Clinical and molecular characterization of de novo loss of function variants in HNRNPU. Issue 10 (16th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leduc, Magalie S.; Chao, Hsiao‐Tuan; Qu, Chunjing; Walkiewicz, Magdalena; Xiao, Rui; Magoulas, Pilar; Pan, Shujuan; Beuten, Joke; He, Weimin; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Schaaf, Christian P.; Scaglia, Fernando; Eng, Christine M.; Yang, Yaping
• Is Part Of: American journal of medical genetics. Volume 173:Issue 10(2017)
• Page Start: 2680
• Page End: 2689
• Publication Date: 2017-08-16
• Subjects: 1q43‐q44 deletion -- epilepsy -- exome sequencing -- HNRNPU -- intellectual disability; Medical genetics -- Periodicals; 616.14205
• DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38388
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1552-4825

Abstract

Abstract : DNA alterations in the 1q43‐q44 region are associated with syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by global developmental delay, intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, microcephaly, seizures, and agenesis of the corpus callosum. HNRNPU is located within the 1q43‐q44 region and mutations in the gene have been reported in patients with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy. Here, we report on the clinical presentation of four patients with de novo heterozygous HNRNPU loss‐of‐function mutations detected by clinical whole exome sequencing: c.651_660del (p.Gly218Alafs*118), c.1089G>A (p.Trp363*), c.1714C>T (p.Arg572*), and c.2270_2271del (p.Pro757Argfs*7). All patients shared similar clinical features as previously reported including seizures, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, variable neurologic regression, behavior issues, and dysmorphic facial features. Features including heart defects and kidney abnormalities were not reported in our patients. These findings expands the clinical spectrum of HNRNPU ‐related disorder and shows that HNRNPU contributes to a subset of the clinical phenotypes associated with the contiguous 1q43‐q44 deletion syndrome.