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Kontorovich AR. Approaches to Genetic Screening in Cardiomyopathies: Practical Guidance for Clinicians. JACC. HEART FAILURE 2023; 11:133-142. [PMID: 36754525 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Patients and families benefit when the genetic etiology of cardiomyopathy is elucidated through a multidisciplinary approach including genetic counseling and judicious use of genetic testing. The yield of genetic testing is optimized when performed on a proband with a clear phenotype, and interrogates genes that are validated in association with that specific form of cardiomyopathy. Variants of uncertain significance are frequently uncovered and should not be overinterpreted. Identifying an impactful genetic variant as the cause of a patient's cardiomyopathy can have important prognostic impact, and enable streamlined cascade testing to highlight at risk relatives. Certain genotypes are associated with unique potential cardiac and noncardiac risk factors and may dictate personalized approaches to treatment.
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- Amy R Kontorovich
- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
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Gray B, Baruteau AE, Antolin AA, Pittman A, Sarganas G, Molokhia M, Blom MT, Bastiaenen R, Bardai A, Priori SG, Napolitano C, Weeke PE, Shakir SA, Haverkamp W, Mestres J, Winkel BG, Witney AA, Chis-Ster I, Sangaralingam A, Camm AJ, Tfelt-Hansen J, Roden DM, Tan HL, Garbe E, Sturkenboom M, Behr ER. Rare Variation in Drug Metabolism and Long QT Genes and the Genetic Susceptibility to Acquired Long QT Syndrome. CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2022; 15:e003391. [PMID: 35113648 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.121.003391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acquired long QT syndrome (aLQTS) is a serious unpredictable adverse drug reaction. Pharmacogenomic markers may predict risk. METHODS Among 153 aLQTS patients (mean age 58 years [range, 14-88], 98.7% White, 85.6% symptomatic), computational methods identified proteins interacting most significantly with 216 QT-prolonging drugs. All cases underwent sequencing of 31 candidate genes arising from this analysis or associating with congenital LQTS. Variants were filtered using a minor allele frequency <1% and classified for susceptibility for aLQTS. Gene-burden analyses were then performed comparing the primary cohort to control exomes (n=452) and an independent replication aLQTS exome sequencing cohort. RESULTS In 25.5% of cases, at least one rare variant was identified: 22.2% of cases carried a rare variant in a gene associated with congenital LQTS, and in 4% of cases that variant was known to be pathogenic or likely pathogenic for congenital LQTS; 7.8% cases carried a cytochrome-P450 (CYP) gene variant. Of 12 identified CYP variants, 11 (92%) were in an enzyme known to metabolize at least one culprit drug to which the subject had been exposed. Drug-drug interactions that affected culprit drug metabolism were found in 19% of cases. More than one congenital LQTS variant, CYP gene variant, or drug interaction was present in 7.8% of cases. Gene-burden analyses of the primary cohort compared to control exomes (n=452), and an independent replication aLQTS exome sequencing cohort (n=67) and drug-tolerant controls (n=148) demonstrated an increased burden of rare (minor allele frequency<0.01) variants in CYP genes but not LQTS genes. CONCLUSIONS Rare susceptibility variants in CYP genes are emerging as potentially important pharmacogenomic risk markers for aLQTS and could form part of personalized medicine approaches in the future.
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- Belinda Gray
- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
- L'institut du thorax, INSERM, CNRS, UNIV Nantes, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France (A.-E.B.)
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- Systems Pharmacology, Research Program on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute & University Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomedica, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (A.A.A., M.J.M.)
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- Genetics Research Centre (A.P.), St George's University of London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (G.S.)
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, King's College London, United Kingdom (M.M.)
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- Heart Centre AMC, Department of Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.T.B., A.B., H.L.T.)
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
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- Heart Centre AMC, Department of Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.T.B., A.B., H.L.T.)
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- Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS ICS Maugeri, Pavia, Italy (S.G.P., C.N.)
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy (S.G.P., C.N.)
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- Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS ICS Maugeri, Pavia, Italy (S.G.P., C.N.)
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy (S.G.P., C.N.)
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- L'institut du thorax, INSERM, CNRS, UNIV Nantes, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France (A.-E.B.)
- Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology & Biomedical Informatics Vanderbilt University Medical Centre (P.E.W., D.M.R.)
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- Drug Safety Research Unit, Bursledon Hall, Blundell Lane, Southampton, United Kingdom (S.A.S.)
- Associate Department of the School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom (S.A.S.)
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- Charité-Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany (W.H.)
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- Systems Pharmacology, Research Program on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute & University Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomedica, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (A.A.A., M.J.M.)
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (B.W., J.T.-H.)
- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (P.E.W., B.W., J.T.-H.)
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- Institute of Infection & Immunity (A.A.W., I.C.-S.), St George's University of London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection & Immunity (A.A.W., I.C.-S.), St George's University of London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark (P.E.W., B.W., J.T.-H.)
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (B.W., J.T.-H.)
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- Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology & Biomedical Informatics Vanderbilt University Medical Centre (P.E.W., D.M.R.)
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- Heart Centre AMC, Department of Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.T.B., A.B., H.L.T.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research & Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany (E.G.)
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- Julius Global Health, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands (M.S.)
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- Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London & St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (B.G., A.-E.B., R.B., A.S., A.J.C., E.R.B.)
