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. 2020 Jun;6(3):a005231. doi: 10.1101/mcs.a005231

Disease-associated mosaic variation in clinical exome sequencing: a two-year pediatric tertiary care experience

Cecelia R Miller 1,2, Kristy Lee 1,2, Ruthann B Pfau 1,2,3, Shalini C Reshmi 1,2,3, Donald J Corsmeier 1, Sayaka Hashimoto 1, Ashita Dave-Wala 1, Vijayakumar Jayaraman 1, Daniel Koboldt 1,3, Theodora Matthews 1, Danielle Mouhlas 1, Maggie Stein 1, Aimee McKinney 1, Tom Grossman 1, Benjamin J Kelly 1, Peter White 1,3, Vincent Magrini 1,3, Richard K Wilson 1,3, Elaine R Mardis 1,3, Catherine E Cottrell 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC7304353  PMID: 32371413

Abstract

Exome sequencing (ES) has become an important tool in pediatric genomic medicine, improving identification of disease-associated variation due to assay breadth. Depth is also afforded by ES, enabling detection of lower-frequency mosaic variation compared to Sanger sequencing in the studied tissue, thus enhancing diagnostic yield. Within a pediatric tertiary-care hospital, we report two years of clinical ES data from probands evaluated for genetic disease to assess diagnostic yield, characteristics of causal variants, and prevalence of mosaicism among disease-causing variants. Exome-derived, phenotype-driven variant data from 357 probands was analyzed concurrent with parental ES data, when available. Blood was the source of nucleic acid. Sequence read alignments were manually reviewed for all assessed variants. Sanger sequencing was used for suspected de novo or mosaic variation. Clinical provider notes were reviewed to determine concordance between laboratory-reported data and the ordering provider's interpretation of variant-associated disease causality. Laboratory-derived diagnostic yield and provider-substantiated diagnoses had 91.4% concordance. The cohort returned 117 provider-substantiated diagnoses among 115 probands for a diagnostic yield of 32.2%. De novo variants represented 64.9% of disease-associated variation within trio analyses. Among the 115 probands, five harbored disease-associated somatic mosaic variation. Two additional probands were observed to inherit a disease-associated variant from an unaffected mosaic parent. Among inheritance patterns, de novo variation was the most frequent disease etiology. Somatic mosaicism is increasingly recognized as a significant contributor to genetic disease, particularly with increased sequence depth attainable from ES. This report highlights the potential and importance of detecting mosaicism in ES.

Keywords: autism, delayed gross motor development, failure to thrive in infancy, microcephaly, profound global developmental delay, severe muscular hypotonia, short stature

INTRODUCTION

Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) of the exome has demonstrated significant diagnostic and clinical utility in patients with suspected genetic disorders (Lee et al. 2014; Farwell et al. 2015; Meng et al. 2017; Clark et al. 2018; Hu et al. 2018). Molecular diagnostic rates from clinical testing by hospital and reference laboratories performing exome sequencing (ES) range from 24% to 58%, likely influenced by laboratory-specific methodologies and by the characteristics of the patient population being evaluated (Clark et al. 2018). Given the utility of ES, it has been proposed that the assay should be considered as a first-tier molecular test (Stark et al. 2016; Hu et al. 2018). An additional advantage to this type of testing is the ability to reevaluate existing sequence data as advances in bioinformatic processing and variant detection occur over time. Furthermore, this approach allows for a consideration of the evolution of patient phenotype, in addition to the inclusion of updated/emerging data for disease–gene associations, thus further enhancing diagnostic potential (Ewans et al. 2018; Nambot et al. 2018).

The increased utilization of MPS, including ES, has expanded our understanding of the contribution of somatic mosaicism in genetic disorders by enhancing our ability to identify disease-associated variants at low variant allele frequency/fraction (VAF). Genetic variation acquired during embryogenesis and resulting in the establishment of two or more genetically distinct cell populations represents postzygotic mosaicism. Disease-causing variants can be confined to the germline (gonadal mosaicism), resulting in disease when passed on to subsequent offspring. Alternatively, a genetic variant can occur in the soma of a developing embryo (somatic mosaicism), with variable levels of the variant throughout the body dependent on cell lineage. In addition, a mosaic variant affecting both the soma and germline is referred to as gonosomal mosaicism (Biesecker and Spinner 2018). The phenotypic spectrum of postzygotic somatic mosaicism can vary and is dependent upon timing of the manifestation of the variant during development, along with the proportion of cells harboring the variant and distribution across tissue types. Pathogenic variants at very low VAF in affected tissue can be sufficient to cause disease. For example, in diseases such as Sturge–Weber or vascular anomalies with overgrowth (e.g., Proteus syndrome or PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum [PROS]), the VAF of pathogenic variants in affected tissue has been reported as low as 1% (Lindhurst et al. 2011; Shirley et al. 2013; Hucthagowder et al. 2016).

Among unselected clinical exome cohort studies of pediatric, and combined pediatric and adult populations, disease-associated mosaic variants were noted at a frequency of ∼1%–1.5% (Yang et al. 2013; Retterer et al. 2016; Cao et al. 2019). The frequency of mosaicism increases when examining for specific phenotypes. For example, in epilepsy-related neurodevelopmental disorders, 3% of the pathogenic variants identified by either an MPS epilepsy panel or ES were mosaic (Stosser et al. 2018). In certain disorders (e.g., McCune–Albright and PROS), mosaic variants are the primary mechanism of disease (Aldred and Trembath 2000; Keppler-Noreuil et al. 2015; Hucthagowder et al. 2016).

We evaluated two years of clinical ES data from our laboratory within a pediatric tertiary care center to determine the characteristics of disease-associated variants within our cohort, as well as to compare the diagnostic yield reported by the laboratory versus the ordering clinical provider's interpretation of laboratory reported variant causality. We sought to evaluate the concordance of the molecular ES diagnostic rate generated by the laboratory with clinical provider-confirmed diagnoses recorded in the electronic medical record (EMR) to test if the laboratory workflow, including selection of genes relevant to the proband phenotype and subsequent variant assessment, resulted in meaningful results being reported back to the ordering provider. We further summarized the characteristics of these provider-confirmed causal variants and evaluated the contribution of mosaic variants to genetic disease within the context of these diagnoses.

RESULTS

Patient Cohort

In a consecutive 24-month period, proband (n = 357) and parental (when available, n = 601) peripheral blood samples were submitted for ES to The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Two submitted parental samples were excluded because of nonpaternity. Cases represented 267 (74.8%) trio analyses of the proband plus both parental samples, 65 (18.2%) duo analyses of the proband and one parental sample, and 25 (7%) proband-only analyses. All cases were reviewed or referred by a clinical geneticist at the time of test order. The cohort consisted primarily of pediatric probands or young adults with symptoms that initially presented in childhood (average age = 7.2 yr, range 0–56 yr). A phenotype-informed approach was applied for tertiary analysis. The top 20 Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) terms representing the most common clinician-provided phenotypic characteristics among probands in this population are shown in Table 1. Consistent with other ES cohorts, global developmental delay (73.4% of our cohort), abnormal facial shape (51.3%), and muscular hypotonia (51.0%) were the most frequently described features (Lee et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2014; Farwell et al. 2015).

Table 1.

