Case#: 14-year-old, female, asian (Chinese) patient

DiseaseAssertion: ABCA-4 associated retinal dystrophy

FamilyInfo: The effect of the deep intronic variant on splicing was validated by a minigene assay in our previous study (Tian et al., 2022). Co-segregation analysis result exhibited that the variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) came from the female parent, and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] from the male parent

ParentalTesting: Co-segregation analysis result exhibited that the variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) came from the female parent, and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] from the male parent

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000556

CasePhenotypeFreeText: ABCA4-associated retinal dystrophy

CaseNotHPOs: NR

CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: NR

CasePreviousTesting:NR

GenotypingMethod:

In the present study, we recruited a 14-year-old female patient diagnosed with ABCA4-RD. Biallelic variants were found in this patient, including the nonsense variant c.1222C>T p.(Arg408Ter) detected by Sanger sequencing and the deep intronic variant c.2919-884G>T p.[Phe973LeufsTer3,=] identified by next-generation sequencing.

We isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from the patient’s peripheral venous blood and introduced three episomal plasmids containing transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, LIN28, c-MYC, KLF4, and SV40LT into PBMCs. The reprogramming iPSC line, named BIOi003-A, showed stabilized morphology (Fig. 1A) and a normal karyotype in culture (Fig. 1B). Then, the endogenous expression of two pluripotent biomarkers, POU5F1 and NANOG, was detected (Table 2). The expression levels were compared with human embryonic stem cell line H1(hESC-H1) and mesenchymal stem cell line P3 (MSC-P3) by qRT-PCR (Fig. 1C). Surface markers SSEA4 and TRA-1–81 were analyzed by flow cytometry (Fig. 1D). the ABCA4 compound heterozygous variants c.(1222C>T;2919-884G>T) p.[Arg408Ter;Phe973LeufsTer3,=] were verified by Sanger sequencing (Fig. 1E). Furthermore, the teratoma assay exhibited the differentiation capacity of this iPSC line in vivo (Fig. 1F). Short tandem repeats (STR) analysis exhibited that the PBMCs and the iPSC line came from the same patient. PCR proved negative for mycoplasma contamination

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1222C>T (p.Arg408Ter) and NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2919G>T (p.Leu973Phe)

LegacyVariant: c.1222C>T (p.Arg408Ter) and c.2919G>T (p.Leu973Phe)

ClinVar: 99035 and NR

CAID: CA179692 and CA341275270

gnomeAD: 1:94544895 G / A and NR

MultipleGeneVariants: No

PreviouslyPublished:No

AdditionalInfo: One patient was homozygous at the ABCA-4 gene, so there is information about both variants in one annotation because there is only one patient.

Case#:48-year old man, onset at 13-years old

DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003621, HP:0025147, HP:0011507, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0007722, HP:0007703, HP:0007663

CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA was 20/200 bilaterally and refractive error was OD: −1.50/+0.50 × 149° and OS: −1.50/+0.25 × 161°. Hyperautofluorescent transitional zone in each eye more pronounced in right eye. The left eye showed a complete defect of the RPE-Bruch membrane complex with herniation of the outer retina. Maximum horizontal diameter of this RPE-Bruch membrane complex defect was 266um.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0000548, HP:0007984

CaseNotHPOFreeText: No defect observed in the RPE and Bruch membrane in right eye. Patient had normal cone and rod responses on ERG

Genotyping Method: ABCR 600 micro-array chip

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4216C>T (p.His1406Tyr), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

ClinVar: 99259, 7888

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: two siblings (female) were from one consanguineous family (case 1, 11 years and case 2, 9 years)

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt’s Disease

FamilyInfo: NR

ParentalTesting: NR

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030500, HP:0011507

CasePhenotypeFreeText: LogMAR visual acuity for the right and left eye of cases 1–4 was 0.3 and 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1, 0.5 and 0.4, and 0.3 and 0.4, respectively. Gross disruption of the outer retinal layers at the macula in all cases; in two (cases 2 and 4), the presumed external limiting membrane (ELM) peak was broadened with the inner segment ellipsoid band (ISe) missing. Subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade are shown in the colour fundus photograph of case 1. Autofluorescence (AF) imaging of case 1 detected well-defined dots with high signal at the central macula surrounded by a ring of increased signal and numerous foci with high or low signal extending to the peripheral retina. Case 2 also had subtle white-yellowish fine dots at the central macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending anterior to the arcade, both associated with high signal on AF imaging. In addition, case 3 had white-yellowish fine dots at the macula and numerous white-yellowish flecks extending to the periphery, both of which had high or low signal on AF imaging. Case 4 showed subtle fine macular dots mainly in a para-foveal location, which are well-defined on AF imaging.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0000505

CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: Most cases with STGD have central macular atrophy with numerous more peripheral flecks (Michaelides et al. 2003). Given their relatively good visual acuity, it is likely that the central macular dots observed in our cases may be an early sign of macular dysfunction before the development of macular atrophy. Similar fine macular dots or a ‘mottled macula’ have also been reported in other inherited retinal diseases

CasePreviousTesting: The age of disease onset in cases 1–4, defined as either the age at which visual loss was first noted by the subject or in the asymptomatic subjects when abnormal retinal appearance was first detected, was 5, 7, 8, and 6 years old, respectively.

GenotypingMethod: After informed consent was obtained, blood samples were taken from probands of 2/3 families for ABCA4 screening. A full medical history was obtained, and a full ophthalmologic examination was performed in all cases. Mutation screening of ABCA4 was performed in two probands of the three families, and two likely disease-causing variants were identified in each case; c.768G > T, p.V256V (a previously reported splicing-altering synonymous variant) and c.4363T > C, p.C1455R (a missense variant) in case 1, and c.1906C > T, p.Q636* (a non-sense variant) and c.5461-10 T > C (a disease-associated intronic variant with uncertain effect) in case 3. A blood sample was not available in one proband (case 4).

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.768G>T (p.Val256=) and NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4363T>C (p.Cys1455Arg)

LegacyVariant: c.768G>T (p.Val256=) and c.4363T>C (p.Cys1455Arg)

ClinVar: 99505 and 377404

CAID: CA227458 and CA957621

gnomeAD: 1:94564350 C / A and 1:94495177 A / G

MultipleGeneVariants:No

PreviouslyPublished: No

AdditionalInfo: Some symptoms/diagnoses are consistent with Stargardt’s Disease 3, however the probands in the study were younger in age, so many of the symptoms hadn’t progressed much. Also, all of the cases had decent visual acuity, which contradicts a symptom of Stargardt’s Disease 3.

Case#:Patient 52, female, 3 years old

DiseaseAssertion:Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE)

FamilyInfo:DeNovo. The family is Chinese

ParentalGenotype:The authors only conducted singleton and not trio-based exome sequencing so the parents' exomes were not sequenced.

CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0011344, HP:0002069, HP:0007359, HP:0011097, HP:0100704, HP:0001332, HP:0002072, HP:0012171.

CaseHPOFreeText:Patient 52 presents with severe global developmental delay and epilepsy.

Patient 52 has generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures, focal seizures and spasms. Patient 52's seizure onset occurred at 3 months old.

Patient 52 has cortical visual impairment (CVI), dystonia, chorea, and hand-washing sterotypies.

Patient History

@ 3 months - Patient 52 had generalized tonic/clonic/tonic-clonic seizures.

Patient 52 was on 3 antiepileptic drugs at most recent follow-up visit which reduced seizure frequency by >50%.

CaseNotHPOs:Not provided

CaseNotHPOFreeText:Not provided

CasePreviousTesting:The authors selected a cohort of 31 patients with seizure cryptogenic Neonatal/Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (NIEE) and seizure onset before 24 months.

Exclusion criteria included: (1) Patients with a definite history of brain insult, malformation of cortical development, neurocutaneous and syndromal disorders, and confirmed or highly suspected neurometabolic disorders based on clinical and biochemical markers. (2) Patients with Dravet syndrome and epilepsy at infancy with migrating focal seizure were also excluded because the majority of variants are detected in the SCN1A (>85%) and KCNT1 (approximately 50%) genes.

Formal neuropsychological testing or best clinical assessment was used to classify patient development or intelligence.

PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

GenotypingMethod:Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) variant results were filtered in a panel of 430 epilepsy-associated genes. After selection of variants from the 430-gene panel, the synonymous variants, variants with variant frequency <10%, and variants with allele frequency >1% were removed.

Gene:CDKL5

Variant:NM_003159.2 c. 1849delC (p. Arg617Valfs*4)

The authors state that the variant is a heterozygous frameshift deletion.

The authors state that this is a novel variant and is pathogenic.