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Smith PS, West H, Whitworth J, Castle B, Sansbury FH, Warren AY, Woodward ER, Tischkowitz M, Maher ER. Pathogenic germline variants in patients with features of hereditary renal cell carcinoma: Evidence for further locus heterogeneity. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2020; 60:5-16. [PMID: 32830346 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Inherited renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is associated with multiple familial cancer syndromes but most individuals with features of non-syndromic inherited RCC do not harbor variants in the most commonly tested renal cancer predisposition genes (CPGs). We investigated whether undiagnosed cases might harbor mutations in CPGs that are not routinely tested for by testing 118 individuals with features suggestive of inherited RCC (family history of RCC, two or more primary RCC aged <60 years, or early onset RCC ≤46 years) for the presence of pathogenic variants in a large panel of CPGs. All individuals had been prescreened for pathogenic variants in the major RCC genes. We detected pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants of potential clinical relevance in 16.1% (19/118) of individuals, including P/LP variants in BRIP1 (n = 4), CHEK2 (n = 3), MITF (n = 1), and BRCA1 (n = 1). Though the power to detect rare variants was limited by sample size the frequency of truncating variants in BRIP1, 4/118, was significantly higher than in controls (P = 5.92E-03). These findings suggest that the application of genetic testing for larger inherited cancer gene panels in patients with indicators of a potential inherited RCC can increase the diagnostic yield for P/LP variants. However, the clinical utility of such a diagnostic strategy requires validation and further evaluation and in particular, confirmation of rarer RCC genotype-phenotype associations is required.
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- Philip S Smith
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Heavitree), Exeter, UK University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Heavitree), Exeter, UK University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.,All Wales Medical Genomics Service, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Institute of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine and NW Laboratory Genetics Hub, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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Page DJ, Miossec MJ, Williams SG, Monaghan RM, Fotiou E, Cordell HJ, Sutcliffe L, Topf A, Bourgey M, Bourque G, Eveleigh R, Dunwoodie SL, Winlaw DS, Bhattacharya S, Breckpot J, Devriendt K, Gewillig M, Brook JD, Setchfield KJ, Bu'Lock FA, O'Sullivan J, Stuart G, Bezzina CR, Mulder BJM, Postma AV, Bentham JR, Baron M, Bhaskar SS, Black GC, Newman WG, Hentges KE, Lathrop GM, Santibanez-Koref M, Keavney BD. Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals the Major Genetic Contributors to Nonsyndromic Tetralogy of Fallot. Circ Res 2019; 124:553-563. [PMID: 30582441 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.118.313250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Familial recurrence studies provide strong evidence for a genetic component to the predisposition to sporadic, nonsyndromic Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease phenotype. Rare genetic variants have been identified as important contributors to the risk of congenital heart disease, but relatively small numbers of TOF cases have been studied to date. OBJECTIVE We used whole exome sequencing to assess the prevalence of unique, deleterious variants in the largest cohort of nonsyndromic TOF patients reported to date. METHODS AND RESULTS Eight hundred twenty-nine TOF patients underwent whole exome sequencing. The presence of unique, deleterious variants was determined; defined by their absence in the Genome Aggregation Database and a scaled combined annotation-dependent depletion score of ≥20. The clustering of variants in 2 genes, NOTCH1 and FLT4, surpassed thresholds for genome-wide significance (assigned as P<5×10-8) after correction for multiple comparisons. NOTCH1 was most frequently found to harbor unique, deleterious variants. Thirty-one changes were observed in 37 probands (4.5%; 95% CI, 3.2%-6.1%) and included 7 loss-of-function variants 22 missense variants and 2 in-frame indels. Sanger sequencing of the unaffected parents of 7 cases identified 5 de novo variants. Three NOTCH1 variants (p.G200R, p.C607Y, and p.N1875S) were subjected to functional evaluation, and 2 showed a reduction in Jagged1-induced NOTCH signaling. FLT4 variants were found in 2.4% (95% CI, 1.6%-3.8%) of TOF patients, with 21 patients harboring 22 unique, deleterious variants. The variants identified were distinct to those that cause the congenital lymphoedema syndrome Milroy disease. In addition to NOTCH1, FLT4 and the well-established TOF gene, TBX1, we identified potential association with variants in several other candidates, including RYR1, ZFPM1, CAMTA2, DLX6, and PCM1. CONCLUSIONS The NOTCH1 locus is the most frequent site of genetic variants predisposing to nonsyndromic TOF, followed by FLT4. Together, variants in these genes are found in almost 7% of TOF patients.
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- Donna J Page
- From the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (D.J.P., S.G.W., R.M.M., E.F., B.D.K.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (M.J.M., H.J.C., L.S., A.T., M.S.-K.).,Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile (M.J.M.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (D.J.P., S.G.W., R.M.M., E.F., B.D.K.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (D.J.P., S.G.W., R.M.M., E.F., B.D.K.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (D.J.P., S.G.W., R.M.M., E.F., B.D.K.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (M.J.M., H.J.C., L.S., A.T., M.S.-K.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (M.J.M., H.J.C., L.S., A.T., M.S.-K.)
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- Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics, Montréal, QC, Canada (M.B.).,McGill Genome Center, Montréal, QC, Canada (M.B., G.B., R.E., G.M.L.)
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- McGill Genome Center, Montréal, QC, Canada (M.B., G.B., R.E., G.M.L.)
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- McGill Genome Center, Montréal, QC, Canada (M.B., G.B., R.E., G.M.L.)
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- Chain Reaction Program in Congenital Heart Disease Research, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia (S.L.D.).,Faculties of Medicine and Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney (S.L.D.).,Heart Centre for Children, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW (S.L.D.)
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- School of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (D.S.W.).,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW, Australia (D.S.W.).,RDM Cardiovascular Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford (D.S.W., S.B.)
