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1. Shared and divergent mental health characteristics of ADNP-, CHD8- and DYRK1A-related neurodevelopmental conditions

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Emily Neuhaus, Hannah Rea, Elizabeth Jones, Hannah Benavidez, Conor Miles, Alana Whiting, Margaret Johansson, Curtis Eayrs, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Rachel Earl, Raphael A. Bernier, and Evan E. Eichler

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Neurodevelopmental conditions, Autism, ASD, Phenotyping, genetics, ADNP, CHD8, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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Abstract Background Neurodevelopmental conditions such as intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can stem from a broad array of inherited and de novo genetic differences, with marked physiological and behavioral impacts. We currently know little about the psychiatric phenotypes of rare genetic variants associated with ASD, despite heightened risk of psychiatric concerns in ASD more broadly. Understanding behavioral features of these variants can identify shared versus specific phenotypes across gene groups, facilitate mechanistic models, and provide prognostic insights to inform clinical practice. In this paper, we evaluate behavioral features within three gene groups associated with ID and ASD – ADNP, CHD8, and DYRK1A – with two aims: (1) characterize phenotypes across behavioral domains of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and challenging behavior; and (2) understand whether age and early developmental milestones are associated with later mental health outcomes. Methods Phenotypic data were obtained for youth with disruptive variants in ADNP, CHD8, or DYRK1A (N = 65, mean age = 8.7 years, 40% female) within a long-running, genetics-first study. Standardized caregiver-report measures of mental health features (anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, oppositional behavior) and developmental history were extracted and analyzed for effects of gene group, age, and early developmental milestones on mental health features. Results Patterns of mental health features varied by group, with anxiety most prominent for CHD8, oppositional features overrepresented among ADNP, and attentional and depressive features most prominent for DYRK1A. For the full sample, age was positively associated with anxiety features, such that elevations in anxiety relative to same-age and same-sex peers may worsen with increasing age. Predictive utility of early developmental milestones was limited, with evidence of early language delays predicting greater difficulties across behavioral domains only for the CHD8 group. Conclusions Despite shared associations with autism and intellectual disability, disruptive variants in ADNP, CHD8, and DYRK1A may yield variable psychiatric phenotypes among children and adolescents. With replication in larger samples over time, efforts such as these may contribute to improved clinical care for affected children and adolescents, allow for earlier identification of emerging mental health difficulties, and promote early intervention to alleviate concerns and improve quality of life.

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2024
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2. GIGYF1 disruption associates with autism and impaired IGF-1R signaling

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Guodong Chen, Bin Yu, Senwei Tan, Jieqiong Tan, Xiangbin Jia, Qiumeng Zhang, Xiaolei Zhang, Qian Jiang, Yue Hua, Yaoling Han, Shengjie Luo, Kendra Hoekzema, Raphael A. Bernier, Rachel K. Earl, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Michaela J. Idleburg, Suneeta Madan-Khetarpal, Rebecca Clark, Jessica Sebastian, Alberto Fernandez-Jaen, Sara Alvarez, Staci D. King, Luiza L.P. Ramos, Mara Lucia S.F. Santos, Donna M. Martin, Dan Brooks, Joseph D. Symonds, Ioana Cutcutache, Qian Pan, Zhengmao Hu, Ling Yuan, Evan E. Eichler, Kun Xia, and Hui Guo

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Genetics, Neuroscience, Medicine
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a group of neurodevelopmental phenotypes with a strong genetic component. An excess of likely gene-disruptive (LGD) mutations in GIGYF1 was implicated in ASD. Here, we report that GIGYF1 is the second-most mutated gene among known ASD high–confidence risk genes. We investigated the inheritance of 46 GIGYF1 LGD variants, including the highly recurrent mutation c.333del:p.L111Rfs*234. Inherited GIGYF1 heterozygous LGD variants were 1.8 times more common than de novo mutations. Among individuals with ASD, cognitive impairments were less likely in those with GIGYF1 LGD variants relative to those with other high-confidence gene mutations. Using a Gigyf1 conditional KO mouse model, we showed that haploinsufficiency in the developing brain led to social impairments without significant cognitive impairments. In contrast, homozygous mice showed more severe social disability as well as cognitive impairments. Gigyf1 deficiency in mice led to a reduction in the number of upper-layer cortical neurons, accompanied by a decrease in proliferation and increase in differentiation of neural progenitor cells. We showed that GIGYF1 regulated the recycling of IGF-1R to the cell surface. KO of GIGYF1 led to a decreased level of IGF-1R on the cell surface, disrupting the IGF-1R/ERK signaling pathway. In summary, our findings show that GIGYF1 is a regulator of IGF-1R recycling. Haploinsufficiency of GIGYF1 was associated with autistic behavior, likely through interference with IGF-1R/ERK signaling pathway.

