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Neuron | 2013

Using Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Inherited Causes of Autism

Maria H. Chahrour; Michael E. Coulter; Sarn Jiralerspong; Kazuko Okamura-Ikeda; Klaus Schmitz-Abe; David A. Harmin; Mazhar Adli; Athar N. Malik; Alissa M. D’Gama; Elaine T. Lim; Stephan J. Sanders; Ganesh H. Mochida; Jennifer N. Partlow; Christine M. Sunu; Jillian M. Felie; Jacqueline Rodriguez; Ramzi Nasir; Janice Ware; Robert M. Joseph; R. Sean Hill; Benjamin Y. Kwan; Muna Al-Saffar; Nahit Motavalli Mukaddes; Asif Hashmi; Soher Balkhy; Generoso G. Gascon; Fuki M. Hisama; Elaine LeClair; Annapurna Poduri; Ozgur Oner

Despite significant heritability of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), their extreme genetic heterogeneity has proven challenging for gene discovery. Studies of primarily simplex families have implicated de novo copy number changes and point mutations, but are not optimally designed to identify inherited risk alleles. We apply whole-exome sequencing (WES) to ASD families enriched for inherited causes due to consanguinity and find familial ASD associated with biallelic mutations in disease genes (AMT, PEX7, SYNE1, VPS13B, PAH, and POMGNT1). At least some of these genes show biallelic mutations in nonconsanguineous families as well. These mutations are often only partially disabling or present atypically, with patients lacking diagnostic features of the Mendelian disorders with which these genes are classically associated. Our study shows the utility of WES for identifying specific genetic conditions not clinically suspected and the importance of partial loss of gene function in ASDs.


Nature Genetics | 2010

Mutations in WDR62, encoding a centrosome-associated protein, cause microcephaly with simplified gyri and abnormal cortical architecture

Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; David J. Tischfield; Sema K. Sgaier; Laura Flores-Sarnat; Consolato Sergi; Meral Topçu; Marie McDonald; Brenda J. Barry; Jillian M. Felie; Christine M. Sunu; William B. Dobyns; Rebecca D. Folkerth; A. James Barkovich; Christopher A. Walsh

Genes associated with human microcephaly, a condition characterized by a small brain, include critical regulators of proliferation, cell fate and DNA repair. We describe a syndrome of congenital microcephaly and diverse defects in cerebral cortical architecture. Genome-wide linkage analysis in two families identified a 7.5-Mb locus on chromosome 19q13.12 containing 148 genes. Targeted high throughput sequence analysis of linked genes in each family yielded > 4,000 DNA variants and implicated a single gene, WDR62, as harboring potentially deleterious changes. We subsequently identified additional WDR62 mutations in four other families. Magnetic resonance imaging and postmortem brain analysis supports important roles for WDR62 in the proliferation and migration of neuronal precursors. WDR62 is a WD40 repeat–containing protein expressed in neuronal precursors as well as in postmitotic neurons in the developing brain and localizes to the spindle poles of dividing cells. The diverse phenotypes of WDR62 suggest it has central roles in many aspects of cerebral cortical development.


Nature Genetics | 2012

CHMP1A encodes an essential regulator of BMI1-INK4A in cerebellar development

Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; Vijay S. Ganesh; María Isabel Quiroga de Michelena; Hugo Dias; Kutay D. Atabay; Katie L. Kathrein; Hsuan Ting Huang; R. Sean Hill; Jillian M. Felie; Daniel Rakiec; Danielle Gleason; Anthony D. Hill; Athar N. Malik; Brenda J. Barry; Jennifer N. Partlow; Wen-Hann Tan; Laurie Glader; A. James Barkovich; William B. Dobyns; Leonard I. Zon; Christopher A. Walsh

Charged multivesicular body protein 1A (CHMP1A; also known as chromatin-modifying protein 1A) is a member of the ESCRT-III (endosomal sorting complex required for transport-III) complex but is also suggested to localize to the nuclear matrix and regulate chromatin structure. Here, we show that loss-of-function mutations in human CHMP1A cause reduced cerebellar size (pontocerebellar hypoplasia) and reduced cerebral cortical size (microcephaly). CHMP1A-mutant cells show impaired proliferation, with increased expression of INK4A, a negative regulator of stem cell proliferation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation suggests loss of the normal INK4A repression by BMI in these cells. Morpholino-based knockdown of zebrafish chmp1a resulted in brain defects resembling those seen after bmi1a and bmi1b knockdown, which were partially rescued by INK4A ortholog knockdown, further supporting links between CHMP1A and BMI1-mediated regulation of INK4A. Our results suggest that CHMP1A serves as a critical link between cytoplasmic signals and BMI1-mediated chromatin modifications that regulate proliferation of central nervous system progenitor cells.


