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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1763 | TERT | Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: TERT were changed from Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 4 to Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 4, OMIM:613989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 v2.1021 | PAK1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Horn et al. (2019 - doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz264) report on 4 additional individuals with de novo missense PAK1 pathogenic variants. ID, seizures and macrocephaly and walking difficulties were observed in all (4/4). ASD was reported in 3 (but was not among the features in the study by Harms et al). PAK1 encodes p21 protein-activated kinase 1. The protein has 2 major domains, an autoregulatory and a protein kinase domain. Homodimerization masks the active site of the kinase, leading to autoinhibition (inactive form). PAK1 is activated by dissociation into monomers upon binding of the GTP-bound forms of the Rho GTPases CDC42 and RAC1. TRIO and HACE1 are indirect regulators of PAK1, via RAC1. PAK1 in turn, activates LIMK1 which plays a critical role in dendritic spine morphogenesis and brain function. CDC42, RAC1, TRIO, HACE1 are all associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Activation of RAC-PAK1-LIMK1 pathway has been demonstrated for Fragile-X syndrome (sharing ID, macrocephaly and seizures). Mutations in PAK3, another member of the group I PAK subfamily with similar activation mechanism to PAK1 (by CDC42 / RAC1), cause Mental retardation, X-linked 30/47 (MIM 300558) (Green rating in the current panel). 4 additional missense variants - further to the 2 previously described ones - were found, all as de novo events: c.397T>C (p.Ser133Pro) / c.361C>T p.(Pro121Ser) / c.328T>A p.(Ser110Thr) / c.1409T>G (p.Leu470Arg) [For the specific variants, cDNA and aa change are the same for both NM_001128620.1 and NM_002576]. The 3 former variants located within the autoinhibitory domain while the latter in the protein kinase domain though - again - close to the autoinhibitory one (in tertiary structure). A gain of function effect by reduced ability of autoinhibition (leading to autophosphorylation) and activation of PAK1 is the suggested mechanism. Gain of function is also supported by the fact that Pak1-/- do not exhibit neurodevelopmental anomalies / abnormal head size. PAK1 is not particularly intolerant to LoF variants as suggested by its pLI of 0.67. The corresponding phenotype in OMIM is Intellectual developmental disorder with macrocephaly, seizures, and speech delay (MIM 618158). The gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "Neurodevelopmental Disorder" (monoallelic, activating / disease confidence : probable). PAK1 is included in the gene panel for ID offered by Radboudumc.; to: Based on a further recent study, PAK1 can probably be upgraded to green in both ID and epilepsy gene panels: Horn et al. (2019 - doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz264) report on 4 additional individuals with de novo missense PAK1 pathogenic variants. ID, seizures and macrocephaly and walking difficulties were observed in all (4/4). ASD was reported in 3 (but was not among the features in the study by Harms et al). PAK1 encodes p21 protein-activated kinase 1. The protein has 2 major domains, an autoregulatory and a protein kinase domain. Homodimerization masks the active site of the kinase, leading to autoinhibition (inactive form). PAK1 is activated by dissociation into monomers upon binding of the GTP-bound forms of the Rho GTPases CDC42 and RAC1. TRIO and HACE1 are indirect regulators of PAK1, via RAC1. PAK1 in turn, activates LIMK1 which plays a critical role in dendritic spine morphogenesis and brain function. CDC42, RAC1, TRIO, HACE1 are all associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Activation of RAC-PAK1-LIMK1 pathway has been demonstrated for Fragile-X syndrome (sharing ID, macrocephaly and seizures). Mutations in PAK3, another member of the group I PAK subfamily with similar activation mechanism to PAK1 (by CDC42 / RAC1), cause Mental retardation, X-linked 30/47 (MIM 300558) (Green rating in the current panel). 4 additional missense variants - further to the 2 previously described ones - were found, all as de novo events: c.397T>C (p.Ser133Pro) / c.361C>T p.(Pro121Ser) / c.328T>A p.(Ser110Thr) / c.1409T>G (p.Leu470Arg) [For the specific variants, cDNA and aa change are the same for both NM_001128620.1 and NM_002576]. The 3 former variants located within the autoinhibitory domain while the latter in the protein kinase domain though - again - close to the autoinhibitory one (in tertiary structure). A gain of function effect by reduced ability of autoinhibition (leading to autophosphorylation) and activation of PAK1 is the suggested mechanism. Gain of function is also supported by the fact that Pak1-/- do not exhibit neurodevelopmental anomalies / abnormal head size. PAK1 is not particularly intolerant to LoF variants as suggested by its pLI of 0.67. The corresponding phenotype in OMIM is Intellectual developmental disorder with macrocephaly, seizures, and speech delay (MIM 618158). The gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "Neurodevelopmental Disorder" (monoallelic, activating / disease confidence : probable). PAK1 is included in the gene panel for ID offered by Radboudumc. (Previous review