Casanova Emily L, Gerstner Zachary, Sharp Julia L, Casanova Manuel F, Feltus Frank Alex
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine at Greenville, Greenville, SC, United States.
Department of Pediatrics, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 29;9:535. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00535. eCollection 2018.
Linking genotype to phenotype is a major aim of genetics research, yet the underlying biochemical mechanisms of many complex conditions continue to remain elusive. Recent research provides evidence that relevant gene-phenotype associations are discoverable in the study of intellectual disability (ID). Here we expand on that work, identifying distinctive gene interaction modules with unique enrichment patterns reflective of associated clinical features in ID. Two hundred twelve forms of monogenic ID were curated according to comorbidities with autism and epilepsy. These groups were further subdivided according to secondary clinical manifestations of complex vs. simple facial dysmorphia and neurodegenerative-like features due to their clinical prominence, modest symptom overlap, and probable etiological divergence. An aggregate gene interaction ID network for these phenotype subgroups was discovered via a public database of known gene interactions: protein-protein, genetic, and mRNA coexpression. Additional annotation resources (Gene Ontology, Human Phenotype Ontology, TRANSFAC/JASPAR, and KEGG/WikiPathways) were utilized to assess functional and phenotypic enrichment patterns within subgroups. Phenotypic analysis revealed high rates of complex facial dysmorphia in ID with comorbid autism. In contrast, neurodegenerative-like features were overrepresented in ID with epilepsy. Network analysis subsequently showed that gene groups divided according to clinical features of interest resulted in distinctive interaction clusters, with unique functional enrichments according to gene set. These data suggest that specific comorbid and secondary clinical features in ID are predictive of underlying genotype. In summary, ID form unique clusters, which are comprised of individual conditions with remarkable genotypic and phenotypic overlap.
将基因型与表型联系起来是遗传学研究的主要目标,但许多复杂疾病的潜在生化机制仍然难以捉摸。最近的研究表明,在智力障碍(ID)研究中可以发现相关的基因-表型关联。在此,我们拓展了这项工作,识别出具有独特富集模式的独特基因相互作用模块,这些模式反映了ID中的相关临床特征。根据与自闭症和癫痫的共病情况,整理出212种单基因ID形式。由于其临床显著性、适度的症状重叠以及可能的病因差异,这些组进一步根据复杂与简单面部畸形和神经退行性样特征的继发性临床表现进行细分。通过一个已知基因相互作用的公共数据库(蛋白质-蛋白质、遗传和mRNA共表达)发现了这些表型亚组的聚合基因相互作用ID网络。利用其他注释资源(基因本体论、人类表型本体论、TRANSFAC/JASPAR和KEGG/ WikiPathways)评估亚组内的功能和表型富集模式。表型分析显示,合并自闭症的ID中复杂面部畸形的发生率很高。相比之下,合并癫痫的ID中神经退行性样特征的比例过高。网络分析随后表明,根据感兴趣的临床特征划分的基因组导致了独特的相互作用簇,根据基因集具有独特的功能富集。这些数据表明,ID中的特定共病和继发性临床特征可预测潜在的基因型。总之,ID形成独特的簇,这些簇由具有显著基因型和表型重叠的个体疾病组成。
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