American Journal of Human Genetics | 2010

A homozygous mutation in the tight-junction protein JAM3 causes hemorrhagic destruction of the brain, subependymal calcification, and congenital cataracts.

Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; Vijay S. Ganesh; Jillian M. Felie; Danielle Gleason; R. Sean Hill; Katie Rose Clapham; Daniel Rakiec; Wen-Hann Tan; Nadia A. Akawi; Muna Al-Saffar; Jennifer N. Partlow; Sigrid Tinschert; A. James Barkovich; Bassam R. Ali; Lihadh Al-Gazali; Christopher A. Walsh

The tight junction, or zonula occludens, is a specialized cell-cell junction that regulates epithelial and endothelial permeability, and it is an essential component of the blood-brain barrier in the cerebrovascular endothelium. In addition to functioning as a diffusion barrier, tight junctions are also involved in signal transduction. In this study, we identified a homozygous mutation in the tight-junction protein gene JAM3 in a large consanguineous family from the United Arab Emirates. Some members of this family had a rare autosomal-recessive syndrome characterized by severe hemorrhagic destruction of the brain, subependymal calcification, and congenital cataracts. Their clinical presentation overlaps with some reported cases of pseudo-TORCH syndrome as well as with cases involving mutations in occludin, another component of the tight-junction complex. However, massive intracranial hemorrhage distinguishes these patients from others. Homozygosity mapping identified the disease locus in this family on chromosome 11q25 with a maximum multipoint LOD score of 6.15. Sequence analysis of genes in the candidate interval uncovered a mutation in the canonical splice-donor site of intron 5 of JAM3. RT-PCR analysis of a patient lymphoblast cell line confirmed abnormal splicing, leading to a frameshift mutation with early termination. JAM3 is known to be present in vascular endothelium, although its roles in cerebral vasculature have not been implicated. Our results suggest that JAM3 is essential for maintaining the integrity of the cerebrovascular endothelium as well as for normal lens development in humans.


Human Molecular Genetics | 2014

METTL23, a transcriptional partner of GABPA, is essential for human cognition

Rachel E. Reiff; Bassam R. Ali; Byron Baron; Salma Ben-Salem; Michael E. Coulter; Christian Schubert; R. Sean Hill; Nadia A. Akawi; Banan Al-Younes; Namik Kaya; Gilad D. Evrony; Muna Al-Saffar; Jillian M. Felie; Jennifer N. Partlow; Christine M. Sunu; Pierre Schembri-Wismayer; Fowzan S. Alkuraya; Brian F. Meyer; Christopher A. Walsh; Lihadh Al-Gazali; Ganeshwaran H. Mochida

Whereas many genes associated with intellectual disability (ID) encode synaptic proteins, transcriptional defects leading to ID are less well understood. We studied a large, consanguineous pedigree of Arab origin with seven members affected with ID and mild dysmorphic features. Homozygosity mapping and linkage analysis identified a candidate region on chromosome 17 with a maximum multipoint logarithm of odds score of 6.01. Targeted high-throughput sequencing of the exons in the candidate region identified a homozygous 4-bp deletion (c.169_172delCACT) in the METTL23 (methyltransferase like 23) gene, which is predicted to result in a frameshift and premature truncation (p.His57Valfs*11). Overexpressed METTL23 protein localized to both nucleus and cytoplasm, and physically interacted with GABPA (GA-binding protein transcription factor, alpha subunit). GABP, of which GABPA is a component, is known to regulate the expression of genes such as THPO (thrombopoietin) and ATP5B (ATP synthase, H+ transporting, mitochondrial F1 complex, beta polypeptide) and is implicated in a wide variety of important cellular functions. Overexpression of METTL23 resulted in increased transcriptional activity at the THPO promoter, whereas knockdown of METTL23 with siRNA resulted in decreased expression of ATP5B, thus revealing the importance of METTL23 as a regulator of GABPA function. The METTL23 mutation highlights a new transcriptional pathway underlying human intellectual function.