below) |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.1021 | PAK1 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis edited their review of gene: PAK1: Added comment: Horn et al. (2019 - doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz264) report on 4 additional individuals with de novo missense PAK1 pathogenic variants. ID, seizures and macrocephaly and walking difficulties were observed in all (4/4). ASD was reported in 3 (but was not among the features in the study by Harms et al). PAK1 encodes p21 protein-activated kinase 1. The protein has 2 major domains, an autoregulatory and a protein kinase domain. Homodimerization masks the active site of the kinase, leading to autoinhibition (inactive form). PAK1 is activated by dissociation into monomers upon binding of the GTP-bound forms of the Rho GTPases CDC42 and RAC1. TRIO and HACE1 are indirect regulators of PAK1, via RAC1. PAK1 in turn, activates LIMK1 which plays a critical role in dendritic spine morphogenesis and brain function. CDC42, RAC1, TRIO, HACE1 are all associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Activation of RAC-PAK1-LIMK1 pathway has been demonstrated for Fragile-X syndrome (sharing ID, macrocephaly and seizures). Mutations in PAK3, another member of the group I PAK subfamily with similar activation mechanism to PAK1 (by CDC42 / RAC1), cause Mental retardation, X-linked 30/47 (MIM 300558) (Green rating in the current panel). 4 additional missense variants - further to the 2 previously described ones - were found, all as de novo events: c.397T>C (p.Ser133Pro) / c.361C>T p.(Pro121Ser) / c.328T>A p.(Ser110Thr) / c.1409T>G (p.Leu470Arg) [For the specific variants, cDNA and aa change are the same for both NM_001128620.1 and NM_002576]. The 3 former variants located within the autoinhibitory domain while the latter in the protein kinase domain though - again - close to the autoinhibitory one (in tertiary structure). A gain of function effect by reduced ability of autoinhibition (leading to autophosphorylation) and activation of PAK1 is the suggested mechanism. Gain of function is also supported by the fact that Pak1-/- do not exhibit neurodevelopmental anomalies / abnormal head size. PAK1 is not particularly intolerant to LoF variants as suggested by its pLI of 0.67. The corresponding phenotype in OMIM is Intellectual developmental disorder with macrocephaly, seizures, and speech delay (MIM 618158). The gene is part of the DD panel of G2P, associated with "Neurodevelopmental Disorder" (monoallelic, activating / disease confidence : probable). PAK1 is included in the gene panel for ID offered by Radboudumc.; Changed rating: GREEN; Changed publications: 30290153, doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz264; Set current diagnostic: yes |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.611 | CYFIP2 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: CYFIP2 was added gene: CYFIP2 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: CYFIP2 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Publications for gene: CYFIP2 were set to 29534297; 29667327; 30664714; 25432536; 27524794; 12818175; 20537992 Phenotypes for gene: CYFIP2 were set to Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile 65, 618008 Penetrance for gene: CYFIP2 were set to unknown Review for gene: CYFIP2 was set to GREEN gene: CYFIP2 was marked as current diagnostic Added comment: Heterozygous pathogenic variants in CYFIP2 cause Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 65 (MIM 618008) -------------- [Apologies for any eventual mistakes esp.as for the functional evidence]: Nakashima et al. (2018 - PMID: 29534297) report on 4 unrelated individuals with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy due to de novo missense CYFIP2 variants. The phenotype consisted of early-onset intractable seizures (diagnosis of West syndrome in 2, Ohtahara syndrome in further individuals) with hypotonia (3/4), DD/ID (4/4) and microcephaly (3/4). All variants affected Arg87 residue (NM_001037333.2:c.259C>T or p.Arg87Cys in 2 individuals, the 2 other subjects harbored Arg87Leu and Arg87Pro respectively). CYFIP2 encodes the cytoplasmic FMRP interacting protein 2. CYFIP2 (similar to CYFIP1) is a component of the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) which has been shown to play a role in actin remodeling, axon elongation, dendritic morphogenesis and synaptic plasticity (several PMIDs cited). In the inactive state of the WRC complex, CYFIP2 binds to the VCA domain of WAVE. GTP-bound Rac1 (GTPase) leads to release of the VCA domain from CYFIP2 which allows binding of this domain to the Arp2/3 complex (active WRC state) and in turn stimulates actin polymerization and lamellipodia formation. Using lymphoblastoid cell lines from affected individuals and healthy controls and CYFIP2 expression was evaluated by Western Blot and was found to be similar between the 2 groups. Additional studies suggested weaker binding of the WAVE1 VCA domain to mutant CYFIP2 compared to WT CYFIP2 (upon transfection of HEK293T cells). This could possibly favor activation of WRC (/the WAVE signalling pathway). As a result a gain-of-function effect on the WAVE signalling pathway is suggested as a possible mechanism. Using B16F1 mouse melanoma cells lamellipodia formation (process in which CYFIP2 has previously been implicated) was not shown to be impaired in the case of mutant CYFIP2. However aberrant accumulation of F-actin (and co-localization with mutant CYFIP2) was observed in the present study. Only