Title | Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with KIF21A: Two new cases and review of the literature. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2024 |
Authors | Bhola, PT, Mishra, R, Posey, JE, Hamilton, LE, Graham, GE, Punetha, J, Lupski, JR, Boycott, KM, D'Amours, D, Kernohan, KD |
Corporate Authors | Care4Rare Canada Consortium |
Journal | Am J Med Genet A |
Volume | 194 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | e63455 |
Date Published | 2024 Mar |
ISSN | 1552-4833 |
Keywords | Humans, Kinesins, Mutation, Nervous System Diseases, Phenotype |
Abstract | Our understanding of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity associated with the clinical spectrum of rare diseases continues to expand. Thorough phenotypic descriptions and model organism functional studies are valuable tools in dissecting the biology of the disease process. Kinesin genes are well known to be associated with specific disease phenotypes and a subset of kinesin genes, including KIF21A, have been associated with more than one disease. Here we report two patients with KIF21A variants identified by exome sequencing; one with biallelic variants, supporting a novel KIF21A related syndrome with recessive inheritance and the second report of this condition, and another with a heterozygous de novo variant allele representing a phenotypic expansion of the condition described to date. We provide detailed phenotypic information on both families, including a novel neuropathology finding of neuroaxonal dystrophy associated with biallelic variants in KIF21A. Additionally, we studied the dominant variant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to assess variant pathogenicity and found that this variant appears to impair protein function. KIF21A associated disease has mounting evidence for phenotypic heterogeneity; further patients and study of an allelic series are required to define the phenotypic spectrum and further explore the molecular etiology for each of these conditions. |
DOI | 10.1002/ajmg.a.63455 |
Alternate Journal | Am J Med Genet A |
PubMed ID | 37921537 |
Grant List | UM1 HG006542 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States FDN-167265 / / CIHR / Canada / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States UM1 HG006542 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States FDN-167265 / / CIHR / Canada / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States |
Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with KIF21A: Two new cases and review of the literature.
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