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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2018

Biallelic inactivating variants in the GTPBP2 gene cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with severe intellectual disability.

Aida M Bertoli-Avella, Jose M Garcia-Aznar, Oliver Brandau, Fahad Al-Hakami, Zafer Yüksel, Anett Marais, Nana-Maria Grüning, Lia Abbasi Moheb, Omid Paknia, Nahla Alshaikh and 6 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Aida M Bertoli-AvellaCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany. aida.bertoli-avella@centogene.com.
Jose M Garcia-AznarCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Oliver BrandauCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Fahad Al-HakamiMolecular Medicine Section, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Zafer YükselCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2085-5773
Anett MaraisCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Nana-Maria GrüningCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Lia Abbasi MohebCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Omid PakniaCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Nahla AlshaikhKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs,, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Seham AlameerKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs,, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Makia J MarafiKuwait Medical Genetics Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0853-2039
Fahd Al-MullaGenatak Center for Genomic Medicine, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Nouriya Al-SannaaJohn Hopkins Aramco Health Care, Pediatric Services, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Arndt RolfsCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Peter BauerCentogene AG, Rostock, Germany.
Centogene (Germany) · DEKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAKuwait Institute for Medical Specialization · KWSaudi Aramco Medical Services Organization · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital neurological disorders are genetically highly heterogeneous. Rare forms of hereditary neurological disorders are still difficult to be adequately diagnosed. Pertinent studies, especially when reporting only single families, need independent confirmation. We present three unrelated families in which whole-exome sequencing identified the homozygous non-sense variants c.430[C>T];[C>T] p.(Arg144*), c.1219[C>T];[C>T] p.(Gln407*) and c.1408[C>T];[C>T] p.(Arg470*) in GTPBP2. Their clinical presentations include early onset and apparently non-progressive motor and cognitive impairment, and thereby overlap with findings in a recently described family harbouring a homozygous GTPBP2 splice site variant. Notable differences include structural brain abnormalities (e.g., agenesis of the corpus callosum, exclusive to our patients), and evidence for brain iron accumulation (exclusive to the previously described family). This report confirms pathogenicity of biallelic GTPBP2 inactivation and broadens the phenotypic spectrum. It also underlines that a potential involvement of brain iron accumulation needs clarification. Further patients will have to be identified and characterised in order to fully define the core features of GTPBP2-associated neurological disorder, but future approaches to molecular diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders should implement GTPBP2.

Indexed as

Loss of Function MutationAgenesis of Corpus CallosumAllelesChildFemaleGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansIntellectual DisabilityIron OverloadMaleMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsPhenotypeSyndromeGTP-Binding ProteinsGTPBP2 protein, humanMonomeric GTP-Binding Proteins

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PMID29449720
PMCPMC5891495
OpenAlexW2792446796

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