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Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.518 DALRD3 Konstantinos Varvagiannis changed review comment from: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910).

Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant.

Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger.

WES guided by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents.

DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR

It's DALR anticodon-binding domain is similar to those found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases RARS1/2.

As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, it's product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. Specifically, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs.

In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS3).

Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lylsates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification specific to the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not the case for others (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA). These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele.

As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (among others cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc).

Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating.
Sources: Literature; to: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910).

Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant.

Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger.

WES in both followed by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents.

DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR

As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, its product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. In particular, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs.

In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS2).

Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lysates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification of the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not observed for other tRNAs (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA) or controls. These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele.

As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc).

Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating.

Sources: Literature
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.518 DALRD3 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: DALRD3 was added
gene: DALRD3 was added to Genetic epilepsy syndromes. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: DALRD3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: DALRD3 were set to 32427860
Phenotypes for gene: DALRD3 were set to ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86, # 618910
Penetrance for gene: DALRD3 were set to Complete
Review for gene: DALRD3 was set to AMBER
Added comment: Biallelic pathogenic DALRD3 variants cause ?Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 86 (# 618910).

Lentini et al (2020 - PMID: 32427860) report 2 sibs born to first cousin parents, homozygous for a DALRD3 pathogenic variant.

Both exhibited hypotonia, severe global DD and epilepsy (onset of seizures at the age 6-7m, poorly controlled by AEDs in one) corresponding overall to an developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The authors reported subtle dysmorphic features. Other findings included GI concerns (in both) with microcephaly, CHD or renal anomalies in the younger.

WES guided by autozygome analysis revealed homozygosity for a DALRD3 stopgain variant (NM_001009996.3:c.1251C>A/pTyr417*) with Sanger sequencing confirming status of the children and carrier state of the parents.

DALRD3 encodes DALR anticodon-binding domain-containing protein 3. A DALR

It's DALR anticodon-binding domain is similar to those found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases RARS1/2.

As the authors demonstrate, and (better) summarized in OMIM, it's product is a tRNA-binding protein that interacts with METTL2 to facilitate 3-methylcytosine (m3C) modification - by METTL2 - at position 32 of the anticodon loop in specific arginine tRNAs, namely tRNA-Arg-UCU and tRNA-Arg-CCU. Specifically, DALRD3 seems to serve as discrimination factor required for recognition of these specific tRNAs.

In addition to DALRD3, a DALR anticodon-binding domain is also found in arginyl-tRNA synthetases (the cytoplasmic RARS1, and mitochondrial RARS3).

Given the variant type observed, predicting truncation of the protein and/or NMD, in LCLs from the 2 sibs (and comparison with controls) the authors demonstrated that the levels of full-length DALRD3 were decreased in cell lylsates, with severe reduction (/loss) of m3C modification specific to the specific arginine tRNAs, which was not the case for others (eg. tRNA-Ser-UGA). These findings were suggestive of c.1251C>A / pTyr417* being a partial LoF allele.

As the authors discuss, defects in tRNA modification have been associated with numerous human - among others neurological and neurodevelopmental - disorders (among others cited PMID: 30529455, table 1 of this review summarizing these incl. ADAT3-, PUS3-, TRMT1- related NDDs, etc).

Consider inclusion in the current panel with amber rating.
Sources: Literature
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.504 ADAT3 Arina Puzriakova Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were changed from Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 36 615286 to Neurodevelopmental disorder with brain abnormalities, poor growth, and dysmorphic facies, OMIM:615286
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v1.191 ADAT3 Rebecca Foulger Source Wessex and West Midlands GLH was added to ADAT3.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v1.190 ADAT3 Rebecca Foulger Source NHS GMS was added to ADAT3.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v1.189 ADAT3 Rebecca Foulger reviewed gene: ADAT3: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: ; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance:
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v1.188 ADAT3 Tracy Lester reviewed gene: ADAT3: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: ; Publications: 23620220; Phenotypes: Mental retardation autosomal recessive 36, 615286; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v1.52 ALKBH8 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: ALKBH8 was added
gene: ALKBH8 was added to Genetic epilepsy syndromes. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: ALKBH8 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: ALKBH8 were set to 31079898
Phenotypes for gene: ALKBH8 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures
Penetrance for gene: ALKBH8 were set to Complete
Review for gene: ALKBH8 was set to AMBER
Added comment: Monies et al. (2019 - PMID: 31079898) report on 7 individuals from 2 different consanguineous Saoudi families, harboring homozygous truncating ALKBH8 pathogenic variants. The same individuals are included in another concurrent publication from the same group (Monies et al. 2019 - PMID: 31130284).

All presented with DD and ID (Fam1 : moderate in the proband, degree not commented on for his 3 sibs / Fam2 : mild in the proband, severe in all his 3 sibs). Epilepsy was reported for 6/7 individuals although the type has not been commented on (onset 9-12 months to 2 years). Variable other features were noted in few.

