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Layo-Carris DE, Lubin EE, Sangree AK, Clark KJ, Durham EL, Gonzalez EM, Smith S, Angireddy R, Wang XM, Weiss E, Mendoza-Londono R, Dupuis L, Damseh N, Velasco D, Valenzuela I, Codina-Solà M, Ziats C, Have J, Clarkson K, Steel D, Kurian M, Barwick K, Carrasco D, Dagli AI, Nowaczyk MJM, Hančárová M, Bendová Š, Prchalova D, Sedláček Z, Baxová A, Nowak CB, Douglas J, Chung WK, Longo N, Platzer K, Klöckner C, Averdunk L, Wieczorek D, Krey I, Zweier C, Reis A, Balci T, Simon M, Kroes HY, Wiesener A, Vasileiou G, Marinakis NM, Veltra D, Sofocleous C, Kosma K, Traeger Synodinos J, Voudris KA, Vuillaume ML, Gueguen P, Derive N, Colin E, Battault C, Au B, Delatycki M, Wallis M, Gallacher L, Majdoub F, Smal N, Weckhuysen S, Schoonjans AS, Kooy RF, Meuwissen M, Cocanougher BT, Taylor K, Pizoli CE, McDonald MT, James P, Roeder ER, Littlejohn R, Borja NA, Thorson W, King K, Stoeva R, Suerink M, Nibbeling E, Baskin S, L E Guyader G, Kaplan J, Muss C, Carere DA, Bhoj EJK, Bryant LM. Expanded phenotypic spectrum of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorder Bryant-Li-Bhoj syndrome with 38 additional individuals. Eur J Hum Genet 2024:10.1038/s41431-024-01610-1. [PMID: 38678163 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-024-01610-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Bryant-Li-Bhoj syndrome (BLBS), which became OMIM-classified in 2022 (OMIM: 619720, 619721), is caused by germline variants in the two genes that encode histone H3.3 (H3-3A/H3F3A and H3-3B/H3F3B) [1-4]. This syndrome is characterized by developmental delay/intellectual disability, craniofacial anomalies, hyper/hypotonia, and abnormal neuroimaging [1, 5]. BLBS was initially categorized as a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome caused by de novo heterozygous variants in either H3-3A or H3-3B [1-4]. Here, we analyze the data of the 58 previously published individuals along 38 unpublished, unrelated individuals. In this larger cohort of 96 people, we identify causative missense, synonymous, and stop-loss variants. We also expand upon the phenotypic characterization by elaborating on the neurodevelopmental component of BLBS. Notably, phenotypic heterogeneity was present even amongst individuals harboring the same variant. To explore the complex phenotypic variation in this expanded cohort, the relationships between syndromic phenotypes with three variables of interest were interrogated: sex, gene containing the causative variant, and variant location in the H3.3 protein. While specific genotype-phenotype correlations have not been conclusively delineated, the results presented here suggest that the location of the variants within the H3.3 protein and the affected gene (H3-3A or H3-3B) contribute more to the severity of distinct phenotypes than sex. Since these variables do not account for all BLBS phenotypic variability, these findings suggest that additional factors may play a role in modifying the phenotypes of affected individuals. Histones are poised at the interface of genetics and epigenetics, highlighting the potential role for gene-environment interactions and the importance of future research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dana E Layo-Carris
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Emily E Lubin
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Annabel K Sangree
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Kelly J Clark
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Emily L Durham
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Elizabeth M Gonzalez
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Sarina Smith
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Rajesh Angireddy
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Xiao Min Wang
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Erin Weiss
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Roberto Mendoza-Londono
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Lucie Dupuis
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Nadirah Damseh
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Danita Velasco
- Children's Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
| | - Irene Valenzuela
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics and Rare Disease Unit Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Medicine Genetics Group, Vall Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Marta Codina-Solà
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics and Rare Disease Unit Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Medicine Genetics Group, Vall Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - Jaclyn Have
- Shodair Children's Hospital, Helena, MT, USA
| | | | - Dora Steel
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
| | - Manju Kurian
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
| | - Katy Barwick
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
| | - Diana Carrasco
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Cook Children's Hospital, Fort Worth, TX, USA
| | - Aditi I Dagli
- Orlando Health, Arnold Palmer Hospital For Children, Orlando, FL, USA
| | - M J M Nowaczyk
- McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada
| | - Miroslava Hančárová
- Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Šárka Bendová
- Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Darina Prchalova
- Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Zdeněk Sedláček
- Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Alica Baxová
- Charles University First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Catherine Bearce Nowak
- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA
| | | | - Wendy K Chung
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Chiara Klöckner
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Luisa Averdunk
- Institute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
| | - Dagmar Wieczorek
- Institute of Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
| | - Ilona Krey
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Christiane Zweier
- Institute of Human Genetics, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, Inselspital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - Andre Reis
- Institute of Human Genetics, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054, Erlangen, Germany
| | - Tugce Balci
- University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
| | - Marleen Simon
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - Hester Y Kroes
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - Georgia Vasileiou
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Christalena Sofocleous
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Joanne Traeger Synodinos
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Konstantinos A Voudris
- Second Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens, 'P & A Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
| | - Marie-Laure Vuillaume
- Service de Génétique, CHU de Tours, Tours, France
- UMR1253, iBrain, Inserm, University of Tours, Tours, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale Multi-Sites SeqOIA, Paris, France
| | - Paul Gueguen
- Service de Génétique, CHU de Tours, Tours, France
- UMR1253, iBrain, Inserm, University of Tours, Tours, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale Multi-Sites SeqOIA, Paris, France
| | - Nicolas Derive
- Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale Multi-Sites SeqOIA, Paris, France
| | - Estelle Colin
- Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d'Angers, Angers, France
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
| | - Martin Delatycki
- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Tasmanian Clinical Genetics Service, Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- School of Medicine and Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Medical Genetics Department, University Hedi Chaker Hospital of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
- Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- NEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
| | - R Frank Kooy
- Center of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
| | - Marije Meuwissen
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
- Center of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
| | | | - Kathryn Taylor
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Carolyn E Pizoli
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Marie T McDonald
- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Philip James
- DMG Children's Rehabilitative Services, Phoenix, AZ, USA
| | - Elizabeth R Roeder
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA
| | - Rebecca Littlejohn
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA
| | - Nicholas A Borja
- John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
| | - Willa Thorson
- John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
| | - Kristine King
- Genetics Department, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, Multicare Health System, Tacoma, WA, USA
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- Medical genetics department, Centre Hospitalier, Le Mans, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Gwenaël L E Guyader
- Service de Génétique médicale, Centre Labellisé Anomalies du Développement-Ouest Site, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
| | - Laura M Bryant
- Department of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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