De novo mutations in congenital heart disease with neurodevelopmental and other congenital anomalies

Jason Homsy, Samir Zaidi, Yufeng Shen, James S. Ware, Kaitlin E. Samocha, Konrad J. Karczewski, Steven R. DePalma, David McKean, Hiroko Wakimoto, Josh Gorham, Sheng Chih Jin, John Deanfield, Alessandro Giardini, George A. Porter, Richard Kim, Kaya Bilguvar, Francesc López-Giráldez, Irina Tikhonova, Shrikant Mane, Angela Romano-AdesmanHongjian Qi, Badri Vardarajan, Lijiang Ma, Mark Daly, Amy E. Roberts, Mark W. Russell, Seema Mital, Jane W. Newburger, J. William Gaynor, Roger E. Breitbart, Ivan Iossifov, Michael Ronemus, Stephan J. Sanders, Jonathan R. Kaltman, Jonathan G. Seidman, Martina Brueckner, Bruce D. Gelb, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Richard P. Lifton, Christine E. Seidman, Wendy K. Chung

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Abstract

Congenital heart disease (CHD) patients have an increased prevalence of extracardiac congenital anomalies (CAs) and risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Exome sequencing of 1213 CHD parent-offspring trios identified an excess of protein-damaging de novo mutations, especially in genes highly expressed in the developing heart and brain. These mutations accounted for 20% of patients with CHD, NDD, and CA but only 2%of patients with isolated CHD. Mutations altered genes involved in morphogenesis, chromatin modification, and transcriptional regulation, including multiple mutations in RBFOX2, a regulator ofmRNA splicing. Genes mutated in other cohorts examined for NDD were enriched in CHD cases, particularly those with coexisting NDD. These findings reveal shared genetic contributions to CHD, NDD, and CA and provide opportunities for improved prognostic assessment and early therapeutic intervention in CHD patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1262-1266
Number of pages5
JournalScience
Volume350
Issue number6265
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 4 2015

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