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. 2017 Mar 22;25(6):669–679. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2017.32

Table 1. Summary of genetic and clinical findings in six families with likely causative variants in genes involved in GPI-anchor biogenesis.

  PGAP3 family PIGN family PIGT family 1 PIGT family 2 PIGO family PIGL family
Decipher ID 257982 259633 258094 270250 263039 277013
             
Ethnicity and gender (parental relatedness) Caucasian female (none) White British Caucasian female (none) Caucasian female (none) Afghanistani male (first cousins) Caucasian male (none) Caucasian female (none)
             
cDNA; protein annotation (transcript ID) c.[914A>G][320C>T] p.(D305G);(S107L) (NM_033419.4) c.[932T>G][694 A>T] p.(L311W);(K232*) (NM_176787.4) c.[1582G>A][1730dupC] p.(V528M);(L578fs*35) (NM_015937.5) c.[709G>C][709G>C] p.(E237Q);(E237Q) (NM_015937.5) c.[1306C>T][713G>A] p.(R436W);(G238D) (NM_032634.3) c.[48G>A][336-2A>G] p.(W16*);p.D113fs*2 due to skipping of exon 3, see Supplementary Figure S3. (NM_004278.3)
             
Allele frequencies in ExAC V0.3a Not found in ExAC v0.3; 16/96 004 2/38 616; Not found in ExAC v0.3 12/120 996; 3/118 342 8/100 744b 1/120 802; Not found in ExAC v0.3 1/121 332; 6/121 410
             
Year disease association published 20149 201126 201327   201234 201237
             
Segregation in siblings (method) Affected younger brother has both variants (Sanger sequencing). Neither unaffected siblings are compound heterozygous (Sanger sequencing). DNA from unaffected older sister not available. Affected younger brother (270306) has both variants (Sanger and exome sequencing). Unaffected older brother harbours neither variant (Sanger sequencing). DNA from unaffected older brother not available.
             
Chances of seeing co-segregation under null hypothesis 1/4 (3/4)2 NA 1/4 3/4 NA
             
HPO terms Bilateral ptosis, widely spaced teeth, wide mouth, pes planus, low-set ears, seizures, generalised neonatal hypotonia, cleft soft palate, Dandy–Walker malformation, moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment Cognitive impairment, seizures, extrapyramidal dyskinesia Oculomotor apraxia, absent speech, progressive cerebellar ataxia, ataxia, global developmental delay, motor delay, seizures, nephrolithiasis, cerebellar atrophy 270250: progressive microcephaly, EEG abnormality, seizures, intellectual disability profound, nystagmus, optic atrophy, poor suck 270306: seizures, progressive microcephaly, intellectual disability profound Aganglionic megacolon, sensorineural hearing impairment, nail dysplasia, brachydactyly, aplastic/hypoplastic fingernail, global developmental delay, microcephaly Moderate global developmental delay, renal cysts, cutis marmorata, broad hallux, pectus excavatum, wide mouth
             
Alkaline phosphatase result (normal range) 257982: 694 U/l (60–425). Affected brother: 847 U/l (60–425). 199 U/l at 11.5 years, and 208 U/l at 12.5 years (normal range 130–390 U/l) 336 U/l at age 13 years (60–400 U/l). Have been 119, 120, 119 and 170 U/l (normal range is 70–298 U/l) 270250: Consistently low at 61–93 U/l (rising a little with age). Normal range is 135–530 U/l. 270306: 136 U/l. Normal range is 135–530 U/l. Intermittently raised: 624 U/l and 418 U/l. Normal range is 60–425 U/l. Persistently raised: 575 U/l at 1/52 of age 923 U/l at 3/12 819 U/l at 7 years Normal range is 100–400 U/l.
             
Hand or foot abnormalities 257982: Described to have ‘Tapering fingers' Affected brother: Described to have ‘small nails' No abnormalities reported. Tapering fingers NA Dystrophic 4th and 5th toenails; absent 5th fingernail. Short fingers, clinodactyly and slightly broad halluces.
             
Microcephaly/OFC and other brain malformations 257982: 55 cm (+0.28 SDs) aged 12 years. MRI at age 2 ½ years detected a mild variant of Dandy–Walker malformation Affected brother: OFC of 51.5 cm aged 6 years (−1.2 SDs). MRI aged one year showed a mild generalised lack of white matter bulk and small olfactory bulbs. At twelve months OFC on 50th centile At age 6 years, HC on 75th centile. Brain scan indicated mild atrophy. No microcephaly (53 cm 25–50th, centile aged 9 years). Progressive isolated cerebellar atrophy affecting vermis and cerebellar hemispheres. 270250: Microcephaly 270306: Microcephaly Reported to be microcephalic aged 2 ½ years. No microcephaly – OFC 50–75th centile. Brain MRI scan normal at 7 months of age.
             
Seizures 257982: 10 tonic seizures a day aged 2 years. Absence seizures and startle seizures which ceased aged 7/8 years. Affected brother: Absence seizures and startle seizures from the age of 2 years. Developed epilepsy at age 2 years, which became very severe around age 5, but now (aged 14) is reasonably controlled. 3 febrile convulsions aged 1 year, long fits aged 2 years requiring PICU, generalised tonic–clonic seizures, EEG showed frequent runs of bilateral slow activity intermixed with sharp/spike waves. 270250: Neonatal onset epileptic encephalopathy, with multiple refractory seizures. 270306: As above. No seizures when last seen aged 2 years. Brief generalised tonic–clonic seizures from 2 to 6 months of age but none since.

NA, not available; OFC, occipitofrontal circumference. All variants listed have been Sanger validated and are compound heterozygous, except in the case of PIGT family 2 for which the variant is homozygous in both affected individuals.

a

No homozygous genotypes were observed for any of the variants.

b

Eight of 13 986 alleles in South Asian cohort.