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2022
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3. Characterizing Sensory Phenotypes of Subgroups with a Known Genetic Etiology Pertaining to Diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

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Caitlin M. Hudac, Nicole R. Friedman, Victoria R. Ward, Rachel E. Estreicher, Grace C. Dorsey, Raphael A. Bernier, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Rachel K. Earl, Evan E. Eichler, and Emily Neuhaus

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We aimed to identify unique constellations of sensory phenotypes for genetic etiologies associated with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID). Caregivers reported on sensory behaviors via the Sensory Profile for 290 participants (younger than 25 years of age) with ASD and/or ID diagnoses, of which [approximately] 70% have a known pathogenic genetic etiology. Caregivers endorsed poor registration (i.e., high sensory threshold, passive behaviors) for all genetic subgroups relative to an "idiopathic" comparison group with an ASD diagnosis and without a known genetic etiology. Genetic profiles indicated prominent sensory seeking in "ADNP," "CHD8," and "DYRK1A," prominent sensory sensitivities in "SCN2A," and fewer sensation avoidance behaviors in "GRIN2B" (relative to the idiopathic ASD comparison group).

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2024
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4. Discovering a new part of the phenotypic spectrum of Coffin-Siris syndrome in a fetal cohort

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Pleuntje J. van der Sluijs, Marieke Joosten, Caroline Alby, Tania Attié-Bitach, Kelly Gilmore, Christele Dubourg, Mélanie Fradin, Tianyun Wang, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Kaitlyn P. Ahlers, Peer Arts, Christopher P. Barnett, Myla Ashfaq, Anwar Baban, Myrthe van den Born, Sarah Borrie, Tiffany Busa, Alicia Byrne, Miriam Carriero, Claudia Cesario, Karen Chong, Anna Maria Cueto-González, Jennifer C. Dempsey, Karin E.M. Diderich, Dan Doherty, Stense Farholt, Erica H. Gerkes, Svetlana Gorokhova, Lutgarde C.P. Govaerts, Pernille A. Gregersen, Scott E. Hickey, Mathilde Lefebvre, Francesca Mari, Jelena Martinovic, Hope Northrup, Melanie O’Leary, Kareesma Parbhoo, Sophie Patrier, Bernt Popp, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Corinna Stoltenburg, Christel Thauvin-Robinet, Elisabeth Thompson, Anneke T. Vulto-van Silfhout, Farah R. Zahir, Hamish S. Scott, Rachel K. Earl, Evan E. Eichler, Neeta L. Vora, Yael Wilnai, Jessica L. Giordano, Ronald J. Wapner, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Monique C. Haak, Gijs W.E. Santen, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Universiteit Leiden, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill] (UNC), University of North Carolina System (UNC), Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Marseille medical genetics - Centre de génétique médicale de Marseille (MMG), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer [Dijon - U1231] (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Agro Dijon, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), Columbia University [New York], Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Baylor University, This work was supported, in part, by grants from the National Institutes of Health (Grant No. R01 MH101221 [to E.E.E.]). E.E.E. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Sequencing and analysis for individual 30 was provided by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Center for Mendelian Genomics and was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Eye Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Grant Nos. UM1 HG008900 and R01 HG009141).Sequencing and analysis of cases 5 and 18 was funded by the National Institute of Child Human Development (Grant Nos. K23 HD088742 and R01 HD105868 [to N.L.V.])., Emergency Medicine, Clinical Genetics, van der Sluijs, Pleuntje J, Joosten, Marieke, Alby, Caroline, Attié-Bitach, Tania, Arts, Peer, Byrne, Alicia, Scott, Hamish S, and Santen, Gijs WE

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prenatal, genetic association, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Micrognathism, SMARCB1, genetic vulnerability, Article, Fetal, SMARCA4, Intellectual Disability, Humans, Coffin-Siris syndrome, Abnormalities, Multiple, Genetic Association Studies, Genetics (clinical), Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7], BAF-complex, SMARCB, ARID1A, ARID1B BAFopathy, Phenotype, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Face, abnormalities, Hand Deformities, Congenital, Neck
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Purpose: Genome-wide sequencing is increasingly being performed during pregnancy to identify the genetic cause of congenital anomalies. The interpretation of prenatally identified variants can be challenging and is hampered by our often limited knowledge of prenatal phenotypes. To better delineate the prenatal phenotype of Coffin-Siris syndrome (CSS), we collected clinical data from patients with a prenatal phenotype and a pathogenic variant in one of the CSS-associated genes. Methods: Clinical data was collected through an extensive web-based survey. Results: We included 44 patients with a variant in a CSS-associated gene and a prenatal phenotype; 9 of these patients have been reported before. Prenatal anomalies that were frequently observed in our cohort include hydrocephalus, agenesis of the corpus callosum, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, persistent left vena cava, diaphragmatic hernia, renal agenesis, and intrauterine growth restriction. Anal anomalies were frequently identified after birth in patients with ARID1A variants (6/14, 43%). Interestingly, pathogenic ARID1A variants were much more frequently identified in the current prenatal cohort (16/44, 36%) than in postnatal CSS cohorts (5%-9%). Conclusion: Our data shed new light on the prenatal phenotype of patients with pathogenic variants in CSS genes. (C) 2022 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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2022

