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Mosaic structural variation in children with developmental disorders

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Elizabeth Jones, Dr Andrew Morris

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Abstract

Delineating the genetic causes of developmental disorders is an area of active investigation. Mosaic structural abnormalities, defined as copy number or loss of heterozygosity events that are large and present in only a subset of cells, have been detected in 0.2-1.0% of children ascertained for clinical genetic testing. However, the frequency among healthy children in the community is not well characterized, which, if known, could inform better interpretation of the pathogenic burden of this mutational category in children with developmental disorders. In a case-control analysis, we compared the rate of large-scale mosaicism between 1303 children with developmental disorders and 5094 children lacking developmental disorders, using an analytical pipeline we developed, and identified a substantial enrichment in cases (odds ratio = 39.4, P-value 1.073e - 6). A meta-analysis that included frequency estimates among an additional 7000 children with congenital diseases yielded an even stronger statistical enrichment (P-value 1.784e - 11). In addition, to maximize the detection of low-clonality events in probands, we applied a trio-based mosaic detection algorithm, which detected two additional events in probands, including an individual with genome-wide suspected chimerism. In total, we detected 12 structural mosaic abnormalities among 1303 children (0.9%). Given the burden of mosaicism detected in cases, we suspected that many of the events detected in probands were pathogenic. Scrutiny of the genotypic-phenotypic relationship of each detected variant assessed that the majority of events are very likely pathogenic. This work quantifies the burden of structural mosaicism as a cause of developmental disorders.


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Author(s): King DA, Jones WD, Crow YJ, Dominiczak AF, Foster NA, Gaunt TR, Harris J, Hellens SW, Homfray T, Innes J, Jones EA, Joss S, Kulkarni A, Mansour S, Morris AD, Parker MJ, Porteous DJ, Shihab HA, Smith BH, Tatton-Brown K, Tolmie JL, Trzaskowski M, Vasudevan PC, Wakeling E, Wright M, Plomin R, Timpson NJ, Hurles ME, Deciphering Dev Disorders Study

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Human Molecular Genetics

Year: 2015

Volume: 24

Issue: 10

Pages: 2733-2745

Print publication date: 01/05/2015

Online publication date: 29/01/2015

Acceptance date: 27/01/2015

ISSN (print): 0964-6906

ISSN (electronic): 1460-2083

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/hmg/ddv033

DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv033


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Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
Department of Health
University of Bristol
UK Medical Research Council
Wellcome Trust
102215/2/13/2Wellcome Trust
CZD/16/6Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates
G0901245UK Medical Research Council
HICF-1009-003Health Innovation Challenge Fund
HR03006Scottish Funding Council
MC_UU_12013/1-9Medical Research Council
WT098051Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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