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Mahrous M, Omar Jebriel A, Allehebi A, Shafik A, El Karak F, Venturini F, Alhusaini H, Meergans M, Ali Nahit Sendur M, Ouda M, Al-Nassar M, Kilickap S, Al Turki S, Al-Fayea T, Abdel Kader Y. Consensus Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Biomarker Testing, and Clinical Management of Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition Exon 14 Skipping Mutations in the Middle East, Africa, and Russia. Cureus 2023; 15:e41992. [PMID: 37492039 PMCID: PMC10365828 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.41992] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Mesenchymal-epithelial transition exon 14 (METex14) skipping mutations occur in about 3%-4% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is an aggressive subtype associated with poor prognosis. METex14 skipping is a potentially targetable mutation. Targeted therapy is a promising treatment modality for patients with advanced/metastatic METex14-mutant NSCLC. Performing systematic molecular testing to detect the driver mutation is essential for initiating targeted therapy. However, there is a lack of guidelines on molecular testing for assessing the eligibility of patients for targeted therapy. Therefore, a multidisciplinary panel consisting of experts from the Middle East, Africa, and Russia convened via a virtual advisory board meeting to provide their insights on various molecular testing techniques for the diagnosis of METex14 skipping mutation, management of patients with targeted therapies, and developing consensus recommendations for improving the processes. The expert panel emphasized performing molecular testing and liquid biopsy before treatment initiation and tissue re-biopsy for patients with failed molecular testing. Liquid biopsy was recommended as complementary to tissue biopsy for disease monitoring and prognosis. Selective MET inhibitors were recommended as the first and subsequent lines of therapy. These consensus recommendations will facilitate the management of METex14 skipping NSCLC in routine practice and warrant optimum outcomes for these patients.
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- Mervat Mahrous
- Oncology, Minia University, Minia, EGY
- Oncology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU
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- Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, SAU
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- Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EGY
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- Oncology, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, School of Medicine, Beirut, LBN
- Oncology, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut, LBN
- Oncology, Clemenceau Medical Center, Dubai, ARE
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- Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, SAU
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- Oncology, Merck Serono Middle East FZ-Ltd., Dubai, ARE
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- Oncology, King Fahad Medical City - Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, SAU
- Oncology, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, SAU
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AbuObead DA, Alhomsi TK, Zhra M, Alosaimi B, Hamza M, Awadalla M, Abdelhadi OE, Alsharif JA, Okdah L, AlKattan K, Turki SA, Fakhoury HMA, Aljada A. Development and Validation of ScriptTaq COVID PCR: An In-House Multiplex rRT-PCR for Low-Cost Detection. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:6117-6131. [PMID: 36547078 PMCID: PMC9777119 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44120417] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an extensive testing for active SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, securing affordable diagnostic tests is a struggle for low-resource settings. We report herein the development and validation of an in-house multiplex real-time RT-PCR diagnostic test for the detection of active COVID-19 infection (ScriptTaq COVID PCR). Furthermore, we describe two methods for RNA extraction using either an in-house silica column or silica-coated magnetic beads to replace commercial RNA extraction kits. Different buffer formulations for silica column and silica-coated magnetic beads were tested and used for RNA isolation. Taq polymerase enzyme and thermostable reverse transcriptase enzyme were purified from bacterial clones. Primers/probes sequences published by the WHO and CDC were used for the qualitative detection of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and nucleocapsid (N) genes, respectively. ScriptTaq COVID PCR assay was able to detect up to 100 copies per reaction of the viral RdRP and N genes. The test demonstrated an overall agreement of 95.4%, a positive percent agreement (PPA) of 90.2%, and a negative percent agreement (NPA) of 100.0% when compared with two commercially available kits. ScriptTaq COVID PCR diagnostic test is a specific, sensitive, and low-cost alternative for low-resource settings.
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
- Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
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- Infectious Disease Research Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
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- Anwa Medical Labs, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (H.M.A.F.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (H.M.A.F.); (A.A.)
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Alzahrani M, Al Turki S, Al Rajban W, Alshalati F, Almodaihsh F, Abuelgasim KA, Alahmari B, Al Bogami T, Ali O, Al Harbi T, AlBalwi MA, Alotaibi M, Aleem A, Al Asker A, Al Mugairi A. Pro106Leu MPL mutation is associated with thrombocytosis and a low risk of thrombosis, splenomegaly and marrow fibrosis. Platelets 2022; 33:1220-1227. [PMID: 35791502 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2022.2091773] [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] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
The P106L mutation in the human myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene (MPL) was shown to be associated with hereditary thrombocythemia in Arabs. The clinical and bone marrow (BM) features of P106L mutation are unknown. Genetic databases at two tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia were searched to identify patients with the MPL P106L mutation. Clinical data were collected retrospectively and the BM aspirates and biopsies were independently reviewed by two hematopathologists. In total, 115 patients were included. Median age was 33 years of which 31 patients were pediatric and 65 were female. The mutation was homozygous in 87 patients. Thrombocytosis was documented in 107 patients, with a median platelet count of 667 × 109/L. The homozygous genotype was associated with a higher platelet count. Thirty-three patients had an evaluable BM and clustering of megakaryocytes was observed in 30/33 patients. At the time of last follow-up, 114 patients were alive. The median follow-up was 7.8 years from the time of thrombocytosis. No patients developed disease progression to myelofibrosis. The P106L mutation was associated with marked thrombocytosis at a younger age and with a low risk of thrombosis, splenomegaly, and marrow fibrosis. The BM demonstrated normal or hypocellular marrow with megakaryocyte clusters.