Frequency of the top 20 Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) terms used to describe features of 357 probands referred for exome sequencing

HPO ID HPO term Number of probands (%)
HP:0001263 Global developmental delay 262 (73.4)
HP:0001999 Abnormal facial shape 183 (51.3)
HP:0001252 Muscular hypotonia 182 (51.0)
HP:0000750 Delayed speech and language development 157 (44.0)
HP:0001270 Motor delay 136 (38.1)
HP:0002194 Delayed gross motor development 127 (35.6)
HP:0001250 Seizures 119 (33.3)
HP:0100543 Cognitive impairment 98 (27.5)
HP:0001508 Failure to thrive 91 (25.5)
HP:0004322 Short stature 90 (25.2)
HP:0007010 Poor fine motor coordination 77 (21.6)
HP:0000252 Microcephaly 74 (20.7)
HP:0002020 Gastroesophageal reflux 69 (19.3)
HP:0000729 Autistic behavior 69 (19.3)
HP:0000717 Autism 59 (16.5)
HP:0001290 Generalized hypotonia 57 (16.0)
HP:0001622 Premature birth 56 (15.7)
HP:0002019 Constipation 56 (15.7)
HP:0001510 Growth delay 52 (14.6)
HP:0002376 Developmental regression 50 (14.0)

Genomic Analyses

The clinical laboratory reported variants as likely causal for the proband's phenotype for 128 genetic disorders among 123 probands (34.5%; 95% CI, 29.5%–39.6%). Ordering provider documentation in the EMR corroborated 115 instances of the variant(s) being attributed to the etiology of the proband phenotype for a provider-substantiated diagnostic yield of 32.2% (95% CI, 27.4%–37.3%). Two probands were found to have two separate genetic disorders, for a total of 117 clinically confirmed genetic diagnoses. Clinical laboratory diagnoses and provider-substantiated diagnoses had an overall concordance of 91.4% [95% CI, 85.1%–95.6%]. Of the 11 laboratory-reported genetic disorders not substantiated by clinician data in the EMR, five were due to insufficient overlap of features, four remained in the differential for further clinical evaluation as the proband features develop, and two had discordant inheritance patterns among affected/unaffected family members. A diagnosis was determined for 10/25 (40.0%) of the proband-only analyses, 10/65 (15.4%) duo analyses, and 95/267 (35.6%) trio analyses. The patterns of inheritance for the 117 diagnoses included 75 (64.1%) autosomal dominant, 25 (21.4%) autosomal recessive, and 17 (14.5%) X-linked (Fig. 1).

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Distribution of variant types for 117 provider-substantiated diagnoses identified by exome sequencing in a pediatric cohort. (SNV) Single-nucleotide variant.

Out of the 916 individuals consented for medically actionable findings, 29 individuals (3.2%) had variants meeting American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)/Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) criteria supportive of a Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic classification. Eight families demonstrated a proband–parent shared finding, whereas four probands and nine parents harbored events individually. Diseases represented by these findings were Loey–Dietz syndrome (4%), malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (10%), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (10%), familial hypercholesterolemia (14%), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (14%), long QT syndromes (24%), and hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (24%).

Among 95 diagnostic ES trio studies, we identified 97 genetic disorders, of which the inheritance patterns were autosomal dominant (n = 62; 63.9%), autosomal recessive (n = 21; 21.7%), and X-linked (n = 14; 14.4%). Among the autosomal dominantly inherited diseases, 54 variants (87.1%) were confirmed as de novo, whereas nine (64.3%) of the X-linked inherited disorders were attributable to de novo variation. Overall, de novo variation accounted for 64.9% [63/97, 95% CI, 54.6%–74.4%] of the inheritance pattern of genetic disorders detected in trio ES.

Of the 117 disorders, genetic disease associations were diverse among this cohort with 65% of the identified disease-associated genetic loci unique to a single proband. Recurrently involved genetic loci included CREBBP, in which causal variants associated with Rubenstein–Taybi syndrome were identified in three probands. Additionally, four probands each had causal variants in ANKRD11 and IQSEC2, associated with KBG syndrome and X-linked intellectual disability, respectively. Causal variants of provider-substantiated diagnoses are provided in Table 2 and Table 3, with the most common HPO terms describing this cohort detailed in Table 1.

Table 2.

Summary of cases with a pathogenic or likely pathogenic mosaic variant in a proband or parental sample

Case Proband gender/age Clinical phenotype Gene Zygosity/VAF Chromosome (hg19) HGVS DNA and protein reference Variant type/predicted effect Parent of origin/VAF Relevant disease association Supporting references
1 Male/6 mo Failure to thrive, profound hypotonia, global developmental delay, microcephalic, bilateral esotropia, short palpebral fissures, protuberant tongue, sparse scalp hair, hypsarrhythmia by long-term electroencephalographic monitoring, delayed myelination on MRI ARX Mosaic (12%) Chr X:25025232 C > T NM_139058.2 c.1444G > A p.(Gly482Ser) Substitution/missense De novo (XL) Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 1 Shoubridge et al. 2012; Shoubridge et al. 2010; Gronskov et al. 2014; Poirier et al. 2005
2 Male/11 yr Generalized epilepsy, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, able to walk independently with orthotics and verbally communicate CDKL5 Mosaic (17%) Chr X:18602452 G > A NM_003159.2 c.533G > A p.(Arg178Gln) Substitution/missense De novo (XL) Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 2 Bahi-Buisson et al. 2012; Kilstrup-Nielsen et al. 2012; Mei et al. 2014; Masliah-Plachon et al. 2010; Stosser et al. 2018; Kothur et al. 2018; Olson et al. 2019
3 Male/1 yr Global developmental delay, seizures, chorea, hypotonia, short stature, poor feeding, ptosis, frontal bossing, micrognathia TRIP12 Mosaic (12%) Chr 2:230679862 G > A NM_004238.2 c.1540C > T p.(Arg514Ter) Substitution/nonsense De novo (AD) Clark–Baraitser syndrome Bramswig et al. 2017a; Zhang et al. 2017; Louie et al. 2020
4 Male/7 yr Localization-related partial epilepsy with complex partial seizures, nonambulatory, global developmental delay, postnatal growth retardation, intellectual disability, autism, hyperopia, chronic constipation, dysphagia IQSEC2 Hemi (98%) Chr X:53264051 G > A NM_001111125.2 c.3817C > T p.(Gln1273Ter) Substitution/nonsense Mosaic mother (11%) (XL) Mental retardation 1 Barrie et al. 2019a; Ewans et al. 2017; Radley et al. 2019; Mignot et al. 2019
5 Female/8 yr Global developmental delay, fine motor delay, hirsutism, agenesis of the corpus callosum, hypotonia, tethered spinal cord, exotropia, clubfoot, tall forehead, downslanting palpebral fissures, macrostomia ARID1A Mosaic (19%) Chr 1:27092947 G > A NM_139135.2 c.2879-1G > A p.? Substitution/splicing De novo (AD) Coffin–Siris syndrome 2 Tsurusaki et al. 2012; Santen et al. 2013; Wieczorek et al. 2013
6 Male/7 yr Periventricular white matter changes on MRI, mild intellectual disability, global developmental delay, hypotonia, GERD, myopathic facies, thickened low-set ears, flared nasal alae, upturned nasal tip ARID2 Het (46%) Chr 12: 46245833_46245834delAG NM_152641.3 c.3927_3928delAG p.(Gly1310Glufs Ter5) Deletion/frameshift Mosaic mother (4%) (AD) Coffin–Siris syndrome 6 Tsurusaki et al. 2012; Bramswig et al. 2017b; Bogershausen and Wollnik 2018
7 Female/2 yr Macrocephaly, hirsutism, global developmental delay, bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria with mildly enlarged ventricles on MRI PIK3R2 Mosaic (18%) Chr 19:18273784G > A NM_005027.3 c.1117G > A p.(Gly373Arg) Substitution/missense De novo (AD) Megalencephaly- polymicrogyria-polydactyly- hydrocephalus syndrome 1 Mirzaa et al. 2015; Riviere et al. 2012; Madsen et al. 2018

(VAF) Variant allele frequency/fraction, (hemi) hemizygous, (het) heterozygous, (N/A) not applicable, (XL) X-linked, (AD) autosomal dominant, (MRI) magnetic resonance imaging, (GERD) gastroesophageal reflux disease.

aCase previously reported.

Table 3.

