OTUD6B-associated intellectual disability: novel variants and genetic exclusion of retinal degeneration as part of a refined phenotype

Biallelic pathogenic variants of OTUD6B have recently been described to cause intellectual disability (ID) with seizures. Here, we report the clinical and molecular characterization of five additional patients (from two unrelated Egyptian families) with ID due to homozygous OTUD6B variants. In Famil...

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Published in:Journal of human genetics 2022-01, Vol.67 (1), p.55-64
Main Authors: Abdel-Salam, Ghada M H, Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed S, Sayed, Inas S M, Zechner, Ulrich, Bolz, Hanno Jörn
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Language:English
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Fetuses
Genotype & phenotype
Intellectual disabilities
Neurodegeneration
Neuroimaging
Patients
Phenotypes
Retina
Retinal degeneration
Retinitis
Retinitis pigmentosa
Seizures
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Summary:Biallelic pathogenic variants of OTUD6B have recently been described to cause intellectual disability (ID) with seizures. Here, we report the clinical and molecular characterization of five additional patients (from two unrelated Egyptian families) with ID due to homozygous OTUD6B variants. In Family I, the two affected brothers had additional retinal degeneration, a symptom not yet reported in OTUD6B-related ID. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) identified a novel nonsense variant in OTUD6B (c.271C>T, p.(Gln91Ter)), but also a nonsense variant in RP1L1 (c.5959C>T, p.(Gln1987Ter)), all in homozygous state. Biallelic pathogenic variants in RP1L1 cause autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa type 88 (RP88). Thus, RP1L1 dysfunction likely accounts for the visual phenotype in this family with two simultaneous autosomal recessive disorders. In Family II, targeted sequencing revealed a novel homozygous missense variant (c.767G>T, p.(Gly256Val)), confirming the clinically suspected OTUD6B-related ID. Consistent with the clinical variability in previously reported OTUD6B patients, our patients showed inter- and intrafamilial differences with regard to the clinical and brain imaging findings. Interestingly, various orodental features were present including macrodontia, dental crowding, abnormally shaped teeth, and thick alveolar ridges. Broad distal phalanges (especially the thumbs and halluces) with prominent interphalangeal joints and fetal pads were recognized in all patients and hence considered pathognomonic. Our study extends the spectrum of the OTUD6B-associated phenotype. Retinal degeneration, albeit present in both patients from Family I, was shown to be unrelated to OTUD6B, demonstrating the need for in-depth analysis of WES data in consanguineous families to uncover simultaneous autosomal recessive disorders.
ISSN:1434-5161
1435-232X
DOI:10.1038/s10038-021-00966-2