Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Hum Mutat. 2022 Apr;43(4):461-470. doi: 10.1002/humu.24332. Epub 2022 Jan 30.
PAX5 is a transcription factor associated with abnormal posterior midbrain and cerebellum development in mice. PAX5 is highly loss-of-function intolerant and missense constrained, and has been identified as a candidate gene for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We describe 16 individuals from 12 families who carry deletions involving PAX5 and surrounding genes, de novo frameshift variants that are likely to trigger nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, a rare stop-gain variant, or missense variants that affect conserved amino acid residues. Four of these individuals were published previously but without detailed clinical descriptions. All these individuals have been diagnosed with one or more neurodevelopmental phenotypes including delayed developmental milestones (DD), intellectual disability (ID), and/or ASD. Seizures were documented in four individuals. No recurrent patterns of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, structural birth defects, or dysmorphic features were observed. Our findings suggest that PAX5 haploinsufficiency causes a neurodevelopmental disorder whose cardinal features include DD, variable ID, and/or ASD.
PAX5 是一种转录因子,与小鼠后脑和小脑发育异常有关。PAX5 高度不耐受功能丧失,且受错义约束,已被确定为自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的候选基因。我们描述了 12 个家庭的 16 名个体,他们携带涉及 PAX5 和周围基因的缺失、可能引发无意义介导的 mRNA 降解的新生移码变异、罕见的终止增益变异或影响保守氨基酸残基的错义变异。其中 4 名个体以前曾发表过,但没有详细的临床描述。所有这些个体都被诊断为一种或多种神经发育表型,包括发育迟缓 (DD)、智力障碍 (ID) 和/或 ASD。有 4 名个体记录到癫痫发作。没有观察到大脑磁共振成像 (MRI) 结果、结构出生缺陷或畸形特征的复发性模式。我们的研究结果表明,PAX5 单倍不足导致一种神经发育障碍,其主要特征包括 DD、可变 ID 和/或 ASD。