Summary of causal variants in a pediatric exome cohort

Case Study type Gene Chromosome (hg19) HGVS DNA and protein reference Zygosity Parent of origin Relevant disease association Variant assessment ACMG/AMP criteria met
Autosomal recessive (homozygous)
8a Trio AMPD2 Chr 1:110172910 C > T NM_001257360.1 c.2201C > T p.(Pro734Leu) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, type 9 (OMIM: 615809); (AR) ?Spastic paraplegia 63 (OMIM: 615686) VUS PM2, PP3
COL11A1 Chr 1:103488375 C > A NM_080629.2 c.1204G > T p.(Glu402Ter) Hom Mat/pat (AD) Stickler syndrome, type II (OMIM: 604841) (AR) fibrochondrogenesis 1 (OMIM: 228520); (AD) Marshall syndrome (OMIM: 154780) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
9 Trio AP4S1 Chr 14:31542174 C > T NM_001254727.1 c.289C > T p.(Arg97Ter) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Spastic paraplegia 52, autosomal recessive (OMIM: 614067) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PM3, PP1
10 Trio HYLS1 Chr 11:125769895 A > G NM_145014.2 c.632A > G p.(Asp211Gly) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Hydrolethalus syndrome (OMIM: 236680) Pathogenic PS3, PM1, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP3, PP5
11 Trio IDUA Chr 4:996535 G > A NM_000203.4 c.1205G > A p.(Trp402Ter) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Mucopolysaccharidosis Ih (OMIM: 607014); (AR) mucopolysaccharidosis Ih/s (OMIM: 607015); (AR) Mucopolysaccharidosis Is (OMIM: 607016) Pathogenic PVS1, PS3, PS4_Moderate, PP5
12a trio KERA Chr 12:91449224 G > A NM_007035.3 c.835C > T p.(Arg279Ter) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Cornea plana 2, autosomal recessive (OMIM: 217300) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP1
POLR3B Chr 12:106850924 C > T NM_018082.5 c.2302C > T p.(Arg768Cys) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 8, with or without oligodontia and/or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (OMIM: 614381) Likely Pathogenic PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3
13 Trio PARN Chr 16:14704607 G > A NM_002582.3 c.448C > T p.(Arg150Cys) Hom Mat/pat (AR) Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 6 (OMIM: 616353) Likely Pathogenic PM1, PM2, PS3_Moderate, PP3
14 Singleton PYCR1 Chr 17:79892603 C > T NM_001282281.1 c.640G > A p.(Ala214Thr) Hom Unknown (AR) Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IIB (OMIM: 612940) (AR) Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IIIB (OMIM: 614438) VUS PM1, PM2, PP3
Autosomal recessive (compound heterozygous)
15 Trio AP4M1 Chr 7:99704117 C > T NM_004722.3 c.1117C > T p.(Gln373Ter) Het Pat (AR) Spastic paraplegia 50, autosomal recessive (OMIM: 612936) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PM3
AP4M1 Chr 7:99704464 C > T NM_004722.3 c.1321C > T p.(Arg441Ter) Het Mat (AR) Spastic paraplegia 50, autosomal recessive (OMIM: 612936) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM3, PP3, PP5
16 Singleton HBB Chr 11:5248232 T > A NM_000518.4 c.20A > T p.(Glu7Val) Het Unknown (AR) Sickle cell anemia (OMIM: 603903) Pathogenic PS3, PM3, PM5, PS4_Moderate, PP5
HBB Chr 11:5246908 C > T NM_000518.4 c.364G > A p.(Glu122Lys) Het Unknown (AR) Sickle cell anemia (OMIM: 603903) Likely pathogenic PS4, PM2, PM3, PP5
17 Trio MED25 Chr 19:50331716 G > A NM_030973.3 c.316G > A p.(Gly106Arg) Het Pat (AR) ?Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, type 2B2 (OMIM: 605589); (AR) Base–Vanagait–Smirin–Yosef syndrome (OMIM: 616449) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM3, PP2, PM5
MED25 Chr 19:50338388_50338397 delACCACAAGCA NM_030973.3 c.1628_1637delACCACAAGCA p.(Asn543ArgfsTer51) Het Mat (AR) ?Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, type 2B2 (OMIM: 605589); (AR) Basel–Vanagait–Smirin–Yosef syndrome (OMIM: 616449) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
18 Duo OPA1 Chr 3:193374977 delA NM_130837.2 c.2287delA p.(Ser763ValfsTer15) Het Unknown (AR) Behr syndrome (OMIM: 210000); (AR) optic atrophy 1 (OMIM: 165500); (AR) optic atrophy plus syndrome (OMIM: 125250) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2
OPA1 Chr 3:193361167 A > G NM_130837.2 c.1311A > G p.(Ile437Met) Het Mat (AR) Behr syndrome (OMIM: 210000) ;(AR) optic atrophy 1 (OMIM: 165500); (AR) optic atrophy plus syndrome (OMIM: 125250) VUS PM1, PM3, PP1, PP3; BS3
19 Trio RYR1 Chr 19:38951159 delG NM_000540.2 c.2505delG p.(Pro836LeufsTer48) Het Pat (AR) Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia (OMIM: 255320) (AD, AR) Central core disease (OMIM: 117000) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP5
20 Trio RYR1 Chr 19:38987047 A > G NM_000540.2 c.6664-2A > G p.? Het Pat (AR) Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia (OMIM: 255320); (AD, AR) central core disease (OMIM: 117000) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP3
RYR1 Chr 19.39075637 G > A NM_000540.2 c.14701G > A p.(Glu4901Lys) Het Mat (AR) Minicore myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia (OMIM: 255320); (AD, AR) central core disease (OMIM: 117000) Likely pathogenic PM1, PM3, PP2, PP3
21 Trio SAMHD1 Chr 20:35563513 C > T NM_015474.3 c.428G > A p.(Arg143His) Het Mat (AR) Aicardi–Goutieres syndrome 5 (OMIM: 612952) Pathogenic PS3, PM2, PM5, PP3, PP5
SAMHD1 Chr 20:35533834 A > G NM_015474.3 c.1343T > C p.(Ile448Thr) Het Pat (AR) Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 5 (OMIM: 612952) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM3, PP3, PP4
22 Duo SLC17A5 Chr 6:74351533 T > C NM_012434.4 c.406A > G p.(Lys136Glu) Het Unknown (AR) Salla disease (OMIM: 604369); (AR) sialic acid storage disorder, infantile (OMIM: 269920) Pathogenic PS3, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP3, PP5
SLC17A5 Chr 6:74345115 A > T NM_012434.4 c.809T > A p.(Leu270Ter) Het Mat (AR) Salla disease (OMIM: 604369); (AR) sialic acid storage disorder, infantile (OMIM: 269920) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PM3
23 Trio SLC22A5 Chr 5:131706028 G > T NM_003060.3 c.364G > T p.(Asp122Tyr) Het Mat (AR) Carnitine deficiency, systemic primary (OMIM: 212140) Likely pathogenic PS3, PM2, PM3, PP3
SLC22A5 Chr 5:131721062 C > T NM_003060.3 c.695C > T p.(Thr232Met) Het Pat (AR) Carnitine deficiency, systemic primary (OMIM: 212140) Pathogenic PS3, PM_PS4, PM2, PP3, PP5
24 Trio SLC6A3 Chr 5:1422127 C > T NM_001044.4 c.656G > A p.(Arg219His) Het Mat (AR) Parkinsonism-dystonia, infantile, 1 (OMIM: 613135) VUS PM2, PP2, PP3
SLC6A3 Chr 5:1416253 C > G NM_001044.4 c.991G > C p.(Ala331Pro) Het Pat (AR) Parkinsonism-dystonia, infantile, 1 (OMIM: 613135) VUS PM2, PP2, PP3
25 Trio SRD5A2 Chr 2:31758741 T > C NM_000348.3 c.377A > G p.(Gln126Arg) Het Mat (AR) Pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias (OMIM: 264600) Pathogenic PS3, PM2, PM3, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP5
SRD5A2 Chr 2:31758802 delG NM_000348.3 c.317delC p.(Pro106LeufsTer25) Het Pat (AR) Pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias (OMIM: 264600) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
26 Trio TBCD Chr 17:80772747 G > A NM_005993.4 c.1255G > A p.(Gly419Arg) Het Mat (AR) Encephalopathy, progressive, early-onset, with brain atrophy and thin corpus callosum (OMIM: 617193) VUS PM2, PP3
