Homozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing provide exact diagnosis of Cohen syndrome in a Saudi family.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Cohen syndrome (CS) is a rare multi-system autosomal recessive disorder with a high prevalence in the Finnish population. Clinical features of Finnish-type CS are homogeneous, however, in non-Finnish populations, CS diagnosis is challenging due to broad phenotypic variability. METHODS:We studied a consanguineous family having three affected individuals with clinical features of severe intellectual disability and global developmental delay. Clinical diagnosis of the phenotype could not be established based on the features. Therefore, whole genome SNP genotyping and whole exome sequencing (WES) were performed on DNA samples from affected and unaffected family members. RESULTS:Homozygosity mapping identified a shared loss of heterozygosity region on chromosome 8q22.1-q22.3 and WES data analysis revealed an insertion-deletion (indel) mutation (c.11519_11521delCAAinsT) in the VPS13B gene. The indel is predicted to cause a frameshift resulting in a premature termination of the VPS13B protein (NP_060360.3:p.Pro3840Leufs*2). CONCLUSION:VPS13B encodes a giant transmembrane protein called vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog B. VPS13B is known to play a role in the glycosylation of Golgi proteins and in endosomal-lysosomal trafficking. Moreover, it is thought to function in vesicle mediated transport and sorting of proteins within the cell. The mechanism by which abnormalities of the VPS13B protein lead to the phenotype of CS is currently unknown. Here, in this study, we successfully established a clinical diagnosis of CS cases from a family using genomic analyses. Clinical re-examination of the patients revealed characteristic ocular abnormalities.

journal_name

Brain Dev

journal_title

Brain & development

authors

Hashmi JA,Fadhli F,Almatrafi A,Afzal S,Ramzan K,Thiele H,Nürnberg P,Basit S

doi

10.1016/j.braindev.2020.04.010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-09-01 00:00:00

pages

587-593

issue

8

eissn

0387-7604

issn

1872-7131

pii

S0387-7604(20)30138-8

journal_volume

42

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