27 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: Evidence from 2 publications suggests that DD, ID and seizures are part of the phenotype of individuals with biallelic SNX27 pathogenic variants : --------- Damseh, Danson et al (2015 - PMID: 25894286) first reported on a consanguineous family with 4 affected sibs, homozygous for an SNX27 pathogenic variant. Features incl. hypotonia soon after birth, failure to thrive, severely delayed psychomotor development with no milestone acquisition, occurrence of myoclonic seizures with 3 individuals deceased early. Exome sequencing in one revealed a few candidate variants, with an SNX27 frameshift one [NM_030918.6:c.515_516del - p.(His172Argfs*6) / absent from ExAC] being the only retained following Sanger segregation studies. Using fibroblasts from an affected individual, Western blot with an antibody which would also bind prior to the truncation site, was consistent with dramatically reduced/absent SNX27 truncated mutant protein. Protein levels of VPS35, a component of the retromer responsible for direct cargo binding (not mediated by a cargo adaptor as SNX27), were normal. --------- Parente et al (2019 - PMID: 31721175) reported on a 13-year-old male with motor and language delay, ADHD, ID (kindergarten academic level at the age of 13) and seizures with onset at the age of 9 years (GTC, with abnormal EEG and postical SV tachycardia). Variable physical findings were reported. White matter hyperintesities were noted upon initial brain MRI (but were less marked in subsequent ones). Initial genetic testing (Alexander's disease, CMA, FMR1) was normal. Exome revealed compound heterozygosity for 2 SNX27 variants (NM_030918.5/NM_001330723.1 both apply c.510C>G - p.Tyr170* and c.1295G>A - p.Cys432Tyr) each inherited from healthy carrier parents. There were no other potentially causative variants. A parental history of - isolated - late onset seizures was reported (so this individual may not be considered for the seizure phenotype here). The authors also reported on a further 31-year old affected male. This individual had infantile hypotonia, poor eye contact with subsequent significant DD, seizures (febrile/afebrile T-C with onset at the age of 14m) and ID estimated in the severe range. Variable - though somewhat different - physical findings were reported. Initial work-up included basic metabolic testing, standard karyotype, FISH for 15q11 and subtelomeric regions and PHF6 genetic testing - all normal. Exome (and subsequent Sanger confirmation/parental studies) revealed compound heterozygosity for a missense and a frameshift variant (c.989G>A / p.Arg330His and c.782dupT / p.Leu262Profs*6 same in NM_001330723.1, NM_030918.6). --------- SNX27 encodes sorting nexin 27, a cargo adaptor for the retromer. The latter is a multi-protein complex essential for regulating the retrieval and recycling of transmembrane cargos from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network or the plasma membrane [Lucas et al 2016 - PMID: 27889239 / McNally et al 2018 - PMID: 30072228]. As summarized by Parente et al, the encoded protein by regulating composition of the cell surface influences several processes eg. neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity, Wnt signaling etc. It has been shown to interact with surface receptors and their ligands including GIRK channels, 5-HT4, ionotropic glutamate receptors (incl. NMDA- and AMPA-type receptors) and mGluR5 [several refs. provided]. Knockout of Snx27 in mice resulted in embryonic lethality (16% hmz of the 25% expected), severe postnatal growth retardation and death within the first 3 weeks. Snx27(+/-) mice have normal neuroanatomy but exhibit cognitive deficits (in learning and memory) and defects in synaptic function/plasticity with reduced amounts of NMDA and AMPA receptors (Cai et al - PMID: 21300787, Wang et al - PMID: 23524343). --------- The gene is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (eg. GeneDx) and a current primary ID gene in SysID. There is no associated phenotype in OMIM/G2P. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1098 | AP1B1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: AP1B1 was added gene: AP1B1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: AP1B1 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: AP1B1 were set to 31630788; 31630791 Phenotypes for gene: AP1B1 were set to Failure to thrive; Abnormality of the skin; Hearing abnormality; Abnormality of copper homeostasis; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability Penetrance for gene: AP1B1 were set to Complete Review for gene: AP1B1 was set to AMBER Added comment: Boyden et al. (2019 - PMID: 31630788) and Alsaif et al (2019 - PMID: 31630791) report on the phenotype related to biallelic AP1B1 mutations. Common features included failure to thrive, ichthyosis (with variable palmoplantar keratoderma/erythroderma/abnormal hair) and hearing loss. Each study focused on different additional features eg. thrombocytopenia or photophobia in all individuals reported by Boyden et al, while Alsaif et al. focused on abnormal copper metabolism (low plasma copper and ceruloplasmin) observed in all 3 affected individuals and enteropathy/hepatopathy observed in 2 sibs. DD was observed in all 3 individuals (2 families) reported by Alsaif et al. and patient 424 reported by Boyden et al. ID was noted in all individuals of relevant age (2 from 2 families) in the study by Alsaif. Boyden commented that ID is not part of the phenotype. The adult (424) - despite his early DD - was noted to have normal intellect and had graduated college. The other patient (1325) was last followed up at 11 months (still DD was not reported). AP1B1 encodes one of the large subunits (β1) of the adaptor protein complex 1. Each of the AP complexes is a heterotetramer composed of two large (one of γ, α, δ, ε and β1-β4 for AP-1 to AP-4 respectively), one medium (μ1-μ4) and one small (σ1-σ4) adaptin subunit. The complex is involved in vesicle-mediated transport. Variants were confirmed in probands and carrier parents (NM_001127.3): Boyden Pat424 (33y) : c.430T>C (p.Cys144Arg) in trans with c.2335delC (p.Leu779Serfs*26) Boyden Pat1325 (11m) [consanguineous Ashkenazi Jewish family] : homozygosity for c.2374G>T (p.Glu792*) Alsaif sibs P1,P2 (4y4m, 1y5m) [consanguineous - Pakistani origin] : homozygous for a chr22 75 kb deletion spanning only the promoter and ex1-2 of AP1B1 Alsaif P3 (4y6m) [consanguineous - Saudi origin] : homozygous for a c.38-1G>A Variant / additional studies : 22q 75-kb deletion: PCR deletion mapping and Sanger delineated the breakpoints of the 22q12.2 del to chr22:29758984-29815476 (hg?). Complete absence of transcript upon RT-PCR (mRNA from fibrolasts). Splicing variant (c.38-1G>A): RT-PCR confirmed replacement of the normal transcript by an aberrant harboring a 1 bp deletion (r.40del). Stopgain variant (c.2374G>T): Western blot demonstrated loss of AP1B1 (and marked reduction also for AP1G1) in cultured keratinocytes of the homozygous patient. Loss-of-function is the effect predicted by variants. Vesicular defects were observed in keratinocytes of an affected individual (homozygous for the nonsense variant). Rescue of these vesicular defects upon transduction