Whole-Exome Sequencing and Homozygosity Analysis Implicate Depolarization-Regulated Neuronal Genes in Autism
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Chahrour, Maria H.
Yu, Timothy W.
Lim, Elaine T.
Ataman, Bulent
Coulter, Michael E.
Hill, R. Sean
Stevens, Christine R.
Schubert, Christian R.
Greenberg, Michael E.
Gabriel, Stacey B.
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April 2012
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PLoS Genetics
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Public Library of Science
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Chahrour, Maria H. et al. “Whole-Exome Sequencing and Homozygosity Analysis Implicate Depolarization-Regulated Neuronal Genes in Autism.” Ed. Daniel H. Geschwind. PLoS Genetics 8.4 (2012): e1002635.
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Although autism has a clear genetic component, the high genetic heterogeneity of the disorder has been a challenge for the identification of causative genes. We used homozygosity analysis to identify probands from nonconsanguineous families that showed evidence of distant shared ancestry, suggesting potentially recessive mutations. Whole-exome sequencing of 16 probands revealed validated homozygous, potentially pathogenic recessive mutations that segregated perfectly with disease in 4/16 families. The candidate genes (UBE3B, CLTCL1, NCKAP5L, ZNF18) encode proteins involved in proteolysis, GTPase-mediated signaling, cytoskeletal organization, and other pathways. Furthermore, neuronal depolarization regulated the transcription of these genes, suggesting potential activity-dependent roles in neurons. We present a multidimensional strategy for filtering whole-exome sequence data to find candidate recessive mutations in autism, which may have broader applicability to other complex, heterogeneous disorders.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002635
