DNA methylation epi-signature is associated with two molecularly and phenotypically distinct clinical subtypes of Phelan-McDermid syndrome
Posted on 2021-01-07 - 04:41
Abstract Background Phelan-McDermid syndrome is characterized by a range of neurodevelopmental phenotypes with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. It is caused by a variable size and breakpoint microdeletions in the distal long arm of chromosome 22, referred to as 22q13.3 deletion syndrome, including the SHANK3 gene. Genetic defects in a growing number of neurodevelopmental genes have been shown to cause genome-wide disruptions in epigenomic profiles referred to as epi-signatures in affected individuals. Results In this study we assessed genome-wide DNA methylation profiles in a cohort of 22 individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome, including 11 individuals with large (2 to 5.8 Mb) 22q13.3 deletions, 10 with small deletions (< 1 Mb) or intragenic variants in SHANK3 and one mosaic case. We describe a novel genome-wide DNA methylation epi-signature in a subset of individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Conclusion We identified the critical region including the BRD1 gene as responsible for the Phelan-McDermid syndrome epi-signature. Metabolomic profiles of individuals with the DNA methylation epi-signature showed significantly different metabolomic profiles indicating evidence of two molecularly and phenotypically distinct clinical subtypes of Phelan-McDermid syndrome.
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Schenkel, L. C.; Aref-Eshghi, E.; Rooney, K.; Kerkhof, J.; Levy, M. A.; McConkey, H.; et al. (2021). DNA methylation epi-signature is associated with two molecularly and phenotypically distinct clinical subtypes of Phelan-McDermid syndrome. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5259388.v1
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AUTHORS (17)
LS
L. C. Schenkel
EA
E. Aref-Eshghi
KR
K. Rooney
JK
J. Kerkhof
ML
M. A. Levy
HM
H. McConkey
RR
R. C. Rogers
KP
K. Phelan
SS
S. M. Sarasua
LJ
L. Jain
RP
R. Pauly
LB
L. Boccuto
BD
B. DuPont
GC
G. Cappuccio
NB
N. Brunetti-Pierri
CS
C. E. Schwartz
BS
B. Sadikovic