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MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2109
Keywords
candidate genes; de novo variants; exome sequencing; nonsyndromic cleft lip with; without cleft palate; polygenic risk; single-molecule molecular inversion probes
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This study investigates the genetic mechanisms of nonsyndromic cleft lip with/without cleft palate (nsCL/P) and identifies new candidate genes through the detection of highly penetrant de novo variants (DNVs). By conducting a series of analyses and validations on a discovery sample of 50 nsCL/P patient/parent-trios, MDN1 and PAXIP1 were identified as top candidate genes.
BackgroundNonsyndromic cleft lip with/without cleft palate (nsCL/P) is a congenital malformation of multifactorial etiology. Research has identified >40 genome-wide significant risk loci, which explain less than 40% of nsCL/P heritability. Studies show that some of the hidden heritability is explained by rare penetrant variants. MethodsTo identify new candidate genes, we searched for highly penetrant de novo variants (DNVs) in 50 nsCL/P patient/parent-trios with a low polygenic risk for the phenotype (discovery).We prioritized DNV-carrying candidate genes from the discovery for resequencing in independent cohorts of 1010 nsCL/P patients of diverse ethnicities and 1574 population-matched controls (replication). Segregation analyses and rare variant association in the replication cohort, in combination with additional data (genome-wide association data, expression, protein-protein-interactions), were used for final prioritization. ConclusionIn the discovery step, 60 DNVs were identified in 60 genes, including a variant in the established nsCL/P risk gene CDH1. Re-sequencing of 32 prioritized genes led to the identification of 373 rare, likely pathogenic variants. Finally, MDN1 and PAXIP1 were prioritized as top candidates. Our findings demonstrate that DNV detection, including polygenic risk score analysis, is a powerful tool for identifying nsCL/P candidate genes, which can also be applied to other multifactorial congenital malformations.
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