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Chen Y, Dawes R, Kim HC, Stenton SL, Walker S, Ljungdahl A, Lord J, Ganesh VS, Ma J, Martin-Geary AC, Lemire G, D'Souza EN, Dong S, Ellingford JM, Adams DR, Allan K, Bakshi M, Baldwin EE, Berger SI, Bernstein JA, Brown NJ, Burrage LC, Chapman K, Compton AG, Cunningham CA, D'Souza P, Délot EC, Dias KR, Elias ER, Evans CA, Ewans L, Ezell K, Fraser JL, Gallacher L, Genetti CA, Grant CL, Haack T, Kuechler A, Lalani SR, Leitão E, Fevre AL, Leventer RJ, Liebelt JE, Lockhart PJ, Ma AS, Macnamara EF, Maurer TM, Mendez HR, Montgomery SB, Nassogne MC, Neumann S, O'Leary M, Palmer EE, Phillips J, Pitsava G, Pysar R, Rehm HL, Reuter CM, Revencu N, Riess A, Rius R, Rodan L, Roscioli T, Rosenfeld JA, Sachdev R, Simons C, Sisodiya SM, Snell P, Clair LS, Stark Z, Tan TY, Tan NB, Temple SE, Thorburn DR, Tifft CJ, Uebergang E, VanNoy GE, Vilain E, Viskochil DH, Wedd L, Wheeler MT, White SM, Wojcik M, Wolfe LA, Wolfenson Z, Xiao C, Zocche D, Rubenstein JL, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Fica SM, Baralle D, Depienne C, MacArthur DG, Howson JM, Sanders SJ, O'Donnell-Luria A, Whiffin N. De novo variants in the non-coding spliceosomal snRNA gene RNU4-2 are a frequent cause of syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders. medRxiv 2024:2024.04.07.24305438. [PMID: 38645094 PMCID: PMC11030480 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.07.24305438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Around 60% of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) remain undiagnosed after comprehensive genetic testing, primarily of protein-coding genes 1 . Increasingly, large genome-sequenced cohorts are improving our ability to discover new diagnoses in the non-coding genome. Here, we identify the non-coding RNA RNU4-2 as a novel syndromic NDD gene. RNU4-2 encodes the U4 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), which is a critical component of the U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP complex of the major spliceosome 2 . We identify an 18 bp region of RNU4-2 mapping to two structural elements in the U4/U6 snRNA duplex (the T-loop and Stem III) that is severely depleted of variation in the general population, but in which we identify heterozygous variants in 119 individuals with NDD. The vast majority of individuals (77.3%) have the same highly recurrent single base-pair insertion (n.64_65insT). We estimate that variants in this region explain 0.41% of individuals with NDD. We demonstrate that RNU4-2 is highly expressed in the developing human brain, in contrast to its contiguous counterpart RNU4-1 and other U4 homologs, supporting RNU4-2 's role as the primary U4 transcript in the brain. Overall, this work underscores the importance of non-coding genes in rare disorders. It will provide a diagnosis to thousands of individuals with NDD worldwide and pave the way for the development of effective treatments for these individuals.
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Houdayer C, Phillips AM, Chabbert M, Bourreau J, Maroofian R, Houlden H, Richards K, Saadi NW, Dad'ová E, Van Bogaert P, Rupin M, Keren B, Charles P, Smol T, Riquet A, Pais L, O'Donnell-Luria A, VanNoy GE, Bayat A, Møller RS, Olofsson K, Abou Jamra R, Syrbe S, Dasouki M, Seaver LH, Sullivan JA, Shashi V, Alkuraya FS, Poss AF, Spence JE, Schnur RE, Forster IC, Mckenzie CE, Simons C, Wang M, Snell P, Kothur K, Buckley M, Roscioli T, Elserafy N, Dauriat B, Procaccio V, Henrion D, Lenaers G, Colin E, Verbeek NE, Van Gassen KL, Legendre C, Bonneau D, Reid CA, Howell KB, Ziegler A, Legros C. Mono and biallelic variants in HCN2 cause severe neurodevelopmental disorders. medRxiv 2024:2024.03.19.24303984. [PMID: 38562733 PMCID: PMC10984036 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.19.24303984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Hyperpolarization activated Cyclic Nucleotide (HCN) gated channels are crucial for various neurophysiological functions, including learning and sensory functions, and their dysfunction are responsible for brain disorders, such as epilepsy. To date, HCN2 variants have only been associated with mild epilepsy and recently, one monoallelic missense variant has been linked to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Here, we expand the phenotypic spectrum of HCN2- related disorders by describing twenty-one additional individuals from fifteen unrelated families carrying HCN2 variants. Seventeen individuals had developmental delay/intellectual disability (DD/ID), two had borderline DD/ID, and one had borderline DD. Ten individuals had epilepsy with DD/ID, with median age of onset of 10 months, and one had epilepsy with normal development. Molecular diagnosis identified thirteen different pathogenic HCN2 variants, including eleven missense variants affecting highly conserved amino acids, one frameshift variant, and one in-frame deletion. Seven variants were monoallelic of which five occurred de novo, one was not maternally inherited, one was inherited from a father with mild learning disabilities, and one was of unknown inheritance. The remaining six variants were biallelic, with four homozygous and two compound heterozygous variants. Functional studies using two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings in Xenopus laevis oocytes were performed on three monoallelic variants, p.(Arg324His), p.(Ala363Val), and p.(Met374Leu), and three biallelic variants, p.(Leu377His), p.(Pro493Leu) and p.(Gly587Asp). The p.(Arg324His) variant induced a strong increase of HCN2 conductance, while p.(Ala363Val) and p.(Met374Leu) displayed dominant negative effects, leading to a partial loss of HCN2 channel function. By confocal imaging, we found that the p.(Leu377His), p.(Pro493Leu) and p.(Gly587Asp) pathogenic variants impaired membrane trafficking, resulting in a complete loss of HCN2 elicited currents in Xenopus oocytes. Structural 3D-analysis in depolarized and hyperpolarized states of HCN2 channels, revealed that the pathogenic variants p.(His205Gln), p.(Ser409Leu), p.(Arg324Cys), p.(Asn369Ser) and p.(Gly460Asp) modify molecular interactions altering HCN2 function. Taken together, our data broadens the clinical spectrum associated with HCN2 variants, and disclose that HCN2 is involved in developmental encephalopathy with or without epilepsy.
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Passchier EMJ, Bisseling Q, Helman G, van Spaendonk RML, Simons C, Olsthoorn RCL, van der Veen H, Abbink TEM, van der Knaap MS, Min R. Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts: a variant update and review of the literature. Front Genet 2024; 15:1352947. [PMID: 38487253 PMCID: PMC10938252 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1352947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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The leukodystrophy megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is characterized by infantile-onset macrocephaly and chronic edema of the brain white matter. With delayed onset, patients typically experience motor problems, epilepsy and slow cognitive decline. No treatment is available. Classic MLC is caused by bi-allelic recessive pathogenic variants in MLC1 or GLIALCAM (also called HEPACAM). Heterozygous dominant pathogenic variants in GLIALCAM lead to remitting MLC, where patients show a similar phenotype in early life, followed by normalization of white matter edema and no clinical regression. Rare patients with heterozygous dominant variants in GPRC5B and classic MLC were recently described. In addition, two siblings with bi-allelic recessive variants in AQP4 and remitting MLC have been identified. The last systematic overview of variants linked to MLC dates back to 2006. We provide an updated overview of published and novel variants. We report on genetic variants from 508 patients with MLC as confirmed by MRI diagnosis (258 from our database and 250 extracted from 64 published reports). We describe 151 unique MLC1 variants, 29 GLIALCAM variants, 2 GPRC5B variants and 1 AQP4 variant observed in these MLC patients. We include experiments confirming pathogenicity for some variants, discuss particularly notable variants, and provide an overview of recent scientific and clinical insight in the pathophysiology of MLC.
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- Emma M. J. Passchier
- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Deuis JR, Kumble S, Keramidas A, Ragnarsson L, Simons C, Pais L, White SM, Vetter I. Erythromelalgia caused by the missense mutation p.Arg220Pro in an alternatively spliced exon of SCN9A (NaV1.7). Hum Mol Genet 2024; 33:103-109. [PMID: 37721535 PMCID: PMC10772039 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Erythromelalgia (EM), is a familial pain syndrome characterized by episodic 'burning' pain, warmth, and erythema. EM is caused by monoallelic variants in SCN9A, which encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel (NaV) NaV1.7. Over 25 different SCN9A mutations attributed to EM have been described to date, all identified in the SCN9A transcript utilizing exon 6N. Here we report a novel SCN9A missense variant identified in seven related individuals with stereotypic episodes of bilateral lower limb pain presenting in childhood. The variant, XM_011511617.3:c.659G>C;p.(Arg220Pro), resides in the exon 6A of SCN9A, an exon previously shown to be selectively incorporated by developmentally regulated alternative splicing. The mutation is located in the voltage-sensing S4 segment of domain I, which is important for regulating channel activation. Functional analysis showed the p.Arg220Pro mutation altered voltage-dependent activation and delayed channel inactivation, consistent with a NaV1.7 gain-of-function molecular phenotype. These results demonstrate that alternatively spliced isoforms of SCN9A should be included in all genomic testing of EM.
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- Jennifer R Deuis
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States
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- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody Road, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- School of Pharmacy, 20 Cornwall Street, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia
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Hudson R, Abeysekera N, Wolski P, Simons C, Francis L, Farnsworth E, Bennetts B, Patel C, Spijker S, Mallett A. De novo HNF4A-associated atypical Fanconi renal tubulopathy syndrome. J Nephrol 2024; 37:191-197. [PMID: 37308774 PMCID: PMC10920409 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-023-01666-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Rebecca Hudson
- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
- Department of General Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Anatomical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Specialty of Genomic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, QLD, 4814, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
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Amarasekera SSC, Hock DH, Lake NJ, Calvo SE, Grønborg SW, Krzesinski EI, Amor DJ, Fahey MC, Simons C, Wibrand F, Mootha VK, Lek M, Lunke S, Stark Z, Østergaard E, Christodoulou J, Thorburn DR, Stroud DA, Compton AG. Multi-omics identifies large mitoribosomal subunit instability caused by pathogenic MRPL39 variants as a cause of pediatric onset mitochondrial disease. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2441-2454. [PMID: 37133451 PMCID: PMC10360397 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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MRPL39 encodes one of 52 proteins comprising the large subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome (mitoribosome). In conjunction with 30 proteins in the small subunit, the mitoribosome synthesizes the 13 subunits of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system encoded by mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). We used multi-omics and gene matching to identify three unrelated individuals with biallelic variants in MRPL39 presenting with multisystem diseases with severity ranging from lethal, infantile-onset (Leigh syndrome spectrum) to milder with survival into adulthood. Clinical exome sequencing of known disease genes failed to diagnose these patients; however quantitative proteomics identified a specific decrease in the abundance of large but not small mitoribosomal subunits in fibroblasts from the two patients with severe phenotype. Re-analysis of exome sequencing led to the identification of candidate single heterozygous variants in mitoribosomal genes MRPL39 (both patients) and MRPL15. Genome sequencing identified a shared deep intronic MRPL39 variant predicted to generate a cryptic exon, with transcriptomics and targeted studies providing further functional evidence for causation. The patient with the milder disease was homozygous for a missense variant identified through trio exome sequencing. Our study highlights the utility of quantitative proteomics in detecting protein signatures and in characterizing gene-disease associations in exome-unsolved patients. We describe Relative Complex Abundance analysis of proteomics data, a sensitive method that can identify defects in OXPHOS disorders to a similar or greater sensitivity to the traditional enzymology. Relative Complex Abundance has potential utility for functional validation or prioritization in many hundreds of inherited rare diseases where protein complex assembly is disrupted.