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- RDM Cardiovascular Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford (D.S.W., S.B.).,Center for Human Genetics, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium (S.B., J.B., K.D.)
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- Center for Human Genetics, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium (S.B., J.B., K.D.).,Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, UZ Leuven (J.B., M.G.)
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- Center for Human Genetics, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium (S.B., J.B., K.D.)
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- Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, UZ Leuven (J.B., M.G.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre (J.D.B., K.J.S.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre (J.D.B., K.J.S.)
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- Congenital and Paediatric Cardiology, East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre and University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital (F.A.B.)
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- Adult Congenital and Paediatric Cardiac Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne (J.O.)
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- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol (G.S.)
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- Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology (C.R.B.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biology (B.J.M.M.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics (A.V.P.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds (J.R.B.)
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester (M.B.)
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital, Oxford, Manchester (S.S.B., G.C.B.)
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital, Oxford, Manchester (S.S.B., G.C.B.)
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford (W.G.N.); and Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK
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- McGill Genome Center, Montréal, QC, Canada (M.B., G.B., R.E., G.M.L.)
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (M.J.M., H.J.C., L.S., A.T., M.S.-K.)
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (D.J.P., S.G.W., R.M.M., E.F., B.D.K.)
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Shanks GW, Tester DJ, Ackerman JP, Simpson MA, Behr ER, White SM, Ackerman MJ. Importance of Variant Interpretation in Whole-Exome Molecular Autopsy: Population-Based Case Series. Circulation 2019; 137:2705-2715. [PMID: 29915097 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.031053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Potentially lethal cardiac channelopathies/cardiomyopathies may underlie a substantial portion of sudden unexplained death in the young (SUDY). The whole-exome molecular autopsy represents the latest approach to postmortem genetic testing for SUDY. However, proper variant adjudication in the setting of SUDY can be challenging. METHODS From January 2012 through December 2013, 25 consecutive cases of SUDY from 1 to 40 years of age (average age at death 27±5.7 years; 13 white, 12 black) from Cook County, Illinois, were referred after a negative (n=16) or equivocal (n=9) conventional autopsy. A whole-exome molecular autopsy with analysis of 99 sudden death-susceptibility genes was performed. The predicted pathogenicity of ultrarare, nonsynonymous variants was determined using the American College of Medical Genetics guidelines. RESULTS Overall, 27 ultrarare nonsynonymous variants were seen in 16/25 (64%) victims of SUDY. Among black individuals, 9/12 (75%) had an ultrarare nonsynonymous variant compared with 7/13 (54%) white individuals. Of the 27 variants, 10 were considered pathogenic or likely pathogenic in 7/25 (28%) individuals in accordance with the American College of Medical Genetics guidelines. Pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants were identified in 5/16 (31%) of autopsy-negative cases and in 2/6 (33%) victims of SUDY with equivocal findings of cardiomyopathy. Overall, 6 pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in 4/25 (16%) cases were congruent with the phenotypic findings at autopsy and therefore considered clinically actionable. CONCLUSIONS Whole-exome molecular autopsy with gene-specific surveillance is an effective approach for the detection of potential pathogenic variants in SUDY cases. However, systematic variant adjudication is crucial to ensure accurate and proper care for surviving family members.
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- Garrett W Shanks
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory (G.W.S., D.J.T., J.P.A., M.J.A.)
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory (G.W.S., D.J.T., J.P.A., M.J.A.)
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory (G.W.S., D.J.T., J.P.A., M.J.A.)
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom (E.R.B.).,Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St George's University Hospitals' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (E.R.B.)
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- Office of the Medical Examiner, County of Cook, Chicago, IL (S.M.W.).,Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (S.M.W.)
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory (G.W.S., D.J.T., J.P.A., M.J.A.) .,Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Division of Heart Rhythm Service (M.J.A.).,Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology (M.J.A.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Tester DJ, Wong LCH, Chanana P, Jaye A, Evans JM, FitzPatrick DR, Evans MJ, Fleming P, Jeffrey I, Cohen MC, Tfelt-Hansen J, Simpson MA, Behr ER, Ackerman MJ. Cardiac Genetic Predisposition in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 71:1217-1227. [PMID: 29544605 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of postneonatal mortality. Genetic heart diseases (GHDs) underlie some cases of SIDS. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the spectrum and prevalence of GHD-associated mutations as a potential monogenic basis for SIDS. METHODS A cohort of 419 unrelated SIDS cases (257 male; average age 2.7 ± 1.9 months) underwent whole exome sequencing and a targeted analysis of 90 GHD-susceptibility genes. The yield of "potentially informative," ultra-rare variants (minor allele frequency <0.00005) in GHD-associated genes was assessed. RESULTS Overall, 53 of 419 (12.6%) SIDS cases had ≥1 "potentially informative," GHD-associated variant. The yield was 14.9% (21 of 141) for mixed-European ancestry cases and 11.5% (32 of 278) for European ancestry SIDS cases. Infants older than 4 months were more likely to host a "potentially informative" GHD-associated variant. There was significant overrepresentation of ultra-rare nonsynonymous variants in European SIDS cases (18 of 278 [6.5%]) versus European control subjects (30 of 973 [3.1%]; p = 0.013) when combining all 4 major cardiac channelopathy genes (KCNQ1, KCNH2, SCN5A, and RYR2). According to the American College of Medical Genetics guidelines, only 18 of 419 (4.3%) SIDS cases hosted a "pathogenic" or "likely pathogenic" variant. CONCLUSIONS Less than 15% of more than 400 SIDS cases had a "potentially informative" variant in a GHD-susceptibility gene, predominantly in the 4- to 12-month age group. Only 4.3% of cases possessed immediately clinically actionable variants. Consistent with previous studies, ultra-rare, nonsynonymous variants within the major cardiac channelopathy-associated genes were overrepresented in SIDS cases in infants of European ethnicity. These findings have major implications for the investigation of SIDS cases and families.