HGVS:Not provided

ClinVarID:Not found

CAID:Not found.

gnomAD:Not found

MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

Case:Patient 1, female, 11 years old

DiseaseAssertion:Rett Syndrome - Atypical Variant

FamilyInfo:De Novo. Patient 1's parents were healthy. When Patient 1 was clinically examined, the head circumferences of her mother and father were 53 cm (P25) and 59 cm (P90), respectively. The parents had normal weight.

ParentalGenotype:Both parents were sequenced for Patient 1's mutation, and the deletion was not detected.

CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0001249, HP:0001513, HP:0001626, HP:0000256, HP:0010465, HP:0012758, HP:0000750, HP:0012433, HP:0002591, HP:0001250, HP:0020174, HP:0000316, HP:0000336, HP:0000431, HP:0000377, HP:0000470, HP:0001156, HP:0001500.

CaseHPOFreeText:

Patient history

@ birth - Patient 1 was born at 38 weeks of gestation after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Her weight was 3,390 g (P69), height 51 cm (P60), and her head circumference was 36 cm (P90).

@ 6 months - Patient 1 experienced developmental delay.

@ 9 months - Patient 1 sat without support.

@ 2 years - Patient 1 began to walk.

@ later on - Patient 1 presented with speech delay and behavioral disturbances. The behavioral disturbances were reduced by the drug risperidone.

@ early childhood - Patient 1 has been obese and appeared to display hyperphagia.

@ 8 years - Patient 1 developed precocious puberty.

@ 10 years - Patient 1 had her first epileptic seizure. Treatment with lamotrigine prevented further seizures. The seizures later became refractory to this treatment.

@ 10 years - Patient 1 presented with a height of 160 cm (P>97) and a head circumference of 59 cm (P>97). She had hypertelorism and prominent eyebrows. Her nasal bridge was broad and auricles were fleshy. In addition, Patient 1's neck was short and the fingers were short and wide.

Patient 1 has an intellectual disability, metabolic syndrome, and macrocephaly.

CaseNotHPOs:HP:0002540.

CaseNotHPOFreeText:Patient 1 sat without support at 9 months old. She walked at 2 years.

CasePreviousTesting:Patient 1 was given a conventional cytogenetic analysis. The chromosomal analyses (46,XX) and array CGH results (BlueGnome CytoChip ISCA 4×180K v1.0; Agilent Human Genome CGH Microarray 180K) were normal. Patient 1 was also given a methylation-specific MLPA to exclude a Temple syndrome, which is also characterized by weight gain and precocious puberty. In addition, Prader-Willi syndrome was ruled out by methylation testing. This syndrome is another imprinting disease causing obesity and intellectual disability.

PreviouslyPublished:Not previously published

GenotypingMethod:Whole-exome sequencing analysis of the entire exome was conducted for Patient 1. Whole-genome sequencing showed heterozygosity in Patient 1, which was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Macrocephalic syndrome genes including PTEN, NSD1, NFIX, SETBP1, RAI1, and PHF6 were analyzed, and no additional variants of interest (pathogenic, likely pathogenic, or variants of uncertain significance) were observed.

Gene:MECP2

Variant:c. 1162_1172del (p. Pro388*), heterozygosity, frameshift.

HGVS:NM_004992.3

ClinVarID:Not found

CAID:CA1139667881

gnomAD:Not found

MultipleGeneVariants:Not provided

Case#: 17-year-old African American male

DiseaseAssertion: Symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF)

FamilyInfo: Proband's mother experienced symptomatic early-onset paroxysmal AF at 47 years of age. Proband's maternal grandmother presented with minimally symptomatic AF at 52 years of age.

ParentalTesting: Proband, mother, and maternal grandmother tested positive for SCN5A variant.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005110, HP:0004757

CaseHPOFreeText: Symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The initial presenting ECG revealed AF with controlled ventricular rates in the absence of atrioventricular (AV) nodal blockers.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001678

CaseNotHPOFreeText: absence of atrioventricular (AV) nodal blockers, LA and LV size normal.

CasePreviousTesting: NR

FunctionalAnalysis: The biophysical properties of the SCN5A-N470K mutant channel were investigated using voltage-clamp recordings following the transient transfection of HEK cells with either wild-type (WT) or N470K channels. The impact of the N470K mutation on the gating properties of the Nav1.5 sodium channel was also investigated. Findings indicate that a gain-of-function mutation.