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- Sumudu S C Amarasekera
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
- Center for Inherited Metabolic Disease, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Monash Genetics, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC 3168 Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168 Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Monash Genetics, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC 3168 Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3168 Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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Hort Y, Sullivan P, Wedd L, Fowles L, Stevanovski I, Deveson I, Simons C, Mallett A, Patel C, Furlong T, Cowley MJ, Shine J, Mallawaarachchi A. Atypical splicing variants in PKD1 explain most undiagnosed typical familial ADPKD. NPJ Genom Med 2023; 8:16. [PMID: 37419908 DOI: 10.1038/s41525-023-00362-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common monogenic cause of kidney failure and is primarily associated with PKD1 or PKD2. Approximately 10% of patients remain undiagnosed after standard genetic testing. We aimed to utilise short and long-read genome sequencing and RNA studies to investigate undiagnosed families. Patients with typical ADPKD phenotype and undiagnosed after genetic diagnostics were recruited. Probands underwent short-read genome sequencing, PKD1 and PKD2 coding and non-coding analyses and then genome-wide analysis. Targeted RNA studies investigated variants suspected to impact splicing. Those undiagnosed then underwent Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read genome sequencing. From over 172 probands, 9 met inclusion criteria and consented. A genetic diagnosis was made in 8 of 9 (89%) families undiagnosed on prior genetic testing. Six had variants impacting splicing, five in non-coding regions of PKD1. Short-read genome sequencing identified novel branchpoint, AG-exclusion zone and missense variants generating cryptic splice sites and a deletion causing critical intron shortening. Long-read sequencing confirmed the diagnosis in one family. Most undiagnosed families with typical ADPKD have splice-impacting variants in PKD1. We describe a pragmatic method for diagnostic laboratories to assess PKD1 and PKD2 non-coding regions and validate suspected splicing variants through targeted RNA studies.
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- Yvonne Hort
- Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Genomic Technologies, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Genomic Technologies, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Population Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
- Clinical Genetics Service, Institute of Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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Lunke S, Bouffler SE, Patel CV, Sandaradura SA, Wilson M, Pinner J, Hunter MF, Barnett CP, Wallis M, Kamien B, Tan TY, Freckmann ML, Chong B, Phelan D, Francis D, Kassahn KS, Ha T, Gao S, Arts P, Jackson MR, Scott HS, Eggers S, Rowley S, Boggs K, Rakonjac A, Brett GR, de Silva MG, Springer A, Ward M, Stallard K, Simons C, Conway T, Halman A, Van Bergen NJ, Sikora T, Semcesen LN, Stroud DA, Compton AG, Thorburn DR, Bell KM, Sadedin S, North KN, Christodoulou J, Stark Z. Integrated multi-omics for rapid rare disease diagnosis on a national scale. Nat Med 2023:10.1038/s41591-023-02401-9. [PMID: 37291213 PMCID: PMC10353936 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02401-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Critically ill infants and children with rare diseases need equitable access to rapid and accurate diagnosis to direct clinical management. Over 2 years, the Acute Care Genomics program provided whole-genome sequencing to 290 families whose critically ill infants and children were admitted to hospitals throughout Australia with suspected genetic conditions. The average time to result was 2.9 d and diagnostic yield was 47%. We performed additional bioinformatic analyses and transcriptome sequencing in all patients who remained undiagnosed. Long-read sequencing and functional assays, ranging from clinically accredited enzyme analysis to bespoke quantitative proteomics, were deployed in selected cases. This resulted in an additional 19 diagnoses and an overall diagnostic yield of 54%. Diagnostic variants ranged from structural chromosomal abnormalities through to an intronic retrotransposon, disrupting splicing. Critical care management changed in 120 diagnosed patients (77%). This included major impacts, such as informing precision treatments, surgical and transplant decisions and palliation, in 94 patients (60%). Our results provide preliminary evidence of the clinical utility of integrating multi-omic approaches into mainstream diagnostic practice to fully realize the potential of rare disease genomic testing in a timely manner.
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- Sebastian Lunke
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Monash Genetics, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Paediatric and Reproductive Genetics Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Tasmanian Clinical Genetics Service, Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- School of Medicine and Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Genetic Services of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Biology, An alliance between SA Pathology and the University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
- UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Biology, An alliance between SA Pathology and the University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
- UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Centre for Cancer Biology, An alliance between SA Pathology and the University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
- UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Genetics, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Genetic Services of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Paediatric and Reproductive Genetics Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Stark Z, Boughtwood T, Haas M, Braithwaite J, Gaff CL, Goranitis I, Spurdle AB, Hansen DP, Hofmann O, Laing N, Metcalfe S, Newson AJ, Scott HS, Thorne N, Ward RL, Dinger ME, Best S, Long JC, Grimmond SM, Pearson J, Waddell N, Barnett CP, Cook M, Field M, Fielding D, Fox SB, Gecz J, Jaffe A, Leventer RJ, Lockhart PJ, Lunke S, Mallett AJ, McGaughran J, Mileshkin L, Nones K, Roscioli T, Scheffer IE, Semsarian C, Simons C, Thomas DM, Thorburn DR, Tothill R, White D, Dunwoodie S, Simpson PT, Phillips P, Brion MJ, Finlay K, Quinn MC, Mattiske T, Tudini E, Boggs K, Murray S, Wells K, Cannings J, Sinclair AH, Christodoulou J, North KN. Australian Genomics: Outcomes of a 5-year national program to accelerate the integration of genomics in healthcare. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110:419-426. [PMID: 36868206 PMCID: PMC10027474 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Australian Genomics is a national collaborative partnership of more than 100 organizations piloting a whole-of-system approach to integrating genomics into healthcare, based on federation principles. In the first five years of operation, Australian Genomics has evaluated the outcomes of genomic testing in more than 5,200 individuals across 19 rare disease and cancer flagship studies. Comprehensive analyses of the health economic, policy, ethical, legal, implementation and workforce implications of incorporating genomics in the Australian context have informed evidence-based change in policy and practice, resulting in national government funding and equity of access for a range of genomic tests. Simultaneously, Australian Genomics has built national skills, infrastructure, policy, and data resources to enable effective data sharing to drive discovery research and support improvements in clinical genomic delivery.
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- Zornitza Stark
- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Childhood Dementia Initiative, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; International Society for Quality in Health Care, Dublin, Ireland
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Genome Informatics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Paediatric and Reproductive Genetics Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Immunology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, UK
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Pathology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Bruce Lefroy Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Medical Genomics Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Randwick Genomics Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology at Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Population Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Blood Cancer Program, Precision Cancer Medicine Theme, The South Australian Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Faculty of Health and Medical Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mito Foundation, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Breast Cancer Network Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ProCan, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Van Haute L, O'Connor E, Díaz-Maldonado H, Munro B, Polavarapu K, Hock DH, Arunachal G, Athanasiou-Fragkouli A, Bardhan M, Barth M, Bonneau D, Brunetti-Pierri N, Cappuccio G, Caruana NJ, Dominik N, Goel H, Helman G, Houlden H, Lenaers G, Mention K, Murphy D, Nandeesh B, Olimpio C, Powell CA, Preethish-Kumar V, Procaccio V, Rius R, Rebelo-Guiomar P, Simons C, Vengalil S, Zaki MS, Ziegler A, Thorburn DR, Stroud DA, Maroofian R, Christodoulou J, Gustafsson C, Nalini A, Lochmüller H, Minczuk M, Horvath R. TEFM variants impair mitochondrial transcription causing childhood-onset neurological disease. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1009. [PMID: 36823193 PMCID: PMC9950373 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36277-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the mitochondrial or nuclear genomes are associated with a diverse group of human disorders characterized by impaired mitochondrial respiration. Within this group, an increasing number of mutations have been identified in nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial RNA biology. The TEFM gene encodes the mitochondrial transcription elongation factor responsible for enhancing the processivity of mitochondrial RNA polymerase, POLRMT. We report for the first time that TEFM variants are associated with mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency and a wide range of clinical presentations including mitochondrial myopathy with a treatable neuromuscular transmission defect. Mechanistically, we show muscle and primary fibroblasts from the affected individuals have reduced levels of promoter distal mitochondrial RNA transcripts. Finally, tefm knockdown in zebrafish embryos resulted in neuromuscular junction abnormalities and abnormal mitochondrial function, strengthening the genotype-phenotype correlation. Our study highlights that TEFM regulates mitochondrial transcription elongation and its defect results in variable, tissue-specific neurological and neuromuscular symptoms.
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- Lindsey Van Haute
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Human genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- UCL London, Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Genetics, Mitovasc INSERM 1083, CNRS 6015, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Department of Genetics, Mitovasc INSERM 1083, CNRS 6015, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Via s. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Via s. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- Institute for Health and Sport (IHES), Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, 3011, Australia
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- UCL London, Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Hunter Genetics, Waratah, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2298, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- UCL London, Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Mitovasc INSERM 1083, CNRS 6015, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Pediatric Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Lille, France
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- UCL London, Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Mitovasc INSERM 1083, CNRS 6015, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, 12311, Egypt
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- Department of Genetics, Mitovasc INSERM 1083, CNRS 6015, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- UCL London, Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Morgan KJ, Doggett K, Geng F, Mieruszynski S, Whitehead L, Smith KA, Hogan BM, Simons C, Baillie GJ, Molania R, Papenfuss AT, Hall TE, Ober EA, Stainier DYR, Gong Z, Heath JK. ahctf1 and kras mutations combine to amplify oncogenic stress and restrict liver overgrowth in a zebrafish model of hepatocellular carcinoma. eLife 2023; 12:73407. [PMID: 36648336 PMCID: PMC9897728 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The nucleoporin (NUP) ELYS, encoded by AHCTF1, is a large multifunctional protein with essential roles in nuclear pore assembly and mitosis. Using both larval and adult zebrafish models of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in which the expression of an inducible mutant kras transgene (krasG12V) drives hepatocyte-specific hyperplasia and liver enlargement, we show that reducing ahctf1 gene dosage by 50% markedly decreases liver volume, while non-hyperplastic tissues are unaffected. We demonstrate that in the context of cancer, ahctf1 heterozygosity impairs nuclear pore formation, mitotic spindle assembly, and chromosome segregation, leading to DNA damage and activation of a Tp53-dependent transcriptional programme that induces cell death and cell cycle arrest. Heterozygous expression of both ahctf1 and ranbp2 (encoding a second nucleoporin), or treatment of heterozygous ahctf1 larvae with the nucleocytoplasmic transport inhibitor, Selinexor, completely blocks krasG12V-driven hepatocyte hyperplasia. Gene expression analysis of patient samples in the liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) dataset in The Cancer Genome Atlas shows that high expression of one or more of the transcripts encoding the 10 components of the NUP107-160 subcomplex, which includes AHCTF1, is positively correlated with worse overall survival. These results provide a strong and feasible rationale for the development of novel cancer therapeutics that target ELYS function and suggest potential avenues for effective combinatorial treatments.
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- Kimberly J Morgan
- Epigenetics and Development Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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- Epigenetics and Development Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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- Epigenetics and Development Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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- Epigenetics and Development Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
- Centre for Dynamic Imaging, Advanced Technology and Biology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
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- Department of Physiology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
- Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreMelbourneAustralia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
- Murdoch Children's Research InstituteParkvilleAustralia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
- Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
- Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of QueenslandQueenslandAustralia
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- Danish Stem Cell Center, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung ResearchBad NauheimGermany
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- Department of Biological Science, National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Epigenetics and Development Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleAustralia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of MelbourneParkvilleAustralia
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O’Shea R, Wood A, Patel C, McCarthy HJ, Mallawaarachchi A, Quinlan C, Simons C, Stark Z, Mallett AJ. Participant Choice towards Receiving Potential Additional Findings in an Australian Nephrology Research Genomics Study. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13101804. [PMID: 36292688 PMCID: PMC9601985 DOI: 10.3390/genes13101804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The choices of participants in nephrology research genomics studies about receiving additional findings (AFs) are unclear as are participant factors that might influence those choices. Methods: Participant choices and factors potentially impacting decisions about AFs were examined in an Australian study applying research genomic testing following uninformative diagnostic genetic testing for suspected monogenic kidney disease. Results: 93% of participants (195/210) chose to receive potential AFs. There were no statistically significant differences between those consenting to receive AFs or not in terms of gender (p = 0.97), median age (p = 0.56), being personally affected by the inherited kidney disease of interest (p = 0.38), or by the inheritance pattern (p = 0.12–0.19). Participants were more likely to choose not to receive AFs if the family proband presented in adulthood (p = 0.01), if there was family history of another genetic disorder (p = 0.01), and where the consent process was undertaken by an adult nephrologist (p = 0.01). Conclusion: The majority of participants in this nephrology research genomics study chose to receive potential AFs. Younger age of the family proband, family history of an alternate genetic disorder, and consenting by some multidisciplinary team members might impact upon participant choices.