with wt AP1B1 lentiviral construct confirmed the LoF effect. [Boyden et al.] ATP7A and ATP7B, two copper transporters, have been shown to depend on AP-1 for their trafficking. Similar to MEDNIK syndrome, caused by mutations in AP1S1 and having an overlapping phenotype with AP1B1 (also including hypocupremia and hypoceruloplasminemia), fibroblasts from 2 affected individuals (from different families) demonstrated abnormal ATP7A trafficking. [Alsaif et al.] Proteomic analysis of clathrin coated vesicles (2 ind from 2 fam) demonstrated that AP1B1 was the only AP1/AP2 CCV component consistently reduced in 2 individuals (from 2 families). [Alsaif et al.] Boyden et al. provided evidence for abnormal differentiation and proliferation in skin from an affected individual. In addition E-cadherin and β-catenin were shown to be mislocalized in keratinocytes from this affected individual. Loss of ap1b1 in zebrafish is not lethal but lead to auditory defects (/vestibular deficits). The inner ears appear to develop normally, although there is progressive degeneration of ear epithelia. There are no behavioral/neurological phenotypes listed for mouse models. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/marker/MGI:1096368 ]. AP1B1 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM/G2P/SysID. Overall this gene could be considered for inclusion in the ID panel probably with amber rating. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1021 | MED13 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Snijders Blok et al. (2018 - PMID: 29740699) report on 13 individuals with MED13 mutations. Features included DD with speech difficulties (both universal) and motor delay in some. ID was observed in at least 9/13 and in most cases was in the borderline/mild range (moderate ID reported for 1 individual). Other features were ASD (5/13), ADHD, eye/vision abnormalities and in few individuals obstipation or congenital heart anomalies. Some possibly overlapping facial characteristics were also noted. MED13 and MED13L are mutually exclusive components of the CDK8 kinase module that regulates the activity of the Mediator complex. The Mediator transmits signals from various transcription factors to RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Reversible binding of the CDK8 kinase controls Mediator - Pol II interaction (prevents Pol II recruitment) and thus acts as a molecular switch in Pol II - mediated transcription. DD and ID are features of the MED13L- and CDK8- related disorders. 3 stopgain, 2 frameshift, 6 missense variants and 1 in-frame deletion were reported. In 11 cases, the variants had occurred as de novo events, while 1 individual had inherited a nonsense variant from a similarly affected mother (unknown inheritance in her case). Effect of a stopgain variant was studied with similar (total) transcript levels between the affected patient and his parents/controls upon qPCR. Sanger sequencing of cDNA amplicons was suggestive of the presence of an aberrant transcript at ~70% levels relative to the normal transcript. Truncated protein was undetectable by Western Blot in mononuclear blood cells from affected subjects. Total MED13 protein levels were not clearly different when comparing an affected individual with his unaffected parent (?). Missense variants and the inframe deletion clustered either in the N- or the C-terminal domain, with the N-terminal ones all (T326I, T326del, P327S, P327Q / NM_005121.2 - NP_005112.2) affecting positions of a known phosphodegron sequence, important for the protein's ubiquitination and degradation. Another previously studied variant (T326A) had been shown to prevent degradation. As a result, the variants affecting aa 326-327 might lead to altered (increased) levels of MED13. The remaining missense variants affected the C-terminal portion (Q2060L, A2064V). As a result the impact of the different subcategories of variants remains unclear/inconclusive. MED13 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM. This gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "MED13 - Neurodevelopment disorder" (dis. confidence : probable / mutation consequence : LoF / GDD, speech/language delay, ID, autistic behavior among the assigned phenotypes). MED13 is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (incl. Radboudumc). ID is part of the phenotype of MED13-related disorder, however as the severity in most individuals - when present - was in the borderline/mild range (not relevant for the present panel) and/or the underlying effect of mutations remains unclear, amber rating can probably be considered for this gene. Sources: Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Literature; to: Snijders Blok et al. (2018 - PMID: 29740699) report on 13 individuals with MED13 mutations. Features included DD with speech difficulties (both universal) and motor delay in some. ID was observed in at least 9/13 and in most cases was in the borderline/mild range (moderate ID reported for 1 individual). Other features were ASD (5/13), ADHD, eye/vision abnormalities and in few individuals obstipation or congenital heart anomalies. Some possibly overlapping facial characteristics were also noted. MED13 and MED13L are mutually exclusive components of the CDK8 kinase module that regulates the activity of the Mediator complex. The Mediator transmits signals from various transcription factors to RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Reversible binding of the CDK8 kinase controls Mediator - Pol II interaction (prevents Pol II recruitment) and thus acts as a molecular switch in Pol II - mediated transcription. DD and ID are features of the MED13L- and CDK8- related disorders. 3 stopgain, 2 frameshift, 6 missense variants and 1 in-frame deletion were reported. In 11 cases, the variants had occurred as de novo events, while 1 individual had inherited a nonsense variant from a similarly affected mother (unknown inheritance in her case). Effect of a stopgain variant was studied with similar (total) transcript levels between the affected patient and his parents/controls upon qPCR. Sanger sequencing of cDNA amplicons was suggestive of the presence of an aberrant transcript at ~70% levels relative to the normal transcript. Truncated protein was undetectable by Western Blot in mononuclear blood cells from affected subjects. Total MED13 protein levels were not clearly different when comparing an affected individual with his unaffected parent (?). Missense variants and the inframe deletion clustered either in the N- or the C-terminal domain, with the N-terminal ones all (T326I, T326del, P327S, P327Q / NM_005121.2 - NP_005112.2) affecting positions of a known phosphodegron sequence, important for the protein's ubiquitination and degradation. Another previously studied variant (T326A) had been shown to prevent degradation. As a result, the variants affecting aa 326-327 might lead to altered (increased) levels of MED13. The remaining missense variants affected the C-terminal portion (Q2060L, A2064V). As a result the impact of the different subcategories of variants remains unclear/inconclusive. MED13 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM. This gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "MED13 - Neurodevelopment