Journal
MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.521
Keywords
Bardet-Biedl syndrome; BBS; BBS1; ciliopathy; human genome; mutation; repetitive element; SVA; transposable element
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- Mira Godard Research Fund
- Canadian foundation Fighting Blindness
- Career Development Award (Foundation Fighting Blindness, USA)
- SickKids Ophthalmology Research Fund
- Accelerator Grant in Genomic Medicine, McLaughlin Centre, University of Toronto
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Background: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive pleiotropic disorder of the primary cilia that leads to severe visual loss in the teenage years. Approximately 80% of BBS cases are explained by mutations in one of the 21 identified genes. Documented causative mutation types include missense, nonsense, copy number variation (CNV), frameshift deletions or insertions, and splicing variants. Methods: Whole genome sequencing was performed on a patient affected with BBS for whom no mutations were identified using clinically approved genetic testing of the known genes. Analysis of the WGS was done using internal protocols and publicly available algorithms. The phenotype was defined by retrospective chart review. Results: We document a female affected with BBS carrying the most common BBS1 mutation (BBS1: Met390Arg) on the maternal allele and an insertion of a similar to 1.7-kb retrotransposon in exon 13 on the paternal allele. This retrotransposon insertion was not automatically annotated by the standard variant calling protocols used. This novel variant was identified by visual inspection of the alignment file followed by specific genome analysis with an available algorithm for transposable elements. Conclusion: This report documents a novel mutation type associated with BBS and highlights the importance of systematically performing transposon detection analysis on WGS data of unsolved cases.
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