Truncating Variants in NAA15 Are Associated with Variable Levels of Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Congenital Anomalies

Cheng, H., Dharmadhikari, A. V., Varland, S., Ma, N., Domingo, D., Kleyner, R., Rope, A. F., Yoon, M., Stray-Pedersen, A., Posey, J. E., Crews, S. R., Eldomery, M. K., Akdemir, Z. C., Lewis, A. M., Sutton, V. R., Rosenfeld, J. A., Conboy, E., Agre, K., Xia, F., Walkiewicz, M., Longoni, M., High, F. A., van Slegtenhorst, M. A., Mancini, G. M. S., Finnila, C. R., van Haeringen, A., den Hollander, N., Ruivenkamp, C., Naidu, S., Mahida, S., Palmer, E. E., Murray, L., Lim, D., Jayakar, P., Parker, M. J., Giusto, S., Stracuzzi, E., Romano, C., Beighley, J. S., Bernier, R. A., Kury, S., Nizon, M., Corbett, M. A., Shaw, M., Gardner, A., Barnett, C., Armstrong, R., Kassahn, K. S., Van Dijck, A., Vandeweyer, G., Kleefstra, T., Schieving, J., Jongmans, M. J., de Vries, B. B. A., Pfundt, R., Kerr, B., Rojas, S. K., Boycott, K. M., Person, R., Willaert, R., Eichler, E. E., Kooy, R. F., Yang, Y., Wu, J. C., Lupski, J. R., Arnesen, T., Cooper, G. M., Chung, W. K., Gecz, J., Stessman, H. A. F., Meng, L., Lyon, G. J. (May 2018) Truncating Variants in NAA15 Are Associated with Variable Levels of Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Congenital Anomalies. Am J Hum Genet, 102 (5). pp. 985-994. ISSN 0002-9297

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29656860
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.004

Abstract

N-alpha-acetylation is a common co-translational protein modification that is essential for normal cell function in humans. We previously identified the genetic basis of an X-linked infantile lethal Mendelian disorder involving a c.109T>C (p.Ser37Pro) missense variant in NAA10, which encodes the catalytic subunit of the N-terminal acetyltransferase A (NatA) complex. The auxiliary subunit of the NatA complex, NAA15, is the dimeric binding partner for NAA10. Through a genotype-first approach with whole-exome or genome sequencing (WES/WGS) and targeted sequencing analysis, we identified and phenotypically characterized 38 individuals from 33 unrelated families with 25 different de novo or inherited, dominantly acting likely gene disrupting (LGD) variants in NAA15. Clinical features of affected individuals with LGD variants in NAA15 include variable levels of intellectual disability, delayed speech and motor milestones, and autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, mild craniofacial dysmorphology, congenital cardiac anomalies, and seizures are present in some subjects. RNA analysis in cell lines from two individuals showed degradation of the transcripts with LGD variants, probably as a result of nonsense-mediated decay. Functional assays in yeast confirmed a deleterious effect for two of the LGD variants in NAA15. Further supporting a mechanism of haploinsufficiency, individuals with copy-number variant (CNV) deletions involving NAA15 and surrounding genes can present with mild intellectual disability, mild dysmorphic features, motor delays, and decreased growth. We propose that defects in NatA-mediated N-terminal acetylation (NTA) lead to variable levels of neurodevelopmental disorders in humans, supporting the importance of the NatA complex in normal human development.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: N-terminal acetylation (NTA) N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs) Naa10 Naa15 NatA complex Ogden syndrome autism congenital heart defects intellectual disability neurodevelopmental disorder
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
diseases & disorders
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
diseases & disorders > mental disorders
diseases & disorders > mental disorders > personality disorders
organism description > yeast > Saccharomyces
diseases & disorders > mental disorders > personality disorders > autism
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > exons
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mRNA
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations
organism description > yeast
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Communities: CSHL labs > Lyon lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 3 May 2018
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2018 18:57
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 18:50
PMCID: PMC5986698
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/36510

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