disorder" (dis. confidence : probable / mutation consequence : LoF / GDD, speech/language delay, ID, autistic behavior among the assigned phenotypes). MED13 is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (incl. Radboudumc). ID is part of the phenotype of MED13-related disorder. However as the severity in most individuals - when present - was in the borderline/mild range (not relevant for the present panel) and/or the underlying effect of mutations remains unclear, amber rating seems more appropriate. Sources: Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1021 | MED13 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: MED13 was added gene: MED13 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: MED13 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: MED13 were set to 29740699 Phenotypes for gene: MED13 were set to Delayed speech and language development; Motor delay; Intellectual disability; Autistic behavior; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Abnormality of the eye; Constipation Penetrance for gene: MED13 were set to unknown Review for gene: MED13 was set to AMBER gene: MED13 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: Snijders Blok et al. (2018 - PMID: 29740699) report on 13 individuals with MED13 mutations. Features included DD with speech difficulties (both universal) and motor delay in some. ID was observed in at least 9/13 and in most cases was in the borderline/mild range (moderate ID reported for 1 individual). Other features were ASD (5/13), ADHD, eye/vision abnormalities and in few individuals obstipation or congenital heart anomalies. Some possibly overlapping facial characteristics were also noted. MED13 and MED13L are mutually exclusive components of the CDK8 kinase module that regulates the activity of the Mediator complex. The Mediator transmits signals from various transcription factors to RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Reversible binding of the CDK8 kinase controls Mediator - Pol II interaction (prevents Pol II recruitment) and thus acts as a molecular switch in Pol II - mediated transcription. DD and ID are features of the MED13L- and CDK8- related disorders. 3 stopgain, 2 frameshift, 6 missense variants and 1 in-frame deletion were reported. In 11 cases, the variants had occurred as de novo events, while 1 individual had inherited a nonsense variant from a similarly affected mother (unknown inheritance in her case). Effect of a stopgain variant was studied with similar (total) transcript levels between the affected patient and his parents/controls upon qPCR. Sanger sequencing of cDNA amplicons was suggestive of the presence of an aberrant transcript at ~70% levels relative to the normal transcript. Truncated protein was undetectable by Western Blot in mononuclear blood cells from affected subjects. Total MED13 protein levels were not clearly different when comparing an affected individual with his unaffected parent (?). Missense variants and the inframe deletion clustered either in the N- or the C-terminal domain, with the N-terminal ones all (T326I, T326del, P327S, P327Q / NM_005121.2 - NP_005112.2) affecting positions of a known phosphodegron sequence, important for the protein's ubiquitination and degradation. Another previously studied variant (T326A) had been shown to prevent degradation. As a result, the variants affecting aa 326-327 might lead to altered (increased) levels of MED13. The remaining missense variants affected the C-terminal portion (Q2060L, A2064V). As a result the impact of the different subcategories of variants remains unclear/inconclusive. MED13 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM. This gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "MED13 - Neurodevelopment disorder" (dis. confidence : probable / mutation consequence : LoF / GDD, speech/language delay, ID, autistic behavior among the assigned phenotypes). MED13 is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (incl. Radboudumc). ID is part of the phenotype of MED13-related disorder, however as the severity in most individuals - when present - was in the borderline/mild range (not relevant for the present panel) and/or the underlying effect of mutations remains unclear, amber rating can probably be considered for this gene. Sources: Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1004 | AFF3 | Rebecca Foulger changed review comment from: As noted by Konstantinos Varvagiannis, Voisin et al., 2019 (not yet in PubMed) describe de novo missense variants in the degron of AFF3 (a region required for its degradation) in 10 unrelated individuals with symptoms including ID. 4 different missense variants were identified (p.A258S, p.A258T, p.A258V and p.V260G). Although there are sufficient cases with a relevant phenotype, I have rated as Amber pending publication of the 2019 article: as OMIM note in their correspondance on AFF3, information changes from the initial bioRxiv upload to peer-reviewed publication. Therefore updated rating of AFF3 from Red to Amber, added 'watchlist' tag (in addition to missense tag), and will re-curate when the paper is published.; to: As noted by Konstantinos Varvagiannis, Voisin et al., 2019 (not yet in PubMed) describe de novo missense variants in the degron of AFF3 (a region required for its degradation) in 10 unrelated individuals with symptoms including ID. 4 different missense variants were identified (p.A258S, p.A258T, p.A258V and p.V260G). Although there are sufficient cases with a relevant phenotype (plus the individual reported in PMID:18616733), I have rated as Amber pending publication of the Voisin 2019 article: as OMIM note in their correspondance on AFF3, information changes from the initial bioRxiv upload to peer-reviewed publication. Therefore updated rating of AFF3 from Red to Amber, added 'watchlist' tag and 'missense' tag, and will re-curate when the paper is published. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.996 | AFF3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Voisin et al. (2019 - https://doi.org/10.1101/693937) report on 10 individuals with de novo missense AFF3 variants affecting a 9-amino-acid sequence (degron) important for the protein's degradation and summarize the phenotype of an additional individual previously described by Steichen-Gersdorf et al. (2008 - PMID: 18616733) with a 500 kb affecting only AFF3 (LAF4) and removing also this sequence. The phenotype of missense variants consisted of kidney anomalies, mesomelic dysplasia, seizures, hypertrichosis, intellectual disability and pulmonary problems and was overlapping with that of the deletion. [10 of 11 subjects exhibited severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy]. 9 probands harbored missense variants affecting the codon 258 while one individual had a variant affecting codon 260 [c.772G>T or p.Ala258Ser (x2), c.772G>A or p.Ala258Thr (x6), c.773C>T or p.Ala258Val (x1) and c.779T>G or p.