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- David J Tester
- Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St. George's University Hospitals' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cellular Pathology', St. George's University Hospitals' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Histopathology Department, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St. George's University Hospitals' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
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- Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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Yost S, Ruark E, Alexandrov LB, Rahman N. Insights into BRCA Cancer Predisposition from Integrated Germline and Somatic Analyses in 7632 Cancers. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2019; 3:pkz028. [PMID: 31360904 PMCID: PMC6649772 DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkz028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is often assumed any cancer in a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 (collectively termed BRCA) mutation carrier was caused by that mutation. It is also often assumed the occurrence of breast or ovarian cancer in an individual with a variant of uncertain significance (VUS) suggests the VUS is pathogenic. These assumptions have profound management implications for cancer patients and healthy individuals. METHODS We compared the frequency of BRCA mutations, allele loss, and Signature 3 in 7632 individuals with 28 cancers and 1000 population controls. Because only increased frequency was the focus of the study, all statistical tests were one-sided. RESULTS Individuals with breast or ovarian cancer had increased germline BRCA pathogenic mutation frequencies compared to controls (P = 1.0x10-10 and P = 1.4x10-34, respectively). There was no increase in other cancer types. Wild-type allele loss and Signature 3 were statistically significantly higher in breast and ovarian cancers with BRCA mutations compared with other cancers with BRCA mutations (P = 5.1x10-10 and P = 3.7x10-9) and cancers without BRCA mutations (P = 2.8x10-53 and P = 1.0x10-134). There was no difference between non-breast and non-ovarian cancers with BRCA mutations and cancers without BRCA mutations. Allele loss and Signature 3 were statistically significantly higher in breast and ovarian cancers in individuals with BRCA pathogenic mutations compared to those with VUS (P = 3.8x10-17 and P = 1.6x10-8) or benign variants (P = 1.2x10-28 and P = 2.2x10-10). There was no difference between individuals with BRCA VUS and those with benign variants. CONCLUSIONS These data show that non-breast and non-ovarian cancers in individuals with germline BRCA pathogenic mutations are often not causally related to the mutation and that BRCA VUS are highly unlikely to be pathogenic. These results should reduce inappropriate management of germline BRCA information.
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- Shawn Yost
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK (NR)
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Mahamdallie S, Yost S, Poyastro-Pearson E, Holt E, Zachariou A, Seal S, Elliott A, Clarke M, Warren-Perry M, Hanks S, Anderson J, Bomken S, Cole T, Farah R, Furtwaengler R, Glaser A, Grundy R, Hayden J, Lowis S, Millot F, Nicholson J, Ronghe M, Skeen J, Williams D, Yeomanson D, Ruark E, Rahman N. Identification of new Wilms tumour predisposition genes: an exome sequencing study. THE LANCET. CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH 2019; 3:322-331. [PMID: 30885698 PMCID: PMC6472290 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30018-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wilms tumour is the most common childhood renal cancer and is genetically heterogeneous. While several Wilms tumour predisposition genes have been identified, there is strong evidence that further predisposition genes are likely to exist. Our study aim was to identify new predisposition genes for Wilms tumour. METHODS In this exome sequencing study, we analysed lymphocyte DNA from 890 individuals with Wilms tumour, including 91 affected individuals from 49 familial Wilms tumour pedigrees. We used the protein-truncating variant prioritisation method to prioritise potential disease-associated genes for further assessment. We evaluated new predisposition genes in exome sequencing data that we generated in 334 individuals with 27 other childhood cancers and in exome data from The Cancer Genome Atlas obtained from 7632 individuals with 28 adult cancers. FINDINGS We identified constitutional cancer-predisposing mutations in 33 individuals with childhood cancer. The three identified genes with the strongest signal in the protein-truncating variant prioritisation analyses were TRIM28, FBXW7, and NYNRIN. 21 of 33 individuals had a mutation in TRIM28; there was a strong parent-of-origin effect, with all ten inherited mutations being maternally transmitted (p=0·00098). We also found a strong association with the rare epithelial subtype of Wilms tumour, with 14 of 16 tumours being epithelial or epithelial predominant. There were no TRIM28 mutations in individuals with other childhood or adult cancers. We identified truncating FBXW7 mutations in four individuals with Wilms tumour and a de-novo non-synonymous FBXW7 mutation in a child with a rhabdoid tumour. Biallelic truncating mutations in NYNRIN were identified in three individuals with Wilms tumour, which is highly unlikely to have occurred by chance (p<0·0001). Finally, we identified two de-novo KDM3B mutations, supporting the role of KDM3B as a childhood cancer predisposition gene. INTERPRETATION The four new Wilms tumour predisposition genes identified-TRIM28, FBXW7, NYNRIN, and KDM3B-are involved in diverse biological processes and, together with the other 17 known Wilms tumour predisposition genes, account for about 10% of Wilms tumour cases. The overlap between these 21 constitutionally mutated predisposition genes and 20 genes somatically mutated in Wilms tumour is limited, consisting of only four genes. We recommend that all individuals with Wilms tumour should be offered genetic testing and particularly, those with epithelial Wilms tumour should be offered TRIM28 genetic testing. Only a third of the familial Wilms tumour clusters we analysed were attributable to known genes, indicating that further Wilms tumour predisposition factors await discovery. FUNDING Wellcome Trust.