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- Rosie O’Shea
- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Departments of Nephrology, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Nephrology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia
- Correspondence:
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Helman G, Takanohashi A, Hagemann TL, Perng MD, Walkiewicz M, Woidill S, Sase S, Cross Z, Du Y, Zhao L, Waldman A, Haake BC, Fatemi A, Brenner M, Sherbini O, Messing A, Vanderver A, Simons C. Type II Alexander disease caused by splicing errors and aberrant overexpression of an uncharacterized GFAP isoform. Hum Mutat 2022; 43:1344. [PMID: 35920398 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Helman G, Zarekiani P, Tromp SAM, Andrews A, Botto LD, Bonkowsky JL, Chassevent A, Giorgio E, Pippucci T, Shen W, Smith-Hicks C, Vaula G, Willemsen MAAP, Schimmel M, Vollert K, Shimizu F, Kanda T, Lynch M, Roscioli T, Taft RJ, Simons C, Bugiani M, Kuijpers TW, van der Knaap MS. Heterozygous NOTCH1 variants cause CNS immune activation and microangiopathy. Ann Neurol 2022; 92:895-901. [PMID: 35947102 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
NOTCH1 belongs to the NOTCH family of proteins that regulate cell fate and inflammatory responses. Somatic and germline NOTCH1 variants have been implicated in cancer, Adams-Oliver syndrome and cardiovascular defects. We describe seven unrelated patients grouped by the presence of leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and heterozygous de novo gain-of-function variants in NOTCH1. Immunologic profiling showed upregulated CSF IP-10, a cytokine secreted downstream of NOTCH1 signaling. Autopsy revealed extensive leukoencephalopathy and microangiopathy with vascular calcifications. This evidence implicates that heterozygous gain-of-function variants in NOTCH1 lead to a chronic CNS inflammatory response resulting in a calcifying microangiopathy with leukoencephalopathy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, 3042, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands.,Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Division of Neurogenetics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy.,Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Genetica Medica, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Bologna, 40138, Italy
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- Clinical Genome Sequencing Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55901, USA
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- The Hugo Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.,Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, 10126, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, 6525, GA, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Childrens's Hospital, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, 86156, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology - Pediatric Radiology section, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, 86156, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, 755-0046, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, 755-0046, Japan
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- Neurosciences Unit, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, 4101, Australia.,Queensland Lifespan Metabolic Medicine Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, 4101, Australia
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- New South Wales Health Pathology Randwick Genomics Laboratory, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Centre for Clinical Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, 3042, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands.,Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, 1100, DD, The Netherlands.,Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, 1081, HV, The Netherlands
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Wu K, Takanohashi A, Woidill S, Seylani A, Helman G, Dias P, Beers J, Lin Y, Simons C, Wolvetang E, Zou J, Vanderver A, Sack MN. Generation of human induced pluripotential stem cells from individuals with complex heterozygous, isogenic corrected, and homozygous Bloc1s1 mutations. Stem Cell Res 2022; 64:102905. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2022.102905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Stutterd CA, Vanderver A, Lockhart PJ, Helman G, Pope K, Uebergang E, Love C, Delatycki MB, Thorburn D, Mackay MT, Peters H, Kornberg AJ, Patel C, Rodriguez-Casero V, Waak M, Silberstein J, Sinclair A, Nolan M, Field M, Davis MR, Fahey M, Scheffer IE, Freeman JL, Wolf NI, Taft RJ, van der Knaap MS, Simons C, Leventer RJ. Unclassified white matter disorders: A diagnostic journey requiring close collaboration between clinical and laboratory services. Eur J Med Genet 2022; 65:104551. [PMID: 35803560 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Next generation sequencing studies have revealed an ever-increasing number of causes for genetic disorders of central nervous system white matter. A substantial number of disorders are identifiable from their specific pattern of biochemical and/or imaging findings for which single gene testing may be indicated. Beyond this group, the causes of genetic white matter disorders are unclear and a broader approach to genomic testing is recommended. AIM This study aimed to identify the genetic causes for a group of individuals with unclassified white matter disorders with suspected genetic aetiology and highlight the investigations required when the initial testing is non-diagnostic. METHODS Twenty-six individuals from 22 families with unclassified white matter disorders underwent deep phenotyping and genome sequencing performed on trio, or larger, family groups. Functional studies and transcriptomics were used to resolve variants of uncertain significance with potential clinical relevance. RESULTS Causative or candidate variants were identified in 15/22 (68.2%) families. Six of the 15 implicated genes had been previously associated with white matter disease (COL4A1, NDUFV1, SLC17A5, TUBB4A, BOLA3, DARS2). Patients with variants in the latter two presented with an atypical phenotype. The other nine genes had not been specifically associated with white matter disease at the time of diagnosis and included genes associated with monogenic syndromes, developmental disorders, and developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (STAG2, LSS, FIG4, GLS, PMPCA, SPTBN1, AGO2, SCN2A, SCN8A). Consequently, only 46% of the diagnoses would have been made via a current leukodystrophy gene panel test. DISCUSSION These results confirm the importance of broad genomic testing for patients with white matter disorders. The high diagnostic yield reflects the integration of deep phenotyping, whole genome sequencing, trio analysis, functional studies, and transcriptomic analyses. CONCLUSIONS Genetic white matter disorders are genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous. Deep phenotyping together with a range of genomic technologies underpin the identification of causes of unclassified white matter disease. A molecular diagnosis is essential for prognostication, appropriate management, and accurate reproductive counseling.
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- C A Stutterd
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Metabolic Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Children's Hospital, South Brisbane Queensland, Australia; Centre for Children's Health Research, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Health Research, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurosciences, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Neurosciences, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Genetics of Learning Disability (GOLD) Service, Hunter Genetics, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Diagnostic Genomics, Path West Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Illumina Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Soraru J, Jahan S, Quinlan C, Simons C, Wardrop L, O'Shea R, Wood A, Mallawaarachchi A, Patel C, Stark Z, Mallett AJ. The HIDDEN Protocol: An Australian Prospective Cohort Study to Determine the Utility of Whole Genome Sequencing in Kidney Failure of Unknown Aetiology. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:891223. [PMID: 35721054 PMCID: PMC9204488 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.891223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Early identification of genetic kidney disease allows personalised management, clarification of risk for relatives, and guidance for family planning. Genetic disease is underdiagnosed, and recognition of genetic disease is particularly challenging in patients with kidney failure without distinguishing diagnostic features. To address this challenge, the primary aim of this study is to determine the proportion of genetic diagnoses amongst patients with kidney failure of unknown aetiology, using whole genome sequencing (WGS). A cohort of up to 100 Australian patients with kidney failure of unknown aetiology, with onset <50 years old and approved by a panel of study investigators will be recruited via 18 centres nationally. Clinically accredited WGS will be undertaken with analysis targeted to a priority list of ∼388 genes associated with genetic kidney disease. The primary outcome will be the proportion of patients who receive a molecular diagnosis (diagnostic rate) via WGS compared with usual -care (no further diagnostic investigation). Participant surveys will be undertaken at consent, after test result return and 1 year subsequently. Where there is no or an uncertain diagnosis, future research genomics will be considered to identify candidate genes and new pathogenic variants in known genes. All results will be relayed to participants via the recruiting clinician and/or kidney genetics clinic. The study is ethically approved (HREC/16/MH/251) with local site governance approvals in place. The future results of this study will be disseminated and inform practical understanding of the potential monogenic contribution to kidney failure of unknown aetiology. These findings are anticipated to impact clinical practice and healthcare policy.
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- Jacqueline Soraru
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Kidney Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medical Genomics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Australian Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Stellingwerff MD, Nulton C, Helman G, Roosendaal SD, Benko WS, Pizzino A, Bugiani M, Vanderver A, Simons C, van der Knaap MS. Early-Onset Vascular Leukoencephalopathy Caused by Bi-Allelic NOTCH3 Variants. Neuropediatrics 2022; 53:115-121. [PMID: 35026854 PMCID: PMC9270846 DOI: 10.1055/a-1739-2722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Heterozygous NOTCH3 variants are known to cause cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), with patients typically presenting in adulthood. We describe three patients presenting at an early age with a vascular leukoencephalopathy. Genome sequencing revealed bi-allelic variants in the NOTCH3 gene. METHODS Clinical records and available MRI and CT scans of three patients from two unrelated families were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS The patients presented at 9 to 14 months of age with developmental delay, seizures, or both. The disease course was characterized by cognitive impairment and variably recurrent strokes, migraine attacks, and seizures. MRI findings pointed at a small vessel disease, with extensive cerebral white matter abnormalities, atrophy, lacunes in the basal ganglia, microbleeds, and microcalcifications. The anterior temporal lobes were spared. Bi-allelic cysteine-sparing NOTCH3 variants in exons 1, 32, and 33 were found. INTERPRETATION This study indicates that bi-allelic loss-of-function NOTCH3 variants may cause a vascular leukoencephalopathy, distinct from CADASIL.
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- Menno D. Stellingwerff
- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia,Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia,Genetics and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Godler DE, Ling L, Gamage D, Baker EK, Bui M, Field MJ, Rogers C, Butler MG, Murgia A, Leonardi E, Polli R, Schwartz CE, Skinner CD, Alliende AM, Santa Maria L, Pitt J, Greaves R, Francis D, Oertel R, Wang M, Simons C, Amor DJ. Feasibility of Screening for Chromosome 15 Imprinting Disorders in 16 579 Newborns by Using a Novel Genomic Workflow. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e2141911. [PMID: 34982160 PMCID: PMC8728620 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.41911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Newborn screening for Angelman syndrome (AS), Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), and chromosome 15 duplication syndrome (Dup15q) may lead to benefit from early diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVE To examine the feasibility of newborn screening for these chromosome 15 imprinting disorders at population scale. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this diagnostic study, the validation data set for the first-tier SNRPN test, called methylation-specific quantitative melt analysis (MS-QMA), included 109 PWS, 48 AS, 9 Dup15q, and 1190 population control newborn blood spots (NBS) and peripheral tissue samples from participants recruited from January 2000 to December 2016. The test data set included NBS samples from 16 579 infants born in 2011. Infants with an NBS identified as positive for PWS, AS, or Dup15q by the first-tier test were referred for droplet digital polymerase chain reaction, real-time polymerase chain reaction, and low-coverage whole-genome sequencing for confirmatory testing. Data analyses were conducted between February 12, 2015, and August 15, 2020. RESULTS In the validation data set, the median age for the 77 patients with PWS was 3.00 years (IQR, 0.01-44.50 years); for the 46 patients with AS, 2.76 years (IQR, 0.028 to 49.00 years); and for the 9 patients with Dup15q, 4.00 years (IQR, 1.00 to 28.00 years). Thirty-eight patients (51.4%) in the PWS group, 20 patients (45.5%) in the AS group, and 6 patients (66.7%) in the Dup15q group who had sex reported were male. The validation data set showed MS-QMA sensitivity of 99.0% for PWS, 93.8% for AS, and 77.8% for Dup15q; specificity of 100% for PWS, AS, and Dup15q; positive predictive and negative predictive values of 100% for PWS and AS; and a positive predictive value of 87.5% and negative predictive value of 100% for Dup15q. In the test data set of NBS samples from 16 579 infants, 92 had a positive test result using a methylation ratio cut-off of 3 standard deviations from the mean. Of these patients, 2 were confirmed to have PWS; 2, AS; and 1, maternal Dup15q. With the use of more conservative PWS- and AS-specific thresholds for positive calls from the validation data set, 9 positive NBS results were identified by MS-QMA in this cohort. The 2 PWS and 2 AS calls were confirmed by second-tier testing, but the 1 Dup15q case was not confirmed. Together, these results provided prevalence estimates of 1 in 8290 for both AS and PWS and 1 in 16 579 for maternal Dup15q, with positive predictive values for first-tier testing at 67.0% for AS, 33.0% for PWS, and 44.0% for combined detection of chromosome 15 imprinting disorders for the validation data set. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The findings of this diagnostic study suggest that it is feasible to screen for all chromosome 15 imprinting disorders using SNRPN methylation analysis, with 5 individuals identified with these disorders out of 16 579 infants screened.
