The use of whole-exome sequencing to disentangle complex phenotypes

Williams, H.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-0312, Hurst, J.R., Ocaka, L., James, C., Pao, C., Chanudet, E., Lescai, F., Stanescu, H.C., Kleta, R., GOSgene, Rosser, E., Bacchelli, C. and Beales, P. 2015. The use of whole-exome sequencing to disentangle complex phenotypes. European Journal of Human Genetics 24 (2) , pp. 298-301. 10.1038/ejhg.2015.121

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Abstract

The success of whole-exome sequencing to identify mutations causing single-gene disorders has been well documented. In contrast whole-exome sequencing has so far had limited success in the identification of variants causing more complex phenotypes that seem unlikely to be due to the disruption of a single gene. We describe a family where two male offspring of healthy first cousin parents present a complex phenotype consisting of peripheral neuropathy and bronchiectasis that has not been described previously in the literature. Due to the fact that both children had the same problems in the context of parental consanguinity we hypothesised illness resulted from either X-linked or autosomal recessive inheritance. Through the use of whole-exome sequencing we were able to simplify this complex phenotype and identified a causative mutation (p.R1070*) in the gene periaxin (PRX), a gene previously shown to cause peripheral neuropathy (Dejerine–Sottas syndrome) when this mutation is present. For the bronchiectasis phenotype we were unable to identify a causal single mutation or compound heterozygote, reflecting the heterogeneous nature of this phenotype. In conclusion, in this study we show that whole-exome sequencing has the power to disentangle complex phenotypes through the identification of causative genetic mutations for distinct clinical disorders that were previously masked.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	1018-4813
Date of Acceptance:	24 April 2015
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128315

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