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- Musa Alzahrani
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Pathology Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Pathology Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Unit, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Division of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Division of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Oncology, Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Unit, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Division of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Pathology Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Genetics Unit, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Division of Adult Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Algarni MA, Alshammari K, Al Olayan A, Sabatin F, Mabsout N, Zaher H, Shehata H, Al Turki S. Pathogenic germline mutations prevalence in Saudi patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.4_suppl.538] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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538 Background: While the majority of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC) cases are sporadic, about 10% related to familial and hereditary component. Multiple studies have shown that germline genetic testing regardless of family history for patients with PDCA is feasible and more likely to identify the carrier of pathogenic mutations. There is no data about the prevalence of pathogenic germline mutations in Saudi population. We aimed to study the prevalence of these mutations in Saudi patient patients with PDAC regardless of the family history of cancer. Methods: By using our cancer genetics database, we analyzed all the confirmed cases of PDAC who were referred to the cancer genetic clinic at King Abdulaziz medical city in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since November 2018, a comprehensive hereditary cancer gene panel (including 70 genes) is offered to all referred PDAC cases regardless of their family history of cancer after obtaining a genetic counselling assessment and an informed consent. Results: Between November 2018 and August 2021, a total of 88 patients with PDAC cases have been tested. The median age was 60 and the majority of patients were males (n=56, 64%). Most of the patients had stage IV disease (n=75, 85.23%). The genetic result was available for 86 patients. Pathogenic variant(PVs) was reported in 8.1% (n=7), variant of uncertain significance (VUSs) was reported in 15% (n=13) while no mutation reported in the rest of the patients. The PVs reported were BRCA2 (n=4), BRIP1 (n=1), PMS1(n=1) and MRE11 (n=1). All the carriers of the PVs had no documented family history of breast, ovarian or pancreatic cancers at the time of genetic counselling. Conclusions: This study confirms the importance of genetic testing in all patients with PDAC regardless of the family history. This is in line with previous studies from other populations. This is the first study from Saudi patients with PDAC and to the best of our knowledge, the first study in Arab population.
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- Oncology Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Oncology Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Nursing Department,Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Oncology Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Almarri MA, Haber M, Lootah RA, Hallast P, Al Turki S, Martin HC, Xue Y, Tyler-Smith C. The genomic history of the Middle East. Cell 2021; 184:4612-4625.e14. [PMID: 34352227 PMCID: PMC8445022 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Middle East region is important to understand human evolution and migrations but is underrepresented in genomic studies. Here, we generated 137 high-coverage physically phased genome sequences from eight Middle Eastern populations using linked-read sequencing. We found no genetic traces of early expansions out-of-Africa in present-day populations but found Arabians have elevated Basal Eurasian ancestry that dilutes their Neanderthal ancestry. Population sizes within the region started diverging 15–20 kya, when Levantines expanded while Arabians maintained smaller populations that derived ancestry from local hunter-gatherers. Arabians suffered a population bottleneck around the aridification of Arabia 6 kya, while Levantines had a distinct bottleneck overlapping the 4.2 kya aridification event. We found an association between movement and admixture of populations in the region and the spread of Semitic languages. Finally, we identify variants that show evidence of selection, including polygenic selection. Our results provide detailed insights into the genomic and selective histories of the Middle East. Middle Easterners do not have ancestry from an early out-of-Africa expansion Basal Eurasian and African ancestry in Arabians deplete their Neanderthal ancestry Populations experienced bottlenecks overlapping aridification events Identification of recent single and polygenic signals of selection in Arabia
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- Mohamed A Almarri