(Val260Gly) (x1) - NM_001025108.1 / NP_001020279.1]. The deletion removed exons 4-13. AFF1-4 are ALF transcription factor paralogs, components of the transcriptional super elongation complex regulating expression of genes involved in neurogenesis and development. Using HEK293T cells expressing FLAG-tagged AFF3 (and AFF4) wt or mutants, accumulation of mutated forms was shown upon immunoblot. Aff3+/- and/or -/- mice exhibit skeletal defects. These were more pronounced in homozygous mice which demonstrated also some elements in favor of kidney dysfunction and/or metabolic deregulation and possible neurological dysfunction (signs of impaired hearing and diminished grip strength). Homozygous mice had CNS anomalies (enlarged lateral ventricles and decreased corpus callosum size) similar to some affected individuals, although these were not observed in another Aff3-/- model. Knock-in mice modeling the microdeletion and the Ala258Thr variant displayed lower mesomelic limb deformities and early lethality respectively [cited PMIDs : 21677750, 25660031, knock-in model was part of the present study]. Accumulation of the protein in zebrafish (by overexpression of the human wt AFF3 mRNA), led to morphological defects. Reanalysis of transcriptome data from previously generated HEK293T cell lines knocked down for AFF2, AFF3 and AFF4 by shRNAs (study) suggested that these transcription factors are not redundant. Finally, CHOPS syndrome (#616368) due to mutations of AFF4 also leading to increased protein stability presents a partially overlapping phenotype (incl. cognitive impairment) to that of AFF3. ---- In G2P, AFF3 is associated with Skeletal dysplasia with severe neurological disease (disease confidence : probable / ID and seizures among the assigned phenotypes). There is no associated phenotype in OMIM. Some diagnostic laboratories include AFF3 in their ID panel (eg. among the many co-authors' affiliations GeneDx and Victorian Clinical Genetics - which was already listed as source for AFF3 in the current panel). ---- As a result this gene can be considered for upgrade to green (relevant phenotype and severity, sufficient cases, evidence for accumulation similar to AFF4, animal models, etc) or amber (pending publication of the article).; to: Voisin et al. (2019 - https://doi.org/10.1101/693937) report on 10 individuals with de novo missense AFF3 variants affecting a 9-amino-acid sequence (degron) important for the protein's degradation and summarize the phenotype of an additional individual previously described by Steichen-Gersdorf et al. (2008 - PMID: 18616733) with a 500 kb affecting only AFF3 (LAF4) and removing also this sequence. The phenotype of missense variants consisted of kidney anomalies, mesomelic dysplasia, seizures, hypertrichosis, intellectual disability and pulmonary problems and was overlapping with that of the deletion. [10 of 11 subjects exhibited severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy]. 9 probands harbored missense variants affecting the codon 258 while one individual had a variant affecting codon 260 [c.772G>T or p.Ala258Ser (x2), c.772G>A or p.Ala258Thr (x6), c.773C>T or p.Ala258Val (x1) and c.779T>G or p.(Val260Gly) (x1) - NM_001025108.1 / NP_001020279.1]. The deletion removed exons 4-13. AFF1-4 are ALF transcription factor paralogs, components of the transcriptional super elongation complex regulating expression of genes involved in neurogenesis and development. Using HEK293T cells expressing FLAG-tagged AFF3 (and AFF4) wt or mutants, accumulation of mutated forms was shown upon immunoblot. Aff3+/- and/or -/- mice exhibit skeletal defects. These were more pronounced in homozygous mice which demonstrated also some elements in favor of kidney dysfunction and/or metabolic deregulation and possible neurological dysfunction (signs of impaired hearing and diminished grip strength). Homozygous mice had CNS anomalies (enlarged lateral ventricles and decreased corpus callosum size) similar to some affected individuals, although these were not observed in another Aff3-/- model. Knock-in mice modeling the microdeletion and the Ala258Thr variant displayed lower mesomelic limb deformities and early lethality respectively [cited PMIDs : 21677750, 25660031, knock-in model was part of the present study]. Accumulation of the protein in zebrafish (by overexpression of the human wt AFF3 mRNA), led to morphological defects. Reanalysis of transcriptome data from previously generated HEK293T cell lines knocked down for AFF2, AFF3 and AFF4 by shRNAs (study) suggested that these transcription factors are not redundant. Finally, CHOPS syndrome (#616368) due to mutations of AFF4 also leading to increased protein stability presents a partially overlapping phenotype (incl. cognitive impairment) to that of AFF3. ---- Shimizu et al. (8/2019 - PMID: 31388108) describe an additional individual with de novo AFF3 missense variant. The phenotype overlaps with that summarized by Voisin et al. incl. mesomelic dysplasia with additional skeletal anomalies, bilateral kidney hypoplasia and severe DD at the age of 2.5 years. Seizures and pulmonary problems were not observed. Although a different RefSeq is used the variant is among those also reported by Voisin et al. [NM_002285.2:c.697G>A (p.Ala233Thr) corresponding to NM_001025108.1:c.772G>A (p.Ala258Thr)]. ---- In G2P, AFF3 is associated with Skeletal dysplasia with severe neurological disease (disease confidence : probable / ID and seizures among the assigned phenotypes). There is no associated phenotype in OMIM. Some diagnostic laboratories include AFF3 in their ID panel (eg. among the many co-authors' affiliations GeneDx and Victorian Clinical Genetics - which was already listed as source for AFF3 in the current panel). ---- As a result this gene can be considered for upgrade to green (relevant phenotype and severity, sufficient cases, evidence for accumulation similar to AFF4, animal models, etc) or amber (pending publication of the article). [Review modified to add additional reference/case report] |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.853 | ALKBH8 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: ALKBH8 was added gene: ALKBH8 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: ALKBH8 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Phenotypes for gene: ALKBH8 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures Penetrance for gene: ALKBH8 were set to Complete Review for gene: ALKBH8 was set to AMBER Added comment: Monies et al. (2019 - PMID: 31079898) report on 7 individuals from 2 different consanguineous Saoudi families, harboring homozygous truncating ALKBH8 pathogenic variants. The same individuals are included in another concurrent publication from the same group (Monies et al. 2019 - PMID: 31130284). All presented with DD and ID (Fam1 : moderate in the proband, degree not commented on for his 3 sibs / Fam2 : mild in the proband, severe in all his 3 sibs). Epilepsy was reported for 6/7 individuals although the type has not been commented on (onset 9-12 months to 2 years). Variable other features were noted in few. Affected subjects from the first family were homozygous for a stopgain variant (NM_001301010.1:c.1660C>T or p.Arg554Ter) while individuals from the second family were homozygous for a frameshift one (c.1794delC or p.Trp599Glyfs*19). The variants affected in both cases the last exon of ALKBH8 and RT-PCR confirmed that they escape NMD. Alternative causes were ruled out, at least for the proband from the second family (chromosomal analysis, SNP-array, metabolic