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Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.978 CUX1 Catherine Snow Source Expert Review Green was added to CUX1.
Source Expert Review was added to CUX1.
Added phenotypes Global developmental delay with or without impaired intellectual development, 618330 for gene: CUX1
Publications for gene CUX1 were changed from 30014507; 20510857; 25059644 to 25059644; 20510857; 30014507
Rating Changed from No List (delete) to Green List (high evidence)
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.654 CUX1 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: CUX1 was added
gene: CUX1 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
Mode of inheritance for gene: CUX1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: CUX1 were set to 30014507; 20510857; 25059644
Phenotypes for gene: CUX1 were set to Global developmental delay with or without impaired intellectual development, 618330
Penetrance for gene: CUX1 were set to unknown
Review for gene: CUX1 was set to GREEN
gene: CUX1 was marked as current diagnostic
Added comment: Heterozygous pathogenic variants in CUX1 cause Global developmental delay with or without impaired intellectual development (MIM 618330).

Platzer et al. (2018 - PMID: 30014507) report on 9 individuals from 7 families with heterozygous null-allele variants in CUX1.

All individuals displayed DD (speech delay 9/9 - motor delay 7/9 - hypotonia 3/7 for whom this information was available). Mild/moderate ID was a feature in 5/8. Catch up was observed in 3/8 individuals who - despite a history of previous significant DD - displayed a normal age-related intelligence. For 1/9 individual (Decipher 338131) information on eventual ID was unavailable. Overall the phenotype was compatible with non-syndromic DD with possible ID.

CUX1 encodes Cut homebox-1 transcription factor.

5 LoF variants (Gln21*, Gln800Argfs*19, Gln873*, Ala1067Cysfs*3, Leu1262Argfs*10) and 2 intragenic deletions (deletion of exons 9-24 in one subject and 3-24 in another) are reported.

In 6/9 individuals the variant (SNV/CNV) had occurred as a de novo event. Mosaic de novo intragenic deletion was reported for the subject from Decipher. In one family 2 sibs with mild ID had inherited a LoF variant from their affected mother with moderate ID (origin of the variant unknown in her case).

Leu1262Argfs*10 lies in the penultimate exon (NM_001202543.1 used as ref.) and is presumed to escape NMD.

Expression studies (or functional studies) are not performed for any of the variants.

As Gln800Argfs*19, found in one subject with mild ID in the present study, has been reported once in gnomAD, and given the presence of 12 individuals overall with LoF variants in the specific database, plausible explanations are discussed (among others : mild phenotype, incomplete penetrance, somatic mosaicism, exclusion of individuals with severe early-onset disorders in gnomAD, etc).

Given the reported variants, the probability of LoF intolerance (pLI:1.00), and the haploinsufficiency score (% HI) of 7.19, haploinsufficiency is thought to be the underlying mechanism. CUX1 however appears to be intolerant also to missense SNVs (z-score : 5.05).

Mouse models suggest a role for Cux1 in brain development and signaling. As the authors note, Cux1 (similar to its paralog, Cux2) is selectively expressed in layer II to IV cortical neurons. In Cux1-deficient mice, dendrites display a simpler morphology with decrease in dendritic length and number of branches (PMIDs cited: 20510857, 25059644). (MGI db for Cux1 - http://www.informatics.jax.org/marker/MGI:88568 : "Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit delayed lung development and neonatal mortality. Survivors show growth retardation and hair defects. Homozygotes for a partially deleted protein have curly hair, and females tend to lose their litters").

Finally, heterozygous mutations in CUX2, encoding cut-like homeobox-2 transcription factor, cause Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 67 (MIM 618141 - in all cases reported to date due to a recurrent missense variant. Gene rated green in the current panel).
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CUX1 is not associated with any phenotype in G2P.
This gene is included in panels for ID offered by diagnostic laboratories (incl. Radboudumc).
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As a result, CUX1 can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green (or amber).
Sources: Literature, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen