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Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.1240 WDR45B Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: WDR45B were changed from AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE MENTAL RETARDATION; Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic quadriplegia and brain abnormalities with or without seizures, 617977 to Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic quadriplegia and brain abnormalities with or without seizures, OMIM:617977
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.67 WDR45B Rebecca Foulger Phenotypes for gene: WDR45B were changed from AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE MENTAL RETARDATION to AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE MENTAL RETARDATION; Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic quadriplegia and brain abnormalities with or without seizures, 617977
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v3.67 WDR45B Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: WDR45B were set to 21937992; 28503735
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.784 BRSK2 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: BRSK2 was added
gene: BRSK2 was added to Intellectual disability. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: BRSK2 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: BRSK2 were set to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.02.002
Phenotypes for gene: BRSK2 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Autism; Behavioral abnormality
Penetrance for gene: BRSK2 were set to unknown
Review for gene: BRSK2 was set to GREEN
gene: BRSK2 was marked as current diagnostic
Added comment: Hiatt et al. (2019 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.02.002) report on 9 individuals, each with private heterozygous BRSK2 variant.

Features included among others speech or motor delay, ID (8/9), ASD and variable behavioral anomalies.

6 variants predicted LoF (stopgain, frameshift or affecting splice-site) while 3 additional ones were missense (2 in the protein kinase domain and 1 in the kinase-associated 1 domain). In 6 individuals the variant had occurred as a de novo event while for 3 others parental samples were unavailable. Given the unknown inheritance, a single variant did not meet sufficient ACMG criteria to be classified as P/LP.

All variants had in silico predictions supporting a deleterious effect and were absent from bravo database and gnomAD, where the gene appears to be relatively intolerant to protein-altering variation.

As the authors note BRSK2 encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase involved in axonogenesis and polarization of cortical neurons. Although Brsk2- (or Brsk1-) knockout mice appear to be healthy and fertile, double knockouts for these genes resulted in pups with decreased spontaneous movement, poor response to tactile stimulation that died shortly after birth. In mice Brsk2 (and Brsk1) expression is restricted to the nervous system (PMID cited by the authors: 15705853) while in humans this gene is most highly expressed in brain (PMID cited: 23715323 - GTEx project).

BRSK2 has been shown to interact with other neurodevelopmental genes eg. TSC2, PTEN, WDR45.

Within the cohort of individuals studied, there was statistically significant enrichment for de novo BRSK2 variants when compared to the estimated backround mutation rate.

Two further BRSK2 de novo protein-altering variants were previously reported in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (Iossifov et al. - PMID: 25363768 and DDD study - PMID: 28135719) although the missense variant in the latter study is also present in gnomAD database.

BRSK2 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM, nor in G2P.
The gene is included in gene panels for ID offered by some diagnostic laboratories (eg. among those participating in the study).

As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID panel as green (or amber).
Sources: Literature
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing v2.468 WDR45B Louise Daugherty Source Victorian Clinical Genetics Services was added to WDR45B.
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45 BRIDGE consortium edited their review of WDR45
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45 BRIDGE consortium edited their review of WDR45
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45 BRIDGE consortium reviewed WDR45
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45B Sarah Leigh edited their review of WDR45B
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45B Sarah Leigh classified WDR45B as green
Intellectual disability - microarray and sequencing WDR45B Sarah Leigh commented on WDR45B