Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome

Background. METTL5 gene is one of the members of methyltransferase superfamily and biallelic variants cause intellectual disability syndrome (ID) with microcephaly. This article reports three new cases with METTL5 related ID syndrome in a consanguineous family. Case. Afghanistan descen...

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Main Authors: Deniz Torun, Mutluay Arslan, Büşranur Çavdarlı, Hatice Akar, David Stephen Cram
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2022-10-01
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author Deniz Torun
Mutluay Arslan
Büşranur Çavdarlı
Hatice Akar
David Stephen Cram
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Mutluay Arslan
Büşranur Çavdarlı
Hatice Akar
David Stephen Cram
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description Background. METTL5 gene is one of the members of methyltransferase superfamily and biallelic variants cause intellectual disability syndrome (ID) with microcephaly. This article reports three new cases with METTL5 related ID syndrome in a consanguineous family. Case. Afghanistan descent family was affected by a novel homozygous c.362A > G (p.Asp121Gly) METTL5 gene variant. This variant is predicted to be `pathogenic` by multiple in-silico tools. Patients had dysmorphic and neurodevelopmental features including intellectual disability, microcephaly, poor/absent speech, delayed walking, aggressive behavior, large/posteriorly rotated ears, broad nasal base and short stature, which seem to be the cardinal findings of the designated syndrome. Conclusions. While the data reported in these individuals indicate characteristic clinical features of METTL5 related ID syndrome, further investigations and study of additional cases are needed to improve the understanding of disease pathogenesis, and management.
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spelling doaj-art-dfc9242c02f64b23b1da51b36e202cd82025-08-20T02:01:51ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212022-10-0164510.24953/turkjped.2020.3992Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndromeDeniz Torun0Mutluay Arslan1Büşranur Çavdarlı2Hatice Akar3David Stephen Cram4Departments of Medical Genetics, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye.Departments of Pediatric Neurology, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye.Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye.Departments of Medical Genetics, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye.Berry Genomics Corporation, Beijing, China. Background. METTL5 gene is one of the members of methyltransferase superfamily and biallelic variants cause intellectual disability syndrome (ID) with microcephaly. This article reports three new cases with METTL5 related ID syndrome in a consanguineous family. Case. Afghanistan descent family was affected by a novel homozygous c.362A > G (p.Asp121Gly) METTL5 gene variant. This variant is predicted to be `pathogenic` by multiple in-silico tools. Patients had dysmorphic and neurodevelopmental features including intellectual disability, microcephaly, poor/absent speech, delayed walking, aggressive behavior, large/posteriorly rotated ears, broad nasal base and short stature, which seem to be the cardinal findings of the designated syndrome. Conclusions. While the data reported in these individuals indicate characteristic clinical features of METTL5 related ID syndrome, further investigations and study of additional cases are needed to improve the understanding of disease pathogenesis, and management. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/233METTL5WESintellectual disabilitywhole exome sequencing
spellingShingle Deniz Torun
Mutluay Arslan
Büşranur Çavdarlı
Hatice Akar
David Stephen Cram
Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
METTL5
WES
intellectual disability
whole exome sequencing
title Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
title_full Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
title_fullStr Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
title_short Three Afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of METTL5 related intellectual disability syndrome
title_sort three afghani siblings with a novel homozygous variant and further delineation of the clinical features of mettl5 related intellectual disability syndrome
topic METTL5
WES
intellectual disability
whole exome sequencing
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/233
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