P245: Optic genome mapping reveals a complex chromosome rearrangement disrupting SYT1 in an individual with a neurodevelopmental disorder
rescued".Vice versa, if the spliced-out base number was not a multiple of 3, the splicing consequence was "not-inframe splicing" and the possible deleterious effect caused by the variant was supposed to be "not-rescued".We also analyzed all LoF variants (n=116,859) in the ClinVar dataset and chose a nonsense variant in APC (NM_000038.6:c.288T>A) as an example to validate the rescue effect with minigene assay.Results: In loss-of-function (LoF) variants, compared with the variants that were predicted to be not-rescued, those which were predicted to be rescued had higher population maximum allele frequency (p=0.043) and lower proportion of singleton (p<0.001),corresponding to reduced selection pressure.In ClinVar dataset, the nonsense variant in APC (NM_000038.6:c.288T>A) was previously reported to cause attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP).Minigene assay for this variant showed the existence of in-frame (69bp) splicing products, where the original deleterious nonsense variant was spliced out as predicted.This may explain the "attenuated" disease phenotype.Conclusion: In summary, we found that the splice-out of putative null variants is possibly associated with reduced selection pressure and attenuated disease phenotype, providing new insights into the human genetic architecture and clinical variant interpretation.
Authors
- Silvia Souza da Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1533-6194)
- Carla Rosenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3253-4448)
- Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-8605)
- Débora Romeo Bertola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-6777)
- Maria do Rosário Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4365-638X)
- Maria Rita Passos-Bueno
Institutions
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Genetics in Medicine Open
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gimo.2025.102210
- Primary Topic
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00