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Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v2.1 PCYT2 Sarah Leigh edited their review of gene: PCYT2: Added comment: Vaz et al. (2019 - PMID: 31637422 - DDD study among the co-authors) report on 5 individuals - from 4 families - with biallelic PCYT2 mutations. The phenotype corresponded to a complex hererditary paraplegia with global DD, regression (4/5), ID (mild in 3/5, severe in 2/5), spastic para-/tetraparesis, epilepsy (5/5 - variable onset 2-16 yrs - focal or tonic-clonic seizures) and progressive cerebral and cerebellar atrophy. Exome sequencing in all revealed biallelic PCYT2 variants, confirmed with Sanger s. in probands and their parents (NM_001184917.2 - corresponding to the canonical transcript used as Ref below): - P1 (Fam1) : 2 missense SNVs in trans configuration, c.730C>T or p.His244Tyr and c.920C>T or p.Pro307Leu - P2 (Fam2 - consanguineous of White British origin), P3 (Fam3 - Consanguineous of Turkish origin), P4,5 (Fam4 - consanguineous, unspecified origin) : homozygosity for c.1129C>T or p.Arg377Ter) affecting the last exon of 8/12 transcripts, including the canonical one. Individuals with the same genotype displayed variable degrees of ID (eg P3 - severe / P2, P4,5 - mild ID). For sibs in Fam4, homozygosity for a missense SACS variant led to consideration of the respective disorder (AR spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay) though the variant was predicted to be tolerated in silico and notably the MRI images not suggestive. All variants were absent from / had extremely low AF in public databases, with no homozygotes. Posphatidylethanolamine (PE) is a membrane lipid, particularly enriched in human brain (45% of phospholypid fraction). PE is synthesized either via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway or by decarboxylation of phosphatidylserine in mitochondria. PCYT2 encodes CTP:phosophoethanolamine cytidyltransferase (ET) which is an ubiquitously expressed rate-limiting enzyme for PE biosynthesis in the former pathway. In silico, the 2 missense variants - localizing in the CTP catalytic domain 2 - were predicted to be damaging, as well as to affect protein stability. Fibroblasts of 3 patients (P1, P2, P3) representing all variants were studied: - Enzymatic activity was shown to be significantly reduced (though not absent) compared to controls. Abnormalities were noted upon Western Blot incl. absence in all 3 patients studied of one of the 2 bands normally found in controls (probably representing the longer isoform), reduced intensity in all 3 of another band probably corresponding to a shorter isoform, and presence of an additional band of intermediate molec. mass in patients with the truncating variant. - RT-PCR on mRNA from patient fibroblasts did not reveal (significant) reduction compared to controls. - Lipidomic profile of patient fibroblasts was compatible with the location of the block in the phospholipid biosynthesis pathway and different from controls. The lipidomic profile had similarities with what has been reported for EPT1 deficiency, the enzyme directly downstream of ET. The SELENO1-related phenotype (/EPT1 deficiency) is also highly overlapping. CRISPR-Cas9 was used to generate pcyt2 partial or complete knockout (ko) zebrafish, targeting either the final (ex13) or another exon (ex3) respectively. mRNA expression was shown to be moderately reduced in the first case and severely reduced/absent in the second, compared to wt. Similarly, complete-ko (ex3) led to significantly lower survival, with impaired though somewhat better survival of partial-ko (ex13) zebrafish. Complete knockout of Pcyt2 in mice is embryonically lethal (PMID cited: 17325045) while heterozygous mice develop features of metabolic syndrome (PMID cited: 22764088). Given lethality in knockout zebrafish / mice and the residual activity (15-20%) in patient fibroblasts, the variants reported were thought to be hypomorphic and complete loss of function possibly incompatible with life. PCYT2 is not associated with any phenotype in OMIM/G2P/SysID and not commonly included in gene panels for ID. As a result this gene could included in the ID / epilepsy panels with green (~/>3 indiv/fam/variants with the nonsense found in different populations, consistent phenotype, lipidomics, in silico/in vitro/in vivo evidence) or amber rating. [Please consider inclusion in other possibly relevant panels eg. for metabolic disorders, etc]. Sources: Literature
Konstantinos Varvagiannis (Other), 11 Nov 2019; Changed rating: GREEN
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.281 SPR Catherine Snow Tag treatable tag was added to gene: SPR.
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.281 SPR Catherine Snow Publications for gene: SPR were set to 27604308; 22018912; 22522443; 22018912; 24588500; 28189489; 21431957; 16650784
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.281 SPR Catherine Snow Publications for gene: SPR were set to 27604308; 22018912; 22522443; 22018912; 24588500; 28189489; 21431957; 16650784
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.281 SPR Catherine Snow Publications for gene: SPR were set to 27604308; 22018912; 22522443; 22018912; 24588500; 28189489; 21431957; 16650784
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.280 SPR Catherine Snow Publications for gene: SPR were set to 27604308
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.280 SPR Catherine Snow Classified gene: SPR as Green List (high evidence)
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.280 SPR Catherine Snow Gene: spr has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.279 SPR Catherine Snow reviewed gene: SPR: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 22018912, 22522443, 22018912, 24588500, 28189489, 21431957, 16650784; Phenotypes: Dystonia, dopa-responsive, due to sepiapterin reductase deficiency, 612716; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v1.47 SPR Ivone Leong Source NHS GMS was added to SPR.
Source London North GLH was added to SPR.
Likely inborn error of metabolism - targeted testing not possible v0.4 SPR Ellen McDonagh gene: SPR was added
gene: SPR was added to Inborn errors of metabolism. Sources: Expert Review Amber
Mode of inheritance for gene: SPR was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: SPR were set to 27604308
Phenotypes for gene: SPR were set to Intellectual disability; Early onset dystonia; Sepiapterin reductase deficiency (Disorders of pterin metabolism); Parkinson Disease and Complex Parkinsonism