A focal epilepsy and intellectual disability syndrome is due to a mutation in TBC1D24

Mark A. Corbett; Melanie Bahlo; Lachlan Jolly; Zaid Afawi; Alison E. Gardner; Karen L. Oliver; Stanley Tan; Amy Coffey; John C. Mulley; Leanne M. Dibbens; Walid Simri; Adel Shalata; Sara Kivity; Graeme D. Jackson; Samuel F. Berkovic; Jozef Gecz

doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.08.001

A focal epilepsy and intellectual disability syndrome is due to a mutation in TBC1D24

Mark A. Corbett, Melanie Bahlo, Lachlan Jolly, Zaid Afawi, Alison E. Gardner, Karen L. Oliver, Stanley Tan, Amy Coffey, John C. Mulley, Leanne M. Dibbens, Walid Simri, Adel Shalata, Sara Kivity, Graeme D. Jackson, Samuel F. Berkovic, Jozef Gecz

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Abstract

We characterized an autosomal-recessive syndrome of focal epilepsy, dysarthria, and mild to moderate intellectual disability in a consanguineous Arab-Israeli family associated with subtle cortical thickening. We used multipoint linkage analysis to map the causative mutation to a 3.2 Mb interval within 16p13.3 with a LOD score of 3.86. The linked interval contained 160 genes, many of which were considered to be plausible candidates to harbor the disease-causing mutation. To interrogate the interval in an efficient and unbiased manner, we used targeted sequence enrichment and massively parallel sequencing. By prioritizing unique variants that affected protein translation, a pathogenic mutation was identified in TBC1D24 (p.F251L), a gene of unknown function. It is a member of a large gene family encoding TBC domain proteins with predicted function as Rab GTPase activators. We show that TBC1D24 is expressed early in mouse brain and that TBC1D24 protein is a potent modulator of primary axonal arborization and specification in neuronal cells, consistent with the phenotypic abnormality described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-375
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Human Genetics
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.08.001
State	Published - 10 Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
We are grateful for the cooperation of the family involved in this study, as well as to Bev Johns for technical assistance and Rob King, Andre Rickers, and Graeme Woolford from GeneWorks for help with the resequencing. M.B. and J.G. were supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) with a Career Development Award and a Principal Research Fellowship, respectively. This project was supported by NH&MRC program grant 400121 and also by International Science Linkages, established under the Australian Government's innovation statement, “Backing Australia's Ability.”

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We are grateful for the cooperation of the family involved in this study, as well as to Bev Johns for technical assistance and Rob King, Andre Rickers, and Graeme Woolford from GeneWorks for help with the resequencing. M.B. and J.G. were supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) with a Career Development Award and a Principal Research Fellowship, respectively. This project was supported by NH&MRC program grant 400121 and also by International Science Linkages, established under the Australian Government's innovation statement, “Backing Australia's Ability.”

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Corbett, M. A., Bahlo, M., Jolly, L., Afawi, Z., Gardner, A. E., Oliver, K. L., Tan, S., Coffey, A., Mulley, J. C., Dibbens, L. M., Simri, W., Shalata, A., Kivity, S., Jackson, G. D., Berkovic, S. F., & Gecz, J. (2010). A focal epilepsy and intellectual disability syndrome is due to a mutation in TBC1D24. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87(3), 371-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.08.001

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