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK; Department of Forensic Science and Criminology, Dubai Police GHQ, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Centre for Computational Biology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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- Department of Forensic Science and Criminology, Dubai Police GHQ, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK; Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Genetics & Genomics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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Zhang Q, Bastard P, Liu Z, Le Pen J, Moncada-Velez M, Chen J, Ogishi M, Sabli IKD, Hodeib S, Korol C, Rosain J, Bilguvar K, Ye J, Bolze A, Bigio B, Yang R, Arias AA, Zhou Q, Zhang Y, Onodi F, Korniotis S, Karpf L, Philippot Q, Chbihi M, Bonnet-Madin L, Dorgham K, Smith N, Schneider WM, Razooky BS, Hoffmann HH, Michailidis E, Moens L, Han JE, Lorenzo L, Bizien L, Meade P, Neehus AL, Ugurbil AC, Corneau A, Kerner G, Zhang P, Rapaport F, Seeleuthner Y, Manry J, Masson C, Schmitt Y, Schlüter A, Le Voyer T, Khan T, Li J, Fellay J, Roussel L, Shahrooei M, Alosaimi MF, Mansouri D, Al-Saud H, Al-Mulla F, Almourfi F, Al-Muhsen SZ, Alsohime F, Al Turki S, Hasanato R, van de Beek D, Biondi A, Bettini LR, D'Angio' M, Bonfanti P, Imberti L, Sottini A, Paghera S, Quiros-Roldan E, Rossi C, Oler AJ, Tompkins MF, Alba C, Vandernoot I, Goffard JC, Smits G, Migeotte I, Haerynck F, Soler-Palacin P, Martin-Nalda A, Colobran R, Morange PE, Keles S, Çölkesen F, Ozcelik T, Yasar KK, Senoglu S, Karabela ŞN, Rodríguez-Gallego C, Novelli G, Hraiech S, Tandjaoui-Lambiotte Y, Duval X, Laouénan C, Snow AL, Dalgard CL, Milner JD, Vinh DC, Mogensen TH, Marr N, Spaan AN, Boisson B, Boisson-Dupuis S, Bustamante J, Puel A, Ciancanelli MJ, Meyts I, Maniatis T, Soumelis V, Amara A, Nussenzweig M, García-Sastre A, Krammer F, Pujol A, Duffy D, Lifton RP, Zhang SY, Gorochov G, Béziat V, Jouanguy E, Sancho-Shimizu V, Rice CM, Abel L, Notarangelo LD, Cobat A, Su HC, Casanova JL. Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19. Science 2020; 370:eabd4570. [PMID: 32972995 PMCID: PMC7857407 DOI: 10.1126/science.abd4570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1473] [Impact Index Per Article: 368.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Clinical outcome upon infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ranges from silent infection to lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We have found an enrichment in rare variants predicted to be loss-of-function (LOF) at the 13 human loci known to govern Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)- and interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7)-dependent type I interferon (IFN) immunity to influenza virus in 659 patients with life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia relative to 534 subjects with asymptomatic or benign infection. By testing these and other rare variants at these 13 loci, we experimentally defined LOF variants underlying autosomal-recessive or autosomal-dominant deficiencies in 23 patients (3.5%) 17 to 77 years of age. We show that human fibroblasts with mutations affecting this circuit are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2. Inborn errors of TLR3- and IRF7-dependent type I IFN immunity can underlie life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with no prior severe infection.
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- Qian Zhang
- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Virology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Virology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Yale Center for Genome Analysis and Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Zukerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Primary Immunodeficiencies Group, University of Antioquia UdeA, Medellin, Colombia
- School of Microbiology, University of Antioquia UdeA, Medellin, Colombia
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- NIAID Clinical Genomics Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Genomes & Cell Biology of Disease, INSERM U944, CNRS UMR 7212, Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses-Paris (CIMI PARIS), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Translational Immunology Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, UMS037, PASS, Plateforme de Cytométrie de la Pitié-Salpêtrière CyPS, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics Platform, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM UMR1163, Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics Platform, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM UMR1163, Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Neurometabolic Diseases Laboratory, IDIBELL-Hospital Duran i Reynals, CIBERER U759, and Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Immunology, Research Branch, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Life sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Precision Medicine Unit, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institue of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Infectious Disease Susceptibility Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Specialized Immunology Laboratory of Dr. Shahrooei, Sina Medical Complex, Ahvaz, Iran
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- The Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti, Iran
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- National Center of Genomics Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Dasman Diabetes Institute, Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Kuwait
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- National Center of Genomics Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Immunology Research Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Misery of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Cancer & Blood Research, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Pediatric Departement and Centro Tettamanti-European Reference Network PaedCan, EuroBloodNet, MetabERN-University of Milano-Bicocca-Fondazione MBBM-Ospedale, San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Pediatric Departement and Centro Tettamanti-European Reference Network PaedCan, EuroBloodNet, MetabERN-University of Milano-Bicocca-Fondazione MBBM-Ospedale, San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Pediatric Departement and Centro Tettamanti-European Reference Network PaedCan, EuroBloodNet, MetabERN-University of Milano-Bicocca-Fondazione MBBM-Ospedale, San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, San