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- Shazia Mahamdallie
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, Saint George Hospital University Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Data Analytics, Leeds, UK
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- Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- CIC 1402, Paediatric Oncology and Heamatology, Centre of Clinical Investigation, Poitiers, France
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- Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology, Royal Hospital for Children, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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Tester DJ, Wong LCH, Chanana P, Gray B, Jaye A, Evans JM, Evans M, Fleming P, Jeffrey I, Cohen M, Tfelt-Hansen J, Simpson MA, Behr ER, Ackerman MJ. Exome-Wide Rare Variant Analyses in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. J Pediatr 2018; 203:423-428.e11. [PMID: 30268395 PMCID: PMC6394853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether a monogenic basis explains sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) using an exome-wide focus. STUDY DESIGN A cohort of 427 unrelated cases of SIDS (257 male; average age = 2.7 ± 1.9 months) underwent whole-exome sequencing. Exome-wide rare variant analyses were carried out with 278 SIDS cases of European ancestry (173 male; average age = 2.7 ± 1.98 months) and 973 ethnic-matched controls based on 6 genetic models. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis also was performed. The cohort was collected in collaboration with coroners, medical examiners, and pathologists by St George's University of London, United Kingdom, and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Whole-exome sequencing was performed at the Genomic Laboratory, Kings College London, United Kingdom, or Mayo Clinic's Medical Genome Facility, Rochester, Minnesota. RESULTS Although no exome-wide significant (P < 2.5 × 10-6) difference in burden of ultra-rare variants was detected for any gene, 405 genes had a greater prevalence (P < .05) of ultra-rare nonsynonymous variants among cases with 17 genes at P < .005. Some of these potentially overrepresented genes may represent biologically plausible novel candidate genes for a monogenic basis for a portion of patients with SIDS. The top canonical pathway identified was glucocorticoid biosynthesis (P = .01). CONCLUSIONS The lack of exome-wide significant genetic associations indicates an extreme heterogeneity of etiologies underlying SIDS. Our approach to understanding the genetic mechanisms of SIDS has far reaching implications for the SIDS research community as a whole and may catalyze new evidence-based SIDS research across multiple disciplines. Perturbations in glucocorticoid biosynthesis may represent a novel SIDS-associated biological pathway for future SIDS investigative research.
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- David J Tester
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St George's University Hospitals' National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St George's University Hospitals' National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology, Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cellular Pathology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Histopathology Department, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS FT, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiology Clinical Academic Group, St George's University Hospitals' National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Division of Heart Rhythm Services), Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Cardiology), Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Noncardiac genetic predisposition in sudden infant death syndrome. Genet Med 2018; 21:641-649. [DOI: 10.1038/s41436-018-0131-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Mijuskovic M, Saunders EJ, Leongamornlert DA, Wakerell S, Whitmore I, Dadaev T, Cieza-Borrella C, Govindasami K, Brook MN, Haiman CA, Conti DV, Eeles RA, Kote-Jarai Z. Rare germline variants in DNA repair genes and the angiogenesis pathway predispose prostate cancer patients to develop metastatic disease. Br J Cancer 2018; 119:96-104. [PMID: 29915322 PMCID: PMC6035259 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0141-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PrCa) demonstrates a heterogeneous clinical presentation ranging from largely indolent to lethal. We sought to identify a signature of rare inherited variants that distinguishes between these two extreme phenotypes. METHODS We sequenced germline whole exomes from 139 aggressive (metastatic, age of diagnosis < 60) and 141 non-aggressive (low clinical grade, age of diagnosis ≥60) PrCa cases. We conducted rare variant association analyses at gene and gene set levels using SKAT and Bayesian risk index techniques. GO term enrichment analysis was performed for genes with the highest differential burden of rare disruptive variants. RESULTS Protein truncating variants (PTVs) in specific DNA repair genes were significantly overrepresented among patients with the aggressive phenotype, with BRCA2, ATM and NBN the most frequently mutated genes. Differential burden of rare variants was identified between metastatic and non-aggressive cases for several genes implicated in angiogenesis, conferring both deleterious and protective effects. CONCLUSIONS Inherited PTVs in several DNA repair genes distinguish aggressive from non-aggressive PrCa cases. Furthermore, inherited variants in genes with roles in angiogenesis may be potential predictors for risk of metastases. If validated in a larger dataset, these findings have potential for future clinical application.
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- Martina Mijuskovic
- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, USA
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Oncogenetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK.
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Punj S, Akkari Y, Huang J, Yang F, Creason A, Pak C, Potter A, Dorschner MO, Nickerson DA, Robertson PD, Jarvik GP, Amendola LM, Schleit J, Simpson DK, Rope AF, Reiss J, Kauffman T, Gilmore MJ, Himes P, Wilfond B, Goddard KAB, Richards CS. Preconception Carrier Screening by Genome Sequencing: Results from the Clinical Laboratory. Am J Hum Genet 2018; 102:1078-1089. [PMID: 29754767 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Advances in sequencing technologies permit the analysis of a larger selection of genes for preconception carrier screening. The study was designed as a sequential carrier screen using genome sequencing to analyze 728 gene-disorder pairs for carrier and medically actionable conditions in 131 women and their partners (n = 71) who were planning a pregnancy. We report here on the clinical laboratory results from this expanded carrier screening program. Variants were filtered and classified using the latest American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guideline; only pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants were confirmed by orthologous methods before being reported. Novel missense variants were classified as variants of uncertain significance. We reported 304 variants in 202 participants. Twelve carrier couples (12/71 couples tested) were identified for common conditions; eight were carriers for hereditary hemochromatosis. Although both known and novel variants were reported, 48% of all reported variants were missense. For novel splice-site variants, RNA-splicing assays were performed to aid in classification. We reported ten copy-number variants and five variants in non-coding regions. One novel variant was reported in F8, associated with hemophilia A; prenatal testing showed that the male fetus harbored this variant and the neonate suffered a life-threatening hemorrhage which was anticipated and appropriately managed. Moreover, 3% of participants had variants that were medically actionable. Compared with targeted mutation screening, genome sequencing improves the sensitivity of detecting clinically significant variants. While certain novel variant interpretation remains challenging, the ACMG guidelines are useful to classify variants in a healthy population.