investigations). Linkage analysis of both families confirmed linkage to the same autozygous interval of chr11q22.3 with a LOD score of 6. Segregation analyses in both families, confirmed homozygosity for the truncating variants in affected members and heterozygosity in their parents (or several unaffected sibs, none of those studied was homozygous for the ref. allele). In mouse or human cells, ALKBH8 has previously been shown to be involved in tRNA modifications of the wobble uridines of specific tRNAs (PMIDs cited: 20308323, 20583019, 21653555). LC-MS/MS analyses of tRNA extracted from LCLs derived from affected individuals, unaffected relatives (UR) and independent controls (IC) revealed that wobble nucleotide modifications were completely absent (or dramatically decreased in the case of mcm5U) in affected individuals but readily detected in UR/IC. As specific modifications were absent, substantial amounts of precursors (eg. cm5U - the precursor of mcm5U) were detected in affected individuals but not in unaffected ones. Absence of wobble modifications (eg. mchm5U) has equally been observed in Alkbh8 knockout mice. Alkbh8-deficient mice show similar increases in precursors. Alkbh8 KO mice are however phenotypically normal (the authors comment that eventual cognitive defects were not formally evaluated and might have been missed - PMIDs cited: 20123966, 21285950). As a result, the studies carried out confirmed the loss-of-function effect and were in line with previous functional studies in animal models, although the pathogenesis of ID remains unclear. The expression profile of ALKBH8 is also unclear (wide profile of expression suggested developmentally, the authors studied LCLs, other studies suggest that embryonic expression is broad but becomes progressively more restricted to specific neuronal cells). Mutations in other genes involved in tRNA modification (eg. ADAT3, PUS3, PUS7) have been shown underlie disorders affecting the CNS, with ID as a feature. ALKBH8 is not currently associated with any phenotype in OMIM / G2P. As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID/epilepsy panels as amber pending further evidence. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.853 | AP2M1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: AP2M1 was added gene: AP2M1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: AP2M1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: AP2M1 were set to 31104773 Phenotypes for gene: AP2M1 were set to Generalized hypotonia; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Ataxia; Autistic behavior Penetrance for gene: AP2M1 were set to Complete Review for gene: AP2M1 was set to GREEN Added comment: Helbig et al. (2019 - PMID: 31104773) report on 4 individuals with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy due to a recurrent de novo AP2M1 missense variant (NM_004068.3:c.508C>T or p.Arg170Trp). Seizure types included atonic, myoclonic-atonic, absence seizures (with or without eyelid myoclonia), tonic-clonic etc. Hypotonia, developmental delay (prior to the onset of seizures at 1y 3m to 4y) and intellectual disability were observed in all four. Other features included ataxia (3/4) or autism spectrum disorder (2/4). AP2M1 encodes the μ-subunit of the adaptor protein complex 2 (AP-2). AP2M1 is highly expressed in the CNS. The AP-2 complex is involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis at the plasma mebrane of neurons and non-neuronal cells. This mechanism is important for recycling synaptic vesicle components at mammalian central synapses. Previous evidence suggests regulation of GABA and/or glutamate receptors at the neuronal surface by AP-2 (several references provided by Helbig et al.). The authors provide evidence for impaired (reduced) clathrin-mediated endocytosis of transferrin in AP-2μ-depleted human HeLa cells upon plasmid-based re-expression of the Arg170Trp variant compaired to re-expression of WT. A similar defect was demonstrated upon comparison of the same process when WT and Arg170Trp re-expression was studied in primary astrocytes from conditional AP-2μ knockout mice. Expression levels, protein stability, membrane recruitment and localization of the AP-2 complex in clathrin-coated pits were similar for the Arg170Trp variant and WT. As a result, the effect of the specific variant is suggested to be mediated by alteration of the AP-2 complex function (/impaired recognition of cargo membrane proteins) rather than haploinsufficiency. AP2M1 is highly intolerant to missense / LoF variants with z-score and pLI in ExAC of 5.82 and 0.99 respectively. As the authors discuss, heterozygous Ap2m1 mutant mice do not have an apparent phenotype. Homozygous mutant mice die before day 3.5 postcoitus, suggesting a critical role in early embryonic development (PMID 16227583 cited) AP2M1 is currently not associated with any phenotype in OMIM / G2P. As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the epilepsy and ID panels probably as green (4 individuals with highly similar phenotype of DEE, relevance of phenotype and/or degree of ID, functional studies, etc) rather than amber (single recurrent variant - although this is also the case for other genes rated green). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.723 | DOCK6 | Louise Daugherty Phenotypes for gene: DOCK6 were changed from Adams-Oliver syndrome 2 614219 to Adams-Oliver syndrome 2, 614219; intellectual disability, developmental delay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.692 | ADAT3 | Louise Daugherty Classified gene: ADAT3 as Green List (high evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.692 | ADAT3 | Louise Daugherty Gene: adat3 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.691 | ADAT3 | Louise Daugherty Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were changed from # 615286. MENTAL RETARDATION, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 36; MRT36 to Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 36, 615286; MRT36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.584 | PTRHD1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: PTRHD1 was added gene: PTRHD1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen Mode of inheritance for gene: PTRHD1 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: PTRHD1 were set to 30398675; 27134041; 29143421; 27753167 Phenotypes for gene: PTRHD1 were set to Parkinsonism; Intellectual disability Penetrance for gene: PTRHD1 were set to Complete Review for gene: PTRHD1 was set to AMBER gene: PTRHD1 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: 7 individuals with biallelic PTRHD1 mutations from 3 pedigrees have been reported. The phenotype in all consisted of early-onset Parkinsonism with intellectual disability (overview in Table 1 - PMID: 30398675). Jaberi et al. (PMID: 27134041) first reported on 2 sibs born to consanguineous Iranian parents. Both presented with parkinsonism with ID. After homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing, one variant in PTRHD1 (NM_001013663.1:c.155G>A or p.Cys52Tyr) as well as another variant in ADORA1 were the only candidates for the patients phenotype. At the time, the authors favored ADORA1 as the causative gene for their patients' phenotype but could not exclude