TBCD Chr 17:80882859_ 80882861delGAG NM_005993.4 c.2305_2307delGAG p.(Glu769del) Het Pat (AR) Encephalopathy, progressive, early-onset, with brain atrophy and thin corpus callosum (OMIM: 617193) VUS PM2
27 Trio TRNT1 Chr 3:3189583 C > G NM_182916.2 c.1057-7C > G p.? Het Pat (AR) Retinitis pigmentosa and erythrocytic microcytosis (OMIM: 616959) (AR) Sideroblastic anemia with B-cell immunodeficiency, periodic fevers, and developmental delay (OMIM: 616084) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM3, PP3, PP5
TRNT1 Chr 3:3189779 A > G NM_182916.2 c.1246A > G p.(Lys416Glu) Het Mat (AR) Retinitis pigmentosa and erythrocytic microcytosis (OMIM: 616959); (AR) sideroblastic anemia with B-cell immunodeficiency, periodic fevers, and developmental delay (OMIM: 616084) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM3, PM_PS3
28 Trio UBA5 Chr 3:132379541 dupA NM_024818.3 c.160dupA p.(Ser54LysfsTer16) Het Mat (AR) Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 44 (OMIM: 617132) Pathogenic PVS1, PM1, PM2, PP3
UBA5 Chr 3:132384835 G > A NM_024818.3 c.215G > A p.(Arg72His) Het Pat (AR) Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 44 (OMIM: 617132) Likely pathogenic PM1, PM2, PM3, PP2
Autosomal recessive (one SNV + one copy loss)
29 Trio IFT140 Chr 16:1642177 C > T NM_014714.3 c.634G > A p.(Gly212Arg) Hemi (suspected deletion on other allele) Mat (AR) Short-rib thoracic dysplasia 9 with or without polydactyly (OMIM: 266920); (AR) Retinitis pigmentosa 80 (OMIM: 617781) Pathogenic PVS1, PS3, PM2, PM3, PP3, PP5
30 Trio NUBPL Chr 14:32319298 T > C NM_025152.2 c.815-27T > C p.? Hemi (∼400kb deletion on other allele, by array) Mat (AR) Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, nuclear type 21 (OMIM: 618242) Likely pathogenic PS3, PP3, PP5; BS1
Autosomal dominant
31 Trio ABCC9 Chr 12:21995260 C > T NM_020297.3 c.3461G > A p.(Arg1154Gln) Het De novo (AD) Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia (OMIM: 239850) Pathogenic PS1, PS2, PS3 PM2, PP2, PP3
32 Trio ANKRD11 Chr 16:89345988_89345989 insGGCTTCGG NM_001256183.1 c.6968_6975dupCCCCGAAG p.(Ala2326ProfsTer14) Het De novo (AD) KBG syndrome (OMIM: 148050) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
33 Trio ANKRD11 Chr 16:89349005delC NM_001256182.1 c.3948delG p.(Leu1317Ter) Het De novo (AD) KBG syndrome (OMIM: 148050) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PM4
34 Trio ANKRD11 Chr 16:89351049_ 89351053delGTTTT NM_001256182.1 c.1903_1907delAAACA p.(Lys635GlnfsTer26) Het De novo (AD) KBG syndrome (OMIM: 148050) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP5
35 Singleton ANKRD11 Chr 16:89351049_ 89351053delGTTTT NM_001256182.1 c.1903_1907delAAACA p.(Lys635GlnfsTer26) Het Unknown (AD) KBG syndrome (OMIM: 148050) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP5
36 Trio ABCC9 Chr 12:21995375 G > A NM_005691.3 c.3346C > T p.(Arg1116Cys) Het Mat (AD) Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia (OMIM: 610253) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3, PP5
37 Trio ACTB Chr 7:5568223 G > T NM_001101.3 c.491C > A p.(Pro164His) Het De novo (AD) ?Dystonia, juvenile-onset (OMIM: 607371); (AD) Baraitser–Winter syndrome 1 (OMIM: 243310) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP2, PP3
38 Trio ARID1B Chr 6:157528657 C > T NM_020732.3 c.6382C > T p.(Arg2128Ter) Het De novo (AD) Coffin–Siris syndrome 1 (OMIM: 135900) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP5
39 Trio ATP6V1A Chr 3:113508666 G > A NM_001690.3 c.967A > G p.(Arg323Gly) Het De novo (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, infantile or early childhood, 3 (OMIM: 618012) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3
40 Trio CACNA1C Chr 12:2566837 T > C NM_199460.3 c.722T > C p.(Val241Ala) Het De novo (AD) Timothy syndrome (OMIM: 601005); (AD) Brugada syndrome 3 (OMIM: 611875) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP3
41 Trio CAMTA1 Chr 1:7798409_7798411 delinsGTGCTGC NM_015215.3 c.4049_4051delinsGTGCTGC p.(Pro1350ArgfsTer18) Het Mat (AD) Cerebellar ataxia, nonprogressive, with mental retardation (OMIM: 614756) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP1
42 Trio CAV3 Chr 3:8787396 T > A NM_001234.4 c.299T > A p.(Ile100Asn) Het De novo (AD) Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic (OMIM: 192600); (AD) creatine phosphokinase, elevated serum (OMIM: 123320); (AD) long QT syndrome 9 (OMIM: 611818); (AD) myopathy, distal, Tateyama type (OMIM: 614321); (AD) rippling muscle disease (OMIM: 606072) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP3
43 Trio CCND2 Chr 12:4409144 C > A NM_001759.3 c.839C > A p.(Thr280Asn) Het De novo (AD) Megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-polydactyly-hydrocephalus syndrome 3 (OMIM: 615938) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP5
44 Duo CHD2 Chr 15:93485148 dupT NM_001271.3 c.789dupT p.(Glu264Ter) Het Unknown (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, childhood-onset (OMIM: 615369) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
45 Trio CHD7 Chr 8:61773555_61773556 delAC NM_017780.3 c.7701_7702delAC p.(Arg2568AspfsTer7) Het De novo (AD) CHARGE syndrome (OMIM: 214800); (AD) hypogonadotropic hypogonadism 5 with or without anosmia (OMIM: 612370) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
46 Singleton COL3A1 Chr 2:189856222 G > T NM_000090.3 c.862G > T p.(Gly288Cys) Het Unknown (AD) Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, vascular type (OMIM: 130050) Likely pathogenic PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3
47 Trio CREBBP Chr 16:3779691 C > T NM_004380.2 c.5357G > A p.(Arg1786His) Het De novo (AD) Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome 1 (OMIM: 180849) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP3
48 Trio CREBBP Chr 16:3789597 C > A NM_004380.2 c.4262G > T p.(Cys1421Phe) Het De novo (AD) Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome 1 (OMIM: 180849) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP3
49 Trio CREBBP Chr 16:3842042 G > A NM_004380.2 c.1270C > T p.(Arg424Ter) Het De novo (AD) Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome 1 (OMIM: 180849) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP5
50 Trio CSNK2A1 Chr 20:476405 A > T NM_177559.2 c.468T > A p.(Asp156Glu) Het De novo (AD) Okur–Chung neurodevelopmental syndrome (OMIM: 617062) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3, PP5
51 Trio CSNK2A1 Chr 20:485826 T > C NM_177559.2 c.149A > G p.(Tyr50Cys) Het De novo (AD) Okur–Chung neurodevelopmental syndrome (OMIM: 617062) Pathogenic PS2, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP5
52 Trio DYRK1A Chr 21:38862468_ 38862472 delCTCTT NM_101395.2 c.665-9_665-5delCTCTT p.? Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 7 (OMIM: 614104) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP5
53 Singleton EFTUD2 Chr 17:42964119 C > G NM_004247.3 c.106-1G > C p.? Het Unknown (AD) Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Guion–Almeida type (OMIM: 610536) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP3
54 Duo EHMT1 Chr 9:140637869 dupA NM_024757.4 c.870dupA p.(Arg291ThrfsTer7) Het Unknown (AD) Kleefstra syndrome 1 (OMIM: 610253) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
