{"title":"A novel variant in NBAS identified from an infant with fever-triggered recurrent acute liver failure disrupts the function of the gene.","authors":"Juhua Ji, Mingming Yang, JunJun Jia, Qi Wu, Ruochen Cong, Hengxiang Cui, Baofeng Zhu, Xin Chu","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00241-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00241-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mutations in the neuroblastoma amplified sequence (NBAS) gene correlate with infantile acute liver failure (ALF). Herein, we identified a novel NBAS mutation in a female infant diagnosed with recurrent ALF. Whole-exome and Sanger sequencing revealed that the proband carried a compound heterozygous mutation (c.938_939delGC and c.1342 T > C in NBAS). NBAS c.938_939delGC was presumed to encode a truncated protein without normal function, whereas NBAS c.1342 T > C encoded NBAS harboring the conserved Cys448 residue mutated to Arg448 (p.C448R). The proportion of CD4 + T cells decreased in the patient's peripheral CD45 + cells, whereas that of CD8 + T cells increased. Moreover, upon transfecting the same amount of DNA expression vector (ectopic expression) encoding wild-type NBAS and p.C448R NBAS, the group transfected with the p.C448R NBAS-expressing vector expressed less NBAS mRNA and protein. Furthermore, ectopic expression of the same amount of p.C448R NBAS protein as the wild-type resulted in more intracellular reactive oxygen species and the induction of apoptosis and expression of marker proteins correlating with endoplasmic reticulum stress in more cultured cells. This study indicated that p.C448R NBAS has a function different from that of wild-type NBAS and that the p.C448R NBAS mutation potentially affects T-cell function and correlates with ALF.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10102179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9314776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public attitudes toward cloud computing and willingness to share personal health records (PHRs) and genome data for health care research in Japan.","authors":"Mayumi Kusunose, Kaori Muto","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00240-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00240-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Japan's government aims to promote the linkage of medical records, including medical genomic testing data and personal health records (PHRs), via cloud computing (the cloud). However, linking national medical records and using them for health care research can be controversial. Additionally, many ethical issues with using cloud networks with health care and genome data have been noted. However, no research has yet explored the Japanese public's opinions about their PHRs, including genome data, being shared for health care research or the use of the cloud for storing and analyzing such data. Therefore, we conducted a survey in March 2021 to clarify the public's attitudes toward sharing their PHRs, including genome data and using the cloud for health care research. We analyzed data to experimentally create digital health basic literacy scores (BLSs). Our results showed that the Japanese public had concerns about data sharing that overlapped with structural cloud computing issues. The effect of incentives on changes in participants' willingness to share data (WTSD) was limited. Instead, there could be a correlation between WTSD and BLSs. Finally, we argue that it is vital to consider not only researchers but also research participants as value cocreators in health care research conducted through the cloud to overcome both parties' vulnerability.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10060394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9229472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic Creutzfeldt‒Jakob disease with 5-octapeptide repeats presented as frontotemporal dementia.","authors":"Shinsuke Hamada, Ikuko Takahashi-Iwata, Katsuya Satoh, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Fumio Moriwaka, Ichiro Yabe","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00237-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00237-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The N-terminus of the PRNP gene normally contains a 5-octapeptide repeat (R1-R2-R2-R3-R4), and insertions at this locus can cause hereditary prion diseases. In the present study, we found a 5-octapeptide repeat insertion (5-OPRI) in a sibling case of frontotemporal dementia. Consistent with previous literature, 5-OPRI rarely met the diagnostic criteria for Creutzfeldt‒Jakob disease (CJD). We propose 5-OPRI as a suspected causative mutation for early-onset dementia, especially the frontotemporal type.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10050173/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9204983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A pediatric case of congenital stromal corneal dystrophy caused by the novel variant c.953del of the DCN gene.","authors":"Hazuki Morikawa, Sachiko Nishina, Kaoruko Torii, Katsuhiro Hosono, Tadashi Yokoi, Chika Shigeyasu, Masakazu Yamada, Motomichi Kosuga, Maki Fukami, Hirotomo Saitsu, Noriyuki Azuma, Yuichi Hori, Yoshihiro Hotta","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00239-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00239-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a 1-year-old girl with congenital stromal corneal dystrophy confirmed by genetic analysis. The ocular phenotype included diffuse opacity over the corneal stroma bilaterally. We performed a genetic analysis to provide counseling to the parents regarding the recurrence rate. Whole exome sequencing was performed on her and her parents, and a novel de novo variant, NM_001920.5: c.953del, p.(Asn318Thrfs*10), in the DCN gene was identified in the patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9243897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variant spectrum of PIEZO1 and KCNN4 in Japanese patients with dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis.","authors":"Erina Nakahara, Keiko Shimojima Yamamoto, Hiromi Ogura, Takako Aoki, Taiju Utsugisawa, Kenko Azuma, Hiroyuki Akagawa, Kenichiro Watanabe, Michiko Muraoka, Fumihiko Nakamura, Michi Kamei, Koji Tatebayashi, Jun Shinozuka, Takahisa Yamane, Makoto Hibino, Yoshiya Katsura, Sonoko Nakano-Akamatsu, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Yoshiro Maru, Etsuro Ito, Shouichi Ohga, Hiroshi Yagasaki, Ichiro Morioka, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Hitoshi Kanno","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00235-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00235-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hereditary stomatocytosis (HSt) is a type of congenital hemolytic anemia caused by abnormally increased cation permeability of erythrocyte membranes. Dehydrated HSt (DHSt) is the most common subtype of HSt and is diagnosed based on clinical and laboratory findings related to erythrocytes. PIEZO1 and KCNN4 have been recognized as causative genes, and many related variants have been reported. We analyzed the genomic background of 23 patients from 20 Japanese families suspected of having DHSt using a target capture sequence and identified pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants of PIEZO1 or KCNN4 in 12 families.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9981561/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10817616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aljouhra AlHargan, Mohammed A AlMuhaizea, Rawan Almass, Ali H Alwadei, Maha Daghestani, Stefan T Arold, Namik Kaya