7. De novo variants in genes regulating stress granule assembly associate with neurodevelopmental disorders

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Xiangbin Jia, Shujie Zhang, Senwei Tan, Bing Du, Mei He, Haisong Qin, Jia Chen, Xinyu Duan, Jingsi Luo, Fei Chen, Luping Ouyang, Jian Wang, Guodong Chen, Bin Yu, Ge Zhang, Zimin Zhang, Yongqing Lyu, Yi Huang, Jian Jiao, Jin Yun (Helen) Chen, Kathryn J. Swoboda, Emanuele Agolini, Antonio Novelli, Chiara Leoni, Giuseppe Zampino, Gerarda Cappuccio, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Benedicte Gerard, Emmanuelle Ginglinger, Julie Richer, Hugh McMillan, Alexandre White-Brown, Kendra Hoekzema, Raphael A. Bernier, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Rachel K. Earl, Claartje Meddens, Marielle Alders, Meredith Fuchs, Roseline Caumes, Perrine Brunelle, Thomas Smol, Ryan Kuehl, Debra-Lynn Day-Salvatore, Kristin G. Monaghan, Michelle M. Morrow, Evan E. Eichler, Zhengmao Hu, Ling Yuan, Jieqiong Tan, Kun Xia, Yiping Shen, Hui Guo, Human Genetics, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, Jia, Xiangbin, Zhang, Shujie, Tan, Senwei, Du, Bing, He, Mei, Qin, Haisong, Chen, Jia, Duan, Xinyu, Luo, Jingsi, Chen, Fei, Ouyang, Luping, Wang, Jian, Chen, Guodong, Yu, Bin, Zhang, Ge, Zhang, Zimin, Lyu, Yongqing, Huang, Yi, Jiao, Jian, Chen, Jin Yun Helen, Swoboda, Kathryn J, Agolini, Emanuele, Novelli, Antonio, Leoni, Chiara, Zampino, Giuseppe, Cappuccio, Gerarda, Brunetti-Pierri, Nicola, Gerard, Benedicte, Ginglinger, Emmanuelle, Richer, Julie, Mcmillan, Hugh, White-Brown, Alexandre, Hoekzema, Kendra, Bernier, Raphael A, Kurtz-Nelson, Evangeline C, Earl, Rachel K, Meddens, Claartje, Alders, Marielle, Fuchs, Meredith, Caumes, Roseline, Brunelle, Perrine, Smol, Thoma, Kuehl, Ryan, Day-Salvatore, Debra-Lynn, Monaghan, Kristin G, Morrow, Michelle M, Eichler, Evan E, Hu, Zhengmao, Yuan, Ling, Tan, Jieqiong, Xia, Kun, Shen, Yiping, and Guo, Hui

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Multidisciplinary, Animal, DNA Helicases, RNA Helicase, DNA Helicase, Stress Granule, Stress Granules, Mice, RNA Recognition Motif Proteins, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA Recognition Motif Protein, Animals, Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins, RNA Helicases, Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Protein
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Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic assemblies in response to a variety of stressors. We report a new neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) with common features of language problems, intellectual disability, and behavioral issues caused by de novo likely gene-disruptive variants in UBAP2L , which encodes an essential regulator of SG assembly. Ubap2l haploinsufficiency in mouse led to social and cognitive impairments accompanied by disrupted neurogenesis and reduced SG formation during early brain development. On the basis of data from 40,853 individuals with NDDs, we report a nominally significant excess of de novo variants within 29 genes that are not implicated in NDDs, including 3 essential genes ( G3BP1 , G3BP2 , and UBAP2L ) in the core SG interaction network. We validated that NDD-related de novo variants in newly implicated and known NDD genes, such as CAPRIN1 , disrupt the interaction of the core SG network and interfere with SG formation. Together, our findings suggest the common SG pathology in NDDs.

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2022

9. Family Empowerment: Predicting Service Utilization for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Patricia K, Zemantic, Evangeline C, Kurtz-Nelson, Hannah, Barton, Jonathan, Safer-Lichtenstein, and Laura Lee, McIntyre

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Complementary Therapies, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Humans, Family, Child
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Families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often utilize a variety of services. Relatively few studies have examined the relationship between family empowerment and service utilization for this population. The present study investigated the relationship between family empowerment and service utilization in families of children with ASD from the Pacific Northwest. Family empowerment did not predict the use of behavioral services or established related services. However, higher family empowerment was reported for families who reported use of complementary and alternative medicine. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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2021

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