55 Trio EHMT1 Chr 9:140672394 dupC NM_024757.4 c.2079dupC p.(Glu694ArgfsTer4) Het De novo (AD) Kleefstra syndrome 1 (OMIM: 610253) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
56 Trio FLGb Chr 1:152285861 G > A NM_002016.1 c.1501C > T p.(Arg501Ter) Het Mat (AD) Ichthyosis vulgaris (OMIM: 146700); (AD) {Dermatitis, atopic, susceptibility to, 2} (OMIM: 605803) Pathogenic PVS1, PM3, PP5
FLGb Chr 1:152285081_ 152285084delACGT NM_002016.1 c.2282_2285delCAGT p.(Ser761CysfsTer36) Het Pat (AD) Ichthyosis vulgaris (OMIM: 146700); (AD) {Dermatitis, atopic, susceptibility to, 2} (OMIM: 605803) Pathogenic PVS1, PS4, PM3, PP1
57 Trio FLGb Chr 1:152285861 G > A NM_002016.1 c.1501C > T p.(Arg501Ter) Het Pat (AD) Ichthyosis vulgaris (OMIM: 146700); (AD) {Dermatitis, atopic, susceptibility to, 2} (OMIM: 605803) Pathogenic PVS1, PS3, PP1, PP5
58 Trio FOXG1 Chr 14:29237138 A > G NM_005249.4 c.653A > G p.(Tyr218Cys) Het De novo (AD) Rett syndrome, congenital variant (OMIM: 613454) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP3
59 Trio FOXP1 Chr 3:71026799_ 71026802delTAAT NM_001244810.1 c.1420_1423delATTA p.(Ile474GlyfsTer12) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation with language impairment and with or without autistic features (OMIM: 613670) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
60 Duo GABRB2 Chr 5:160758119 A > G NM_021911.2 c.848T > C p.(Leu283Pro) Het Unknown (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, infantile or early childhood, 2 (OMIM: 617829) VUS PM1, PM2, PP3
61 Trio GABRB3 Chr 15:27017618 T > A NM_000814.5 c.173-2A > T p.? Het De novo (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 43 (OMIM: 617113) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP3
62 Trio GABRG2 Chr 5:161569244 C > T NM_198903.2 c.964C > T p.(Pro322Ser) Het De novo (AD) Epilepsy, generalized, with febrile seizures plus, type 3 (OMIM: 607681); (AD) epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 74 (OMIM: 618396) Pathogenic PS2, PS3, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3, PP5
63 Singleton HNRNPK Chr 9:86586597 dupT NM_031263.3 c.998dupA p.(Tyr333Ter) Het Unknown (AD) Au–Kline syndrome (OMIM: 616580) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP5
64 Trio HRAS Chr 11:534289 C > T NM_005343.2 c.34G > A p.(Gly12Ser) Het De novo (AD) Costello syndrome (OMIM: 218040); (AD) Congenital myopathy with excess of muscle spindles (OMIM: 218040) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PM5, PP5
65 Trio KANSL1 Chr 17:44248468 G > A NM_001193465.1 c.1042C > T p.(Arg348Ter) Het De novo (AD) Koolen–De Vries syndrome (OMIM: 610443) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP5
66 Singleton KMT2D Chr 12:49436599 G > A NM_003482.3 c.5707C > T p.(Arg1903Ter) Het Unknown (AD) Kabuki syndrome 1 (OMIM: 147920) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PM6, PP3, PP5
67 Trio MED13L Chr 12:116452999_116453015 delTCTTTGGACTGTGCATC NM_015335.4 c.1077_1093del p.(Met359IlefsTer38) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation and distinctive facial features with or without cardiac defects (OMIM: 616789); (AD) transposition of the great arteries, dextro-looped 1 (OMIM: 608808) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
68 Trio MYT1L Chr 2:1915819 A > T NM_015025.3 c.1676T > A p.(Val559Asp) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 39 (OMIM: 616521) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP3, PP2
69 Trio MYT1L Chr 2:1906916 A > T NM_001303052.1 c.1968T > A p.(Tyr656Ter) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 39 (OMIM: 616521) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
70 Trio NBEA Chr 13:35923346_ 35923347delAG NM_015678.4 c.6005_6006delAG p.(Glu2002ValfsTer2) Het De novo (AD) Seizures and intellectual disability (no OMIM) (PMID:28554332) VUS PM2, PS2_Moderate, PP3
71 Trio NEDD4L Chr 18:56033460 C > G NM_001144967.2 c.2063C > G p.(Thr688Arg) Het Mat (AD) Periventricular nodular heterotopia 7 (OMIM: 617201) VUS PM1, PM2, PP3
72 Trio NOTCH1 Chr 9:139399384_ 139399385insTG NM_017617.3 c.4758_4759insCA p.(Asn1587GlnfsTer30) Het Pat (AD) Adams–Oliver syndrome 5 (OMIM: 616028); (AD) aortic valve disease 1 (OMIM: 109730) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
73 Trio NSD2 Chr 4:1906053 G > A NM_133330.2 c.708G > A p.(Trp236Ter) Het De novo (AD) Wolf–Hirchhorn syndrome–like (PMID: 31171569, 29884796) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP3
74 Trio NSD2 Chr 4:1936884dupG NM_133330.2 c.1569dupG p.(Lys524GlufsTer17) Het De novo (AD) Wolf–Hirchhorn syndrome–like (PMID: 31171569, 29884796) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
75 Trio NSD2 Chr 4:1918630 C > T NM_133330.2 c.793C > T p.(Gln265Ter) Het De novo (AD) Wolf–Hirchhorn syndrome–like (PMID: 31171569, 29884796) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
76 Trio PPP2R5D Chr 6:42975698 A > C NM_006245.3 c.752A > C p.(Asp251Ala) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 35 (OMIM: 616355) Pathogenic PS2, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3
77 Singleton PTPN11 Chr 12:112888172 A > G NM_002834.3 c.188A > G p.(Tyr63Cys) Het Unknown (AD) Noonan syndrome 1 (OMIM: 163950); (AD) LEOPARD syndrome 1 (OMIM: 151100); (AD) metachondromatosis (OMIM: 156250) Pathogenic PS1, PS3, PS4, PP1_Strong, PM1, PP2, PP3
78 Trio PTPN11 Chr 12:112915523 A > G NM_002834.3 c.922A > G p.(Asn308Asp) Het De novo (AD) Noonan syndrome 1 (OMIM: 163950); (AD) LEOPARD syndrome 1 (OMIM: 151100); (AD) metachondromatosis (OMIM: 156250) Pathogenic PS2_VERYStrong, PS3, PS4, PP1_Strong, PM1, PP2, PP3
79 Trio PUF60 Chr 8:144898801 dupA NM_078480.2 c.1569dupT p.(Glu524Ter) Het De novo (AD) Verheij syndrome (OMIM: 615583) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
80 Singleton RAI1 Chr 17:17700943 C > T NM_030665.3 c.4681C > T p.(Arg1561Ter) Het Unknown (AD) Smith–Magenis syndrome (OMIM: 182290) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP3
81 Trio SALL1 Chr 16:51174260 C > A NM_002968.2 c.1873G > T p.(Glu625Ter) Het Pat (AD) Towne–Brocks syndrome 1 (OMIM: 107480) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2, PP1, PP3
82 Trio SATB2 Chr 2:200193509 T > G NM_015265.3 c.1298A > C p.(Tyr433Ser) Het De novo (AD) Glass syndrome (OMIM: 612313) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP2
83 Trio SATB2 Chr 2:200188564 delG NM_015265.3 c.1504delC p.(Gln502LysfsTer44) Het De novo (AD) Glass syndrome (OMIM: 612313) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM1, PM2
84 Trio SCN1A Chr 2:166850875 T > C NM_001202435.1 c.4633A > G p.(Ile1545Val) Het De novo (AD) Epilepsy, generalized, with febrile seizures plus, type 2 (OMIM: 604403); (AD) epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 6 (Dravet syndrome) (OMIM: 607208); (AD) febrile seizures, familial, 3A (OMIM: 604403); (AD) migraine, familial hemiplegic, 3 (OMIM: 609634) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3
85 Trio SCN8A Chr 12:52159459 G > A NM_014191.3 c.2549G > A p.(Arg850Gln) Het De novo (AD) Cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia (OMIM: 614306); (AD) epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 13 (OMIM: 614558); (AD) seizures, benign familial infantile, 5 (OMIM: 617080) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3, PP5