Affected subjects from the first family were homozygous for a stopgain variant (NM_001301010.1:c.1660C>T or p.Arg554Ter) while individuals from the second family were homozygous for a frameshift one (c.1794delC or p.Trp599Glyfs*19). The variants affected in both cases the last exon of ALKBH8 and RT-PCR confirmed that they escape NMD.

Alternative causes were ruled out, at least for the proband from the second family (chromosomal analysis, SNP-array, metabolic investigations).

Linkage analysis of both families confirmed linkage to the same autozygous interval of chr11q22.3 with a LOD score of 6.

Segregation analyses in both families, confirmed homozygosity for the truncating variants in affected members and heterozygosity in their parents (or several unaffected sibs, none of those studied was homozygous for the ref. allele).

In mouse or human cells, ALKBH8 has previously been shown to be involved in tRNA modifications of the wobble uridines of specific tRNAs (PMIDs cited: 20308323, 20583019, 21653555).

LC-MS/MS analyses of tRNA extracted from LCLs derived from affected individuals, unaffected relatives (UR) and independent controls (IC) revealed that wobble nucleotide modifications were completely absent (or dramatically decreased in the case of mcm5U) in affected individuals but readily detected in UR/IC. As specific modifications were absent, substantial amounts of precursors (eg. cm5U - the precursor of mcm5U) were detected in affected individuals but not in unaffected ones.

Absence of wobble modifications (eg. mchm5U) has equally been observed in Alkbh8 knockout mice. Alkbh8-deficient mice show similar increases in precursors. Alkbh8 KO mice are however phenotypically normal (the authors comment that eventual cognitive defects were not formally evaluated and might have been missed - PMIDs cited: 20123966, 21285950).

As a result, the studies carried out confirmed the loss-of-function effect and were in line with previous functional studies in animal models, although the pathogenesis of ID remains unclear.

The expression profile of ALKBH8 is also unclear (wide profile of expression suggested developmentally, the authors studied LCLs, other studies suggest that embryonic expression is broad but becomes progressively more restricted to specific neuronal cells).

Mutations in other genes involved in tRNA modification (eg. ADAT3, PUS3, PUS7) have been shown underlie disorders affecting the CNS, with ID as a feature.

ALKBH8 is not currently associated with any phenotype in OMIM / G2P.

As a result, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID/epilepsy panels as amber pending further evidence.
Sources: Literature
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.764 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Marked gene: ADAT3 as ready
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.764 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Gene: adat3 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.764 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were changed from # 615286. MENTAL RETARDATION, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 36; MRT36 to Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 36 615286
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.507 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Classified gene: ADAT3 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.507 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Added comment: Comment on list classification: Based one only two variants one of which is a founder
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.507 ADAT3 Sarah Leigh Gene: adat3 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.504 ADAT3 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: ADAT3 was added
gene: ADAT3 was added to Genetic Epilepsy Syndromes. Sources: Expert Review,Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: ADAT3 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: ADAT3 were set to 23620220; 26842963; 30296593; 29796286
Phenotypes for gene: ADAT3 were set to # 615286. MENTAL RETARDATION, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 36; MRT36
Penetrance for gene: ADAT3 were set to Complete
Review for gene: ADAT3 was set to GREEN
Added comment: Initially reported in PMID 23620220, the findings in several individuals with biallelic ADAT3 pathogenic variants (including also those from the first report) are summarized in PMID 26842963.

A total of 39 individuals from 19 consanguineous families are described in the two studies. These individuals were homozygous for a specific missense variant (probably a Saudi Arabian founder mutation).

The common phenotype consists of intellectual disability (39/39 patients) and strabismus (32/39). Additional features included failure to thrive (33/39), microcephaly (22/39), short stature (11 of 15 individuals for whom this was information was available).

Epilepsy was observed in some of these individuals (6/39).

A few facial features were more common, although there was no distinct facial gestalt. //

PMID 30296593 reports on 2 additional subjects born to consanguineous parents and found to be homozygous for the same missense variant. These individuals presented with features similar to the previous reports (although none of them was reported to have seizures). //

Of note, the variant is either referred to as V144M (using NM_138422.2 or NM_138422.3) or as V128M (using NM_138422.1 as a reference / c.382G>A) as in the initial report. [ClinVar : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/183301/#summary-evidence]

PMID 29796286 describes a 6-year-old female, born to consanguineous Iranian parents, investigated for developmental delay,intellectual disability, behavioral difficulties as well as microcephaly. A homozygous 8-basepair duplication in ADAT3 was identified by exome and was further confirmed by Sanger sequencing. This individual did not have seizures. //

This gene is included in DD/ID (but not epilepsy) panels offered by different diagnostic labs. //

As a result this gene can be considered for inclusion in the epilepsy panel as green (or amber).
Sources: Expert Review, Literature