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A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report
INTRODUCTION: NEUROG1 gene is yet to be associated with a set of human phenotypes in the OMIM database. Three cases have previously been diagnosed with cranial dysinnervation due to biallelic variants in the NEUROG1 gene. This is the fourth and a novel report of a sibling pair harboring a homozygous...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36647078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03065-1 |
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author | Sheth, Frenny Shah, Jhanvi Patel, Ketan Patel, Darshan Jain, Deepika Sheth, Jayesh Sheth, Harsh |
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description | INTRODUCTION: NEUROG1 gene is yet to be associated with a set of human phenotypes in the OMIM database. Three cases have previously been diagnosed with cranial dysinnervation due to biallelic variants in the NEUROG1 gene. This is the fourth and a novel report of a sibling pair harboring a homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype. A brief review of the literature in conjunction with a genotype–phenotype correlation has been described. A potential hypothesis for the presence of the autistic phenotype in the present case has also been elucidated. CASE PRESENTATION: A female aged 6 years and 9 months born to endogamous and phenotypically healthy parents was diagnosed with global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, corneal opacity and no eye blinking. Her MRI of the brain revealed mild peritrigonal white matter hyperintensity, and MRI and CT scan of the temporal bones showed abnormal cranial nerves. The proband’s younger sister, aged 4-years, was similarly affected. Whole exome sequencing was performed in the proband, which revealed a novel homozygous, likely pathogenic, truncating frameshift variant, c.228_231dup (p.Thr78ProfsTer122) in exon 1 of the NEUROG1 gene (ENST00000314744.4). Segregation analysis by Sanger sequencing showed the proband and her younger sister to be homozygotes and their parents to be heterozygous carriers. CONCLUSION: This is the fourth report across the globe with a variant identified in the NEUROG1 gene to be associated with cranial dysinnervation phenotype. An additional phenotype of autism in two female siblings was a novel observation. We provide a hypothetical framework which could explain the pleiotropic effect of a dysfunctional NEUROG1 protein leading to autism and posit it as a candidate for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-98416892023-01-17 A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report Sheth, Frenny Shah, Jhanvi Patel, Ketan Patel, Darshan Jain, Deepika Sheth, Jayesh Sheth, Harsh BMC Neurol Case Report INTRODUCTION: NEUROG1 gene is yet to be associated with a set of human phenotypes in the OMIM database. Three cases have previously been diagnosed with cranial dysinnervation due to biallelic variants in the NEUROG1 gene. This is the fourth and a novel report of a sibling pair harboring a homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype. A brief review of the literature in conjunction with a genotype–phenotype correlation has been described. A potential hypothesis for the presence of the autistic phenotype in the present case has also been elucidated. CASE PRESENTATION: A female aged 6 years and 9 months born to endogamous and phenotypically healthy parents was diagnosed with global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, corneal opacity and no eye blinking. Her MRI of the brain revealed mild peritrigonal white matter hyperintensity, and MRI and CT scan of the temporal bones showed abnormal cranial nerves. The proband’s younger sister, aged 4-years, was similarly affected. Whole exome sequencing was performed in the proband, which revealed a novel homozygous, likely pathogenic, truncating frameshift variant, c.228_231dup (p.Thr78ProfsTer122) in exon 1 of the NEUROG1 gene (ENST00000314744.4). Segregation analysis by Sanger sequencing showed the proband and her younger sister to be homozygotes and their parents to be heterozygous carriers. CONCLUSION: This is the fourth report across the globe with a variant identified in the NEUROG1 gene to be associated with cranial dysinnervation phenotype. An additional phenotype of autism in two female siblings was a novel observation. We provide a hypothetical framework which could explain the pleiotropic effect of a dysfunctional NEUROG1 protein leading to autism and posit it as a candidate for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder. BioMed Central 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9841689/ /pubmed/36647078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03065-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sheth, Frenny Shah, Jhanvi Patel, Ketan Patel, Darshan Jain, Deepika Sheth, Jayesh Sheth, Harsh A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title | A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title_full | A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title_fullStr | A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title_short | A novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the NEUROG1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
title_sort | novel case of two siblings harbouring homozygous variant in the neurog1 gene with autism as an additional phenotype: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36647078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03065-1 |
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