Variant: 1410C>G (p.Asp470Lys)

ClinVar: 30047

CAID: CA014836

gnomAD: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-38646328-G-C?dataset=gnomad_r2_1 (FAF: 0.0001656, African/African American)

AdditionalInfo: Clinical characteristics of proband and family members found in Table 1.

Case#: 55-year-old man

DiseaseAssertion: single coronary artery (SCA) and presented with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)

FamilyInfo: Unremarkable

ParentalTesting: NR

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002094, HP:0031352, HP:0001638, HP:0001644, HP:0010741

CaseHPOFreeText: chest tightness and dyspnoea after activity lasting for 2 months. CTCA showed congenital absence of the right coronary artery. TTE revealed enlargement of the left heart and cardiomyopathy. CMR revealed DCM. oedema of both lower limbs. Laboratory data in Table 1.

CaseNotHPOs: NR

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Stenosis

CasePreviousTesting: See NGS results in Supplementary Table 1

Genotyping Method: Genetic screening (NGS results in Supplementary Table 1) with confirmation by Sanger

FunctionalAnalysis: NR

Variant: c.1858C>T (p.Arg620Cys)

ClinVar: 67694

CAID: CA015449

gnomAD: v4.1.0 GrpMax FAF: 0.00002033 (European non-Finnish)

AdditionalInfo: The patient also has APOA5:c.990_993delAACA (p. Asp332Valfs*5) (P/LP in ClinVar with 2 stars)

Case#: 34 year-old Chinese male.

DiseaseAssertion: HAE-C1INH Type 1.

FamilyInfo: Family history of edema (mother passed away due to laryngeal edema, older sister experienced buttock swelling after prolonged sitting, maternal uncle experienced episodic abdominal pain and unilateral upper-limb swelling). Family testing for serum C4 and C1INH concentration and C1INH functional activity indicate that proband’s maternal uncle and asymptomatic daughter exhibit low values for all three of these biochemical markers, consistent with Type 1 HAE. The proband’s daughter and maternal uncle also tested positive for the variant identified in the proband. Pedigree included in figures.

ParentalTesting: Mother passed away before study. Father tested for C4 and C1INH concentration and C1INH function with all values falling in normal ranges.

CasePresentingHPOs: Edema (HP:0000969), Edema of the dorsum of hands (HP:0007514), Edema of the upper limbs (HP:0010742), Non-pitting edema (HP:6000507), Abdominal pain (HP:0002027)

CasePhenotypeFreeText: Onset at approximate age of 26. Episodes of localized edema of limbs, skin, and buttocks lasting two to three days regardless of treatment. Episodes became more frequent at age 34 and were accompanied by abdominal pain triggered by fatigue. Non-pitting edema of right hand observed on physical examination.. The proband’s C4 level was 0.02 g/L (reference range: 0.1–0.4 g/L), C1INH concentration was 0.07 g/L (reference range: 0.21–0.39 g/L), and C1INH functional activity was 4.3% (reference range: ≥68.0%).

CaseNotHPOs: N/A

CaseNotPhenotypeFreeText: N/A

CasePreviousTesting: N/A

GenotypingMethod: PCR amplification with Sanger sequencing.

Variant: NM_000062:c.1067T>A p.(Val356Glu)

LegacyVariant: N/A

ClinVar: N/A

CAID: CA380702482

gnomAD: N/A

MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

PreviouslyPublished: N/A

AdditionalInfo: N/A

Case#: 31 y.o Female European

DiseaseAssertion: Limb Girdle

FamilyInfo: Asymptomatic uncle who had persistent high serum CK levels

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003701,HP:0003560, HP:0006785, HP:0003236,HP:0003325, HP:0008981,

CaseHPOFreeText: Has seen a specialist for the last 25 years. High CADD scores. Exercise-induced myalgia and/or rhabdomyolysis

CaseNotHPOs:

CaseNotHPOFreeText:

MotorAchievement:

CreatineKinase: Ranging from 500 UI/L to 4500 UI/L

CasePreviousTesting: Latest neurological, cardiac and respiratory examinations were normal

GenotypingMethod: Muscle Biopsy using next generation sequencing and multiple gene panel. Minimal myopathic changes on histological assessment and normal immunofluorescence staining for muscle proteins including α-sarcoglycan.

PreviouslyPublished:

Variant: NM_000023.4(SGCA):c.850C>T (p.Arg284Cys) and NM_000023.4(SGCA):c.739G>A (p.Val247Met)

ClinVar: 9439 and 167677

CAID:

gnomAD: 0.0007716 and 0.0002411