86 Duo SERPINC1 Chr 1:173879999 T > C NM_000488.3 c.655A > G p.(Asn219Asp) Het Mat (AD,AR) Thrombophilia due to antithrombin III deficiency (OMIM: 613118) Likely pathogenic PM2, PM5, PS4_Moderate, PP2, PP3
87 Trio SETD5 Chr 3:9483407 A > G NM_001292043.1 c.647A > G p.(Asn216Ser) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 23 (OMIM: 615761) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP3, BP1
88 Trio SHANK3 Chr 22:51160025_ 51160037 delGGGCCCAGCCCCC NM_033517.1 c.3764_3776del p.(Arg1255LeufsTer25) Het De novo (AD) Phelan–McDermid syndrome (OMIM: 606232) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
89 Trio SLC2A1 Chr 1:43394689 G > A NM_006516.2 c.988C > T p.(Arg330Ter) Het De novo (AD,AR) GLUT1 deficiency syndrome 1, infantile onset, severe (OMIM: 606777); (AD) GLUT1 deficiency syndrome 2, childhood onset (OMIM: 612126); (AD) dystonia 9 (OMIM: 601042); (AD) Stomatin-deficient cryohydrocytosis with neurologic defects (OMIM: 608885) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP3, PP5
90 Trio SLC2A1 Chr 1:43394649 dupC NM_006516.2 c.1028dupG p.(Met344HisfsTer37) Het De novo (AD,AR) GLUT1 deficiency syndrome 1, infantile onset, severe (OMIM: 606777); (AD) GLUT1 deficiency syndrome 2, childhood onset (OMIM: 612126); (AD) dystonia 9 (OMIM: 601042); (AD) Stomatin-deficient cryohydrocytosis with neurologic defects (OMIM: 608885) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
91 Trio SMAD4 Chr 18:48604676 A > G NM_005359.5 c.1498A > G p.(Ile500Val) Het De novo (AD) Myhre syndrome (OMIM: 139210); (AD) juvenile polyposis/hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome (OMIM: 175050); (AD) polyposis, juvenile intestinal (OMIM: 174900) Pathogenic PS2, PS3, PM1, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3, PP5
92 Trio SON Chr 21:34929623 G > A NM_138927.3 c.6321 + 1G > A p.? Het De novo (AD) ZTTK syndrome (OMIM: 617140) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
93 Trio STXBP1 Chr 9:130440731_ 130440740dup AAGCCGGAGC NM_003165.3 c.1381_1390dupAAGCCGGAGC p.(Arg464GlnfsTer31) Het De novo (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 4 (OMIM: 612164) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
94 Trio STXBP1 Chr 9:130440777 C > G NM_003165.3 c.1427C > G p.(Ser476Ter) Het De novo (AD) Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 4 (OMIM: 612164) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
95 Duo SYNGAP1 Chr 6:33411735 C > T NM_006772.2 c.3406C > T p.(Gln1136Ter) Het Unknown (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 5 (OMIM: 612621) Likely pathogenic PVS1, PM2
96 Trio TBL1XR1 Chr 3:176767798 G > A NM_024665.4 c.689C > T p.(Ser230Phe) Het De novo (AD) Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 41 (OMIM: 616944) (AD) Pierpont syndrome (OMIM: 602342) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP2, PP3
97 Trio TBX1 Chr 22:19750829 T > C NM_005992.1 c.476T > C p.(Leu159Pro) Het De novo (AD) DiGeorge syndrome (OMIM: 188400); (AD) tetralogy of Fallot (OMIM: 187500); (AD) velocardiofacial syndrome (OMIM: 192430) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP3
98 Trio TCF4 Chr 18:52921925 G > A NM_001243226.2 c.1459C > T p.(Arg487Ter) Het De novo (AD) Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs endothelial, 3 (OMIM: 613267); (AD) Pitt–Hopkins syndrome (OMIM: 610954) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PS3, PM2, PS4_Moderate
99 Duo TUBB4A Chr 19:6495765 C > T NM_001289123.1 c.898G > A p.(Asp300Asn) Het Unknown (AD) Dystonia 4, torsion, autosomal dominant (OMIM: 128101); (AD) leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 6 (OMIM: 612438) Pathogenic PS2, PS3, PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3
100 Trio ZEB2 Chr 2:145156329 C > A NM_014795.3 c.2425G > T p.(Glu809Ter) Het De novo (AD) Mowat–Wilson syndrome (OMIM: 235730) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP3
101 Trio ZEB2 Chr 2:145157206_145157213 delCACTACCG NM_014795.3 c.1541_1548delCGGTAGTG p.(Pro514GlnfsTer3) Het De novo (AD) Mowat-Wilson syndrome (OMIM: 235730) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
X-linked
102 Trio DDX3X Chr X:41203603 C > T NM_001356.4 c.976C > T p.(Arg326Cys) Het De novo (XLD,XLR) Mental retardation, X-linked 102 (OMIM: 300958) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PM5, PP2, PP3
103 Singleton DDX3X Chr X:41205795_ 41205796delAT NM_001356.4 c.1535_1536delAT p.(His512ArgfsTer5) Het Unknown (XLD,XLR) Mental retardation, X-linked 102 (OMIM: 300958) Pathogenic PVS1, PM1, PM2, PM6, PS4_Moderate
104 Trio IQSEC2 Chr X:53263455 delG NM_001111125.2 c.4419delC p.(Ser1474ValfsTer21) Het De novo (XLD) Mental retardation, X-linked 1/78 (OMIM: 309530) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2
105 Trio IQSEC2 Chr X:53277294 A > G NM_001111125.2 c.2582 + 2T > C p.? Het De novo (XLD) Mental retardation, X-linked 1/78 (OMIM: 309530) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
106 Trio IQSEC2 Chr X:53277371 G > A NM_001111125.2 c.2507C > T p.(Ala836Val) Het Unknown (XLD) Mental retardation, X-linked 1/78 (OMIM: 309530) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP3
107 Trio KDM5C Chr X:53223464 C > A NM_004187.3 c.3895G > T p.(Glu1299Ter) Het De novo (XLR) Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic, Claes–Jensen type (OMIM: 300534) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2
108 Trio MECP2 Chr X:153296860 G > A NM_004992.3 c.419C > T p.(Ala140Val) Hemi Mat (XLR) Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 13 (OMIM: 300055); (XLR) encephalopathy, neonatal severe (OMIM: 300673); (XLR) mental retardation, X-linked syndromic, Lubs type (OMIM: 300260); (XLD) Rett syndrome (OMIM: 312750) (XL) {Autism susceptibility, X-linked 3} (OMIM: 300496) Pathogenic PS3, PM1, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP3, PP5
109 Trio MED12 Chr X:70349963 C > G NM_005120.2 c.3946C > G p.(Gln1316Glu) Hemi Mat (XLR) Opitz–Kaveggia syndrome (OMIM: 305450); (XLR) Lujan–Fryns syndrome (OMIM: 309520); (XLR) Ohdo syndrome, X-linked (OMIM: 300895) VUS PM2, PP3
110 Trio NAA10 Chr X:153197853 A > C NM_003491.3 c.257T > G p.(Leu86Arg) Het De novo (XL) ?Microphthalmia, syndromic 1 (OMIM: 309800); (XLD,XLR) Ogden syndrome (OMIM: 300855) Pathogenic PS2, PM1, PM2, PP2, PP3
111 Trio PIGA Chr X:15339728 T > A NM_002641.3 c.1355A > T p.(Asp452Val) Hemi De novo (XLR) Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 2 (OMIM: 300868); (XLR) paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, somatic (OMIM: 300818) Likely pathogenic PS2, PM2, PP3
112 Duo PIGA Chr X:15349685 G > A NM_002641.3 c.368C > T p.(Thr123Met) Hemi Mat (XLR) Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 2 (OMIM: 300868) (XLR) Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, somatic (OMIM: 300818) Likely pathogenic PM1, PM2, PP3, PP5
113 Trio RPS6KA3 Chr X:20213249 G > A NM_004586.2 c.340C > T p.(Arg114Trp) Hemi Mat (XLD) Coffin–Lowry syndrome (OMIM: 303600) Likely pathogenic PM1, PM2, PS4_Moderate, PP1, PP2, PP3
114 Trio RPS6KA3 Chr X:20179827 G > A NM_004586.2 c.1894C > T p.(Arg632Ter) Hemi De novo (XLD) Coffin–Lowry syndrome (OMIM: 303600) Pathogenic PVS1, PS2, PM2, PP5
115 Trio SMC1A Chr X:53410095 dupT NM_001281463.1 c.3053dupA p.(Arg1019AlafsTer26) Het Unknown (XLD) Cornelia de Lange syndrome 2 (OMIM: 300590) Pathogenic PVS1, PM2