large 5q deletions spanning CYFIP2 (and several other genes) have been described to date. Cyfip2 heterozygous knockout in mice results in abnormal behavior and memory loss. WAVE activity was enhanced (despite reduced WAVE protein production). Homozygous Cyfip2 loss is lethal (PMIDs cited by the authors: 25432536, 27524794). Impaired axonal growth, guidance and branching is noted in Drosophila mutants (CYFIP1/2 ortholog) (PMID cited: 12818175). The authors comment that Cyfip2 (nev) mutant zebrafish show a similar phenotype to mutant flies (PMID cited: 20537992). -------------- Peng et al. (2018 - PMID: 29667327) in a study of 56 Chinese families with West Syndrome (epileptic/infantile spasms, hypsarrhytmia and ID) identified 1 individual with the Arg87Cys CYFIP2 variant as a de novo occurrence. -------------- Zweier et al. (2019 - DDD study among the co-authors - PMID: 30664714) report on 12 unrelated subjects with heterozygous pathogenic de novo CYFIP2 variants. The common phenotype consisted of tone abnormalities (12/12), DD/ID (12/12) and seizures (12/12 though a single individual had experienced a single episode of febrile seizure). Absolute or relative microcephaly and/or additional features were also noted in several individuals. 7 missense variants (4 occurrences of the Arg87Cys variant) as well as splice variant (shown to lead to exon skipping) are reported, as de novo events in these individuals. The splice variant was expected to escape NMD producing a truncating protein. Although the variants are distantly located in the primary structure, spatial clustering (in the tertiary structure) is suggested by in silico modelling (all in proximity at the CYFIP2-WAVE1 interface). CYFIP2 appears to be intolerant to both missense and LoF variants (Z-score of 6.15 and pLI of 1 respectively in ExAC). The authors comment that haploinsufficiency as a mechanism is rather unlikely given the absence of small CNVs or variants predicted to lead to NMD. Again, a gain-of-function effect of these variants on WAVE activation (partial-loss-of function in terms of WRC stabilization and/or conformation of the VCA region in the inactive state) is proposed. -------------- CYFIP2 is not associated with any phenotype in G2P. The gene is included in gene panels for intellectual disability offered by some diagnostic laboratories (eg. participants in these studies). -------------- As a result this gene could be considered for inclusion in this panel as green. Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.588 | RNF13 |
Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: RNF13 was added gene: RNF13 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: RNF13 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown Phenotypes for gene: RNF13 were set to Congenital microcephaly; Feeding difficulties; Failure to thrive; Abnormal muscle tone; Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Cortical visual impairment; Sensorineural hearing impairment Penetrance for gene: RNF13 were set to unknown Mode of pathogenicity for gene: RNF13 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: RNF13 was set to GREEN Added comment: Edvardson et al. (doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.11.018) report on 3 unrelated individuals with heterozygous de novo missense RNF13 variants. Features included (rather borderline) congenital microcephaly, feeding difficulties, tone abnormalities, DD/ID (3/3), seizures (3/3), hearing loss and cortical visual impairment. One individual harbored the p.Leu311Ser variant while 2 others the p.Leu312Pro. RNF13 encodes a protein known to interact and activate IRE1a, an endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) stress sensor. The 2 variants are predicted in silico not to affect the tertiary structure of the protein. Further to this, RNF13 is tolerant to LoF variants (pLI of 0 in ExAC). Therefore a gain-of-function mechanism was hypothesized for the 2 missense variants and demonstrated for the Leu311Ser: - Protein levels were similar to controls upon Western blotting in patient fibroblasts. - Enhanced IRE1a activation was demonstrated in patient cells when compared to controls, confirming gain-of-function. - Increased activation (/ER stress), in turn, resulted in abnormally increased apoptosis similarly to what is observed in other neurological disorders. Fibroblast/lymphoblast cells were not available from individuals with the Leu312Pro variant although a similar mechanism is presumed. Although neurodegeneration is suggested by the above pathophysiologic mechanism, this is manifested by failure to achieve milestones (rather than eg. regression after a normal period of postnatal development / loss of milestones). --------- RNF13 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM, nor in G2P. This gene is not commonly included in gene panels for ID offered by diagnostic laboratories. --------- As a result, RNF13 can be considered for inclusion in this panel possibly as green (or amber). Sources: Literature |
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| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | TERT | BRIDGE consortium edited their review of TERT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | TERT | Louise Daugherty classified TERT as amber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | TERT | Louise Daugherty commented on TERT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing | TERT | BRIDGE consortium reviewed TERT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||