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- David E. Godler
- Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- E.D.G. Innovations and Consulting, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
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- Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Diagnosis and Development, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Centre, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Molecular Genetics of Neurodevelopment, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics of Neurodevelopment, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics of Neurodevelopment, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- Center for Molecular Studies, J.C. Self Research Institute of Human Genetics, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina
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- Center for Molecular Studies, J.C. Self Research Institute of Human Genetics, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina
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- Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome (CDTSXF), INTA University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome (CDTSXF), INTA University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Neurodisability and Rehabilitation, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Cloney T, Gallacher L, Pais LS, Tan NB, Yeung A, Stark Z, Brown NJ, McGillivray G, Delatycki MB, de Silva MG, Downie L, Stutterd CA, Elliott J, Compton AG, Lovgren A, Oertel R, Francis D, Bell KM, Sadedin S, Lim SC, Helman G, Simons C, Macarthur DG, Thorburn DR, O'Donnell-Luria AH, Christodoulou J, White SM, Tan TY. Lessons learnt from multifaceted diagnostic approaches to the first 150 families in Victoria's Undiagnosed Diseases Program. J Med Genet 2021; 59:748-758. [PMID: 34740920 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinical exome sequencing typically achieves diagnostic yields of 30%-57.5% in individuals with monogenic rare diseases. Undiagnosed diseases programmes implement strategies to improve diagnostic outcomes for these individuals. AIM We share the lessons learnt from the first 3 years of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program-Victoria, an Australian programme embedded within a clinical genetics service in the state of Victoria with a focus on paediatric rare diseases. METHODS We enrolled families who remained without a diagnosis after clinical genomic (panel, exome or genome) sequencing between 2016 and 2018. We used family-based exome sequencing (family ES), family-based genome sequencing (family GS), RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and high-resolution chromosomal microarray (CMA) with research-based analysis. RESULTS In 150 families, we achieved a diagnosis or strong candidate in 64 (42.7%) (37 in known genes with a consistent phenotype, 3 in known genes with a novel phenotype and 24 in novel disease genes). Fifty-four diagnoses or strong candidates were made by family ES, six by family GS with RNA-seq, two by high-resolution CMA and two by data reanalysis. CONCLUSION We share our lessons learnt from the programme. Flexible implementation of multiple strategies allowed for scalability and response to the availability of new technologies. Broad implementation of family ES with research-based analysis showed promising yields post a negative clinical singleton ES. RNA-seq offered multiple benefits in family ES-negative populations. International data sharing strategies were critical in facilitating collaborations to establish novel disease-gene associations. Finally, the integrated approach of a multiskilled, multidisciplinary team was fundamental to having diverse perspectives and strategic decision-making.
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- Thomas Cloney
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Analytic and Translational Genomics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Translational Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Centre for Population Genomics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia .,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Koltowska K, Okuda KS, Gloger M, Rondon-Galeano M, Mason E, Xuan J, Dudczig S, Chen H, Arnold H, Skoczylas R, Bower NI, Paterson S, Lagendijk AK, Baillie GJ, Leshchiner I, Simons C, Smith KA, Goessling W, Heath JK, Pearson RB, Sanij E, Schulte-Merker S, Hogan BM. The RNA helicase Ddx21 controls Vegfc-driven developmental lymphangiogenesis by balancing endothelial cell ribosome biogenesis and p53 function. Nat Cell Biol 2021; 23:1136-1147. [PMID: 34750583 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00784-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The development of a functional vasculature requires the coordinated control of cell fate, lineage differentiation and network growth. Cellular proliferation is spatiotemporally regulated in developing vessels, but how this is orchestrated in different lineages is unknown. Here, using a zebrafish genetic screen for lymphatic-deficient mutants, we uncover a mutant for the RNA helicase Ddx21. Ddx21 cell-autonomously regulates lymphatic vessel development. An established regulator of ribosomal RNA synthesis and ribosome biogenesis, Ddx21 is enriched in sprouting venous endothelial cells in response to Vegfc-Flt4 signalling. Ddx21 function is essential for Vegfc-Flt4-driven endothelial cell proliferation. In the absence of Ddx21, endothelial cells show reduced ribosome biogenesis, p53 and p21 upregulation and cell cycle arrest that blocks lymphangiogenesis. Thus, Ddx21 coordinates the lymphatic endothelial cell response to Vegfc-Flt4 signalling by balancing ribosome biogenesis and p53 function. This mechanism may be targetable in diseases of excessive lymphangiogenesis such as cancer metastasis or lymphatic malformation.
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- Katarzyna Koltowska
- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. .,Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Epigenetics and Development Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Organogenesis and Regeneration, Medical Faculty, WWU Münster, Münster, Germany.,Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. .,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. .,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. .,Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. .,Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Van Bergen NJ, Bell KM, Carey K, Gear R, Massey S, Murrell EK, Gallacher L, Pope K, Lockhart PJ, Kornberg A, Pais L, Walkiewicz M, Simons C, Wickramasinghe VO, White SM, Christodoulou J. Pathogenic variants in nucleoporin TPR (translocated promoter region, nuclear basket protein) cause severe intellectual disability in humans. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 31:362-375. [PMID: 34494102 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a multi-protein complex that regulates the trafficking of macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Genetic variants in components of the NPC have been shown to cause a range of neurological disorders, including intellectual disability and microcephaly. Translocated promoter region, nuclear basket protein (TPR) is a critical scaffolding element of the nuclear facing interior of the NPC. Here we present two siblings with biallelic variants in TPR who present with a phenotype of microcephaly, ataxia and severe intellectual disability. The variants result in a premature truncation variant, and a splice variant leading to a 12-amino acid deletion respectively. Functional analyses in patient fibroblasts demonstrate significantly reduced TPR levels, and decreased TPR-containing NPC density. A compensatory increase in total NPC levels was observed, and decreased global RNA intensity in the nucleus. The discovery of variants that partly disable TPR function provide valuable insight into this essential protein in human disease, and our findings suggest that TPR variants are the cause of the siblings' neurological disorder.
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- Nicole J Van Bergen
- Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC, Australia
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- RNA Biology and Cancer Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC, Australia
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- Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC, Australia
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- Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Neurology Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Neurosciences Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Translational Genomics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC, Australia.,Translational Genomics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- RNA Biology and Cancer Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC, Australia
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- Brain and Mitochondrial Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Helman G, Mendes MI, Nicita F, Darbelli L, Sherbini O, Moore T, Derksen A, Amy Pizzino, Carrozzo R, Torraco A, Catteruccia M, Aiello C, Goffrini P, Figuccia S, Smith DEC, Hadzsiev K, Hahn A, Biskup S, Brösse I, Kotzaeridou U, Gauck D, Grebe TA, Elmslie F, Stals K, Gupta R, Bertini E, Thiffault I, Taft RJ, Schiffmann R, Brandl U, Haack TB, Salomons GS, Simons C, Bernard G, van der Knaap MS, Vanderver A, Husain RA. Expanded phenotype of AARS1-related white matter disease. Genet Med 2021; 23:2352-2359. [PMID: 34446925 DOI: 10.1038/s41436-021-01286-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Recent reports of individuals with cytoplasmic transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase-related disorders have identified cases with phenotypic variability from the index presentations. We sought to assess phenotypic variability in individuals with AARS1-related disease. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was performed on individuals with biallelic variants in AARS1. Clinical data, neuroimaging, and genetic testing results were reviewed. Alanyl tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) activity was measured in available fibroblasts. RESULTS We identified 11 affected individuals. Two phenotypic presentations emerged, one with early infantile-onset disease resembling the index cases of AARS1-related epileptic encephalopathy with deficient myelination (n = 7). The second (n = 4) was a later-onset disorder, where disease onset occurred after the first year of life and was characterized on neuroimaging by a progressive posterior predominant leukoencephalopathy evolving to include the frontal white matter. AlaRS activity was significantly reduced in five affected individuals with both early infantile-onset and late-onset phenotypes. CONCLUSION We suggest that variants in AARS1 result in a broader clinical spectrum than previously appreciated. The predominant form results in early infantile-onset disease with epileptic encephalopathy and deficient myelination. However, a subgroup of affected individuals manifests with late-onset disease and similarly rapid progressive clinical decline. Longitudinal imaging and clinical follow-up will be valuable in understanding factors affecting disease progression and outcome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Child Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Praxis fuer Humangenetik and CeGaT GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Division of Child Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Child Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Child Health, Phoenix Children's Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- South West Thames Regional Genetics Service, St George's University Hospital, London, UK
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- Molecular Genetics Department, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Children's Mercy Kansas City, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospitals, Kansas City, MO, USA.,School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. .,Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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Salter CG, Cai Y, Lo B, Helman G, Taylor H, McCartney A, Leslie JS, Accogoli A, Zara F, Traverso M, Fasham J, Lees JA, Ferla M, Chioza BA, Wenger O, Scott E, Cross HE, Crawford J, Warshawsky I, Keisling M, Agamanolis D, Melver CW, Cox H, Elawad M, Marton T, Wakeling M, Holzinger D, Tippelt S, Munteanu M, Valcheva D, Deal C, Van Meerbeke S, Vockley CW, Butte MJ, Acar U, van der Knaap MS, Korenke GC, Kotzaeridou U, Balla T, Simons C, Uhlig HH, Crosby AH, De Camilli P, Wolf NI, Baple EL. Biallelic PI4KA variants cause neurological, intestinal and immunological disease. Brain 2021; 144:3597-3610. [PMID: 34415310 PMCID: PMC8719846 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα (PI4KIIIα/PI4KA/OMIM:600286) is a lipid kinase generating phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P), a membrane phospholipid with critical roles in the physiology of multiple cell types. PI4KIIIα’s role in PI4P generation requires its assembly into a heterotetrameric complex with EFR3, TTC7 and FAM126. Sequence alterations in two of these molecular partners, TTC7 (encoded by TTC7A or TCC7B) and FAM126, have been associated with a heterogeneous group of either neurological (FAM126A) or intestinal and immunological (TTC7A) conditions. Here we show that biallelic PI4KA sequence alterations in humans are associated with neurological disease, in particular hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. In addition, affected individuals may present with inflammatory bowel disease, multiple intestinal atresia and combined immunodeficiency. Our cellular, biochemical and structural modelling studies indicate that PI4KA-associated phenotypical outcomes probably stem from impairment of PI4KIIIα-TTC7-FAM126's organ-specific functions, due to defective catalytic activity or altered intra-complex functional interactions. Together, these data define PI4KA gene alteration as a cause of a variable phenotypical spectrum and provide fundamental new insight into the combinatorial biology of the PI4KIIIα-FAM126-TTC7-EFR3 molecular complex.