Gerardo Hospital-University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- CREA Laboratory, Diagnostic Laboratory, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- CREA Laboratory, Diagnostic Laboratory, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- CREA Laboratory, Diagnostic Laboratory, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Chief Medical Officer, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- PRIMER, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- PRIMER, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center of Human Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center of Human Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) and Center of Human Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and Pulmonology, Centre for Primary Immunodeficiency Ghent (CPIG), PID Research Lab, Jeffrey Modell Diagnosis and Research Centre, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Immunology Division, Genetics Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, UAB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Medical Faculty, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Bilkent-Ankara, Turkey
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario de G.C. Dr. Negrín, Canarian Health System, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- University Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," Rome, Italy
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- Avicenne Hospital Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Bobigny, INSERM U1272 Hypoxia & Lung, Paris, France
- PH Réanimation CHU Avicenne, Bobigny, INSERM U1272 Hypoxie & Poumon, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME UMR-S 1137, INSERM, Paris, France
- Inserm CIC 1425, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME UMR-S 1137, INSERM, Paris, France
- Inserm CIC 1425, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Département Epidémiologie Biostatistiques et Recherche Clinique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- PRIMER, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Infectious Disease Susceptibility Program, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Immunology, Research Branch, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Utrecht UMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Turnstone Biologics, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Zukerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Genomes & Cell Biology of Disease, INSERM U944, CNRS UMR 7212, Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Neurometabolic Diseases Laboratory, IDIBELL-Hospital Duran i Reynals, CIBERER U759, and Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Immunology Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses-Paris (CIMI PARIS), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Virology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- NIAID Clinical Genomics Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- NIAID Clinical Genomics Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- University of Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Pediatric Hematology and Immunology Unit, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Al Mugairi A, Al Turki S, Salama H, Al Ahmadi K, Abuelgasim KA, Damlaj M. Isolated Bone Marrow Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Preceding RUNX1-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Case Report and Literature Review. Am J Clin Pathol 2019; 151:638-646. [PMID: 30989185 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The prevalence of concomitant myeloid neoplasms was recently reported to be unexpectedly high among adults without non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (non-LCH); however, the coexistence of non-LCH with RUNX1 genetic aberration has not been reported previously. METHODS Herein, we report a 23-year-old woman with severe pancytopenia diagnosed with non-LCH following presentation with pancytopenia and marrow examination showing histiocytosis positive for CD45, CD68, CD136, and lysozyme but negative for CD1a, langerin, and S100. RESULTS Whole-exome sequencing showed RUNX1 mutation and NF1 mutation. In the ensuing 6 months, she developed hepatosplenomegaly, and repeat bone marrow evaluation was diagnostic of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Repeat mutational analysis showed again presence of RUNX1 mutation. She underwent induction therapy but died of septic shock. CONCLUSIONS The demonstration of RUNX1 mutation in both non-LCH and AML bone marrow specimens at differing time points is suggestive of a biologic association of both distinct disease entities.
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- Areej Al Mugairi
- Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
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- Division of Hematology and HSCT, Department of Oncology, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
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- Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
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- Division of Hematology and HSCT, Department of Oncology, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA
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- Division of Hematology and HSCT, Department of Oncology, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, KSA
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA