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- Sumit Punj
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Pathology, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Genome Sciences, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Genome Sciences, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Genome Sciences, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Genome Sciences, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Pathology, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Search for rare protein altering variants influencing susceptibility to multiple myeloma. Oncotarget 2018; 8:36203-36210. [PMID: 28404951 PMCID: PMC5482649 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The genetic basis underlying the inherited risk of developing multiple myeloma (MM) is largely unknown. To examine the impact of rare protein altering variants on the risk of developing MM we analyzed high-coverage exome sequencing data on 513 MM cases and 1,569 healthy controls, performing both single variant and gene burden tests. We did not identify any recurrent coding low-frequency alleles (1–5%) with moderate effect that were statistically associated with MM. In a gene burden analysis we did however identify a promising relationship between variation in the marrow kinetochore microtubule stromal gene KIF18A, which plays a role in control mitotic chromosome positioning dynamics, and risk of MM (P =3.6×10−6). Further analysis showed KIF18A displays a distinct pattern of expression across molecular subgroups of MM as well as being associated with patient survival. Our results inform future study design and provide a resource for contextualizing the impact of candidate MM susceptibility genes.
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Yost S, de Wolf B, Hanks S, Zachariou A, Marcozzi C, Clarke M, de Voer R, Etemad B, Uijttewaal E, Ramsay E, Wylie H, Elliott A, Picton S, Smith A, Smithson S, Seal S, Ruark E, Houge G, Pines J, Kops GJ, Rahman N. Biallelic TRIP13 mutations predispose to Wilms tumor and chromosome missegregation. Nat Genet 2017; 49:1148-1151. [PMID: 28553959 PMCID: PMC5493194 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Through exome sequencing, we identified six individuals with biallelic loss-of-function mutations in TRIP13. All six developed Wilms tumor. Constitutional mosaic aneuploidies, microcephaly, developmental delay and seizures, which are features of mosaic variegated aneuploidy (MVA) syndrome, were more variably present. Through functional studies, we show that TRIP13-mutant patient cells have no detectable TRIP13 and have substantial impairment of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), leading to a high rate of chromosome missegregation. Accurate segregation, as well as SAC proficiency, is rescued by restoring TRIP13 function. Individuals with biallelic TRIP13 or BUB1B mutations have a high risk of embryonal tumors, and here we show that their cells display severe SAC impairment. MVA due to biallelic CEP57 mutations, or of unknown cause, is not associated with embryonal tumors and cells from these individuals show minimal SAC deficiency. These data provide insights into the complex relationships between aneuploidy and carcinogenesis.
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- Shawn Yost
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute – KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
- Division of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute – KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute – KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute – KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Children's and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology Unit, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Clinical Genetics Service, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Chapeltown Road, Leeds, LS7 4SA, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Service, St Michael's Hospital, Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
- Division of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute – KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Cancer Genomics Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London, SM2 5NG, UK
- Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK SM2 5PT, UK
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Tatton-Brown K, Loveday C, Yost S, Clarke M, Ramsay E, Zachariou A, Elliott A, Wylie H, Ardissone A, Rittinger O, Stewart F, Temple IK, Cole T, Mahamdallie S, Seal S, Ruark E, Rahman N. Mutations in Epigenetic Regulation Genes Are a Major Cause of Overgrowth with Intellectual Disability. Am J Hum Genet 2017; 100:725-736. [PMID: 28475857 PMCID: PMC5420355 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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To explore the genetic architecture of human overgrowth syndromes and human growth control, we performed experimental and bioinformatic analyses of 710 individuals with overgrowth (height and/or head circumference ≥+2 SD) and intellectual disability (OGID). We identified a causal mutation in 1 of 14 genes in 50% (353/710). This includes HIST1H1E, encoding histone H1.4, which has not been associated with a developmental disorder previously. The pathogenic HIST1H1E mutations are predicted to result in a product that is less effective in neutralizing negatively charged linker DNA because it has a reduced net charge, and in DNA binding and protein-protein interactions because key residues are truncated. Functional network analyses demonstrated that epigenetic regulation is a prominent biological process dysregulated in individuals with OGID. Mutations in six epigenetic regulation genes—NSD1, EZH2, DNMT3A, CHD8, HIST1H1E, and EED—accounted for 44% of individuals (311/710). There was significant overlap between the 14 genes involved in OGID and 611 genes in regions identified in GWASs to be associated with height (p = 6.84 × 10−8), suggesting that a common variation impacting function of genes involved in OGID influences height at a population level. Increased cellular growth is a hallmark of cancer and there was striking overlap between the genes involved in OGID and 260 somatically mutated cancer driver genes (p = 1.75 × 10−14). However, the mutation spectra of genes involved in OGID and cancer differ, suggesting complex genotype-phenotype relationships. These data reveal insights into the genetic control of human growth and demonstrate that exome sequencing in OGID has a high diagnostic yield.