(HGVS) Human Genome Variation Society, (ACMG/AMP) American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics/Association for Molecular Pathology, (hemi) hemizygous, (het) heterozygous, (hom) homozygous, (mat) maternal, (pat) paternal, (AR) autosomal recessive, (AD) autosomal dominant, (XL) X-linked, (XLD) X-linked dominant, (XLR) X-linked recessive, (VUS) variant of uncertain significance.

aProband with two disorders.

bSemidominant.

The proportion of the causal variant allele was documented for proband and parental samples from all cases with a provider-substantiated diagnosis by evaluation of VAF. Among the 115 provider-substantiated diagnostic cases with 117 disorders, a causal variant with a VAF < 20% (Supplemental Table 1) occurred in five probands and contributed to 4.3% [95% CI, 1.4%–9.9%] of our total diagnoses and 7.9% [95% CI, 2.6%–17.6%] of our confirmed de novo variants. As established within our pipeline, heterozygous calls (0/1 genotype) rarely deviate toward extreme allelic proportions, with 0.3% of high-confidence calls within a reference standard occurring at VAF < 20 or VAF > 80 (Supplemental Fig. 1). In addition, causal variants in two probands were found in a mosaic state in two unaffected parents (0.3% of available parental samples). All mosaic variants were verified by Sanger sequencing analysis as evidenced by disparate peak height in the electropherogram (Supplemental Fig. 2). In total, mosaic etiology in a proband, or that originating in a parent with transmission to a proband, was associated with seven out of 117 (6.0%) provider-substantiated genetic diagnoses. These mosaic variants were recurrently associated with several types of disorders, predominately involving neurodevelopmental features, including early infantile epileptic encephalopathies, intellectual disability syndromes, Coffin–Siris syndrome, and megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-polydactyly-hydrocephalus syndrome (MPPH) (Table 3).

DISCUSSION

We evaluated the concordance of the molecular ES diagnostic rate generated by the clinical laboratory with ordering clinical provider-substantiated diagnoses. Our results demonstrate the robust clinical utility of ES, with 91.4% of the laboratory findings reported as likely causal for the proband phenotype resulting in a clinically confirmed diagnosis by the ordering provider. This concordance may increase over time, as four laboratory-reported diagnostic cases were still under consideration in the patient differential. The high concordance rate may be attributable to the detailed clinical feature information form submitted by an experienced clinical geneticist or genetic counselor at the time of ES ordering, additional curation of the medical record as performed by the variant analysis team or laboratory genetic counselor to enable a phenotype-informed variant analysis approach, and the multidisciplinary expertise achieved by group evaluation of annotated, filtered variants in a case conference setting. Within our primarily pediatric population, we obtained a 32.2% diagnostic yield, with 64.9% of causal variants identified by trio analysis confirmed as de novo. These numbers are in line with previously reported exome and genome sequencing diagnostic yields (average = 31%) and de novo rates (average = 44%) (Clark et al. 2018). In comparison to other large clinical exome sequencing cohorts, our study found a similar rate of cases submitted for trio analysis. In addition, the distribution of AD, AR, and XL inheritance patterns of causal variants were also comparable (Yang et al. 2013, 2014; Lee et al. 2014; Farwell et al. 2015; Retterer et al. 2016).

Of the 115 diagnostic cases, we confirmed mosaicism of a disease-associated variant in five probands and two parental samples. The contribution of parental mosaicism may be higher, given that trio analyses were available for 74.8% of our cases. The frequency of mosaicism in our cohort is higher than what has previously been reported in unselected clinical exome sequencing cohorts (Yang et al. 2013; Retterer et al. 2016; Cao et al. 2019). Several differences between our study and previous reports may contribute to this difference, including sequencing in a hospital-based laboratory representing a pediatric patient population referred by clinical geneticists within a single institution, stringent quality control metrics for sequencing data (including both assay and variant quality measures), diagnostic yield based on EMR clinical substantiation versus solely a laboratory-defined molecular diagnostic yield, and manual evaluation of all assessed variants with specific review of aligned reads and variant characteristics in proband and parental samples.

Our positive mosaic findings contributed to several types of disorders associated with neurodevelopmental features including Coffin–Siris syndrome (n = 2), early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (n = 2), intellectual disability syndromes (n = 2), and the brain overgrowth syndrome MPPH (n = 1). The presence of mosaicism in these patients is consistent with the reported association of mosaic variants within these types of disorders (Krupp et al. 2017; Lim et al. 2017; Madsen et al. 2018; Stosser et al. 2018). The enrichment of our pediatric ES population for various neurodevelopmental features, such as developmental delays, cognitive impairment, and autistic behavior, also may have contributed to the high prevalence of mosaicism seen within this cohort.

Identifying that a disease-causing variant is mosaic can have several implications when counseling families. Although the presence of mosaicism is generally unable to predict disease severity, as often only a single tissue type is available for study, it can be informative in providing a clinical explanation for a proband with a mild presentation. In this cohort, detection of mosaicism provided a mechanism to explain a mildly affected male diagnosed with the X-linked disorder, early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 2, primarily seen in females (Case 2). Identifying mosaicism in proband or parental samples is of particular importance to inform recurrence risk in future pregnancies. Evaluating parental samples for the presence of mosaicism can also be beneficial for providing an explanation for why a parent positive for pathogenic variant may be mildly symptomatic or unaffected, as evidenced in this series by the unaffected mother with an IQSEC2 mosaic variant, which was hemizygous in the affected proband, as well as his affected brother (Case 4, previously reported by Barrie et al. 2019).

Mosaic variants can be challenging to detect clinically because of several factors, and consensus guidelines addressing how to detect, assess, and report mosaicism are not currently available. These variants can occur at very low frequencies and thus may be below the threshold of detection if coverage or read depth is insufficient at the affected residue. Acuna-Hidalgo et al. (2015) modeled that the probability of detecting mosaicism at 100× coverage is >90% for variants occurring at 10% VAF or higher. However, the ability to detect these variants decreases considerably with decreasing read depth. The higher sequence depth in coding regions typically achieved by exome sequencing thus offers an advantage for detecting mosaicism compared to genome sequencing, because of cost-related limitations to genome sequencing read depth. Despite sufficient coverage across a given region, if the variant is present in a limited number of reads, it may be below the sensitivity of the variant caller software. In our cohort, one of the mosaic variants in a parental sample (Case 6), the ARID2 variant at 4% VAF, was not detected by the variant caller and came to attention during manual review of reportable variants within aligned sequencing reads. This highlights the utility in manual review of variant calls within the aligned reads to evaluate variant authenticity.

Alternatively, identifying an authentic mosaic variant can also present a challenge. With MPS, false-positive variants may occur by several means. These include biologic contamination during sample acquisition, nucleic acid extraction, or library preparation, low-level admixture during sequencing, or as a result of sample carryover from prior sequencing runs, as well as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or sequencing artifacts (incorporation errors and library chimeras). Additionally, index hopping can result in false positive calls at very low-level as single-indexed reads can incur misassignment of indices within multiplexed libraries, a phenomenon known to be enhanced on patterned flow cells in short-read sequencing chemistries. The confounding variable of index hopping in the setting of trio analyses can be decreased by the use of dual indexing of libraries (Costello et al. 2018). To increase confidence in calling mosaicism and rare, low-frequency variants, the addition of dual-indexed libraries containing unique identifiers known as molecular barcodes (Kinde et al. 2011; Schmitt et al. 2012) allows discrimination of improperly indexed libraries and random errors. In this study, all de novo and mosaic variants called with single-indexed libraries were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Evidence of the low-level variant allele could be visualized for all mosaic variants by review of peak heights in the electropherogram. A priori knowledge of suspected mosaicism facilitated review of Sanger sequencing data and enabled scrutiny of allelic peak heights, including the variant allele relative to background. Thus, data points from two orthogonal methodologies (MPS and Sanger) were considered prior to report out of a mosaic call. The variant with a VAF of 4% in a maternal sample (Case 6) was visualized by Sanger sequencing, despite being below the threshold typically appreciable by this method (∼10%–20%), because of the nature of the variant (2-nt deletion), as well as prior observation of the heterozygous variant in the proband. However, if the VAF is too low to be appreciable by Sanger, high-depth amplicon sequencing or other quantitative approaches including digital droplet PCR could be used. The testing of alternative tissue sources can also be considered to aid in confirming suspected mosaicism in patients, although multiple tissue sources may be required, and may be impractical or impossible to obtain. Authentic mosaic variants with high VAFs can also be challenging to detect, as they may be mistaken for heterozygous calls that deviate from the expected 50% VAF because of technical variation and platform bias (Acuna-Hidalgo et al. 2015).

