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Biallelic intragenic tandem duplication of CPLANE1 in Joubert syndrome: A case report

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CLINICAL GENETICS
Volume 103, Issue 4, Pages 448-452

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cge.14306

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CPLANE1; developmental delay; intragenic duplication; Joubert syndrome; long-read sequencing

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Joubert syndrome (JS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous genetic disorder. We identified a novel biallelic intragenic duplication of exons 20-46 of CPLANE1 in a case of JS, which is the first report of such duplication as a potential molecular mechanism of JS. The diagnosis was confirmed by brain MRI showing the molar tooth sign, consistent with JS.
Joubert syndrome (JS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous genetic disorder. To date, 40 JS-causing genes have been reported and CPLANE1 is one of the most frequently mutated, with biallelic pathogenic missense and truncating variants explaining up to 14% of JS cases. We present a case of JS diagnosed after the identification of a novel biallelic intragenic duplication of exons 20-46 of CPLANE1. The quadruplication was identified by short-read sequencing and copy number variant analysis and confirmed in tandem by long PCR with the breakpoints defined by a nanopore-based long-read sequencing approach. Based on the genetic findings and the clinical presentation of the patient, a brain MRI was ordered, evidencing the molar tooth sign, which confirmed the diagnosis of JS in the patient. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of an intragenic duplication in this gene as the potential molecular mechanism of JS.

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