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- Katrina Tatton-Brown
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK; South West Thames Regional Genetics Service, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London SW17 0QT, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Child Neurology Unit, Foundation IRCCS C Besta Neurological Institute, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg, Kinderklinik Department of Pediatrics, Klinische Genetik, Salzburg 5020, Austria
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, Northern Ireland
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- Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK; Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, London SM2 5NG, UK; Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London SW3 6JJ, UK.
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Dobbins SE, Broderick P, Chubb D, Kinnersley B, Sherborne AL, Houlston RS. Undefined familial colorectal cancer and the role of pleiotropism in cancer susceptibility genes. Fam Cancer 2016; 15:593-9. [PMID: 27356891 PMCID: PMC5010824 DOI: 10.1007/s10689-016-9914-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Although family history is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC) a genetic diagnosis cannot be obtained in over 50 % of familial cases when screened for known CRC cancer susceptibility genes. The genetics of undefined-familial CRC is complex and recent studies have implied additional clinically actionable mutations for CRC in susceptibility genes for other cancers. To clarify the contribution of non-CRC susceptibility genes to undefined-familial CRC we conducted a mutational screen of 114 cancer susceptibility genes in 847 patients with early-onset undefined-familial CRC and 1609 controls by analysing high-coverage exome sequencing data. We implemented American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics standards and guidelines for assigning pathogenicity to variants. Globally across all 114 cancer susceptibility genes no statistically significant enrichment of likely pathogenic variants was shown (6.7 % cases 57/847, 5.3 % controls 85/1609; P = 0.15). Moreover there was no significant enrichment of mutations in genes such as TP53 or BRCA2 which have been proposed for clinical testing in CRC. In conclusion, while we identified genes that may be considered interesting candidates as determinants of CRC risk warranting further research, there is currently scant evidence to support a role for genes other than those responsible for established CRC syndromes in the clinical management of familial CRC.
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- Sara E Dobbins
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Division of Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Sandholm N, Van Zuydam N, Ahlqvist E, Juliusdottir T, Deshmukh HA, Rayner NW, Di Camillo B, Forsblom C, Fadista J, Ziemek D, Salem RM, Hiraki LT, Pezzolesi M, Trégouët D, Dahlström E, Valo E, Oskolkov N, Ladenvall C, Marcovecchio ML, Cooper J, Sambo F, Malovini A, Manfrini M, McKnight AJ, Lajer M, Harjutsalo V, Gordin D, Parkkonen M, Tuomilehto J, Lyssenko V, McKeigue PM, Rich SS, Brosnan MJ, Fauman E, Bellazzi R, Rossing P, Hadjadj S, Krolewski A, Paterson AD, Florez JC, Hirschhorn JN, Maxwell AP, Dunger D, Cobelli C, Colhoun HM, Groop L, McCarthy MI, Groop PH. The Genetic Landscape of Renal Complications in Type 1 Diabetes. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 28:557-574. [PMID: 27647854 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016020231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Diabetes is the leading cause of ESRD. Despite evidence for a substantial heritability of diabetic kidney disease, efforts to identify genetic susceptibility variants have had limited success. We extended previous efforts in three dimensions, examining a more comprehensive set of genetic variants in larger numbers of subjects with type 1 diabetes characterized for a wider range of cross-sectional diabetic kidney disease phenotypes. In 2843 subjects, we estimated that the heritability of diabetic kidney disease was 35% (P=6.4×10-3). Genome-wide association analysis and replication in 12,540 individuals identified no single variants reaching stringent levels of significance and, despite excellent power, provided little independent confirmation of previously published associated variants. Whole-exome sequencing in 997 subjects failed to identify any large-effect coding alleles of lower frequency influencing the risk of diabetic kidney disease. However, sets of alleles increasing body mass index (P=2.2×10-5) and the risk of type 2 diabetes (P=6.1×10-4) associated with the risk of diabetic kidney disease. We also found genome-wide genetic correlation between diabetic kidney disease and failure at smoking cessation (P=1.1×10-4). Pathway analysis implicated ascorbate and aldarate metabolism (P=9.0×10-6), and pentose and glucuronate interconversions (P=3.0×10-6) in pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease. These data provide further evidence for the role of genetic factors influencing diabetic kidney disease in those with type 1 diabetes and highlight some key pathways that may be responsible. Altogether these results reveal important biology behind the major cause of kidney disease.