Outside of technical limitations of the assay, mosaic variants can go undetected when the variant is confined to specific tissue types. In these cases, sequencing of the affected tissues is required for detection. Confinement of mosaicism in a parent to predominately or exclusively germline cells would also go undetected by clinical ES trio analysis and typically only comes to light in instances of multiple affected children from an otherwise unaffected parent.

In conclusion, our study highlights two years of an ongoing ES assay within a pediatric tertiary care institution and emphasizes the utility of clinical-provider engagement in ES test ordering and phenotypic curation, as demonstrated by the strong concordance of laboratory-reported and ordering provider-substantiated diagnostic yield. Additionally, we demonstrate that mosaicism is an important contributor to disease-causing variation identified by ES within the pediatric population. Given that our diagnostic yield of mosaic variants exceeds those reported by other ES studies, vigilant manual review of variant calls by a highly skilled variant analysis team and clinical laboratory directors may be a key differentiator in detecting somatic mosaic events. This must occur in concert with adequate read depth and breadth of the assay, appropriate bioinformatic processing parameters, and in consideration of the proband's clinical characteristics to attribute causality. As we begin to appreciate the expanding role of mosaicism in genetic disease, further research on the types of disorders with mosaicism, clinical implications, and optimal laboratory practices for identifying and reporting mosaicism are needed.

METHODS

Sequencing, Bioinformatics, and Quality Control

Proband and parental peripheral blood samples were submitted for ES to The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Prior to ES studies, microarray analysis was previously performed on the submitted proband, unless deemed to not be clinically indicated by the ordering provider (5% of the cohort). Genomic DNA was extracted using the Puregene DNA isolation kit according to the manufacturer protocol (QIAGEN) or EZ1 DNA isolation kit (QIAGEN), with two separate DNA extractions performed per each submitted proband and parental sample to facilitate identity and provenance analyses. Genotyping of 30 autosomal loci representing single-nucleotide variants with high population minor allele frequency was performed in the parental and proband samples using a custom Agena MassArray panel (Agena). Subsequently, a comparison of the Agena-derived genotype data was performed relative to aligned sequencing read data derived by MPS to further ensure sample provenance throughout the extraction, library preparation, sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis stages, as well as to verify familial relationships.

Libraries were subject to target capture using SureSelect Human All Exon V6 (Agilent) followed by paired-end 101- or 151-bp sequencing to 137× mean depth on a HiSeq 2500 or HiSeq 4000 (Illumina), with 96.5% of targeted bases at 20× or greater (Supplemental Table 2). Sequencing data were demultiplexed and analyzed by GenomeNext (Columbus, OH) v1.1, which performs alignment to the reference sequence (GRCh37/hg19 Feb 2009), deduplication, and single sample variant calling with GATK Unified Genotyper 1.6–13 via the Churchill secondary analysis pipeline (Kelly et al. 2015). Mitogen (Sunquest) was used for annotation and tertiary analysis filtering informed by clinician-provided phenotypes, which were converted into HPO terms (Kohler et al. 2017).

As standard of practice in our exome workflow, aligned sequencing reads in the BAM file were reviewed at all assessed variants using the Integrative Genomics Viewer v2.3-2.4.4 (Broad) (Robinson et al. 2011). This allowed for a review of variant authenticity and encompassed an examination of read counts and strandedness, location of the variant within the read, VAF, homology, read quality, and mapping. Manual review of read-aligned proband data was performed relative to review of identity-confirmed parental sequence to allow for side-by-side comparison, with IGV alignment preferences set to allow for display of coverage allele-fraction threshold at 2% and retention of soft-clipped reads. Genomic regions with known homology as defined by Mandelker et al. (2016) have been incorporated into ES analysis through BED file track definitions to visually flag the level of homology of the local region in IGV. Parentage was confirmed in our data set for all de novo calls, with familial relationships established by genotyping per our standard workflow. Hemizygous variants were X-linked variants identified in >95% of reads in male patients. Homozygous calls applied to autosomal variants in >95% of reads. Variants deviating to the extreme of VAF <20 or >80 were considered suspicious for mosaicism, and subsequently underwent orthogonal testing by Sanger sequencing.

Sanger sequencing was performed on proband and available parental samples for all de novo variants and suspected mosaic variants identified as likely causal for the proband phenotype. Analysis by Sanger was used to distinguish from MPS or PCR artifact, and verify reduction in allelic ratio as visualized by disparate peak heights for mosaicism. For Sanger sequencing, PCR amplification of the region of interest was followed by purification using the QIAquick purification kit (QIAGEN). Forward and reverse sequencing reactions were performed with the Big Dye v3.1 terminator mix (ThermoFisher). Sequencing was performed on an Applied Biosystems 3130 or 3730 instrument (ThermoFisher). Mosaic variants were confirmed by observation of a nonreference allele with a disparate peak height during Sanger analysis.

Variant Interpretation

Custom scripting allowed for enrichment of variant attribute data including disease association and phenotype overlap. For each proband, the annotated filtered variant list was evaluated at a case conference attended by laboratory directors, genetic counselors, variant scientists, residents, fellows, and geneticists, including the ordering provider, when available. Variants that met group consensus were assessed according to ACMG/AMP recommendations (Richards et al. 2015). Following assessment, variants are reported as either likely causal for proband phenotype or as findings of undetermined clinical relevance to the proband phenotype based upon strength of phenotype overlap with the associated disease at the discretion of the ABMGG board-certified signing director. Laboratory diagnostic yield was defined as the number of cases with a variant or variants reported as likely causal for the proband phenotype. Concordance between the laboratory and the ordering provider as to reported variant-associated disease causality was examined via clinical documentation in the EMR. Variants were considered clinically confirmed as causal if the ordering provider attributed some or all features in the proband to the variant(s).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Data Deposition and Access

The mosaic variants were submitted to ClinVar (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/) under accession numbers SCV001161761.1, SCV001161762.1, SCV001161763.1, SCV000864353.2, SCV001161764.1, SCV001161765.1, and SCV001161766.1. Additional variants from the 117 diagnostic cases have been deposited to ClinVar under submitter Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM) Clinical Laboratory, Nationwide Children's Hospital. Details are provided in the supplemental material. Deposition of raw sequencing data is not permitted based on patient consent.

Ethics Statement

All patients or their guardians provided written informed consent for genomic sequencing. This research is under a protocol approved by the Institutional Review Board at Nationwide Children's Hospital (IRB18-00662).

Acknowledgments

We thank the patients, families, and clinicians involved in these cases. We acknowledge Maria Alfaro, PhD, Erik Zmuda, PhD, and Julie Gastier-Foster, PhD for their contributions in clinical patient care.

Author Contributions

C.R.M. prepared the manuscript. All authors contributed to design of workflows and data procurement and reviewed and approved the manuscript. C.E.C. supervised the study.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

Referees

Tomi Pastinen

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Supplementary Material

Supplemental Material

Footnotes

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Data Availability Statement

The mosaic variants were submitted to ClinVar (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/) under accession numbers SCV001161761.1, SCV001161762.1, SCV001161763.1, SCV000864353.2, SCV001161764.1, SCV001161765.1, and SCV001161766.1. Additional variants from the 117 diagnostic cases have been deposited to ClinVar under submitter Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM) Clinical Laboratory, Nationwide Children's Hospital. Details are provided in the supplemental material. Deposition of raw sequencing data is not permitted based on patient consent.


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