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Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.981 FUK Catherine Snow Tag watchlist tag was added to gene: FUK.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.978 FUK Catherine Snow Source Expert Review was added to FUK.
Source Expert Review Amber was added to FUK.
Added phenotypes Congenital disorder of glycosylation with defective fucosylation 2, 618324 for gene: FUK
Rating Changed from No List (delete) to Amber List (moderate evidence)
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.800 SNAP25 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: SNAP25 was added
gene: SNAP25 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature,Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
Mode of inheritance for gene: SNAP25 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: SNAP25 were set to 29491473; 28135719; 29100083; 25381298; 25003006
Phenotypes for gene: SNAP25 were set to ?Myasthenic syndrome, congenital 18, 616330
Penetrance for gene: SNAP25 were set to Complete
Review for gene: SNAP25 was set to GREEN
gene: SNAP25 was marked as current diagnostic
Added comment: Probably 9 individuals with heterozygous SNAP25 pathogenic variants have been reported to date, most summarized in the first reference (NM_130811.2 used as reference for all variants below):
- Fukuda et al. (2018 - PMID: 29491473) 2 sibs (~11 and 2.5 y.o) with seizures and cerebellar ataxia but not ID. harboring c.176G>C (p.Arg59Pro) variant which was inherited from a mosaic unaffected parent.
- DDD study (2017 - PMID: 28135719) [also in Heyne et al. 2018 - PMID: 29942082] 3 inividuals (11 m - 7 y of age) with DD and seizures due to c.118A>G (p.Lys40Glu), c.127G>C (p.Gly43Arg) and c.520C>T (p.Gln174*) de novo variants.
- Hamdan et al. (2017 - PMID: 29100083) a 23 y.o. male with epilepsy and ID and c.496G>T (p.Asp166Tyr) de novo variant
- Shen et al. (2014 - PMID: 25381298) a 11 y.o. female with epilepsy and ID and c.200T>A (p.Ile67Asn) de novo variant
- Rohena et al. (2013 - PMID: 25003006) a 15 y.o. female with epilepsy and ID and c.142G>T (p.Val48Phe) de novo variant
- Decipher patient 292139, a male with c.212T>C (p.Met71Thr) with hypotonia, DD, poor coordination and additional features (epilepsy not reported).

Seizures of variable type [absence seizures, generalized tonic-clonic (most), focal clonic, myoclonic, etc] have been reported for most (8/9) of these individuals. DD was a feature in several subjects and intellectual outcome has been specifically commented on for 5 (2 without and 3 with ID - moderate/severe/not further specified).

SNAP25 encodes a (t-)SNARE protein essential for synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Mutations in genes for other components of the SNARE complex (eg. STXBP1) have been associated with epilepsy and/or ID.

SNAP25a and SNAP25b are the 2 major protein isoforms [corresponding transcripts: ENST00000304886 (NM_003081) and ENST00000254976 (NM_130811) respectively]. These isoforms are produced by utilization of alternative exons 5 (5a or 5b) though the amino-acid sequence encoded by these exons appears to be identical except for 9 residues. Most variants reported to date affect both transcripts (and protein isoforms) although 2 were specific for ENST00000254976 (or SNAP25b isoform - Fukuda et al. and Shen et al.).

Mouse Snap25 has also 2 isoforms. Both are predominantly localized in embryonic and adult mouse brains. Snap25a is produced before Snap25b though the latter becomes the major isoform early postnatally (by the second week) [PMIDs cited: 7878010, 21526988].

Based on the phenotype of some individuals with chromosome 20 deletions in Decipher (note: only 3 deletions spanning SNAP25 however appear currently, the phenotype is not specified and 2 of them are >4.5Mb) or the pLI of 0.96 in gnomAD, haploinsufficiency has been proposed as a likely mechanism. A dominant-negative effect was however suggested for the Ile67Asn studied by Shen et al. Functional studies have not been performed for other variants.

Animal models discussed:
- Snap25 null drosophila show complete loss of synaptic transmission upon electroretinogram recordings (PMID cited: 12242238).
- In mice, elimination of Snap25b expression resulted in developmental defects, seizures and impaired short-term synaptic plasticity (PMID cited: 19043548).
- Mice with a 4.6 Mb deletion encompassing 12 genes (incl. Snap25) display seizure predisposition (PMID cited: 23064108).
- Heterozygosity for Ile67Thr in (blind-drunk mutant) mice results in impaired vesicle trafficking, impaired sensorimotor gating and ataxia (PMID cited:17283335).

In OMIM, heterozygous SNAP25 mutations are associated with ?Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, 18 (with intellectual disability and ataxia). SNAP25 is part of the DD panel, associated with "Epilepsy and intellectual disability" (disease confidence: probable).

This gene is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (incl. Radboudumc). SNAP25 is among the genes discussed by Erger et al. (PMID: 30914295) as associated with ID in OMIM/HPO/G2P/SysID but not included in the current panel.

As a result SNAP25 can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel probably as green (3 individuals with ID, role of SNARES in "synaptopathies", supportive animal models) or amber (if functional studies for individual variants would be required).
Sources: Literature, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.782 FUK Louise Daugherty commented on gene: FUK
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.782 FUK Louise Daugherty Tag new-gene-name tag was added to gene: FUK.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.584 FUK Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: FUK was added
gene: FUK was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: FUK was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: FUK were set to 30503518
Phenotypes for gene: FUK were set to Feeding difficulties; Generalized hypotonia; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures
Penetrance for gene: FUK were set to Complete
Review for gene: FUK was set to AMBER
Added comment: Ng et al. (PMID: 30503518) report on 2 unrelated individuals with biallelic pathogenic variants in FUK. The common features consisted of feeding difficulties, hypotonia, global developmental delay with severe intellectual disability, seizures as well as visual impairment.

The first patient was compound heterozygous for 2 missense variants (Ser223Pro and Arg683Cys) while the second - born to consanguineous parents - was homozygous for Lys994Gln.

Significant reduction in the FUK protein amount was demonstrated upon Western blot for the first individual for whom fibroblast and lymphoblast cell lines were available.

Fucokinase (FUK) is an enzyme of the fucose salvage pathway, one of the mechanisms (the other and main contributor being the de novo pathway) for synthesis of GDP-fucose. GDP-fucose is a donor substrate for fucosylation, a form of glycosylation. Significant decrease of fucokinase activity was shown for this individual when compared to controls.

Cell lines from the second individual were not available for expression/functional studies.

Overall the authors suggest loss-of-function variants cause a congenital disorder of glycosylation with ID and seizures.

There are no further cases published in the literature.

FUK is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM nor in G2P.

As a result this gene can be considered for inclusion in this panel as amber.

[You might consider inclusion of this gene also in the CDG gene panel].
Sources: Literature