Low load for disruptive mutations in autism genes and their biased transmission

Iossifov, I., Levy, D., Allen, J., Ye, K., Ronemus, M., Lee, Y. H., Yamrom, B., Wigler, M. (September 2015) Low load for disruptive mutations in autism genes and their biased transmission. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. ISSN 1091-6490 (Electronic)0027-8424 (Linking)

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Abstract

We previously computed that genes with de novo (DN) likely gene-disruptive (LGD) mutations in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have high vulnerability: disruptive mutations in many of these genes, the vulnerable autism genes, will have a high likelihood of resulting in ASD. Because individuals with ASD have lower fecundity, such mutations in autism genes would be under strong negative selection pressure. An immediate prediction is that these genes will have a lower LGD load than typical genes in the human gene pool. We confirm this hypothesis in an explicit test by measuring the load of disruptive mutations in whole-exome sequence databases from two cohorts. We use information about mutational load to show that lower and higher intelligence quotients (IQ) affected individuals can be distinguished by the mutational load in their respective gene targets, as well as to help prioritize gene targets by their likelihood of being autism genes. Moreover, we demonstrate that transmission of rare disruptions in genes with a lower LGD load occurs more often to affected offspring; we show transmission originates most often from the mother, and transmission of such variants is seen more often in offspring with lower IQ. A surprising proportion of transmission of these rare events comes from genes expressed in the embryonic brain that show sharply reduced expression shortly after birth.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: autism genes autism spectrum disorder biased transmission disruptive mutations gene vulnerability
Subjects: diseases & disorders > mental disorders > personality disorders > autism
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene expression
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations
Investigative techniques and equipment > whole exome sequencing
Investigative techniques and equipment > assays > whole exome sequencing
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Iossifov lab
CSHL labs > Levy lab
CSHL labs > Wigler lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 23 September 2015
Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2015 15:02
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2017 20:10
PMCID: PMC4611648
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31892

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