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Collins P, Cooper N, Creaser-Myers A, DaCosta R, Daugherty L, Davies S, Davis J, De Vries M, Deegan P, Deevi SV, Deshpande C, Devlin L, Dewhurst E, Doffinger R, Dormand N, Drewe E, Edgar D, Egner W, Erber WN, Erwood M, Everington T, Favier R, Firth H, Fletcher D, Flinter F, Fox JC, Frary A, Freson K, Furie B, Furnell A, Gale D, Gardham A, Gattens M, Ghali N, Ghataorhe PK, Ghurye R, Gibbs S, Gilmour K, Gissen P, Goddard S, Gomez K, Gordins P, Gräf S, Greene D, Greenhalgh A, Greinacher A, Grigoriadou S, Grozeva D, Hackett S, Hadinnapola C, Hague R, Haimel M, Halmagyi C, Hammerton T, Hart D, Hayman G, Heemskerk JW, Henderson R, Hensiek A, Henskens Y, Herwadkar A, Holden S, Holder M, Holder S, Hu F, Huissoon A, Humbert M, Hurst J, James R, Jolles S, Josifova D, Kazmi R, Keeling D, Kelleher P, Kelly AM, Kennedy F, Kiely D, Kingston N, Koziell A, Krishnakumar D, Kuijpers TW, Kumararatne D, Kurian M, Laffan MA, Lambert MP, Allen HL, Lawrie A, Lear S, Lees M, Lentaigne C, Liesner R, Linger R, Longhurst H, Lorenzo L, Machado R, Mackenzie R, MacLaren R, Maher E, Maimaris J, Mangles S, Manson A, Mapeta R, Markus HS, Martin J, Masati L, Mathias M, Matser V, Maw A, McDermott E, McJannet C, Meacham S, Meehan S, Megy K, Mehta S, Michaelides M, Millar CM, Moledina S, Moore A, Morrell N, Mumford A, Murng S, Murphy E, Nejentsev S, Noorani S, Nurden P, Oksenhendler E, Ouwehand WH, Papadia S, Park SM, Parker A, Pasi J, Patch C, Paterson J, Payne J, Peacock A, Peerlinck K, Penkett CJ, Pepke-Zaba J, Perry DJ, Pollock V, Polwarth G, Ponsford M, Qasim W, Quinti I, Rankin S, Rankin J, Raymond FL, Rehnstrom K, Reid E, Rhodes CJ, Richards M, Richardson S, Richter A, Roberts I, Rondina M, Rosser E, Roughley C, Rue-Albrecht K, Samarghitean C, Sanchis-Juan A, Sandford R, Santra S, Sargur R, Savic S, Schulman S, Schulze H, Scott R, Scully M, Seneviratne S, Sewell C, Shamardina O, Shipley D, Simeoni I, Sivapalaratnam S, Smith K, Sohal A, Southgate L, Staines S, Staples E, Stauss H, Stein P, Stephens J, Stirrups K, Stock S, Suntharalingam J, Tait RC, Talks K, Tan Y, Thachil J, Thaventhiran J, Thomas E, Thomas M, Thompson D, Thrasher A, Tischkowitz M, Titterton C, Toh CH, Toshner M, Treacy C, Trembath R, Tuna S, Turek W, Turro E, Van Geet C, Veltman M, Vogt J, von Ziegenweldt J, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Wakeling E, Wanjiku I, Warner TQ, Wassmer E, Watkins H, Webster A, Welch S, Westbury S, Wharton J, Whitehorn D, Wilkins M, Willcocks L, Williamson C, Woods G, Wort J, Yeatman N, Yong P, Young T, Yu P. Bi-allelic Loss-of-Function CACNA1B Mutations in Progressive Epilepsy-Dyskinesia. Am J Hum Genet 2019; 104:948-956. [PMID: 30982612 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The occurrence of non-epileptic hyperkinetic movements in the context of developmental epileptic encephalopathies is an increasingly recognized phenomenon. Identification of causative mutations provides an important insight into common pathogenic mechanisms that cause both seizures and abnormal motor control. We report bi-allelic loss-of-function CACNA1B variants in six children from three unrelated families whose affected members present with a complex and progressive neurological syndrome. All affected individuals presented with epileptic encephalopathy, severe neurodevelopmental delay (often with regression), and a hyperkinetic movement disorder. Additional neurological features included postnatal microcephaly and hypotonia. Five children died in childhood or adolescence (mean age of death: 9 years), mainly as a result of secondary respiratory complications. CACNA1B encodes the pore-forming subunit of the pre-synaptic neuronal voltage-gated calcium channel Cav2.2/N-type, crucial for SNARE-mediated neurotransmission, particularly in the early postnatal period. Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in CACNA1B are predicted to cause disruption of Ca2+ influx, leading to impaired synaptic neurotransmission. The resultant effect on neuronal function is likely to be important in the development of involuntary movements and epilepsy. Overall, our findings provide further evidence for the key role of Cav2.2 in normal human neurodevelopment.
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Al Turki S, Manickaraj AK, Mercer CL, Gerety SS, Hitz MP, Lindsay S, D'Alessandro LCA, Swaminathan GJ, Bentham J, Arndt AK, Louw J, Breckpot J, Gewillig M, Thienpont B, Abdul-Khaliq H, Harnack C, Hoff K, Kramer HH, Schubert S, Siebert R, Toka O, Cosgrove C, Watkins H, Lucassen AM, O'Kelly IM, Salmon AP, Bu'Lock FA, Granados-Riveron J, Setchfield K, Thornborough C, Brook JD, Mulder B, Klaassen S, Bhattacharya S, Devriendt K, FitzPatrick DR, Wilson DI, Mital S, Hurles ME. Rare Variants in NR2F2 Cause Congenital Heart Defects in Humans. Am J Hum Genet 2016; 98:592. [PMID: 28863274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Rahbari R, Wuster A, Lindsay SJ, Hardwick RJ, Alexandrov LB, Turki SA, Dominiczak A, Morris A, Porteous D, Smith B, Stratton MR, Hurles ME. Timing, rates and spectra of human germline mutation. Nat Genet 2015; 48:126-133. [PMID: 26656846 PMCID: PMC4731925 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.1] [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: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Germline mutations are a driving force behind genome evolution and genetic disease. We investigated genome-wide mutation rates and spectra in multi-sibling families. Mutation rate increased with paternal age in all families, but the number of additional mutations per year differed more than two-fold between families. Meta-analysis of 6,570 mutations showed that germline methylation influences mutation rates. In contrast to somatic mutations, we found remarkable consistency of germline mutation spectra between the sexes and at different paternal ages. 3.8% of mutations were mosaic in the parental germline, resulting in 1.3% of mutations being shared between siblings. The number of these shared mutations varied significantly between families. Our data suggest that the mutation rate per cell division is higher during both early embryogenesis and differentiation of primordial germ cells, but is reduced substantially during post-pubertal spermatogenesis. These findings have important consequences for the recurrence risks of disorders caused by de novo mutations.