pathogenicity of PTRHD1. Khodadadi et al. (PMID: 27753167) published on 2 additional sibs from Iran with a similar phenotype. These individuals - born to consanguineous parents - were homozygous for a further PTRHD1 missense variant (p.His53Tyr) which is proximal to the variant reported by Jaberi et al. This led the authors of the first publication to acknowledge that PTRHD1 was probably responsible for their patients' phenotype (PMID: 29143421). [A recent study of exome sequencing data of a Parkinson disease 1214-patient cohort failed to find any case explained by biallelic ADORA1 mutations - PMID: 27987235]. The variants reported in these 2 publications are classified as VUS in OMIM (last update : 02/23/2017). Kuipers et al. (PMID: 30398675) report on 3 additional individuals of African origin with identical phenotype. These individuals, whose parents originated from an isolated african community, were homozygous for a frameshift PTRHD1 deletion (c.169_196del or p.Ala57Argfs*26). This variant is rare in gnomAD (MAF of 0.018% overall or 0.15% in the African subpopulation). Alternative causes of PD / parkinsonism were previously excluded. The phenotype of all reported individuals is summarized in Table 1 of this article. PTRHD1 is not assocated with any phenotype in OMIM nor in G2P. This gene is included in the gene panel for ID, offered by Radboudumc. Therefore, this gene can be considered for inclusion in this panel as amber or green. [Please consider inclusion of this gene in the Parkinson Disease and Complex Parkinsonism gene panel]. Sources: Literature, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.579 | PUS3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: PUS3 was added gene: PUS3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen Mode of inheritance for gene: PUS3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: PUS3 were set to 27055666; 30308082 Phenotypes for gene: PUS3 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Microcephaly Penetrance for gene: PUS3 were set to Complete Review for gene: PUS3 was set to AMBER gene: PUS3 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: PUS3 (Pseudouridylate synthase 3) is proposed as a gene related to ID in a recent publication on PUS7. Biallelic mutations in this gene are associated in OMIM with ?Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 55 (MIM 617051). PMID: 27055666 reports on 3 sisters from a consanguineous Saudi Arabian family with failure to thrive, DD/ID, microcephaly and some common (coarse) facial features. These individuals were homozygous for a stopgain mutation in the last exon of the gene. Pseudouridylation appeared to be defective (as has also been the case with other genes related to ID, eg. PUS7). PMID: 30308082 describes 1 individual born to consanguineous Palestinian parents, homozygous for a further LoF variant. Despite the localisation of this variant (again in the last exon of the gene) qPCR analyses were suggestive of degradation of the abnormal transcript possibly by NMD. The phenotype consisted of DD/ID and microcephaly. In a further publication (http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0008D6) Gulkovskyi et al. report on 2 siblings with ID, born to non-consanguineous Ukranian parents. Pathogenicity of the variant is disputed. [NM_031307.4:c.212A>G or p.(Tyr71Cys) is found in an apparent homozygous state in the sibs but was only found in their father. De novo occurence in the maternal allele is proposed although the possibility of microdeletion missed by aCGH or other plausible mechanisms are not considered. This variant has maximum pathogenicity scores in silico (not discussed) and has an allele frequency of 0.00006717 in gnomAD. The authors did not perform studies of pseudouridylation but examined for the presence of hypoproteinemia, observed in some disorders affecting this process). PUS3 is not associated with any phenotype in G2P but is associated with disease in OMIM. The gene is included in gene panels for ID offered by various diagnostic laboratories (including Radboudumc). PUS1 is included in the current panel as green and PUS7 has been suggested for inclusion. As a result, these gene can be considered for inclusion as amber (2 families) or green (given the supportive functional studies and/or the proposed role for the gene). Sources: Literature, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.558 | ODC1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: ODC1 was added gene: ODC1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Expert Review Mode of inheritance for gene: ODC1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: ODC1 were set to 30239107; 30475435 Phenotypes for gene: ODC1 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Macrocephaly; Alopecia; Ectodermal dysplasia Penetrance for gene: ODC1 were set to unknown Review for gene: ODC1 was set to GREEN Added comment: PMIDs 30239107 and 30475435 report on 5 cases of de novo truncating ODC1 variants in unrelated families. One concerned a stillborn male. The 4 remaining individuals presented with a similar phenotype consisting of alopecia and other ectodermal anomalies, DD/ID, relative or absolute macrocephaly and common facial features. DD/ID was severe in some instances and many of these individuals had extensive prior testing for other disorders (Fragile-X, PTEN, SLC2A1, chromosomal disorders, etc). ODC1 (ornithine decarboxylase 1) converts enzymatically ornithine to putrescine. All variants reported to date are truncating but lead to gain-of-function. Specifically they affect a 37 amino acid c-terminal destabilization region critical for the degradation of ODC1 and - as a result - lead to increased levels of ODC1 as well as putrescine. A mouse model with identical phenotype has been described several years ago. The role of ODC inhibitors is extensively discussed in both publications. As a result, ODC1 can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green (or amber). Sources: Literature, Expert Review |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.558 | FBXL3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: FBXL3 was added gene: FBXL3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Expert Review Mode of inheritance for gene: FBXL3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: FBXL3 were set to 30481285 Phenotypes for gene: FBXL3 were set to Intellectual disability; Short stature Penetrance for gene: FBXL3 were set to Complete Review for gene: FBXL3 was set to GREEN Added comment: Ansar et al. (PMID: 30481285) report on 8 individuals from 3 consanguineous families, all homozygous for FBXL3 variants. The phenotype consisted of mild to severe intellectual disability (8/8), short stature (8/8) with a few common facial features. In the first family - from Pakistan - all affected individuals were homozygous for a frameshift variant. The 2 sibs from the second family (from Lebanon) were homozygous for a nonsense variant. A further patient, born to distantly related parents from Italy, was found to harbor a missense variant [NM_012158.2:c.1072T>C or p.