American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A | 2011

Phenotypic heterogeneity in Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome: Two new families with a mutation in the C2orf37 gene

Tawfeg Ben-Omran; Rehab Ali; Mariam Almureikhi; Seham Alameer; Muna Al-Saffar; Christopher A. Walsh; Jillian M. Felie; Ahmad S. Teebi

Hypogonadism, alopecia, diabetes mellitus, mental retardation, and extrapyramidal syndrome [also known as Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome (WSS)] is a rare autosomal recessive neuroendocrine and ectodermal disorder. The syndrome was first described by Woodhouse and Sakati in 1983, and 47 patients from 23 families have been reported so far. We report on an additional seven patients (four males and three females) from two highly consanguineous Arab families from Qatar, presenting with a milder phenotype of WSS. These patients show the spectrum of clinical features previously found in WSS, but lack evidence of diabetes mellitus and extrapyramidal symptoms. These two new families further illustrate the natural course and the interfamilial phenotypic variability of WSS that may lead to challenges in making the diagnosis. In addition, our study suggests that WSS may not be as infrequent in the Arab world as previously thought.


American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A | 2012

Expanding the spectrum of rearrangements involving chromosome 19: a mild phenotype associated with a 19p13.12-p13.13 deletion.

Giuseppe Marangi; Daniela Orteschi; Federico Vigevano; Jillian M. Felie; Christopher A. Walsh; M. Chiara Manzini; Giovanni Neri

We report on a patient with a 1.2 Mb 19p13.12–p13.13 deletion. Compared to previously reported individuals with partially overlapping deletions, the propositus presented with a less severe phenotype, consisting of mild intellectual disability and behavior anomalies, with episodes of simple febrile seizures and without significant physical anomalies or major malformations. The deleted region includes 29 coding genes, some of which have already been demonstrated to be involved in cognitive processes. Mutations in two of them, CC2D1A and TECR, were recently reported to be responsible for non‐syndromal, autosomal recessive intellectual disability. The residual alleles of all of these genes were submitted to sequence analysis. No sequence variants were found that could be considered pathogenic. This patient constitutes a further example of the wide phenotypic variability associated with chromosomal rearrangements, likely due to the different size of deleted/duplicated segments.


American Journal of Human Genetics | 2011

Human Mutations in NDE1 Cause Extreme Microcephaly with Lissencephaly

Fowzan S. Alkuraya; Xuyu Cai; Carina Emery; Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; Mohammed S. Al-Dosari; Jillian M. Felie; R. Sean Hill; Brenda J. Barry; Jennifer N. Partlow; Generoso G. Gascon; Amal Y. Kentab; Mohammad Jan; Ranad Shaheen; Yuanyi Feng; Christopher A. Walsh


Archive | 2012

CHMP1A encodes an essential regulator of BMI1-INK4A in cerebellar development - eScholarship

Anthony Barkovich; Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; Vijay S. Ganesh; Mi De; H Dias; Kutay D. Atabay; Katie L. Kathrein; Hsuan Ting Huang; R Sean; Jillian M. Felie; Daniel Rakiec


American Journal of Human Genetics | 2011

Erratum: Human mutations in NDE1 cause extreme microcephaly with lissencephaly (The American Journal of Human Genetics (2011) 88 (536-547))

Fowzan S. Alkuraya; Xuyu Cai; Carina Emery; Ganeshwaran H. Mochida; Mohammed S. Al-Dosari; Jillian M. Felie; R. Sean Hill; Brenda J. Barry; Jennifer N. Partlow; Generoso G. Gascon; Amal Y. Kentab; Mohammad Jan; Ranad Shaheen; Yuanyi Feng; Christopher A. Walsh

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Christopher A. Walsh

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Jennifer N. Partlow

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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R. Sean Hill

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Brenda J. Barry

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Muna Al-Saffar

United Arab Emirates University

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Christine M. Sunu

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Daniel Rakiec

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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