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Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v3.30 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova Tag Q3_22_rating was removed from gene: CUL3.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v3.29 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova edited their review of gene: CUL3: Added comment: The rating of this gene has been updated to Green following NHS Genomic Medicine Service approval.; Changed rating: GREEN
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v3.28 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova Source Expert Review Green was added to CUL3.
Source NHS GMS was added to CUL3.
Rating Changed from Amber List (moderate evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.534 CUL3 Sarah Leigh changed review comment from: Associated with relevant phenotype in OMIM and as definitive Gen2Phen gene. At least seven variants have been reported in publications (PMIDs: 32341456;25969726;31696658;33097317;30311385) in at least seven unrelated cases, together with a case reported by Julie Evans (South West Genomic Laboratory Hub) all being diagnosed with Neurodevelopmental disorder with or without autism or seizures, OMIM:619239. Severe intellectual disability (ID) was observed in two of these cases, mild in three cases and unclassified ID in another case. Seizures were also evident in three cases and a febrile seizure was reported in another case.; to: Associated with relevant phenotype in OMIM and as definitive Gen2Phen gene. At least seven variants have been reported in publications (PMIDs: 32341456;25969726;31696658;33097317;30311385) in at least seven unrelated cases, together with a case reported by Julie Evans (South West Genomic Laboratory Hub) in the Intellectual disabilty panel (https://panelapp.genomicsengland.co.uk/panels/285/gene/CUL3/#!review), all being diagnosed with Neurodevelopmental disorder with or without autism or seizures, OMIM:619239. Severe intellectual disability (ID) was observed in two of these cases, mild in three cases and unclassified ID in another case. Seizures were also evident in three cases and a febrile seizure was reported in another case.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.534 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Tag Q3_22_rating tag was added to gene: CUL3.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.534 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Classified gene: CUL3 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.534 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Added comment: Comment on list classification: There is enough evidence for this gene to be rated GREEN at the next major review.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.534 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Gene: cul3 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.533 CUL3 Sarah Leigh reviewed gene: CUL3: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: None
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.533 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Publications for gene: CUL3 were set to 32341456
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.532 CUL3 Sarah Leigh Phenotypes for gene: CUL3 were changed from Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Abnormality of cardiovascular system morphology; Abnormality of the palate; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type IIE - MIM #614496 to Neurodevelopmental disorder with or without autism or seizures, OMIM:619239
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.155 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova Classified gene: CUL3 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.155 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova Added comment: Comment on list classification: Rating Amber based on external expert review and evidence provided by Konstantinos Varvagiannis. Only two unrelated cases reported and therefore not yet reaching threshold for inclusion.
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.155 CUL3 Arina Puzriakova Gene: cul3 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v2.47 CUL3 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: CUL3 was added
gene: CUL3 was added to Genetic epilepsy syndromes. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: CUL3 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: CUL3 were set to 32341456
Phenotypes for gene: CUL3 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Abnormality of cardiovascular system morphology; Abnormality of the palate; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type IIE - MIM #614496
Penetrance for gene: CUL3 were set to unknown
Review for gene: CUL3 was set to AMBER
Added comment: Epilepsy has been reported in at least 2 relevant individuals in the literature.
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Nakashima et al (2020 - PMID:32341456) provide clinical details on 3 unrelated individuals with de novo CUL3 variants.

Features included DD, variable degrees of ID (P1: severe, P3: mild, P2: NA although he displayed motor and severe speech and language delay and had severe learning difficulties). Two out of three had intractable seizures (onset 2 - 6 months). One presented with congenital heart defects (ASD, PV stenosis) and another submucosal palatoschisis/bifid uvula. There were no facial dysmorphisms reported.

CUL3 encodes Cullin-3, a core piece of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, thus playing a role in the ubiquitin-proteasome system. [ https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CUL3 ]. Germline variants in some other Cullin family genes (eg. CUL4B, CUL7) cause disorders with ID as a feature.

The 3 individuals reported by Nakashima had variable previous investigations (karyotype, CMA, metabolic testing) which were non-diagnostic. Singleton or trio exome sequencing identified 2 frameshift and 1 missense variant (NM_003590.4:c.854T>C / p.Val285Ala), further confirmed with Sanger sequencing. De novo occurrence was confirmed by analysis of microsatellite markers in an individual with singleton ES.