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- Niina Sandholm
- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Medical Research Institute
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Population Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Computational Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Departments of Genetics,Programs in Metabolism and Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Genetics and Genome Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Sorbonne Universities, Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC) and National Institute for Health and Medical Research, Mixed Research Unit in Health (UMR_S) 1166, Paris, France.,Institute for Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Genomics and pathophysiology of Cardiovascular diseases, Paris, France
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Laboratory of Informatics and Systems Engineering for Clinical Research, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care, IRCCS (Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico); Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Diabetic Complications, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,The Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Centre for Vascular Prevention, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.,Diabetic Complications, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Computational Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Diabetic Complications, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark.,Department of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Functional Research Unit of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.,Department of Endocrinology-Diabetology and Center of Clinical Investigation, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.,Institute National pour la Santé et la Recherche Médicale, National Institute for Health and Medical Research, Center of Clinical Investigation 1402 and Unit 1082, Poitiers, France
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- Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Genetics and Genome Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Programs in Metabolism and Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Diabetes Unit and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Genetics,Programs in Metabolism and Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Divisions of Endocrinology and Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.,Regional Nephrology Unit, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Metabolic Science, and
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Population Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland,Abdominal Center, Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Baker IDI (International Diabetes Institute) Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Germ line mutations in shelterin complex genes are associated with familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2016; 128:2319-2326. [PMID: 27528712 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-01-695692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can be familial; however, thus far no rare germ line disruptive alleles for CLL have been identified. We performed whole-exome sequencing of 66 CLL families, identifying 4 families where loss-of-function mutations in protection of telomeres 1 (POT1) co-segregated with CLL. The p.Tyr36Cys mutation is predicted to disrupt the interaction between POT1 and the telomeric overhang. The c.1164-1G>A splice-site, p.Gln358SerfsTer13 frameshift, and p.Gln376Arg missense mutations are likely to impact the interaction between POT1 and adrenocortical dysplasia homolog (ACD), which is a part of the telomere-capping shelterin complex. We also identified mutations in ACD (c.752-2A>C) and another shelterin component, telomeric repeat binding factor 2, interacting protein (p.Ala104Pro and p.Arg133Gln), in 3 CLL families. In a complementary analysis of 1083 cases and 5854 controls, the POT1 p.Gln376Arg variant, which has a global minor allele frequency of 0.0005, conferred a 3.61-fold increased risk of CLL (P = .009). This study further highlights telomere dysregulation as a key process in CLL development.
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OpEx - a validated, automated pipeline optimised for clinical exome sequence analysis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31029. [PMID: 27485037 PMCID: PMC4971567 DOI: 10.1038/srep31029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
We present an easy-to-use, open-source Optimised Exome analysis tool, OpEx (http://icr.ac.uk/opex) that accurately detects small-scale variation, including indels, to clinical standards. We evaluated OpEx performance with an experimentally validated dataset (the ICR142 NGS validation series), a large 1000 exome dataset (the ICR1000 UK exome series), and a clinical proband-parent trio dataset. The performance of OpEx for high-quality base substitutions and short indels in both small and large datasets is excellent, with overall sensitivity of 95%, specificity of 97% and low false detection rate (FDR) of 3%. Depending on the individual performance requirements the OpEx output allows one to optimise the inevitable trade-offs between sensitivity and specificity. For example, in the clinical setting one could permit a higher FDR and lower specificity to maximise sensitivity. In contexts where experimental validation is not possible, minimising the FDR and improving specificity may be a preferable trade-off for slightly lower sensitivity. OpEx is simple to install and use; the whole pipeline is run from a single command. OpEx is therefore well suited to the increasing research and clinical laboratories undertaking exome sequencing, particularly those without in-house dedicated bioinformatics expertise.
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Chubb D, Broderick P, Dobbins SE, Frampton M, Kinnersley B, Penegar S, Price A, Ma YP, Sherborne AL, Palles C, Timofeeva MN, Bishop DT, Dunlop MG, Tomlinson I, Houlston RS. Rare disruptive mutations and their contribution to the heritable risk of colorectal cancer. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11883. [PMID: 27329137 PMCID: PMC4917884 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) displays a complex pattern of inheritance. It is postulated that much of the missing heritability of CRC is enshrined in high-impact rare alleles, which are mechanistically and clinically important. In this study, we assay the impact of rare germline mutations on CRC, analysing high-coverage exome sequencing data on 1,006 early-onset familial CRC cases and 1,609 healthy controls, with additional sequencing and array data on up to 5,552 cases and 6,792 controls. We identify highly penetrant rare mutations in 16% of familial CRC. Although the majority of these reside in known genes, we identify POT1, POLE2 and MRE11 as candidate CRC genes. We did not identify any coding low-frequency alleles (1-5%) with moderate effect. Our study clarifies the genetic architecture of CRC and probably discounts the existence of further major high-penetrance susceptibility genes, which individually account for >1% of the familial risk. Our results inform future study design and provide a resource for contextualizing the impact of new CRC genes.
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- Daniel Chubb
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
- Division of Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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Mahamdallie SS, Hanks S, Karlin KL, Zachariou A, Perdeaux ER, Ruark E, Shaw CA, Renwick A, Ramsay E, Yost S, Elliott A, Birch J, Capra M, Gray J, Hale J, Kingston J, Levitt G, McLean T, Sheridan E, Renwick A, Seal S, Stiller C, Sebire N, Westbrook TF, Rahman N. Mutations in the transcriptional repressor REST predispose to Wilms tumor. Nat Genet 2015; 47:1471-4. [PMID: 26551668 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Wilms tumor is the most common childhood renal cancer. To identify mutations that predispose to Wilms tumor, we are conducting exome sequencing studies. Here we describe 11 different inactivating mutations in the REST gene (encoding RE1-silencing transcription factor) in four familial Wilms tumor pedigrees and nine non-familial cases. Notably, no similar mutations were identified in the ICR1000 control series (13/558 versus 0/993; P < 0.0001) or in the ExAC series (13/558 versus 0/61,312; P < 0.0001). We identified a second mutational event in two tumors, suggesting that REST may act as a tumor-suppressor gene in Wilms tumor pathogenesis. REST is a zinc-finger transcription factor that functions in cellular differentiation and embryonic development. Notably, ten of 11 mutations clustered within the portion of REST encoding the DNA-binding domain, and functional analyses showed that these mutations compromise REST transcriptional repression. These data establish REST as a Wilms tumor predisposition gene accounting for ∼2% of Wilms tumor.
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Paediatric and Familial Cancer Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Haematology Oncology-National Paediatric Centre, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Haematology and Oncology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Yorkshire Clinical Genetics Service, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology and Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - Nazneen Rahman
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, UK
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