Further delineation of the clinical spectrum of KAT6B disorders and allelic series of pathogenic variants

Li Xin Zhang, Gabrielle Lemire, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Sirinart Molidperee, Carolina Galaz-Montoya, David S. Liu, Alain Verloes, Amelle G. Shillington, Kosuke Izumi, Alyssa L. Ritter, Beth Keena, Elaine Zackai, Dong Li, Elizabeth Bhoj, Jennifer M. Tarpinian, Emma Bedoukian, Mary K. Kukolich, A. Micheil Innes, Grace U. Ediae, Sarah L. SawyerKarippoth Mohandas Nair, Para Chottil Soumya, Kinattinkara R. Subbaraman, Frank J. Probst, Jennifer A. Bassetti, Reid V. Sutton, Richard A. Gibbs, Chester Brown, Philip M. Boone, Ingrid A. Holm, Marco Tartaglia, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Marcello Niceta, Maria Lisa Dentici, Francesca Clementina Radio, Boris Keren, Constance F. Wells, Christine Coubes, Annie Laquerrière, Jacqueline Aziza, Charlotte Dubucs, Sheela Nampoothiri, David Mowat, Millan S. Patel, Ana Bracho, Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Alper Gezdirici, Alberto Fernandez-Jaen, Natalie Hauser, Yuri A. Zarate, Katherine A. Bosanko, Klaus Dieterich, John C. Carey, Jessica X. Chong, Deborah A. Nickerson, Michael J. Bamshad, Brendan H. Lee, Xiang Jiao Yang, James R. Lupski, Philippe M. Campeau

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Abstract

Purpose: Genitopatellar syndrome and Say–Barber–Biesecker–Young–Simpson syndrome are caused by variants in the KAT6B gene and are part of a broad clinical spectrum called KAT6B disorders, whose variable expressivity is increasingly being recognized. Methods: We herein present the phenotypes of 32 previously unreported individuals with a molecularly confirmed diagnosis of a KAT6B disorder, report 24 new pathogenic KAT6B variants, and review phenotypic information available on all published individuals with this condition. We also suggest a classification of clinical subtypes within the KAT6B disorder spectrum. Results: We demonstrate that cerebral anomalies, optic nerve hypoplasia, neurobehavioral difficulties, and distal limb anomalies other than long thumbs and great toes, such as polydactyly, are more frequently observed than initially reported. Intestinal malrotation and its serious consequences can be present in affected individuals. Additionally, we identified four children with Pierre Robin sequence, four individuals who had increased nuchal translucency/cystic hygroma prenatally, and two fetuses with severe renal anomalies leading to renal failure. We also report an individual in which a pathogenic variant was inherited from a mildly affected parent. Conclusion: Our work provides a comprehensive review and expansion of the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of KAT6B disorders that will assist clinicians in the assessment, counseling, and management of affected individuals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1338-1347
Number of pages10
JournalGenetics in Medicine
Volume22
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2020

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Funding

The authors thank the families for their participation and Natascia Anastasio for revision of the manuscript. We thank the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec for clinician-scientist awards to P.M.C. G.L. is supported by a Children’s Hospital Academic Medical Organization clinical fellowship award through the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. This work was partly supported by the Care4Rare Canada Consortium funded by Genome Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Genomics Institute, the Ontario Research Fund, Genome Alberta, Genome Quebec, Genome British Columbia, and CHEO Foundation. Sequencing and analysis was partly provided by the University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics (funded by grants UM1 HG006493 and U24 HG008956), the Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics (grants UM1 HG006542, R01NS058529, and R35NS105078) to J.R.L. We thank the European Reference Network for Developmental Anomalies and Intellectual Disability for its contribution.

FundersFunder number
Care4Rare Canada Consortium
Children’s Hospital Academic Medical Organization
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Canada Fund for Innovation and Genome Quebec Innovation Center
Ontario Research Fund
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke CouncilR01NS058529
Genome Canada
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation
Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian GenomicsUM1 HG006542, UM1 HG006493, U24 HG008956, R35NS105078
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ontario Genomics Institute
Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Santé
Genome British Columbia
Genome Alberta

    Keywords

    • KAT6B
    • KAT6B disorders
    • SBBYSS
    • Say–Barber–Biesecker–Young–Simpson syndrome
    • genitopatellar syndrome

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Genetics(clinical)

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