While the frameshift variants were presumed to lead to NMD (not studied), studies in HEK293T cells suggested that the Val285Ala reduced binding ability with KEAP1, possibly leading to instability of the Cullin-RING ligase (CRL) complex and impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system.

In OMIM, the phenotype associated with heterozygous CUL3 mutations is Pseudohypoaldosteronism type IIE (PHA2E - # 614496). As OMIM and Nakashima et al comment, PHA2E-associated variants are clustered around exon 9, most lead to skipping of exon 9 and produce an in-frame deletion of 57 aa in the cullin homology domain. Few (probably 3) missense variants in exon 9 have also been reported. Individuals with PHA2E do not display DD/ID and conversely individuals with NDD did not display features of PHA2E.

Nakashima et al summarize the phenotypes associated with 12 further de novo CUL3 variants in the literature with most pLOF ones detected in individuals with autism and/or developmental disorders and in few cases with congenital heart disease. Few additional missense variants and a stoploss one have been reported in individuals with NDD and one in SCZ.

Heterozygous Cul3 (/tissue-specific) deletion in mice resulted in autism-like behavior. Cul3 deficient mice also demonstrated NMDAR hypofunction and decreased spine density. [PMIDs cited : 31455858, 31780330]

Overall haploinsufficiency is favored as the underlying mechanism of variants associated with NDD. Nakashima et al comment that the pathogenesis of missense variants remains unknown and/or that a dominant-negative effect on CRL may be possible.

Studies on larger cohorts reporting on individuals with relevant phenotypes due to de novo CUL3 variants (eg. DDD study - PMID: 28135719, Lelieveld et al - PMID: 27479843), are better summarized in denovo-db (after filtering for coding variants):

http://denovo-db.gs.washington.edu/denovo-db/QueryVariantServlet?searchBy=Gene&target=cul3
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Please consider inclusion in other panels if appropriate (e.g. for ASD).
Sources: Literature
Early onset or syndromic epilepsy v0.676 RHOBTB2 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: RHOBTB2 was added
gene: RHOBTB2 was added to Genetic Epilepsy Syndromes. Sources: Expert Review,Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: RHOBTB2 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to 29276004; 29768694; 26740508
Phenotypes for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Postnatal microcephaly
Penetrance for gene: RHOBTB2 were set to unknown
Mode of pathogenicity for gene: RHOBTB2 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: RHOBTB2 was set to GREEN
Added comment: PMID: 29276004 reports on 10 unrelated patients with de novo pathogenic missense variants in RHOBTB2. The phenotype in all individuals was compatible with a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy including early-onset seizures, severe intellectual disability, postnatal onset microcephaly (6/10) and movement disorders (8/10).

The variants occured as de novo events and clustered within the BTB-domain encoding region (within and between the 2 BTB domains). Three missense variants were recurrent and/or concerned the same residue (p.Arg483His in 4 individuals, Arg511Gln was reported in 2, and Arg511Trp was was found in another 2 individuals).

Functional studies in HEK293 cells suggested increased abundance of the mutant protein secondary to decreased proteasome degradation. Using Drosophila as a model organism, altered expression of RhoBTB (the single ortholog of the 3 vertebrate paralogs, closest to RHOBTB2) was shown to result in neurological phenotypes. RhoBTB overexpression in particular was associated with increased bang sensitivity (which was not the case or milder in the case if knockdown of this gene) and impaired performance upon the negative geotaxis assay, similar to the human neurological phenotypes. Altered RhoBTB dosage was shown to be associated with impaired dendrite development.

As commented by the authors, these results as well as the clustering of missense variants and the pLI score of 0.51 reported for RHOBTB2 are consistent with altered protein function (due to the missense variants) rather than haploinsufficiency or loss-of-function.

PMID: 29768694 describes 3 additional individuals, all found to harbor de novo missense variants again within the BTB-domain encoding region. Two of the variants had been reported in the previous study (Arg511Gln and Arg483His) while the third was a private one (Arg507Cys). The phenotype was similar to the previous descriptions. Functional studies were suggestive of impaired degradation of the mutant protein by the CUL3 complex although this was not secondary to decreased binding with CUL3.

PMID: 26740508 (cited by the two aforementioned publications) reports briefly on an individual with de novo missense variant in the same region of RHOBTB2 (Asn510Asp) and Rett-like phenotype.

RHOBTB2 is included in gene panels for intellectual disability offered by different diagnostic laboratories.

As a result the gene can be considered for inclusion in the intellectual disability and epilepsy panels as green.
Sources: Expert Review, Literature