2019-11-28
De novo CLTC variants are associated with a variable phenotype from mild to severe intellectual disability, microcephaly, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, and epilepsy
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Purpose: To delineate the genotype–phenotype correlation in individuals with likely pathogenic variants in the CLTC gene. Methods: We describe 13 individuals with de novo CLTC variants. Causality of variants was determined by using the tolerance landscape of CLTC and computer-assisted molecular modeling where applicable. Phenotypic abnormalities observed in the individuals identified with missense and in-frame variants were compared with those with nonsense or frameshift variants in CLTC. Results: All de novo variants were judged to be causal. Combining our data with that of 14 previously reported affected individuals (n = 27), all had intellectual disability (ID), ranging from mild to moderate/severe, with or without additional neurologic, behavioral, craniofacial, ophthalmologic, and gastrointestinal features. Microcephaly, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, and epilepsy were more frequently observed in individuals with missense and in-frame variants than in those with nonsense and frameshift variants. However, this difference was not significant. Conclusions: The wide phenotypic variability associated with likely pathogenic CLTC variants seems to be associated with allelic heterogeneity. The detailed clinical characterization of a larger cohort of individuals with pathogenic CLTC variants is warranted to support the hypothesis that missense and in-frame variants exert a dominant-negative effect, whereas the nonsense and frameshift variants would result in haploinsufficiency.
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| doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0703-y, hdl.handle.net/1765/122156 | |
| Genetics in Medicine | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Nabais Sá, M.J. (Maria J.), Venselaar, H., Wiel, L. (Laurens), Trimouille, A. (Aurélien), Lasseaux, E. (Eulalie), Naudion, S. (Sophie), … Koolen, D. (2019). De novo CLTC variants are associated with a variable phenotype from mild to severe intellectual disability, microcephaly, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, and epilepsy. Genetics in Medicine. doi:10.1038/s41436-019-0703-y |
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