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Monoallelic IFT140 pathogenic variants are an important cause of the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney-spectrum phenotype

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Eric OlingerORCiD, Ruxandra Neatu, Professor John SayerORCiD

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Abstract

© 2021 American Society of Human Genetics. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), characterized by progressive cyst formation/expansion, results in enlarged kidneys and often end stage kidney disease. ADPKD is genetically heterogeneous; PKD1 and PKD2 are the common loci (∼78% and ∼15% of families) and GANAB, DNAJB11, and ALG9 are minor genes. PKD is a ciliary-associated disease, a ciliopathy, and many syndromic ciliopathies have a PKD phenotype. In a multi-cohort/-site collaboration, we screened ADPKD-diagnosed families that were naive to genetic testing (n = 834) or for whom no PKD1 and PKD2 pathogenic variants had been identified (n = 381) with a PKD targeted next-generation sequencing panel (tNGS; n = 1,186) or whole-exome sequencing (WES; n = 29). We identified monoallelic IFT140 loss-of-function (LoF) variants in 12 multiplex families and 26 singletons (1.9% of naive families). IFT140 is a core component of the intraflagellar transport-complex A, responsible for retrograde ciliary trafficking and ciliary entry of membrane proteins; bi-allelic IFT140 variants cause the syndromic ciliopathy, short-rib thoracic dysplasia (SRTD9). The distinctive monoallelic phenotype is mild PKD with large cysts, limited kidney insufficiency, and few liver cysts. Analyses of the cystic kidney disease probands of Genomics England 100K showed that 2.1% had IFT140 LoF variants. Analysis of the UK Biobank cystic kidney disease group showed probands with IFT140 LoF variants as the third most common group, after PKD1 and PKD2. The proximity of IFT140 to PKD1 (∼0.5 Mb) in 16p13.3 can cause diagnostic confusion, and PKD1 variants could modify the IFT140 phenotype. Importantly, our studies link a ciliary structural protein to the ADPKD spectrum.


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Author(s): Senum SR, Li YSM, Benson KA, Joli G, Olinger E, Lavu S, Madsen CD, Gregory AV, Neatu R, Kline TL, Audrezet M-P, Outeda P, Nau CB, Meijer E, Ali H, Steinman TI, Mrug M, Phelan PJ, Watnick TJ, Peters DJM, Ong ACM, Conlon PJ, Perrone RD, Cornec-Le Gall E, Hogan MC, Torres VE, Sayer JA, Harris PC

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics

Year: 2022

Volume: 109

Issue: 1

Pages: 136-156

Print publication date: 06/01/2022

Online publication date: 09/12/2021

Acceptance date: 15/11/2021

ISSN (print): 0002-9297

ISSN (electronic): 1537-6605

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.11.016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.11.016


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