(Cys358Arg)] in the homozygous state. FBXL3 is part of an ubiquitin ligase complex that binds the central clock protein cryptochromes (CRY1/2) mediating their degradation. Cys358Arg concerns the same codon as a similar - previously studied - variant (Cys358Ser) reported to affect the mouse circadian rhythm. Disturbance of circadian rhythm was observed in the patient with the Cys358Arg variant. As previously demonstrated for mutations of the same codon and in line with a pathogenic role for this variant, in silico studies predict impaired interaction of FBXL3 with CRY2. It is proposed that the nonsense and frameshift variants lead to a similar effect due to severe truncation of the protein (upstream of leucine-rich domains important for this interaction). The authors note that other F-box proteins are implicated in intellectual disability (as in the case of FBXO11 and FBXL4, both rated green in this panel). As a result, FBXL3 can be considered for inclusion in this panel as green (or amber). Sources: Literature, Expert Review |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.530 | RHOBTB2 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: RHOBTB2 was added gene: RHOBTB2 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Expert Review,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: RHOBTB2 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to 29276004; 29768694; 26740508 Phenotypes for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Postnatal microcephaly Penetrance for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to unknown Mode of pathogenicity for gene: RHOBTB2 was set to Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments Review for gene: RHOBTB2 was set to GREEN gene: RHOBTB2 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: PMID: 29276004 reports on 10 unrelated patients with de novo pathogenic missense variants in RHOBTB2. The phenotype in all individuals was compatible with a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy including early-onset seizures, severe intellectual disability, postnatal onset microcephaly (6/10) and movement disorders (8/10). The variants occured as de novo events and clustered within the BTB-domain encoding region (within and between the 2 BTB domains). Three missense variants were recurrent and/or concerned the same residue (p.Arg483His in 4 individuals, Arg511Gln was reported in 2, and Arg511Trp was was found in another 2 individuals). Functional studies in HEK293 cells suggested increased abundance of the mutant protein secondary to decreased proteasome degradation. Using Drosophila as a model organism, altered expression of RhoBTB (the single ortholog of the 3 vertebrate paralogs, closest to RHOBTB2) was shown to result in neurological phenotypes. RhoBTB overexpression in particular was associated with increased bang sensitivity (which was not the case or milder in the case if knockdown of this gene) and impaired performance upon the negative geotaxis assay, similar to the human neurological phenotypes. Altered RhoBTB dosage was shown to be associated with impaired dendrite development. As commented by the authors, these results as well as the clustering of missense variants and the pLI score of 0.51 reported for RHOBTB2 are consistent with altered protein function (due to the missense variants) rather than haploinsufficiency or loss-of-function. PMID: 29768694 describes 3 additional individuals, all found to harbor de novo missense variants again within the BTB-domain encoding region. Two of the variants had been reported in the previous study (Arg511Gln and Arg483His) while the third was a private one (Arg507Cys). The phenotype was similar to the previous descriptions. Functional studies were suggestive of impaired degradation of the mutant protein by the CUL3 complex although this was not secondary to decreased binding with CUL3. PMID: 26740508 (cited by the two aforementioned publications) reports briefly on an individual with de novo missense variant in the same region of RHOBTB2 (Asn510Asp) and Rett-like phenotype. RHOBTB2 is included in gene panels for intellectual disability offered by different diagnostic laboratories. As a result the gene can be considered for inclusion in the intellectual disability and epilepsy panels as green. Sources: Expert Review, Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.510 | ADAT3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: ADAT3 was added gene: ADAT3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Expert Review,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: ADAT3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Publications for gene: ADAT3 were set to 23620220; 26842963; 30296593; 29796286 Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were set to # 615286. MENTAL RETARDATION, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 36; MRT36 Penetrance for gene: ADAT3 were set to Complete Review for gene: ADAT3 was set to GREEN gene: ADAT3 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: Initially reported in PMID 23620220, the findings in several individuals with biallelic ADAT3 pathogenic variants (including also those from the first report) are summarized in PMID 26842963. A total of 39 individuals from 19 consanguineous families are described in the two studies. These individuals were homozygous for a specific missense variant (probably a Saudi Arabian founder mutation). The common phenotype consists of intellectual disability (39/39 patients) and strabismus (32/39). Additional features included failure to thrive (33/39), microcephaly (22/39), short stature (11 of 15 individuals for whom this was information was available). Epilepsy was observed in some of these individuals (6/39). A few facial features were more common, although there was no distinct facial gestalt. // PMID 30296593 reports on 2 additional subjects born to consanguineous parents and found to be homozygous for the same missense variant. These individuals presented with features similar to the previous reports (although none of them was reported to have seizures). // Of note, the variant is either referred to as V144M (using NM_138422.2 or NM_138422.3) or as V128M (using NM_138422.1 as a reference / c.382G>A) as in the initial report. [ClinVar : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/183301/#summary-evidence] PMID 29796286 describes a 6-year-old female, born to consanguineous Iranian parents, investigated for developmental delay,intellectual disability, behavioral difficulties as well as microcephaly. A homozygous 8-basepair duplication in ADAT3 was identified by exome and was further confirmed by Sanger sequencing. This individual did not have seizures. // This gene is included in DD/ID (but not epilepsy) panels offered by different diagnostic labs. // As a result this gene can be considered for inclusion in the intellectual disability panel as green. Sources: Expert Review, Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.510 | MAP1B |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: MAP1B was added gene: MAP1B was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Expert Review Mode of inheritance for gene: MAP1B was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for gene: MAP1B were set to 30150678; 29738522 Phenotypes for gene: MAP1B were set to Intellectual disability Penetrance for gene: MAP1B were set to unknown Review for gene: MAP1B was set to AMBER Added comment: In PMID 30150678 the authors report on a family with 5 individuals diagnosed with intellectual disability (ID, IQ <= 70 and associated impairments in adaptive function) and 3 further relatives with IQ below 70, not fulfilling the criteria for a clinical diagnosis of ID. A frameshift variant in MAP1B segregated with the ID/low IQ phenotype. This variant was not found in 31463 Icelanders for whom whole genome sequencing data were available. The authors confirmed association of MAP1B loss-of-function (LoF) variants by demonstrating the presence of 2 other stopgain mutations in 2 further families. Among the 6 mutation carriers in these families, the average IQ was 81 with 2 of these subjects fulfilling the criteria for intellectual disability. 