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- Raheleh Rahbari
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Department of Human Genetics and Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genentech Inc, 1 DNA Way, CA 94080 South San Francisco, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jinks RN, Puffenberger EG, Baple E, Harding B, Crino P, Fogo AB, Wenger O, Xin B, Koehler AE, McGlincy MH, Provencher MM, Smith JD, Tran L, Al Turki S, Chioza BA, Cross H, Harlalka GV, Hurles ME, Maroofian R, Heaps AD, Morton MC, Stempak L, Hildebrandt F, Sadowski CE, Zaritsky J, Campellone K, Morton DH, Wang H, Crosby A, Strauss KA. Recessive nephrocerebellar syndrome on the Galloway-Mowat syndrome spectrum is caused by homozygous protein-truncating mutations of WDR73. Brain 2015; 138:2173-90. [PMID: 26070982 PMCID: PMC4511861 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by microcephaly, cerebellar hypoplasia, nephrosis, and profound intellectual disability. Jinks et al. extend the GMS spectrum by identifying a novel nephrocerebellar syndrome with selective striatal cholinergic interneuron loss and complete lateral geniculate nucleus delamination, caused by a frameshift mutation in WDR73. We describe a novel nephrocerebellar syndrome on the Galloway-Mowat syndrome spectrum among 30 children (ages 1.0 to 28 years) from diverse Amish demes. Children with nephrocerebellar syndrome had progressive microcephaly, visual impairment, stagnant psychomotor development, abnormal extrapyramidal movements and nephrosis. Fourteen died between ages 2.7 and 28 years, typically from renal failure. Post-mortem studies revealed (i) micrencephaly without polymicrogyria or heterotopia; (ii) atrophic cerebellar hemispheres with stunted folia, profound granule cell depletion, Bergmann gliosis, and signs of Purkinje cell deafferentation; (iii) selective striatal cholinergic interneuron loss; and (iv) optic atrophy with delamination of the lateral geniculate nuclei. Renal tissue showed focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis and extensive effacement and microvillus transformation of podocyte foot processes. Nephrocerebellar syndrome mapped to 700 kb on chromosome 15, which contained a single novel homozygous frameshift variant (WDR73 c.888delT; p.Phe296Leufs*26). WDR73 protein is expressed in human cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cultured embryonic kidney cells. It is concentrated at mitotic microtubules and interacts with α-, β-, and γ-tubulin, heat shock proteins 70 and 90 (HSP-70; HSP-90), and the carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 2/aspartate transcarbamylase/dihydroorotase multi-enzyme complex. Recombinant WDR73 p.Phe296Leufs*26 and p.Arg256Profs*18 proteins are truncated, unstable, and show increased interaction with α- and β-tubulin and HSP-70/HSP-90. Fibroblasts from patients homozygous for WDR73 p.Phe296Leufs*26 proliferate poorly in primary culture and senesce early. Our data suggest that in humans, WDR73 interacts with mitotic microtubules to regulate cell cycle progression, proliferation and survival in brain and kidney. We extend the Galloway-Mowat syndrome spectrum with the first description of diencephalic and striatal neuropathology.