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- Claire G Salter
- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.,Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Program in Cellular Neuroscience Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Research Branch, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.,College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Program in Cellular Neuroscience Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.,Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Wellcome Centre Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
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- West Midlands Clinical Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- West Midlands Perinatal Pathology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Haematology-Oncology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Haematology-Oncology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Human Genetics, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Klinikum Oldenburg, 26133 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology and Metabolic Medicine, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.,Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Program in Cellular Neuroscience Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.,Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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Helman G, Zerem A, Almad A, Hacker JL, Woidill S, Sase S, LeFevre AN, Ekstein J, Johansson MM, Stutterd CA, Taft RJ, Simons C, Grinspan JB, Pizzino A, Schmidt JL, Harding B, Hirsch Y, Viaene AN, Fattal-Valevski A, Vanderver A. Further Delineation of the Clinical and Pathologic Features of HIKESHI-Related Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy. Pediatr Neurol 2021; 121:11-19. [PMID: 34111619 PMCID: PMC8327280 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A recurrent homozygous missense variant, c.160G>C;p.(Val54Leu) in HIKESHI, was found to cause a hypomyelinating leukodystrophy with high frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We provide extended phenotypic classification of this disorder based on clinical history of a further seven affected individuals, assess carrier frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, and provide a neuropathological study. METHODS Clinical information, neuroimaging, and biosamples were collected. Brain autopsy was performed for one case. RESULTS Individuals with HIKESHI-related disease share common clinical features: early axial hypotonia evolving to dystonia or with progressive spasticity, hyperreflexia and clonus, feeding difficulties with poor growth, and nystagmus. Severe morbidity or death during febrile illness occurred in five of the nine affected individuals. Magnetic resonance images of seven patients were analyzed and demonstrated diffuse hypomyelination and thin corpus callosum. Genotyping data of more than 125,000 Ashkenazi Jewish individuals revealed a carrier frequency of 1 in 216. Gross pathology examination in one case revealed abnormal white matter. Microscopically, there was a near-total absence of myelin with a relative preservation of axons. The cerebral white matter showed several reactive astrocytes and microglia. CONCLUSIONS We provide pathologic evidence for a primary disorder of the myelin in HIKESHI-related leukodystrophy. These findings are consistent with the hypomyelination seen in brain magnetic resonance imaging and with the clinical features of early-onset spastic/dystonic quadriplegia and nystagmus. The high carrier rate of the recurrent variant seen in the Ashkenazi Jewish population requires increased attention to screening and diagnosis of this condition, particularly in this population.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology Institute, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Dor Yeshorim, Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, Brooklyn, New York
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- Dor Yeshorim, Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, Brooklyn, New York
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Dor Yeshorim, Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, Brooklyn, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Pediatric Neurology Institute, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Helman G, Taylor LE, Walkiewicz M, Le Moing M, Eggers S, Yaplito-Lee J, Fuller M, Dabscheck G, Rodriguez-Casero V, White SM, Simons C. Aberrant splicing and transcriptional activity of TPP1 result in CLN2-like disorder. Eur J Med Genet 2021; 64:104259. [PMID: 34126256 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
RNA sequencing (RNAseq) is emerging as a complementary tool to DNA sequencing, providing utility in diagnosis for disorders such as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis CLN2 disease. We describe an individual with a presentation suggestive of an attenuated CLN2 phenotype, including a history of regression, recent-onset microcephaly and spasticity from age five years. Exome sequencing revealed two variants inherited in trans in TPP1, NM_000391.4:c.225A>G; p.(Gln75 = ) and NM_000391.4:c.1012C>G; p.(Gln338Glu), both classified as variants of uncertain significance. TPP1 activity was found to be significantly reduced in fibroblasts of the affected individual. RNAseq was performed to assess the impact of compound heterozygous variants in TPP1 and enabled the identification of three aberrant splicing events. The c.225A>G variant introduces a 5 nucleotide truncation of exon 3 and a loss of reading frame. The majority of CLN2 transcripts exclude either exon 8 or exons 7-8, resulting in large in-frame deletions. Isoform specific RT-PCR confirmed the aberrant splicing events are mutually exclusive, suggesting that the paternal exon 8 c.1012C>G variant results in exon skipping. This case study demonstrates how RNAseq can be used as an orthogonal test to inform the interpretation of some variants of unknown significance and its particular importance in disorders where effective disease management requires early diagnosis.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology [at Women's and Children's Hospital], North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
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Helman G, Viaene AN, Takanohashi A, Breur M, Berger R, Woidill S, Cottrell JR, Schiffmann R, Crow YJ, Simons C, Bugiani M, Vanderver A. Cerebral Microangiopathy in Leukoencephalopathy With Cerebral Calcifications and Cysts: A Pathological Description. J Child Neurol 2021; 36:133-140. [PMID: 32988269 DOI: 10.1177/0883073820958330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts (LCC) is a neurological syndrome recently associated with pathogenic variants in SNORD118. We report autopsy neuropathological findings from an individual with genetically confirmed LCC. Histologic studies included staining of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections by hematoxylin and eosin, elastic van Gieson, and luxol fast blue. Immunohistochemistry stains against glial fibrillary acidic protein, proteolipid protein, phosphorylated neurofilament, CD31, alpha-interferon, LN3, and inflammatory markers were performed. Gross examination revealed dark tan/gray appearing white matter with widespread calcifications. Microscopy revealed a diffuse destructive process due to a vasculopathy with secondary ischemic lesions and mineralization. The vasculopathy involved clustered small vessels, resembling vascular malformations, and sporadic lymphocytic infiltration of vessel walls. The white matter was also diffusely abnormal, with concurrent loss of myelin and axons, tissue rarefaction with multifocal cystic degeneration, and the presence of foamy macrophages, secondary calcifications, and astrogliosis. The midbrain, pons, and cerebellum were diffusely involved. It is not understood why variants in SNORD118 result in a disorder that predominantly causes neurological disease and significantly disrupts the cerebral vasculature. Clinical and radiological benefit was recently reported in an LCC patient treated with Bevacizumab; it is important that these patients are rapidly diagnosed and trial of this treatment modality is considered in appropriate circumstances.
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- Guy Helman
- 34361Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 6567Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurology, 6567Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics/Child Neurology, 1209VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, 1209VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 6567Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurology, 6567Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, Paris Descartes University, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- 34361Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics/Child Neurology, 1209VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, 1209VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Division of Neurology, 6567Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Helman G, Compton AG, Hock DH, Walkiewicz M, Brett GR, Pais L, Tan TY, De Paoli-Iseppi R, Clark MB, Christodoulou J, White SM, Thorburn DR, Stroud DA, Stark Z, Simons C. Multiomic analysis elucidates Complex I deficiency caused by a deep intronic variant in NDUFB10. Hum Mutat 2021; 42:19-24. [PMID: 33169436 PMCID: PMC7902361 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
The diagnosis of Mendelian disorders following uninformative exome and genome sequencing remains a challenging and often unmet need. Following uninformative exome and genome sequencing of a family quartet including two siblings with suspected mitochondrial disorder, RNA sequencing (RNAseq) was pursued in one sibling. Long-read amplicon sequencing was used to determine and quantify transcript structure. Immunoblotting studies and quantitative proteomics were performed to demonstrate functional impact. Differential expression analysis of RNAseq data identified significantly decreased expression of the mitochondrial OXPHOS Complex I subunit NDUFB10 associated with a cryptic exon in intron 1 of NDUFB10, that included an in-frame stop codon. The cryptic exon contained a rare intronic variant that was homozygous in both affected siblings. Immunoblot and quantitative proteomic analysis of fibroblasts revealed decreased abundance of Complex I subunits, providing evidence of isolated Complex I deficiency. Through multiomic analysis we present data implicating a deep intronic variant in NDUFB10 as the cause of mitochondrial disease in two individuals, providing further support of the gene-disease association. This study highlights the importance of transcriptomic and proteomic analyses as complementary diagnostic tools in patients undergoing genome-wide diagnostic evaluation.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142, USA
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Centre for Stem Cell Systems, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Centre for Stem Cell Systems, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Chaudhury S, Okuda KS, Koltowska K, Lagendijk AK, Paterson S, Baillie GJ, Simons C, Smith KA, Hogan BM, Bower NI. Localised Collagen2a1 secretion supports lymphatic endothelial cell migration in the zebrafish embryo. Development 2020; 147:dev.190983. [PMID: 32839180 DOI: 10.1242/dev.190983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
The lymphatic vasculature develops primarily from pre-existing veins. A pool of lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) first sprouts from cardinal veins followed by migration and proliferation to colonise embryonic tissues. Although much is known about the molecular regulation of LEC fate and sprouting during early lymphangiogenesis, we know far less about the instructive and permissive signals that support LEC migration through the embryo. Using a forward genetic screen, we identified mbtps1 and sec23a, components of the COP-II protein secretory pathway, as essential for developmental lymphangiogenesis. In both mutants, LECs initially depart the cardinal vein but then fail in their ongoing migration. A key cargo that failed to be secreted in both mutants was a type II collagen (Col2a1). Col2a1 is normally secreted by notochord sheath cells, alongside which LECs migrate. col2a1a mutants displayed defects in the migratory behaviour of LECs and failed lymphangiogenesis. These studies thus identify Col2a1 as a key cargo secreted by notochord sheath cells and required for the migration of LECs. These findings combine with our current understanding to suggest that successive cell-to-cell and cell-matrix interactions regulate the migration of LECs through the embryonic environment during development.
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- Smrita Chaudhury
- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Organogenesis and Cancer Program, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Organogenesis and Cancer Program, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.,Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia .,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Organogenesis and Cancer Program, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Frazier AE, Compton AG, Kishita Y, Hock DH, Welch AE, Amarasekera SSC, Rius R, Formosa LE, Imai-Okazaki A, Francis D, Wang M, Lake NJ, Tregoning S, Jabbari JS, Lucattini A, Nitta KR, Ohtake A, Murayama K, Amor DJ, McGillivray G, Wong FY, van der Knaap MS, Jeroen Vermeulen R, Wiltshire EJ, Fletcher JM, Lewis B, Baynam G, Ellaway C, Balasubramaniam S, Bhattacharya K, Freckmann ML, Arbuckle S, Rodriguez M, Taft RJ, Sadedin S, Cowley MJ, Minoche AE, Calvo SE, Mootha VK, Ryan MT, Okazaki Y, Stroud DA, Simons C, Christodoulou J, Thorburn DR. Fatal perinatal mitochondrial cardiac failure caused by recurrent de novo duplications in the ATAD3 locus. Med (N Y) 2020; 2:49-73. [PMID: 33575671 DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Background In about half of all patients with a suspected monogenic disease, genomic investigations fail to identify the diagnosis. A contributing factor is the difficulty with repetitive regions of the genome, such as those generated by segmental duplications. The ATAD3 locus is one such region, in which recessive deletions and dominant duplications have recently been reported to cause lethal perinatal mitochondrial diseases characterized by pontocerebellar hypoplasia or cardiomyopathy, respectively. Methods Whole exome, whole genome and long-read DNA sequencing techniques combined with studies of RNA and quantitative proteomics were used to investigate 17 subjects from 16 unrelated families with suspected mitochondrial disease. Findings We report six different de novo duplications in the ATAD3 gene locus causing a distinctive presentation including lethal perinatal cardiomyopathy, persistent hyperlactacidemia, and frequently corneal clouding or cataracts and encephalopathy. The recurrent 68 Kb ATAD3 duplications are identifiable from genome and exome sequencing but usually missed by microarrays. The ATAD3 duplications result in the formation of identical chimeric ATAD3A/ATAD3C proteins, altered ATAD3 complexes and a striking reduction in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complex I and its activity in heart tissue. Conclusions ATAD3 duplications appear to act in a dominant-negative manner and the de novo inheritance infers a low recurrence risk for families, unlike most pediatric mitochondrial diseases. More than 350 genes underlie mitochondrial diseases. In our experience the ATAD3 locus is now one of the five most common causes of nuclear-encoded pediatric mitochondrial disease but the repetitive nature of the locus means ATAD3 diagnoses may be frequently missed by current genomic strategies. Funding Australian NHMRC, US Department of Defense, Japanese AMED and JSPS agencies, Australian Genomics Health Alliance and Australian Mito Foundation.
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- Ann E Frazier
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,These authors contributed equally: A.E. Frazier, A.G. Compton
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,These authors contributed equally: A.E. Frazier, A.G. Compton
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.,Division of Genomic Medicine Research, Medical Genomics Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne VIC 3052, Australia
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- Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne VIC 3052, Australia
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Clinical Genomics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba, 266-0007, Japan
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research; Department of Paediatrics, Monash University; and Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Wellington and Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies and Genetic Services of Western Australia and King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women Perth, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.,Telethon Kids Institute and School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Genetic Metabolic Disorders Service, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.,Disciplines of Genomic Medicine and Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Genetic Metabolic Disorders Service, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Genetic Metabolic Disorders Service, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.,Disciplines of Genomic Medicine and Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Department of Histopathology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, Kensington, NSW 2750, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia.,Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Intractable Diseases, Intractable Disease Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Disciplines of Genomic Medicine and Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.,Lead contact
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Rondon-Galeano M, Skoczylas R, Bower NI, Simons C, Gordon E, Francois M, Koltowska K, Hogan BM. MAFB modulates the maturation of lymphatic vascular networks in mice. Dev Dyn 2020; 249:1201-1216. [PMID: 32525258 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lymphatic vessels play key roles in tissue fluid homeostasis, immune cell trafficking and in diverse disease settings. Lymphangiogenesis requires lymphatic endothelial cell (LEC) differentiation, proliferation, migration, and co-ordinated network formation, yet the transcriptional regulators underpinning these processes remain to be fully understood. The transcription factor MAFB was recently identified as essential for lymphangiogenesis in zebrafish and in cultured human LECs. MAFB is activated in response to VEGFC-VEGFR3 signaling and acts as a downstream effector. However, it remains unclear if the role of MAFB in lymphatic development is conserved in the mammalian embryo. RESULTS We generated a Mafb loss-of-function mouse using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Mafb mutant mice presented with perinatal lethality associated with cyanosis. We identify a role for MAFB in modifying lymphatic network morphogenesis in the developing dermis, as well as developing and postnatal diaphragm. Furthermore, mutant vessels displayed excessive smooth muscle cell coverage, suggestive of a defect in the maturation of lymphatic networks. CONCLUSIONS This work confirms a conserved role for MAFB in murine lymphatics that is subtle and modulatory and may suggest redundancy in MAF family transcription factors during lymphangiogenesis.
