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Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects.

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Zhao, Y; Diacou, A; Johnston, HR; Musfee, FI; McDonald-McGinn, DM; McGinn, D; Crowley, TB; Repetto, GM; Swillen, A; Breckpot, J; Vermeesch, JR ...
Published in: Am J Hum Genet
January 2, 2020

The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) results from non-allelic homologous recombination between low-copy repeats termed LCR22. About 60%-70% of individuals with the typical 3 megabase (Mb) deletion from LCR22A-D have congenital heart disease, mostly of the conotruncal type (CTD), whereas others have normal cardiac anatomy. In this study, we tested whether variants in the hemizygous LCR22A-D region are associated with risk for CTDs on the basis of the sequence of the 22q11.2 region from 1,053 22q11.2DS individuals. We found a significant association (FDR p < 0.05) of the CTD subset with 62 common variants in a single linkage disequilibrium (LD) block in a 350 kb interval harboring CRKL. A total of 45 of the 62 variants were associated with increased risk for CTDs (odds ratio [OR) ranges: 1.64-4.75). Associations of four variants were replicated in a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies of CTDs in affected individuals without 22q11.2DS. One of the replicated variants, rs178252, is located in an open chromatin region and resides in the double-elite enhancer, GH22J020947, that is predicted to regulate CRKL (CRK-like proto-oncogene, cytoplasmic adaptor) expression. Approximately 23% of patients with nested LCR22C-D deletions have CTDs, and inactivation of Crkl in mice causes CTDs, thus implicating this gene as a modifier. Rs178252 and rs6004160 are expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) of CRKL. Furthermore, set-based tests identified an enhancer that is predicted to target CRKL and is significantly associated with CTD risk (GH22J020946, sequence kernal association test (SKAT) p = 7.21 × 10-5) in the 22q11.2DS cohort. These findings suggest that variance in CTD penetrance in the 22q11.2DS population can be explained in part by variants affecting CRKL expression.

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Am J Hum Genet

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1537-6605

Publication Date

January 2, 2020

Volume

106

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1

Start / End Page

26 / 40

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Segmental Duplications, Genomic
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Male
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Humans
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetics & Heredity
 

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Zhao, Y., Diacou, A., Johnston, H. R., Musfee, F. I., McDonald-McGinn, D. M., McGinn, D., … Morrow, B. E. (2020). Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects. Am J Hum Genet, 106(1), 26–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.11.010
Zhao, Yingjie, Alexander Diacou, H Richard Johnston, Fadi I. Musfee, Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, Daniel McGinn, T Blaine Crowley, et al. “Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects.Am J Hum Genet 106, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 26–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.11.010.
Zhao Y, Diacou A, Johnston HR, Musfee FI, McDonald-McGinn DM, McGinn D, et al. Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects. Am J Hum Genet. 2020 Jan 2;106(1):26–40.
Zhao, Yingjie, et al. “Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects.Am J Hum Genet, vol. 106, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 26–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.11.010.
Zhao Y, Diacou A, Johnston HR, Musfee FI, McDonald-McGinn DM, McGinn D, Crowley TB, Repetto GM, Swillen A, Breckpot J, Vermeesch JR, Kates WR, Digilio MC, Unolt M, Marino B, Pontillo M, Armando M, Di Fabio F, Vicari S, van den Bree M, Moss H, Owen MJ, Murphy KC, Murphy CM, Murphy D, Schoch K, Shashi V, Tassone F, Simon TJ, Shprintzen RJ, Campbell L, Philip N, Heine-Suñer D, García-Miñaúr S, Fernández L, International 22q11.2 Brain and Behavior Consortium, Bearden CE, Vingerhoets C, van Amelsvoort T, Eliez S, Schneider M, Vorstman JAS, Gothelf D, Zackai E, Agopian AJ, Gur RE, Bassett AS, Emanuel BS, Goldmuntz E, Mitchell LE, Wang T, Morrow BE. Complete Sequence of the 22q11.2 Allele in 1,053 Subjects with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Modifiers of Conotruncal Heart Defects. Am J Hum Genet. 2020 Jan 2;106(1):26–40.
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Published In

Am J Hum Genet

DOI

EISSN

1537-6605

Publication Date

January 2, 2020

Volume

106

Issue

1

Start / End Page

26 / 40

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Segmental Duplications, Genomic
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Male
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Humans
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetics & Heredity