Unknown

Dataset Information

0

The Genetic Landscape of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.


ABSTRACT: Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare bone marrow failure disorder that affects 7 out of 1,000,000 live births and has been associated with mutations in components of the ribosome. In order to characterize the genetic landscape of this heterogeneous disorder, we recruited a cohort of 472 individuals with a clinical diagnosis of DBA and performed whole-exome sequencing (WES). We identified relevant rare and predicted damaging mutations for 78% of individuals. The majority of mutations were singletons, absent from population databases, predicted to cause loss of function, and located in 1 of 19 previously reported ribosomal protein (RP)-encoding genes. Using exon coverage estimates, we identified and validated 31 deletions in RP genes. We also observed an enrichment for extended splice site mutations and validated their diverse effects using RNA sequencing in cell lines obtained from individuals with DBA. Leveraging the size of our cohort, we observed robust genotype-phenotype associations with congenital abnormalities and treatment outcomes. We further identified rare mutations in seven previously unreported RP genes that may cause DBA, as well as several distinct disorders that appear to phenocopy DBA, including nine individuals with biallelic CECR1 mutations that result in deficiency of ADA2. However, no new genes were identified at exome-wide significance, suggesting that there are no unidentified genes containing mutations readily identified by WES that explain >5% of DBA-affected case subjects. Overall, this report should inform not only clinical practice for DBA-affected individuals, but also the design and analysis of rare variant studies for heterogeneous Mendelian disorders.

SUBMITTER: Ulirsch JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288280 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

The Genetic Landscape of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.

Ulirsch Jacob C JC   Verboon Jeffrey M JM   Kazerounian Shideh S   Guo Michael H MH   Yuan Daniel D   Ludwig Leif S LS   Handsaker Robert E RE   Abdulhay Nour J NJ   Fiorini Claudia C   Genovese Giulio G   Lim Elaine T ET   Cheng Aaron A   Cummings Beryl B BB   Chao Katherine R KR   Beggs Alan H AH   Genetti Casie A CA   Sieff Colin A CA   Newburger Peter E PE   Niewiadomska Edyta E   Matysiak Michal M   Vlachos Adrianna A   Lipton Jeffrey M JM   Atsidaftos Eva E   Glader Bertil B   Narla Anupama A   Gleizes Pierre-Emmanuel PE   O'Donohue Marie-Françoise MF   Montel-Lehry Nathalie N   Amor David J DJ   McCarroll Steven A SA   O'Donnell-Luria Anne H AH   Gupta Namrata N   Gabriel Stacey B SB   MacArthur Daniel G DG   Lander Eric S ES   Lek Monkol M   Da Costa Lydie L   Nathan David G DG   Korostelev Andrei A AA   Do Ron R   Sankaran Vijay G VG   Gazda Hanna T HT  

American journal of human genetics 20181129 6


Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare bone marrow failure disorder that affects 7 out of 1,000,000 live births and has been associated with mutations in components of the ribosome. In order to characterize the genetic landscape of this heterogeneous disorder, we recruited a cohort of 472 individuals with a clinical diagnosis of DBA and performed whole-exome sequencing (WES). We identified relevant rare and predicted damaging mutations for 78% of individuals. The majority of mutations were sing  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

2018-09-14 | GSE119954 | GEO
| PRJNA490765 | ENA
| S-EPMC8791146 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7483438 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3335385 | biostudies-literature
2018-10-24 | PXD002339 | Pride
| S-EPMC3699172 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1785132 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6637096 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4102705 | biostudies-literature