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- Maria Rondon-Galeano
- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Organogenesis and Cancer Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Centenary Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Organogenesis and Cancer Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Jones LK, Lam R, McKee KK, Aleksandrova M, Dowling J, Alexander SI, Mallawaarachchi A, Cottle DL, Short KM, Pais L, Miner JH, Mallett AJ, Simons C, McCarthy H, Yurchenco PD, Smyth IM. A mutation affecting laminin alpha 5 polymerisation gives rise to a syndromic developmental disorder. Development 2020; 147:dev189183. [PMID: 32439764 PMCID: PMC7540250 DOI: 10.1242/dev.189183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Laminin alpha 5 (LAMA5) is a member of a large family of proteins that trimerise and then polymerise to form a central component of all basement membranes. Consequently, the protein plays an instrumental role in shaping the normal development of the kidney, skin, neural tube, lung and limb, and many other organs and tissues. Pathogenic mutations in some laminins have been shown to cause a range of largely syndromic conditions affecting the competency of the basement membranes to which they contribute. We report the identification of a mutation in the polymerisation domain of LAMA5 in a patient with a complex syndromic disease characterised by defects in kidney, craniofacial and limb development, and by a range of other congenital defects. Using CRISPR-generated mouse models and biochemical assays, we demonstrate the pathogenicity of this variant, showing that the change results in a failure of the polymerisation of α/β/γ laminin trimers. Comparing these in vivo phenotypes with those apparent upon gene deletion in mice provides insights into the specific functional importance of laminin polymerisation during development and tissue homeostasis.
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- Lynelle K Jones
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA
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- Nephrology Department, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney 2145, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Medical Genomics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney 2010, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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- Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Kidney Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne 3052, Victoria, Australia
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- The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network and the Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2145, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Development and Stem Cells Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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Vanderver A, Bernard G, Helman G, Sherbini O, Boeck R, Cohn J, Collins A, Demarest S, Dobbins K, Emrick L, Fraser JL, Masser-Frye D, Hayward J, Karmarkar S, Keller S, Mirrop S, Mitchell W, Pathak S, Sherr E, van Haren K, Waters E, Wilson JL, Zhorne L, Schiffmann R, van der Knaap MS, Pizzino A, Dubbs H, Shults J, Simons C, Taft RJ. Randomized Clinical Trial of First-Line Genome Sequencing in Pediatric White Matter Disorders. Ann Neurol 2020; 88:264-273. [PMID: 32342562 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Genome sequencing (GS) is promising for unsolved leukodystrophies, but its efficacy has not been prospectively studied. METHODS A prospective time-delayed crossover design trial of GS to assess the efficacy of GS as a first-line diagnostic tool for genetic white matter disorders took place between December 1, 2015 and September 27, 2017. Patients were randomized to receive GS immediately with concurrent standard of care (SoC) testing, or to receive SoC testing for 4 months followed by GS. RESULTS Thirty-four individuals were assessed at interim review. The genetic origin of 2 patient's leukoencephalopathy was resolved before randomization. Nine patients were stratified to the immediate intervention group and 23 patients to the delayed-GS arm. The efficacy of GS was significant relative to SoC in the immediate (5/9 [56%] vs 0/9 [0%]; Wild-Seber, p < 0.005) and delayed (control) arms (14/23 [61%] vs 5/23 [22%]; Wild-Seber, p < 0.005). The time to diagnosis was significantly shorter in the immediate-GS group (log-rank test, p = 0.04). The overall diagnostic efficacy of combined GS and SoC approaches was 26 of 34 (76.5%, 95% confidence interval = 58.8-89.3%) in <4 months, greater than historical norms of <50% over 5 years. Owing to loss of clinical equipoise, the trial design was altered to a single-arm observational study. INTERPRETATION In this study, first-line GS provided earlier and greater diagnostic efficacy in white matter disorders. We provide an evidence-based diagnostic testing algorithm to enable appropriate clinical GS utilization in this population. ANN NEUROL 2020;88:264-273.
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- Adeline Vanderver
- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Specialized Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, Montreal Children's Hospital and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Child Neurology Consultants of Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Family Medicine, Broadlands Family Practice at Ashburn, Ashburn, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 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 Metabolism, Rare Disease Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.,George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Oakland, Oakland, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Clinical Neurology, Washington University Clinical Associates, St Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA
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- Pediatric Associates of Stockton, Stockton, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Dutta D, Briere LC, Kanca O, Marcogliese PC, Walker MA, High FA, Vanderver A, Krier J, Carmichael N, Callahan C, Taft RJ, Simons C, Helman G, Network UD, Wangler MF, Yamamoto S, Sweetser DA, Bellen HJ. De novo mutations in TOMM70, a receptor of the mitochondrial import translocase, cause neurological impairment. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:1568-1579. [PMID: 32356556 PMCID: PMC7268787 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane (TOMM) complex is the entry gate for virtually all mitochondrial proteins and is essential to build the mitochondrial proteome. TOMM70 is a receptor that assists mainly in mitochondrial protein import. Here, we report two individuals with de novo variants in the C-terminal region of TOMM70. While both individuals exhibited shared symptoms including hypotonia, hyper-reflexia, ataxia, dystonia and significant white matter abnormalities, there were differences between the two individuals, most prominently the age of symptom onset. Both individuals were undiagnosed despite extensive genetics workups. Individual 1 was found to have a p.Thr607Ile variant while Individual 2 was found to have a p.Ile554Phe variant in TOMM70. To functionally assess both TOMM70 variants, we replaced the Drosophila Tom70 coding region with a Kozak-mini-GAL4 transgene using CRISPR-Cas9. Homozygous mutant animals die as pupae, but lethality is rescued by the mini-GAL4-driven expression of human UAS-TOMM70 cDNA. Both modeled variants lead to significantly less rescue indicating that they are loss-of-function alleles. Similarly, RNAi-mediated knockdown of Tom70 in the developing eye causes roughening and synaptic transmission defect, common findings in neurodegenerative and mitochondrial disorders. These phenotypes were rescued by the reference, but not the variants, of TOMM70. Altogether, our data indicate that de novo loss-of-function variants in TOMM70 result in variable white matter disease and neurological phenotypes in affected individuals.
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- Debdeep Dutta
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Brigham Genomic Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Brigham Genomic Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Helman G, Takanohashi A, Hagemann TL, Perng MD, Walkiewicz M, Woidill S, Sase S, Cross Z, Du Y, Zhao L, Waldman A, Haake BC, Fatemi A, Brenner M, Sherbini O, Messing A, Vanderver A, Simons C. Type II Alexander disease caused by splicing errors and aberrant overexpression of an uncharacterized GFAP isoform. Hum Mutat 2020; 41:1131-1137. [PMID: 32126152 PMCID: PMC7491703 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Alexander disease results from gain-of-function mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). At least eight GFAP isoforms have been described, however, the predominant alpha isoform accounts for ∼90% of GFAP protein. We describe exonic variants identified in three unrelated families with Type II Alexander disease that alter the splicing of GFAP pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) and result in the upregulation of a previously uncharacterized GFAP lambda isoform (NM_001363846.1). Affected members of Family 1 and Family 2 shared the same missense variant, NM_001363846.1:c.1289G>A;p.(Arg430His) while in Family 3 we identified a synonymous variant in the adjacent nucleotide, NM_001363846.1:c.1290C>A;p.(Arg430Arg). Using RNA and protein analysis of brain autopsy samples, and a mini-gene splicing reporter assay, we demonstrate both variants result in the upregulation of the lambda isoform. Our approach demonstrates the importance of characterizing the effect of GFAP variants on mRNA splicing to inform future pathophysiologic and therapeutic study for Alexander disease.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Human Immunology Core, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Human Immunology Core, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Moser Center for Leukodystrophies, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA,Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA,Correspondence to: Adeline Vanderver: , Cas Simons:
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia,Correspondence to: Adeline Vanderver: , Cas Simons:
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Helman G, Lajoie BR, Crawford J, Takanohashi A, Walkiewicz M, Dolzhenko E, Gross AM, Gainullin VG, Bent SJ, Jenkinson EM, Ferdinandusse S, Waterham HR, Dorboz I, Bertini E, Miyake N, Wolf NI, Abbink TEM, Kirwin SM, Tan CM, Hobson GM, Guo L, Ikegawa S, Pizzino A, Schmidt JL, Bernard G, Schiffmann R, van der Knaap MS, Simons C, Taft RJ, Vanderver A. Genome sequencing in persistently unsolved white matter disorders. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:144-152. [PMID: 31912665 PMCID: PMC6952322 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.50957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Genetic white matter disorders have heterogeneous etiologies and overlapping clinical presentations. We performed a study of the diagnostic efficacy of genome sequencing in 41 unsolved cases with prior exome sequencing, resolving an additional 14 from an historical cohort (n = 191). Reanalysis in the context of novel disease-associated genes and improved variant curation and annotation resolved 64% of cases. The remaining diagnoses were directly attributable to genome sequencing, including cases with small and large copy number variants (CNVs) and variants in deep intronic and technically difficult regions. Genome sequencing, in combination with other methodologies, achieved a diagnostic yield of 85% in this retrospective cohort.
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- Guy Helman
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
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- Data61, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- INSERM UMR 1141, DHU PROTECT, Université Paris Diderot- Sorbonne, Paris Cité, France
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- Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Bambino Gesu' Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, 00146, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Nemours Biomedical Research, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Nemours Biomedical Research, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Nemours Biomedical Research, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
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- Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Division of Medical Genetics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Baek S, Oh TG, Secker G, Sutton DL, Okuda KS, Paterson S, Bower NI, Toubia J, Koltowska K, Capon SJ, Baillie GJ, Simons C, Muscat GEO, Lagendijk AK, Smith KA, Harvey NL, Hogan BM. The Alternative Splicing Regulator Nova2 Constrains Vascular Erk Signaling to Limit Specification of the Lymphatic Lineage. Dev Cell 2020; 49:279-292.e5. [PMID: 31014480 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The correct assignment of cell fate within fields of multipotent progenitors is essential for accurate tissue diversification. The first lymphatic vessels arise from pre-existing veins after venous endothelial cells become specified as lymphatic progenitors. Prox1 specifies lymphatic fate and labels these progenitors; however, the mechanisms restricting Prox1 expression and limiting the progenitor pool remain unknown. We identified a zebrafish mutant that displayed premature, expanded, and prolonged lymphatic specification. The gene responsible encodes the regulator of alternative splicing, Nova2. In zebrafish and human endothelial cells, Nova2 selectively regulates pre-mRNA splicing for components of signaling pathways and phosphoproteins. Nova2-deficient endothelial cells display increased Mapk/Erk signaling, and Prox1 expression is dynamically controlled by Erk signaling. We identify a mechanism whereby Nova2-regulated splicing constrains Erk signaling, thus limiting lymphatic progenitor cell specification. This identifies the capacity of a factor that tunes mRNA splicing to control assignment of cell fate during vascular differentiation.
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- Sungmin Baek
- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Australian Cancer Research, Centre for Cancer Biology, Foundation Cancer Genomics Facility, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Division of Genomics of Development and Disease, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4073, Australia.
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Hudson R, Patel C, Hawley CM, O'Shea S, Snelling P, Ho G, Holman K, Bennetts B, Crawford J, Francis L, Simons C, Mallett A. Adult-Diagnosed Nonsyndromic Nephronophthisis in Australian Families Caused by Biallelic NPHP4 Variants. Am J Kidney Dis 2019; 76:282-287. [PMID: 31810733 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
There is increasing appreciation of nephronophthisis (NPHP) as an autosomal recessive cause of kidney failure and earlier stages of chronic kidney disease among adults. We identified 2 families with presumed adult-diagnosed nonsyndromic NPHP and negative diagnostic genetic testing results from our Renal Genetics Clinic. Both had 2 affected siblings without extrarenal phenotypes. After informed consent, research whole-genome sequencing was undertaken. Biallelic NPHP4 variants were identified in trans and clinically confirmed in all 4 affected individuals, confirming a genetic diagnosis. Participant 1 of the first family (F1P1) had kidney failure diagnosed at 19 years of age. An affected younger sibling (F1P2) reached kidney failure at age 15 years after kidney biopsy suggested NPHP. Pathogenic variants detected in NPHP4 in this family were NM_015102.4:c.3766C>T (p.Gln1256*) and a 31-kb deletion affecting exons 12 to 16. In the second family, F2P3 reached kidney failure at age 27 years having undergone kidney biopsy suggesting NPHP. An affected younger sibling (F2P4) has chronic kidney disease stage 4 at age 39 years. The NPHP4 variants detected were NM_015102.4:c.1998_1999del (p.Tyr667Phefs*23) and c.3646G>T (p.Asp1216Tyr). The latter variant was initially missed in diagnostic sequencing due to inadequate NPHP4 coverage (94.3% exonic coverage). With these reports, we identify NPHP4 as an appreciable genetic cause for adult-diagnosed nonsyndromic NPHP that should be considered by adult nephrologists.
