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De Novo Truncating Mutations in WASF1 Cause Intellectual Disability with Seizures

Ito, Y; Carss, KJ; Duarte, ST; Hartley, T; Keren, B; Kurian, MA; Marey, I; ... Revel-Vilk, S; + view all (2018) De Novo Truncating Mutations in WASF1 Cause Intellectual Disability with Seizures. American Journal of Human Genetics , 103 (1) pp. 144-153. 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.06.001. Green open access

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Abstract

© 2018 Next-generation sequencing has been invaluable in the elucidation of the genetic etiology of many subtypes of intellectual disability in recent years. Here, using exome sequencing and whole-genome sequencing, we identified three de novo truncating mutations in WAS protein family member 1 (WASF1) in five unrelated individuals with moderate to profound intellectual disability with autistic features and seizures. WASF1, also known as WAVE1, is part of the WAVE complex and acts as a mediator between Rac-GTPase and actin to induce actin polymerization. The three mutations connected by Matchmaker Exchange were c.1516C>T (p.Arg506Ter), which occurs in three unrelated individuals, c.1558C>T (p.Gln520Ter), and c.1482delinsGCCAGG (p.Ile494MetfsTer23). All three variants are predicted to partially or fully disrupt the C-terminal actin-binding WCA domain. Functional studies using fibroblast cells from two affected individuals with the c.1516C>T mutation showed a truncated WASF1 and a defect in actin remodeling. This study provides evidence that de novo heterozygous mutations in WASF1 cause a rare form of intellectual disability.

Type: Article
Title: De Novo Truncating Mutations in WASF1 Cause Intellectual Disability with Seizures
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.06.001
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.06.001
Language: English
Additional information: Crown Copyright © 2018. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: WASF1, WAVE1 complex, neurodevelopmental disorder, autism, seizures, lamellipodia, actin cytoskeleton, recurrent de novo truncating mutations, developmental delay
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10051436
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