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Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1513 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Tag for-review was removed from gene: SHMT2.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1510 SHMT2 Sarah Leigh commented on gene: SHMT2
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1509 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Source Expert Review Green was added to SHMT2.
Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.665 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Tag for-review tag was added to gene: SHMT2.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.665 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Classified gene: SHMT2 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.665 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Added comment: Comment on list classification: New gene added by Konstantinos Varvagiannis. Sufficient number of unrelated cases (>3) with ID of relevant severity to this panel. Some functional data indicating variants result in impaired SHMT2 enzymatic function. Rating Amber but should be promoted to Green at the next GMS panel update (added 'for-review' tag)

SHMT2 is listed in Gene2Phenotype with a 'probable' disease confidence rating for 'SHMT2-related neurodevelopmental syndrome', and is also associated with 'Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, MIM# 619121' in OMIM.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.665 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Gene: shmt2 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.664 SHMT2 Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: SHMT2 were changed from Congenital microcephaly; Infantile axial hypotonia; Spastic paraparesis; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Abnormality of the corpus callosum; Abnormal cortical gyration; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Abnormality of the face; Proximal placement of thumb; 2-3 toe syndactyly to Neurodevelopmental disorder with cardiomyopathy, spasticity, and brain abnormalities, OMIM:619121
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.420 SHMT2 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: SHMT2 was added
gene: SHMT2 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: SHMT2 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: SHMT2 were set to 33015733
Phenotypes for gene: SHMT2 were set to Congenital microcephaly; Infantile axial hypotonia; Spastic paraparesis; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Abnormality of the corpus callosum; Abnormal cortical gyration; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Abnormality of the face; Proximal placement of thumb; 2-3 toe syndactyly
Penetrance for gene: SHMT2 were set to Complete
Review for gene: SHMT2 was set to GREEN
Added comment: García‑Cazorla et al. (2020 - PMID: 33015733) report 5 individuals (from 4 families) with a novel brain and heart developmental syndrome caused by biallelic SHMT2 pathogenic variants.

All affected subjects presented similar phenotype incl. microcephaly at birth (5/5 OFC < -2 SD though in 2/5 cases N OFC was observed later), DD and ID (1/5 mild-moderate, 1/5 moderate, 3/5 severe), motor dysfunction in the form of spastic (5/5) paraparesis, ataxia/dysmetria (3/4), intention tremor (in 3/?) and/or peripheral neuropathy (2 sibs). They exhibited corpus callosum hypoplasia (5/5) and perisylvian microgyria-like pattern (4/5). Cardiac problems were reported in all, with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 4/5 (from 3 families) and atrial-SD in the 5th individual (1/5). Common dysmorphic features incl. long palpebral/fissures, eversion of lateral third of lower eylids, arched eyebrows, long eyelashes, thin upper lip, short Vth finger, fetal pads, mild 2-3 toe syndactyly, proximally placed thumbs.

Biallelic variants were identified following exome sequencing in all (other investigations not mentioned). Identified variants were in all cases missense SNVs or in-frame del, which together with evidence from population databases and mouse model might suggest a hypomorphic effect of variants and intolerance/embryonic lethality for homozygous LoF ones.

SHMT2 encodes the mitohondrial form of serine hydroxymethyltransferase. The enzyme transfers one-carbon units from serine to tetrahydrofolate (THF) and generates glycine and 5,10,methylene-THF.

Mitochondrial defect was suggested by presence of ragged red fibers in myocardial biopsy of one patient. Quadriceps and myocardial biopsies of the same individual were overall suggestive of myopathic changes.

While plasma metabolites were within N range and SHMT2 protein levels not significantly altered in patient fibroblasts, the authors provide evidence for impaired enzymatic function eg. presence of the SHMT2 substrate (THF) in patient but not control (mitochondria-enriched) fibroblasts , decrease in glycine/serine ratios, impared folate metabolism. Patient fibroblasts displayed impaired oxidative capacity (reduced ATP levels in a medium without glucose, diminished oxygen consumption rates). Mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS levels were also suggestive of redox malfunction.

Shmt2 ko in mice was previously shown to be embryonically lethal attributed to severe mitochondrial respiration defects, although there was no observed brain metabolic defect.

The authors performed Shmt2 knockdown in motoneurons in Drosophila, demonstrating neuromuscular junction (# of satellite boutons) and motility defects (climbing distance/velocity).

Overall this gene can be considered for inclusion with (probably) green rating in gene panels for ID, metabolic / mitochondrial disorders, cardiomyopathy, congenital microcephaly, corpus callosum anomalies, etc.
Sources: Literature