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- Rebecca Hudson
- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD; KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC
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- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland; Australasian Kidney Trials Network, The University of Queensland, Queensland
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Department of Nephrology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW; Discipline of Genetic Medicine and Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW; Discipline of Genetic Medicine and Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Herston, QLD
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD; KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Herston, QLD; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
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Yan H, Helman G, Murthy SE, Ji H, Crawford J, Kubisiak T, Bent SJ, Xiao J, Taft RJ, Coombs A, Wu Y, Pop A, Li D, de Vries LS, Jiang Y, Salomons GS, van der Knaap MS, Patapoutian A, Simons C, Burmeister M, Wang J, Wolf NI. Heterozygous Variants in the Mechanosensitive Ion Channel TMEM63A Result in Transient Hypomyelination during Infancy. Am J Hum Genet 2019; 105:996-1004. [PMID: 31587869 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Mechanically activated (MA) ion channels convert physical forces into electrical signals. Despite the importance of this function, the involvement of mechanosensitive ion channels in human disease is poorly understood. Here we report heterozygous missense mutations in the gene encoding the MA ion channel TMEM63A that result in an infantile disorder resembling a hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. Four unrelated individuals presented with congenital nystagmus, motor delay, and deficient myelination on serial scans in infancy, prompting the diagnosis of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher (like) disease. Genomic sequencing revealed that all four individuals carry heterozygous missense variants in the pore-forming domain of TMEM63A. These variants were confirmed to have arisen de novo in three of the four individuals. While the physiological role of TMEM63A is incompletely understood, it is highly expressed in oligodendrocytes and it has recently been shown to be a MA ion channel. Using patch clamp electrophysiology, we demonstrated that each of the modeled variants result in strongly attenuated stretch-activated currents when expressed in naive cells. Unexpectedly, the clinical evolution of all four individuals has been surprisingly favorable, with substantial improvements in neurological signs and developmental progression. In the three individuals with follow-up scans after 4 years of age, the myelin deficit had almost completely resolved. Our results suggest a previously unappreciated role for mechanosensitive ion channels in myelin development.
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- Huifang Yan
- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China; Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Joint International Research Center of Translational and Clinical Research, Beijing 100871, China
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China; Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Data61, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Gastroenterology & Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China; Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetic and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450018, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 EA, the Netherlands; UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht 3584 CG, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China; Key Laboratory for Neuroscience, Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Gastroenterology & Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands; Department of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, the Netherlands; Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands; Department of Functional Genomics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Departments of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Psychiatry and Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100871, China; Joint International Research Center of Translational and Clinical Research, Beijing 100871, China; Key Laboratory for Neuroscience, Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands.
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Jayasinghe K, White SM, Kerr PG, MacGregor D, Stark Z, Wilkins E, Simons C, Mallett A, Quinlan C. Isolated proteinuria due to CUBN homozygous mutation - challenging the investigative paradigm. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:330. [PMID: 31438875 PMCID: PMC6704575 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1474-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Proteinuria is a common clinical presentation, the diagnostic workup for which involves many non-invasive and invasive investigations. We report on two siblings that highlight the clinically relevant functional role of cubulin for albumin resorption in the proximal tubule and supports the use of genomic sequencing early in the diagnostic work up of patients who present with proteinuria. Case presentation An 8-year-old boy was referred with an incidental finding of proteinuria. All preliminary investigations were unremarkable. Further assessment revealed consanguineous family history and a brother with isolated proteinuria. Renal biopsy demonstrated normal light microscopy and global glomerular basement membrane thinning on electron microscopy. Chromosomal microarray revealed long continuous stretches of homozygosity (LCSH) representing ~ 4.5% of the genome. Shared regions of LCSH between the brothers were identified and their further research genomic analysis implicated a homozygous stop-gain variant in CUBN (10p12.31). Conclusions CUBN mutations have been implicated as a hereditary cause of megaloblastic anaemia and variable proteinuria. This is the second reported family with isolated proteinuria due to biallelic CUBN variants in the absence of megaloblastic anaemia, demonstrating the ability of genomic testing to identify genetic causes of nephropathy within expanding associated phenotypic spectra. Genomic sequencing, undertaken earlier in the diagnostic trajectory, may reduce the need for invasive investigations and the time to definitive diagnosis for patients and families.
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- Kushani Jayasinghe
- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.,Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia
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- The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.,Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia.,Kidney Health Service and Conjoint Renal Research Laboratory, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. .,The KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Victoria, Australia. .,Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Street, Parkville, Australia.
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Mallett AJ, Quinlan C, Patel C, Fowles L, Crawford J, Gattas M, Baer R, Bennetts B, Ho G, Holman K, Simons C. Precision Medicine Diagnostics for Rare Kidney Disease: Twitter as a Tool in Clinical Genomic Translation. Kidney Med 2019; 1:315-318. [PMID: 32734212 PMCID: PMC7380393 DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
New technologies such as genomics present opportunities to deliver precision medicine, including in the diagnosis of rare kidney disorders. Simultaneously, social media platforms such as Twitter can provide rapid and wide-reaching information dissemination in health care and science. We present 2 cases in which the reporting of a novel genetic cause for human kidney disease was communicated through Twitter and then subsequently noted by treating clinicians, thereby resulting in rapid clinical diagnostic translation. In 1 family, this involved the reporting of heterozygous variants in GREB1L relating to autosomal dominant unilateral or bilateral renal agenesis, and in the other family, this involved biallelic variants in CLDN10 relating to autosomal recessive hypokalemic renal tubular phenotypes. The times from Twitter notification to clinical diagnostic genetic report for these families were 111 and 200 days, respectively. Although caution is required, these cases show that social media platforms can contribute to rapid and accessible academic communication that may benefit clinicians, genomics-based researchers, and patients and families affected by rare kidney diseases.
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- Andrew J Mallett
- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia.,KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Mater Public Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Genetic Medicine and Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Genetic Medicine and Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Genetic Medicine and Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- KidGen Collaborative, Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Kanca O, Andrews JC, Lee PT, Patel C, Braddock SR, Slavotinek AM, Cohen JS, Gubbels CS, Aldinger KA, Williams J, Indaram M, Fatemi A, Yu TW, Agrawal PB, Vezina G, Simons C, Crawford J, Lau CC, Chung WK, Markello TC, Dobyns WB, Adams DR, Gahl WA, Wangler MF, Yamamoto S, Bellen HJ, Malicdan MCV. De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia. Am J Hum Genet 2019; 105:413-424. [PMID: 31327508 PMCID: PMC6699142 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
WD40 repeat-containing proteins form a large family of proteins present in all eukaryotes. Here, we identified five pediatric probands with de novo variants in WDR37, which encodes a member of the WD40 repeat protein family. Two probands shared one variant and the others have variants in nearby amino acids outside the WD40 repeats. The probands exhibited shared phenotypes of epilepsy, colobomas, facial dysmorphology reminiscent of CHARGE syndrome, developmental delay and intellectual disability, and cerebellar hypoplasia. The WDR37 protein is highly conserved in vertebrate and invertebrate model organisms and is currently not associated with a human disease. We generated a null allele of the single Drosophila ortholog to gain functional insights and replaced the coding region of the fly gene CG12333/wdr37 with GAL4. These flies are homozygous viable but display severe bang sensitivity, a phenotype associated with seizures in flies. Additionally, the mutant flies fall when climbing the walls of the vials, suggesting a defect in grip strength, and repeat the cycle of climbing and falling. Similar to wall clinging defect, mutant males often lose grip of the female abdomen during copulation. These phenotypes are rescued by using the GAL4 in the CG12333/wdr37 locus to drive the UAS-human reference WDR37 cDNA. The two variants found in three human subjects failed to rescue these phenotypes, suggesting that these alleles severely affect the function of this protein. Taken together, our data suggest that variants in WDR37 underlie a novel syndromic neurological disorder.
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- Oguz Kanca
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Genetic Health Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
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- Division of Medical Genetics, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-2711, USA
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Hugo W. Moser Research Institute, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA 02138, USA
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Paediatric Department, Bundaberg Hospital, Bundaberg, QLD 4670, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-2711, USA
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Hugo W. Moser Research Institute, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA 02138, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine and Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Diagnostic Imaging & Radiology, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- The Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052 Australia
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- The Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1851, USA
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA; Department of Pediatrics (Genetics), University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1851, USA
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- NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1851, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1851, USA.
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Simons C, Dyment D, Bent SJ, Crawford J, D'Hooghe M, Kohlschütter A, Venkateswaran S, Helman G, Poll-The BT, Makowski CC, Ito Y, Kernohan K, Hartley T, Waisfisz Q, Taft RJ, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI. A recurrent de novo mutation in TMEM106B causes hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. Brain 2019; 140:3105-3111. [PMID: 29186371 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Hypomyelinating leukodystrophies are a heterogeneous group of disorders with a clinical presentation that often includes early-onset nystagmus, ataxia and spasticity and a wide range of severity. Using next-generation sequencing techniques and GeneMatcher, we identified four unrelated patients with brain hypomyelination, all with the same recurrent dominant mutation, c.754G>A p.(Asp252Asn), in TMEM106B. The mutation was confirmed as de novo in three of the cases, and the mildly affected father of the fourth affected individual was confirmed as mosaic for this variant. The protein encoded by TMEM106B is poorly characterized but is reported to have a role in regulation of lysosomal trafficking. Polymorphisms in TMEM106B are thought to modify disease onset in frontotemporal dementia, but its relation to myelination is not understood. Clinical presentation in three of the four patients is remarkably benign compared to other hypomyelinating disorders, with congenital nystagmus and mild motor delay. These findings add TMEM106B to the growing list of genes causing hypomyelinating disorders and emphasize the essential role lysosomes play in myelination.
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- Cas Simons
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, General Hospital Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Child Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.,Illumina Inc, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Guo L, Bertola DR, Takanohashi A, Saito A, Segawa Y, Yokota T, Ishibashi S, Nishida Y, Yamamoto GL, Franco JFDS, Honjo RS, Kim CA, Musso CM, Timmons M, Pizzino A, Taft RJ, Lajoie B, Knight MA, Fischbeck KH, Singleton AB, Ferreira CR, Wang Z, Yan L, Garbern JY, Simsek-Kiper PO, Ohashi H, Robey PG, Boyde A, Matsumoto N, Miyake N, Spranger J, Schiffmann R, Vanderver A, Nishimura G, Passos-Bueno MRDS, Simons C, Ishikawa K, Ikegawa S. Bi-allelic CSF1R Mutations Cause Skeletal Dysplasia of Dysosteosclerosis-Pyle Disease Spectrum and Degenerative Encephalopathy with Brain Malformation. Am J Hum Genet 2019; 104:925-935. [PMID: 30982609 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) plays key roles in regulating development and function of the monocyte/macrophage lineage, including microglia and osteoclasts. Mono-allelic mutations of CSF1R are known to cause hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS), an adult-onset progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Here, we report seven affected individuals from three unrelated families who had bi-allelic CSF1R mutations. In addition to early-onset HDLS-like neurological disorders, they had brain malformations and skeletal dysplasia compatible to dysosteosclerosis (DOS) or Pyle disease. We identified five CSF1R mutations that were homozygous or compound heterozygous in these affected individuals. Two of them were deep intronic mutations resulting in abnormal inclusion of intron sequences in the mRNA. Compared with Csf1r-null mice, the skeletal and neural phenotypes of the affected individuals appeared milder and variable, suggesting that at least one of the mutations in each affected individual is hypomorphic. Our results characterized a unique human skeletal phenotype caused by CSF1R deficiency and implied that bi-allelic CSF1R mutations cause a spectrum of neurological and skeletal disorders, probably depending on the residual CSF1R function.
