Mutations in SNX14 cause a distinctive autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxia and intellectual disability syndrome

Thomas, Anna C., Williams, Hywel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-0312, Seto-Salvia, Nuria, Bacchelli, Chiara, Jenkins, Dagan, O'Sullivan, Mary, Mengrelis, Konstantinos, Ishida, Miho, Ocaka, Louise, Chanudet, Estelle, James, Chela, Lescai, Francesco, Anderson, Glenn, Morrogh, Deborah, Ryten, Mina, Duncan, Andrew J., Pai, Yun Jin, Saraiva, Jorge M., Ramos, Fabiana, Farren, Bernadette, Saunders, Dawn, Vernay, Bertrand, Gissen, Paul, Straatmaan-Iwanowska, Anna, Baas, Frank, Wood, Nicholas W., Hersheson, Joshua, Houlden, Henry, Hurst, Jane, Scott, Richard, Bitner-Glinzicz, Maria, Moore, Gudrun E., Sousa, Sergio B. and Stanier, Philip 2014. Mutations in SNX14 cause a distinctive autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxia and intellectual disability syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics 95 (5) , pp. 611-621. 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.007

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Abstract

Intellectual disability and cerebellar atrophy occur together in a large number of genetic conditions and are frequently associated with microcephaly and/or epilepsy. Here we report the identification of causal mutations in Sorting Nexin 14 (SNX14) found in seven affected individuals from three unrelated consanguineous families who presented with recessively inherited moderate-severe intellectual disability, cerebellar ataxia, early-onset cerebellar atrophy, sensorineural hearing loss, and the distinctive association of progressively coarsening facial features, relative macrocephaly, and the absence of seizures. We used homozygosity mapping and whole-exome sequencing to identify a homozygous nonsense mutation and an in-frame multiexon deletion in two families. A homozygous splice site mutation was identified by Sanger sequencing of SNX14 in a third family, selected purely by phenotypic similarity. This discovery confirms that these characteristic features represent a distinct and recognizable syndrome. SNX14 encodes a cellular protein containing Phox (PX) and regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domains. Weighted gene coexpression network analysis predicts that SNX14 is highly coexpressed with genes involved in cellular protein metabolism and vesicle-mediated transport. All three mutations either directly affected the PX domain or diminished SNX14 levels, implicating a loss of normal cellular function. This manifested as increased cytoplasmic vacuolation as observed in cultured fibroblasts. Our findings indicate an essential role for SNX14 in neural development and function, particularly in development and maturation of the cerebellum.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier (Cell Press)
ISSN:	0002-9297
Date of Acceptance:	13 October 2014
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128311

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