High Rate of Recurrent De Novo Mutations in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.
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Abstract | Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) is a group of conditions characterized by the co-occurrence of epilepsy and intellectual disability (ID), typically with developmental plateauing or regression associated with frequent epileptiform activity. The cause of DEE remains unknown in the majority of cases. We performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in 197 individuals with unexplained DEE and pharmaco-resistant seizures and in their unaffected parents. We focused our attention on de novo mutations (DNMs) and identified candidate genes containing such variants. We sought to identify additional subjects with DNMs in these genes by performing targeted sequencing in another series of individuals with DEE and by mining various sequencing datasets. We also performed meta-analyses to document enrichment of DNMs in candidate genes by leveraging our WGS dataset with those of several DEE and ID series. By combining these strategies, we were able to provide a causal link between DEE and the following genes: NTRK2, GABRB2, CLTC, DHDDS, NUS1, RAB11A, GABBR2, and SNAP25. Overall, we established a molecular diagnosis in 63/197 (32%) individuals in our WGS series. The main cause of DEE in these individuals was de novo point mutations (53/63 solved cases), followed by inherited mutations (6/63 solved cases) and de novo CNVs (4/63 solved cases). De novo missense variants explained a larger proportion of individuals in our series than in other series that were primarily ascertained because of ID. Moreover, these DNMs were more frequently recurrent than those identified in ID series. These observations indicate that the genetic landscape of DEE might be different from that of ID without epilepsy. |
Year of Publication | 2017
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Journal | Am J Hum Genet
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Volume | 101
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Issue | 5
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Pages | 664-685
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Date Published | 2017 Nov 02
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ISSN | 1537-6605
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DOI | 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.008
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PubMed ID | 29100083
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PubMed Central ID | PMC5673604
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Grant list | UM1 HG008900 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
U54 HD083091 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
R01 NS069605 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States
R01 HG009141 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
MC_PC_U127561093 / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
T32 GM007748 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
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