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- Long Guo
- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Unidade de Genética Clínica, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil.
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Unidade de Genética Clínica, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil; Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Unidade de Genética Clínica, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
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- Unidade de Genética Clínica, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
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- Unidade de Genética Clínica, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Developmental and Metabolic Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Illumina, Inc., 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122, USA
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- Illumina, Inc., 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122, USA
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- Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA, and Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan; Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Center of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara 06100, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama 330-8777, Japan
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- Skeletal Biology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Biophysics, Oral Growth and Development, Dental Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Central German Competence Center for Rare Diseases (MKSE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany; Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Intractable Disease Center, Saitama University Hospital, Moro 350-0495, Japan
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- Translational Bioinformatics Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
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Grassini DR, da Silva J, Hall TE, Baillie GJ, Simons C, Parton RG, Hogan BM, Smith KA. Myosin Vb is required for correct trafficking of N-cadherin and cardiac chamber ballooning. Dev Dyn 2019; 248:284-295. [PMID: 30801852 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During heart morphogenesis, the cardiac chambers undergo ballooning: a process involving regionalized elongation of cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocyte shape changes require reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton; however, the genetic regulation of this process is not well understood. RESULTS From a forward genetic screen, we identified the zebrafish uq 23ks mutant which manifests chamber ballooning defects. Whole-genome sequencing-mapping identified a truncating mutation in the gene, myo5b. myo5b encodes an atypical myosin required for endosome recycling and, consistent with this, increased vesicles were observed in myo5b mutant cardiomyocytes. Expression of RFP-Rab11a (a recycling endosome marker) confirmed increased recycling endosomes in cardiomyocytes of myo5b mutants. To investigate potential cargo of MyoVb-associated vesicles, we examined the adherens junction protein, N-cadherin. N-cadherin appeared mispatterned at cell junctions, and an increase in the number of intracellular particles was also apparent. Co-localization with RFP-Rab11a confirmed increased N-cadherin-positive recycling endosomes, demonstrating N-cadherin trafficking is perturbed in myo5b mutants. Finally, phalloidin staining showed disorganized F-actin in myo5b cardiomyocytes, suggesting the cytoskeleton fails to remodel, obstructing chamber ballooning. CONCLUSIONS MyoVb is required for cardiomyocyte endosomal recycling and appropriate N-cadherin localization during the onset of chamber ballooning. Cardiomyocytes lacking MyoVb are unable to reorganize their actin cytoskeleton, resulting in failed chamber ballooning. Developmental Dynamics 248:284-295, 2019. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Daniela R Grassini
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Lenk GM, Berry IR, Stutterd CA, Blyth M, Green L, Vadlamani G, Warren D, Craven I, Fanjul-Fernandez M, Rodriguez-Casero V, Lockhart PJ, Vanderver A, Simons C, Gibb S, Sadedin S, White SM, Christodoulou J, Skibina O, Ruddle J, Tan TY, Leventer RJ, Livingston JH, Meisler MH. Cerebral hypomyelination associated with biallelic variants of FIG4. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:619-630. [PMID: 30740813 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The lipid phosphatase gene FIG4 is responsible for Yunis-Varón syndrome and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 4J, a peripheral neuropathy. We now describe four families with FIG4 variants and prominent abnormalities of central nervous system (CNS) white matter (leukoencephalopathy), with onset in early childhood, ranging from severe hypomyelination to mild undermyelination, in addition to peripheral neuropathy. Affected individuals inherited biallelic FIG4 variants from heterozygous parents. Cultured fibroblasts exhibit enlarged vacuoles characteristic of FIG4 dysfunction. Two unrelated families segregate the same G > A variant in the +1 position of intron 21 in the homozygous state in one family and compound heterozygous in the other. This mutation in the splice donor site of exon 21 results in read-through from exon 20 into intron 20 and truncation of the final 115 C-terminal amino acids of FIG4, with retention of partial function. The observed CNS white matter disorder in these families is consistent with the myelination defects in the FIG4 null mouse and the known role of FIG4 in oligodendrocyte maturation. The families described here the expanded clinical spectrum of FIG4 deficiency to include leukoencephalopathy.
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- Guy M Lenk
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Leeds Genetics Laboratory, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Paediatric Neurology, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- Paediatric Neurology, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Melbourne, Australia
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- Eastern Health Neurosciences, Box Hill Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Centre for Eye Research Australia Ltd, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Melbourne, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Paediatric Neurology, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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van der Knaap MS, Bugiani M, Mendes MI, Riley LG, Smith DEC, Rudinger-Thirion J, Frugier M, Breur M, Crawford J, van Gaalen J, Schouten M, Willems M, Waisfisz Q, Mau-Them FT, Rodenburg RJ, Taft RJ, Keren B, Christodoulou J, Depienne C, Simons C, Salomons GS, Mochel F. Biallelic variants in LARS2 and KARS cause deafness and (ovario)leukodystrophy. Neurology 2019; 92:e1225-e1237. [PMID: 30737337 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000007098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the leukodystrophy caused by pathogenic variants in LARS2 and KARS, encoding mitochondrial leucyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthase and mitochondrial and cytoplasmic lysyl tRNA synthase, respectively. METHODS We composed a group of 5 patients with leukodystrophy, in whom whole-genome or whole-exome sequencing revealed pathogenic variants in LARS2 or KARS. Clinical information, brain MRIs, and postmortem brain autopsy data were collected. We assessed aminoacylation activities of purified mutant recombinant mitochondrial leucyl tRNA synthase and performed aminoacylation assays on patients' lymphoblasts and fibroblasts. RESULTS Patients had a combination of early-onset deafness and later-onset neurologic deterioration caused by progressive brain white matter abnormalities on MRI. Female patients with LARS2 pathogenic variants had premature ovarian failure. In 2 patients, MRI showed additional signs of early-onset vascular abnormalities. In 2 other patients with LARS2 and KARS pathogenic variants, magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed elevated white matter lactate, suggesting mitochondrial disease. Pathology in one patient with LARS2 pathogenic variants displayed evidence of primary disease of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes with lack of myelin and deficient astrogliosis. Aminoacylation activities of purified recombinant mutant leucyl tRNA synthase showed a 3-fold loss of catalytic efficiency. Aminoacylation assays on patients' lymphoblasts and fibroblasts showed about 50% reduction of enzyme activity. CONCLUSION This study adds LARS2 and KARS pathogenic variants as gene defects that may underlie deafness, ovarian failure, and leukodystrophy with mitochondrial signature. We discuss the specific MRI characteristics shared by leukodystrophies caused by mitochondrial tRNA synthase defects. We propose to add aminoacylation assays as biochemical diagnostic tools for leukodystrophies.
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- Marjo S van der Knaap
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France.
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Marjolein Breur
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Joanna Crawford
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Judith van Gaalen
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Meyke Schouten
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Marjolaine Willems
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Quinten Waisfisz
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Frederic Tran Mau-Them
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Richard J Rodenburg
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Ryan J Taft
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Boris Keren
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - John Christodoulou
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
| | - Christel Depienne
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K., M. Breur) and Neuropathology (M. Bugiani, M. Breur), and Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry (M.I.M., D.E.C.S., G.S.S.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers and Amsterdam Neuroscience; Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Genetic Metabolic Disorders Research Unit (L.G.R., J. Christodoulou), The Children's Hospital at Westmead, and Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (J.R.-T., M.F.), UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (J. Crawford, C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Department of Neurology (J.v.G.), Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen; Department of Clinical Genetics (M.S.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Departement Génétique Médicale (M.W.), Maladies Rares et Médecine Personnalisée, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHRU de Montpellier, France; Department of Clinical Genetics (Q.W.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, the Netherlands; UF Innovation en Diagnostic Génomique des Maladies Rares (F.T.M.-T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, France; Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (R.J.R.), Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Illumina Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; AP-HP (B.K., F.M.), La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Department of Genetics, Paris; INSERM U 1127 (B.K., C.D., F.M.), CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Murdoch Children's Research Institute (J. Christodoulou, C.S.), Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (J. Christodoulou), University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute of Human Genetics (C.D.), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany; and Sorbonne Universités (F.M.), Neurometabolic Clinical Research Group, Paris, France
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Helman G, Sharma S, Crawford J, Patra B, Jain P, Bent SJ, Urtizberea JA, Saran RK, Taft RJ, van der Knaap MS, Simons C. Leukoencephalopathy due to variants in GFPT1-associated congenital myasthenic syndrome. Neurology 2019; 92:e587-e593. [PMID: 30635494 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the molecular etiology of disease in 4 individuals from 2 unrelated families who presented with proximal muscle weakness and features suggestive of mitochondrial disease. METHODS Clinical information and neuroimaging were reviewed. Genome sequencing was performed on affected individuals and biological parents. RESULTS All affected individuals presented with muscle weakness and difficulty walking. In one family, both children had neonatal respiratory distress while the other family had 2 children with episodic deteriorations. In each family, muscle biopsy demonstrated ragged red fibers. MRI was suggestive of a mitochondrial leukoencephalopathy, with extensive deep cerebral white matter T2 hyperintense signal and selective involvement of the middle blade of the corpus callosum. Through genome sequencing, homozygous GFPT1 missense variants were identified in the affected individuals of each family. The variants detected (p.Arg14Leu and p.Thr151Lys) are absent from population databases and predicted to be damaging by in silico prediction tools. Following the genetic diagnosis, nerve conduction studies were performed and demonstrated a decremental response to repetitive nerve stimulation, confirming the diagnosis of myasthenia. Treatment with pyridostigmine was started in one family with favorable response. CONCLUSIONS GFPT1 encodes a widely expressed protein that controls the flux of glucose into the hexosamine-biosynthesis pathway that produces precursors for glycosylation of proteins. GFPT1 variants and defects in other enzymes of this pathway have previously been associated with congenital myasthenia. These findings identify leukoencephalopathy as a previously unrecognized phenotype in GFPT1-related disease and suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction could contribute to this disorder.
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- Guy Helman
- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- From the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (G.H., C.S.), Parkville, Melbourne; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (G.H., J.C., C.S.), the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Neurology Division (S.S., B.P., P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India; Division of Neurology (P.J.), Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Data61 (S.J.B.), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia; Hôpital Marin (J.A.U.), Centre Neuromusculaire, Filnemus, Hendaye, France; Department of Pathology (R.K.S.), G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India; Illumina, Inc. (R.J.T.), San Diego, CA; Department of Child Neurology (M.S.v.d.K.), Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Neuroscience; and Department of Functional Genomics (M.S.v.d.K.), Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Backhouse B, Hanna C, Robevska G, van den Bergen J, Pelosi E, Simons C, Koopman P, Juniarto AZ, Grover S, Faradz S, Sinclair A, Ayers K, Tan TY. Identification of Candidate Genes for Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome Using Genomic Approaches. Sex Dev 2018; 13:26-34. [PMID: 30504698 DOI: 10.1159/000494896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a disorder of sex development which affects 1 in 4,500 females and is characterized by agenesis of müllerian structures, including the uterus, cervix, and upper vagina. It can occur in isolation (type 1) or in conjunction with various anomalies (type 2), with a subset of these comprising müllerian, renal, and cervicothoracic abnormalities (MURCS) association. The genetic causes of MRKH have been investigated previously yielding limited results, with massive parallel sequencing becoming increasingly utilized. We sought to identify genetic contributions to MRKH using a combination of microarray and whole exome sequencing (WES) on a cohort of 8 unrelated women with MRKH and MURCS. WES data were analysed using a candidate gene approach to identify potential contributing variants. Microarray analysis identified a 0.6-Mb deletion in the previously implicated 16p11.2 region in a patient with MRKH type 2. WES revealed 16 rare nonsynonymous variants in MRKH candidate genes across the cohort. These included variants in several genes, such as LRP10 and DOCK4, associated with disorders with müllerian anomalies. Further functional studies of these variants will help to delineate their biological significance and expand the genotypic spectrum of MRKH.
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Ito Y, Hartley T, Baird S, Venkateswaran S, Simons C, Wolf NI, Boycott KM, Dyment DA, Kernohan KD. Lysosomal dysfunction in TMEM106B hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. Neurol Genet 2018; 4:e288. [PMID: 30643851 PMCID: PMC6317987 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Yoko Ito
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Kym M Boycott
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Y.I., T.H., S.B., K.M.B., D.A.D., K.D.K.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology (S.V.), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (C.S.), University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; and Department of Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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