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- Robert N Jinks
- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA 2 Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA
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- 3 RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK 4 Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK 5 Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- 6 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- 7 Shriners Hospital Paediatric Research Centre, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- 8 Division of Renal Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- 9 New Leaf Clinic for Special Children, Mount Eaton, OH 44659, USA 10 Department of Paediatrics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH 44302, USA
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- 11 DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children, Middlefield, OH 44062, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA
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- 12 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- 13 Medical Research, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- 14 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA
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- 13 Medical Research, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- 12 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- 13 Medical Research, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- 2 Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA
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- 2 Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA
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- 15 Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Case Medical Centre, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA 16 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- 17 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA 18 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- 18 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- 19 Department of Paediatrics, Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- 20 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA 2 Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA 21 Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
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- 11 DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children, Middlefield, OH 44062, USA 22 Department of Paediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- 3 RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- 1 Department of Biology and Biological Foundations of Behaviour Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA 2 Clinic for Special Children, Strasburg, PA 17579, USA 21 Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
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D'Alessandro LCA, Al Turki S, Manickaraj AK, Manase D, Mulder BJM, Bergin L, Rosenberg HC, Mondal T, Gordon E, Lougheed J, Smythe J, Devriendt K, Bhattacharya S, Watkins H, Bentham J, Bowdin S, Hurles ME, Mital S. Exome sequencing identifies rare variants in multiple genes in atrioventricular septal defect. Genet Med 2015; 18:189-98. [PMID: 25996639 PMCID: PMC5988035 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2015.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Purpose The genetic etiology of atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is unknown in 40% cases. Conventional sequencing and arrays have identified the etiology in only a minority of non-syndromic individuals with AVSD. Methods Whole exome sequencing was performed in 81 unrelated probands with AVSD to identify potentially causal variants in a comprehensive set of 112 genes with strong biological relevance to AVSD. Results A significant enrichment of rare and rare/damaging variants was identified in the gene set, compared with controls (odds ratio 1.52, 95% confidence interval 1.35–1.71, p = 4.8 x 10-11). The enrichment was specific to AVSD probands compared with a non-AVSD cohort with tetralogy of Fallot (odds ratio 2.25, 95% confidence interval 1.84-2.76, p = 2.2 x 10-16). Six genes (NIPBL, CHD7, CEP152, BMPR1a, ZFPM2 and MDM4) were enriched for rare variants in AVSD compared to controls, including three syndrome-associated genes (NIPBL, CHD7, CEP152). The findings were confirmed in a replication cohort of 81 AVSD probands. Conclusion Mutations in genes with strong biological relevance to AVSD, including syndrome-associated genes, can contribute to AVSD even in those with isolated heart disease. The identification of a gene set associated with AVSD will facilitate targeted genetic screening in this cohort.
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- Lisa C A D'Alessandro
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Pathology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine & Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine & Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Houniet DT, Rahman TJ, Al Turki S, Hurles ME, Xu Y, Goodship J, Keavney B, Santibanez Koref M. Using population data for assessing next-generation sequencing performance. Bioinformatics 2015; 31:56-61. [PMID: 25236458 PMCID: PMC4271148 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu606] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION During the past 4 years, whole-exome sequencing has become a standard tool for finding rare variants causing Mendelian disorders. In that time, there has also been a proliferation of both sequencing platforms and approaches to analyse their output. This requires approaches to assess the performance of different methods. Traditionally, criteria such as comparison with microarray data or a number of known polymorphic sites have been used. Here we expand such approaches, developing a maximum likelihood framework and using it to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of whole-exome sequencing data. RESULTS Using whole-exome sequencing data for a panel of 19 individuals, we show that estimated sensitivity and specificity are similar to those calculated using microarray data as a reference. We explore the effect of frequency misspecification arising from using an inappropriately selected population and find that, although the estimates are affected, the rankings across procedures remain the same. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION An implementation using Perl and R can be found at busso.ncl.ac.uk (Username: igm101; Password: Z1z1nts).
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- Darren T Houniet
- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 1PF, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NE1 3BZ, Newcastle upon Tyne and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Manase D, D'Alessandro LCA, Manickaraj AK, Al Turki S, Hurles ME, Mital S. High throughput exome coverage of clinically relevant cardiac genes. BMC Med Genomics 2014; 7:67. [PMID: 25496018 PMCID: PMC4272796 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-014-0067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Given the growing use of whole-exome sequencing (WES) for clinical diagnostics of complex human disorders, we evaluated coverage of clinically relevant cardiac genes on WES and factors influencing uniformity and depth of coverage of exonic regions. Methods Two hundred and thirteen human DNA samples were exome sequenced via Illumina HiSeq using different versions of the Agilent SureSelect capture kit. 50 cardiac genes were further analyzed including 31 genes from the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) list for reporting of incidental findings and 19 genes associated with congenital heart disease for which clinical testing is available. Gene coordinates were obtained from two databases, CCDS and Known Gene and compared. Read depth for each region was extracted from the exomes and used to assess capture variability between kits for individual genes, and for overall coverage. GC content, gene size, and inter-sample variability were also tested as potential contributors to variability in gene coverage. Results All versions of capture kits (designed based on Consensus coding sequence) included only 55% of known genomic regions for the cardiac genes. Although newer versions of each Agilent kit showed improvement in capture of CCDS regions to 99%, only 64% of Known Gene regions were captured even with newer capture kits. There was considerable variability in coverage of the cardiac genes. 