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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2020

Two Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in the TRAPPC9 Gene Reveal a Connection of Non-syndromic Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Johannes Krämer, Meinrad Beer, Harald Bode, Benedikt Winter

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Johannes KrämerDivision of Pediatric Neurology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Meinrad BeerDepartment of Radiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Harald BodeDivision of Pediatric Neurology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Benedikt WinterDivision of Pediatric Neurology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
University Hospital Ulm · DEUniversität Ulm · DE

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Abstract

introductionAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in communication, social interaction, and repetitive behavior. Up to 70% of ASD cases are linked with intellectual disability (ID). The major genetic causes for ASD and ID are largely unknown, however, a shared genetic etiology between ASD and ID must be assumed. The trafficking protein particle complex subunit 9 (TRAPPC9) is highly expressed in postmitotic neurons of the cerebral cortex, playing a key role in development. Among 43 reported cases with mutations in TRAPPC9, all (100%) showed ID and developmental delay. Among the cases including information about ASD, 26% were affected (19 cases with information, among them 5 with ASD). Nevertheless, in some cases not classified as ASD, descriptions of autistic features like hand-flapping movements were present. CLINICAL

findingsThe affected individual presented with delay of speech development. Physical development was normal. Besides lateral slope of the eye-lid axis no facial abnormalities were evident. The individual was diagnosed with ID and ASD by structured testing. Cerebral MRI revealed associated abnormalities. GENETICAL

findingsThe chromosome set was 46,XY without structural changes. Array-CGH showed a normal molecular karyotype (arr(1-22)x2,(X,Y)x1). PCR for the FMR1 gene showed 41 ± 1 CGG repeats, and therefore no evidence of fragile X syndrome. A panel diagnostic for syndromal ID (CASK, EP300, HIVEP2, KIF1A, TRAPPC9) revealed two structural changes in TRAPPC9 in the compound heterozygosity. The mutations c.1678C > T (p.Arg560Cys) and c.3370C > T (p.Pro1124Ser) are classified as missense mutations and are both not described in the literature.

conclusionWe report two new missense mutations in the TRAPPC9 gene in one individual with ID and ASD. The TRAPPC9 gene should be part of the diagnostic assessment in ID. ASD must be considered as a feature of TRAPPC9-associated ID. It might have been neglected in the literature and should result in specific testing for ASD in affected individuals.

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autismgeneticsintellectual disabilitypediatricsTRAPPC9

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