{"title":"SHQ1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder: Report of the first homozygous variant in unrelated patients and review of the literature.","authors":"Aljouhra AlHargan, Mohammed A AlMuhaizea, Rawan Almass, Ali H Alwadei, Maha Daghestani, Stefan T Arold, Namik Kaya","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00234-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00234-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Compound heterozygous mutations in SHQ1 have been associated with a rare and severe neurological disorder characterized by global developmental delay (GDD), cerebellar degeneration coupled with seizures, and early-onset dystonia. Currently, only five affected individuals have been documented in the literature. Here, we report three children from two unrelated families harboring a homozygous variant in the gene but with a milder phenotype than previously described. The patients had GDD and seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging analyses revealed diffuse white matter hypomyelination. Sanger sequencing confirmed the whole-exome sequencing results and revealed full segregation of the missense variant (SHQ1:c.833 T > C; p.I278T) in both families. We performed a comprehensive in silico analysis using different prediction classifiers and structural modeling of the variant. Our findings demonstrate that this novel homozygous variant in SHQ1 is likely to be pathogenic and leads to the clinical features observed in our patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944922/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and implementation of a hybrid cloud system for large-scale human genomic research.","authors":"Masao Nagasaki, Yayoi Sekiya, Akihiro Asakura, Ryo Teraoka, Ryoko Otokozawa, Hiroki Hashimoto, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Keiichiro Fukazawa, Yuichi Inadomi, Ken T Murata, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Izumi Yamaguchi, Takamichi Mizuhara, Katsushi Tokunaga, Yuji Sekiya, Toshihiro Hanawa, Ryo Yamada, Fumihiko Matsuda","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00231-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00231-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the field of genomic medical research, the amount of large-scale information continues to increase due to advances in measurement technologies, such as high-performance sequencing and spatial omics, as well as the progress made in genomic cohort studies involving more than one million individuals. Therefore, researchers require more computational resources to analyze this information. Here, we introduce a hybrid cloud system consisting of an on-premise supercomputer, science cloud, and public cloud at the Kyoto University Center for Genomic Medicine in Japan as a solution. This system can flexibly handle various heterogeneous computational resource-demanding bioinformatics tools while scaling the computational capacity. In the hybrid cloud system, we demonstrate the way to properly perform joint genotyping of whole-genome sequencing data for a large population of 11,238, which can be a bottleneck in sequencing data analysis. This system can be one of the reference implementations when dealing with large amounts of genomic medical data in research centers and organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908893/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10687882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GRIA3 p.Met661Thr variant in a female with developmental epileptic encephalopathy.","authors":"Satomi Okano, Yoshio Makita, Akie Miyamoto, Genya Taketazu, Kayano Kimura, Ikue Fukuda, Hajime Tanaka, Kumiko Yanagi, Tadashi Kaname","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00232-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00232-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The X-linked human glutamate receptor subunit 3 (GRIA3) gene (MIM *305915, Xq25) encodes ionotropic α amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)-type glutamate receptor subunit 3, which mediates postsynaptic neurotransmission. Variants in this gene can cause a variety of neurological disorders, primarily reported in male patients. Here, we report a female patient with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy who carries the novel de novo GRIA3 variant NM_007325.5: c.1982T > C: p.Met661Thr.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9892509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10636931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pathogenic variants of Alport syndrome and monogenic diabetes identified by exome sequencing in a family.","authors":"Hirofumi Watanabe, Shin Goto, Michihiro Hosojima, Hideyuki Kabasawa, Naofumi Imai, Yumi Ito, Ichiei Narita","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00233-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00233-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a family of two female Alport syndrome patients with a family history of impaired glucose tolerance. Whole exome sequencing identified a novel heterozygous variant of COL4A5 NM_033380.3: c.2636 C > A (p.S879*) and a rare variant of GCK NM_001354800.1: c.1135 G > A (p.A379T) as the causes of Alport syndrome and monogenic diabetes, respectively. Two independent pathogenic variants affected the clinical phenotypes. Clinical next-generation sequencing is helpful for identifying the causes of patients' manifestations.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9894847/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10647780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel WNT10A variant in a Japanese case of nonsyndromic oligodontia.","authors":"Junya Adachi, Yoshihiko Aoki, Hiroto Izumi, Takeshi Nishiyama, Atsuo Nakayama, Masatoshi Sana, Kyoko Morimoto, Atsuo Kaetsu, Takamasa Shirozu, Eriko Osumi, Michiko Matsuoka, Eri Hayakawa, Nasel Maeda, Junichiro Machida, Toru Nagao, Yoshihito Tokita","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00230-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00230-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Congenital tooth agenesis is one of the most common anomalies in humans. Many genetic factors are involved in tooth development, including MSX1, PAX9, WNT10A, and LRP6. Thus, mutations in these genes can cause congenital tooth agenesis in humans. In this study, we identified a novel nonsense WNT10A variant, NM_025216.3(WNT10A_v001):c.1090A > T, which produces a C-terminal truncated gene product, p.(Lys364*), in a sporadic form of congenital tooth agenesis. The variant was not found in the healthy parents and thus was considered to cause congenital tooth agenesis in the case.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879990/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10627184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}