10 of the 50 genes including 6 on the ACMG list had less than the optimal coverage of 30X. Within each gene, only 32 of the 50 genes had the majority of their bases covered at an interquartile range ≥30X. Heterogeneity in gene coverage was modestly associated with gene size and significantly associated with GC content. Conclusions Despite improvement in overall coverage across the exome with newer capture kit versions and higher sequencing depths, only 50% of known genomic regions of clinical cardiac genes are targeted and individual gene coverage is non-uniform. This may contribute to a bias with greater attribution of disease causation to mutations in well-represented and well-covered genes. Improvements in WES technology are needed before widespread clinical application. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12920-014-0067-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dorin Manase
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .,Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Schmidts M, Frank V, Eisenberger T, Al Turki S, Bizet AA, Antony D, Rix S, Decker C, Bachmann N, Bald M, Vinke T, Toenshoff B, Di Donato N, Neuhann T, Hartley JL, Maher ER, Bogdanović R, Peco-Antić A, Mache C, Hurles ME, Joksić I, Guć-Šćekić M, Dobricic J, Brankovic-Magic M, Bolz HJ, Pazour GJ, Beales PL, Scambler PJ, Saunier S, Mitchison HM, Bergmann C. Combined NGS approaches identify mutations in the intraflagellar transport gene IFT140 in skeletal ciliopathies with early progressive kidney Disease. Hum Mutat 2013; 34:714-24. [PMID: 23418020 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ciliopathies are genetically heterogeneous disorders characterized by variable expressivity and overlaps between different disease entities. This is exemplified by the short rib-polydactyly syndromes, Jeune, Sensenbrenner, and Mainzer-Saldino chondrodysplasia syndromes. These three syndromes are frequently caused by mutations in intraflagellar transport (IFT) genes affecting the primary cilia, which play a crucial role in skeletal and chondral development. Here, we identified mutations in IFT140, an IFT complex A gene, in five Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (JATD) and two Mainzer-Saldino syndrome (MSS) families, by screening a cohort of 66 JATD/MSS patients using whole exome sequencing and targeted resequencing of a customized ciliopathy gene panel. We also found an enrichment of rare IFT140 alleles in JATD compared with nonciliopathy diseases, implying putative modifier effects for certain alleles. IFT140 patients presented with mild chest narrowing, but all had end-stage renal failure under 13 years of age and retinal dystrophy when examined for ocular dysfunction. This is consistent with the severe cystic phenotype of Ift140 conditional knockout mice, and the higher level of Ift140 expression in kidney and retina compared with the skeleton at E15.5 in the mouse. IFT140 is therefore a major cause of cono-renal syndromes (JATD and MSS). The present study strengthens the rationale for IFT140 screening in skeletal ciliopathy spectrum patients that have kidney disease and/or retinal dystrophy.
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- Miriam Schmidts
- Molecular Medicine Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Raffan E, Hurst LA, Turki SA, Carpenter G, Scott C, Daly A, Coffey A, Bhaskar S, Howard E, Khan N, Kingston H, Palotie A, Savage DB, O'Driscoll M, Smith C, O'Rahilly S, Barroso I, Semple RK. Early Diagnosis of Werner's Syndrome Using Exome-Wide Sequencing in a Single, Atypical Patient. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2011; 2:8. [PMID: 22654791 PMCID: PMC3356119 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genetic diagnosis of inherited metabolic disease is conventionally achieved through syndrome recognition and targeted gene sequencing, but many patients receive no specific diagnosis. Next-generation sequencing allied to capture of expressed sequences from genomic DNA now offers a powerful new diagnostic approach. Barriers to routine diagnostic use include cost, and the complexity of interpreting results arising from simultaneous identification of large numbers of variants. We applied exome-wide sequencing to an individual, 16-year-old daughter of consanguineous parents with a novel syndrome of short stature, severe insulin resistance, ptosis, and microcephaly. Pulldown of expressed sequences from genomic DNA followed by massively parallel sequencing was undertaken. Single nucleotide variants were called using SAMtools prior to filtering based on sequence quality and existence in control genomes and exomes. Of 485 genetic variants predicted to alter protein sequence and absent from control data, 24 were homozygous in the patient. One mutation - the p.Arg732X mutation in the WRN gene - has previously been reported in Werner's syndrome (WS). On re-evaluation of the patient several early features of WS were detected including loss of fat from the extremities and frontal hair thinning. Lymphoblastoid cells from the proband exhibited a defective decatenation checkpoint, consistent with loss of WRN activity. We have thus diagnosed WS some 15 years earlier than average, permitting aggressive prophylactic therapy and screening for WS complications, illustrating the potential of exome-wide sequencing to achieve early diagnosis and change management of rare autosomal recessive disease, even in individual patients of consanguineous parentage with apparently novel syndromes.
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- Eleanor Raffan
- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research LaboratoriesCambridge, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteHinxton, UK
- Department of Pathology, National Guard Health AffairsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Human DNA Damage Response Disorders Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre,University of SussexBrighton, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteHinxton, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteHinxton, UK
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of ManchesterManchester, UK
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of ManchesterManchester, UK
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research LaboratoriesCambridge, UK
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- Human DNA Damage Response Disorders Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre,University of SussexBrighton, UK
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- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Blackburn HospitalLancashire, UK
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research LaboratoriesCambridge, UK
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research LaboratoriesCambridge, UK
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteHinxton, UK
- *Correspondence: Robert Semple, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. e-mail: ;
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research LaboratoriesCambridge, UK
- *Correspondence: Robert Semple, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 289, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. e-mail: ;
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