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A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria
Polymicrogyria is a brain malformation characterized by excessive folding of the cortex. To date, numerous causes of polymicrogyria have been identified, including variants in the genes associated with tubulinopathies. Herein, we present a child with severe intellectual disability, refractory to tre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36672848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14010108 |
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author | Thulasirajah, Salini Wang, Xueqi Sell, Erick Dávila, Jorge Dyment, David A. Kernohan, Kristin D. |
author_facet | Thulasirajah, Salini Wang, Xueqi Sell, Erick Dávila, Jorge Dyment, David A. Kernohan, Kristin D. |
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description | Polymicrogyria is a brain malformation characterized by excessive folding of the cortex. To date, numerous causes of polymicrogyria have been identified, including variants in the genes associated with tubulinopathies. Herein, we present a child with severe intellectual disability, refractory to treatment seizures, microcephaly and MRI findings consistent with polymicrogyria, closed-lip schizencephaly, periventricular heterotopia and a dysplastic corpus callosum. Exome sequencing identified a de novo missense variant in TUBG2, a gene not associated with human disease. The variant, NM_016437.3 c.747G>A p.(Met249Ile), is absent from available control databases and is predicated to be deleterious by in silico prediction programs. Laboratory studies show that cultured lymphoblasts derived from the patient grew significantly faster than controls. Recombinant protein was expressed (recombinant wild type and mutant TUBG2-FLAG) in 293T cells and lower levels of TUBG2 mutant compared with controls were observed. Furthermore, co-immuno-precipitation in cells transfected demonstrated that the TUBG2–GCP2 interaction is increased due to the MUT recombinant protein versus WT recombinant protein. In closing, this work provides preliminary evidence that TUBG2 may represent a novel disease gene responsible for polymicrogyria. |
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spelling | pubmed-98593062023-01-21 A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria Thulasirajah, Salini Wang, Xueqi Sell, Erick Dávila, Jorge Dyment, David A. Kernohan, Kristin D. Genes (Basel) Case Report Polymicrogyria is a brain malformation characterized by excessive folding of the cortex. To date, numerous causes of polymicrogyria have been identified, including variants in the genes associated with tubulinopathies. Herein, we present a child with severe intellectual disability, refractory to treatment seizures, microcephaly and MRI findings consistent with polymicrogyria, closed-lip schizencephaly, periventricular heterotopia and a dysplastic corpus callosum. Exome sequencing identified a de novo missense variant in TUBG2, a gene not associated with human disease. The variant, NM_016437.3 c.747G>A p.(Met249Ile), is absent from available control databases and is predicated to be deleterious by in silico prediction programs. Laboratory studies show that cultured lymphoblasts derived from the patient grew significantly faster than controls. Recombinant protein was expressed (recombinant wild type and mutant TUBG2-FLAG) in 293T cells and lower levels of TUBG2 mutant compared with controls were observed. Furthermore, co-immuno-precipitation in cells transfected demonstrated that the TUBG2–GCP2 interaction is increased due to the MUT recombinant protein versus WT recombinant protein. In closing, this work provides preliminary evidence that TUBG2 may represent a novel disease gene responsible for polymicrogyria. MDPI 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9859306/ /pubmed/36672848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14010108 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Thulasirajah, Salini Wang, Xueqi Sell, Erick Dávila, Jorge Dyment, David A. Kernohan, Kristin D. A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title | A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title_full | A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title_fullStr | A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title_full_unstemmed | A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title_short | A De Novo Missense Variant in TUBG2 in a Child with Global Developmental Delay, Microcephaly, Refractory Epilepsy and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria |
title_sort | de novo missense variant in tubg2 in a child with global developmental delay, microcephaly, refractory epilepsy and perisylvian polymicrogyria |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36672848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14010108 |
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