3 of the 6 mutation carriers had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Carriers demonstrated 24% less white matter volume (-2.1 SD) and 47% less corpus callosum volume (-2.4 SD) compared to controls. Mean full-scale IQ, performance IQ and verbal IQ were 68.3 (with a SD of 10.5), 66.4 (SD of 9.3) and 74.5 (SD of 14.8) in MAP1B LoF carriers. All 3 LoF variants reported result in a truncated but stable MAP1B protein as demonstrated by western blot analysis. MAP1B undergoes post-translational modification and is cleaved (at position 2206) into a heavy chain and a light chain. The authors note that all LoF variants lead to truncation prior to the cleavage site. As commented by the authors, LoF variants are found in publicly available databases at a frequency of approx. 1 in 10000. One individual with de novo frameshift variant in Decipher ( https://decipher.sanger.ac.uk/search?q=gene%3AMAP1B#research-variants/results ). De novo and inherited MAP1B variants have previously been described in individuals with periventricular nodular heterotopia (PMID: 29738522). This was also a feature in 9 individuals in the previous ID study. Although PMID 30150678 is entitled "MAP1B mutations cause intellectual disability and extensive white matter deficit", intellectual disability was not a feature in all individuals or was rather mild when present. Sources: Literature, Expert Review |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.509 | RAC3 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: RAC3 was added gene: RAC3 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: RAC3 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: RAC3 were set to 30293988; 29276006 Phenotypes for gene: RAC3 were set to Abnormality of brain morphology; Abnormal muscle tone; Neurodevelopmental delay; Intellectual disability Penetrance for gene: RAC3 were set to unknown Mode of pathogenicity for gene: RAC3 was set to Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments Review for gene: RAC3 was set to GREEN Added comment: PMID: 30293988 reports on 5 individuals (from 4 different families) with de novo missense variants in RAC3. All individuals demonstrated structural anomalies on brain MRI (notably agenesis/dysgenesis of the corpus callosum, variable degrees of polymicrogyria and ventricular anomalies) as well as shared non-specific neurological features including abnormal muscular tone, global developmental delay and severe to profound intellectual disability. Feeding difficulties were observed in 4/5 patients. All variants reported are missense and are presumed to result in constitutive protein activation, as suggested by previous observations either in RAC3 [eg. the p.(Gln61Leu) mutation] or the highly homologous RAC1 and RAC2. According to the authors this is further supported by the fact that Rac3 -/- mice do not show a severe phenotype while missense variants are underrepresented in the ExAC database (z=1.97) as opposed to loss-of-function variants (pLI=0.04 / probability of loss-of-function intolerance). Of the 3 SNVs reported, 2 variants were in adjacent amino-acid positions [p.(Gln61Leu) and p.(Glu62Lys)]. The latter variant was found in 2 half-sibs born to different fathers, due to suspected maternal gonadal mosaicism (variant absent in all sequencing reads in the maternal DNA sample). The specific variant was also found in a further affected individual from an unrelated family. Finally, as the authors point out a further individual with de novo RAC3 missense variant [p.(Ala59Gly)] was reported previously in an individual with thin corpus callosum and global developmental delay, although the phenotype was felt to be more reminiscent of Robinow syndrome (PMID: 29276006). As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green (or amber). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.468 | ADAR | Louise Daugherty Source Victorian Clinical Genetics Services was added to ADAR. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.420 | AP1S1 |
Louise Daugherty edited their review of gene: AP1S1: Added comment: New gene added by external expert review, who notes French Canadian (founder effect); however, Sephardic Jewish family also reported with a different variant. ID is part of the phenotype, added publication to support gene-disease association. The patients cases described in the literature to date are likely to be linked to a founder effect. 5 children from 3 families all from Quebec, Canada (with the same mutation) and 1 patient from a consanguineous Sephardic-Jewish background has been described (a different mutation in AP1S1). However, this gene was rated Green on the Vici Syndrome and other autophagy disorders panel for MEDNIK syndrome after discussion with Emma Baple (South West GMC and Genomics England); as there is a second, independent case with a different variant, plus functional data, so this gene can be green on the ID panel, since intellectual disability is part of the phenotype; Changed rating: GREEN |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | Louise Daugherty classified STRADA as Green List (high evidence) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | Louise Daugherty commented on gene: STRADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADA | Ellen McDonagh commented on ADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of STRADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADAR | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of ADAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADA | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of ADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADA | Louise Daugherty classified ADA as amber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADA | Louise Daugherty commented on ADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of STRADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADAR | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of ADAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADA | BRIDGE consortium reviewed ADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | Louise Daugherty classified STRADA as amber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | Louise Daugherty commented on STRADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | STRADA | BRIDGE consortium reviewed STRADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | ADAR | BRIDGE consortium reviewed ADAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||