Rare genetic variation in 135 families with family history suggestive of x-linked intellectual disability

Sanchis-Juan, Alba, Bitsara, Christina, Low, Kay Yi, Carss, Keren J., French, Courtney E., Spasic-Boskovic, Olivera, Jarvis, Joanna, Field, Michael, Raymond, F. Lucy and Grozeva, Detelina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3239-8415 2019. Rare genetic variation in 135 families with family history suggestive of x-linked intellectual disability. Frontiers in Genetics 10 , 578. 10.3389/fgene.2019.00578

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Abstract

Families with multiple male children with intellectual disability (ID) are usually suspected of having disease due to a X-linked mode of inheritance and genetic studies focus on analysis of segregating variants in X-linked genes. However, the genetic cause of ID remains elusive in approximately 50% of affected individuals. Here, we report the analysis of next-generation sequencing data in 274 affected individuals from 135 families with a family history suggestive of X-linked ID. Genetic diagnoses were obtained for 19% (25/135) of the families, and 24% (33/135) had a variant of uncertain significance. In 12% of cases (16/135), the variants were not shared within the family, suggesting genetic heterogeneity and phenocopies are frequent. Of all the families with reportable variants (43%, 58/135), we observed that 55% (32/58) were in X-linked genes, but 38% (22/58) were in autosomal genes, while the remaining 7% (4/58) had multiple variants in genes with different modes on inheritance. This study highlights that in families with multiple affected males, X linkage should not be assumed, and both individuals should be considered, as different genetic etiologies are common in apparent familial cases.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Publisher:	Frontiers
ISSN:	1664-8021
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 April 2021
Date of Acceptance:	3 June 2019
Last Modified:	07 May 2023 08:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140278

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