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Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.5250 RPH3A Lucy Spencer gene: RPH3A was added
gene: RPH3A was added to Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: RPH3A was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Publications for gene: RPH3A were set to 37403762; 29441694
Phenotypes for gene: RPH3A were set to Neurodevelopmental disorder (MONDO#0700092), RPH3A-related
Review for gene: RPH3A was set to GREEN
Added comment: PMID: 37403762- 6 patients with RPH3A variant. All 6 have ID, 4 have epilepsy, 2 with obesity, 1 with dysmorphic features. All 6 have missense variants, 3 shown to be de novo, the other 3 parents were not available for testing. I patient also had language and motor impairment, breathing issues and mixed hypo/hypertonia- he also had variants in CUL4B, PRKAG2, SCN4A, none of these genes cause seizures (which he had).

Patch clamp studies on 2 of the missense showed they increased either the number of NMDA receptors on neuron membrane surface or increased their conductance. Study suggests that the variants interrupt the normal role of RPH3A activity at the synaptic NMDAR complex which is needed for the induction of synaptic plasticity and NMDAR-dependant behaviours

Also previously 1 biallelic patient was reported, PMID: 29441694- 1 girl with learning disabilities, tremors, ataxia, hyperglycemia and muscle fatigability. Chet for 2 RPH3A missense. Functional analysis showed strong and marginal impairment of protein binding for each variant.
Sources: Literature
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4310 CUL4B Zornitza Stark Marked gene: CUL4B as ready
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4310 CUL4B Zornitza Stark Gene: cul4b has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4310 CUL4B Zornitza Stark Phenotypes for gene: CUL4B were changed from to Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 15 (Cabezas type), MIM# 300354
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4309 CUL4B Zornitza Stark Publications for gene: CUL4B were set to
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4308 CUL4B Zornitza Stark Mode of inheritance for gene: CUL4B was changed from Unknown to X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.4307 CUL4B Zornitza Stark reviewed gene: CUL4B: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: 17236139, 19377476; Phenotypes: Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic 15 (Cabezas type), MIM# 300354; Mode of inheritance: X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.2629 CUL3 Konstantinos Varvagiannis gene: CUL3 was added
gene: CUL3 was added to Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: CUL3 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: CUL3 were set to 32341456
Phenotypes for gene: CUL3 were set to Global developmental delay; Intellectual disability; Seizures; Abnormality of cardiovascular system morphology; Abnormality of the palate; Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type IIE - MIM #614496
Penetrance for gene: CUL3 were set to unknown
Review for gene: CUL3 was set to GREEN
Added comment: Please consider inclusion with amber / green rating.
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Nakashima et al (2020 - PMID:32341456) provide clinical details on 3 unrelated individuals with de novo CUL3 variants.

Features included DD, variable degrees of ID (P1: severe, P3: mild, P2: NA although he displayed motor and severe speech and language delay and had severe learning difficulties). Two out of three had intractable seizures (onset 2 - 6 months). One presented with congenital heart defects (ASD, PV stenosis) and another submucosal palatoschisis/bifid uvula. There were no facial dysmorphisms reported.

CUL3 encodes Cullin-3, a core piece of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, thus playing a role in the ubiquitin-proteasome system. [ https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CUL3 ]. Germline variants in some other Cullin family genes (eg. CUL4B, CUL7) cause disorders with ID as a feature.

The 3 individuals reported by Nakashima had variable previous investigations (karyotype, CMA, metabolic testing) which were non-diagnostic. Singleton or trio exome sequencing identified 2 frameshift and 1 missense variant (NM_003590.4:c.854T>C / p.Val285Ala), further confirmed with Sanger sequencing. De novo occurrence was confirmed by analysis of microsatellite markers in an individual with singleton ES.

While the frameshift variants were presumed to lead to NMD (not studied), studies in HEK293T cells suggested that the Val285Ala reduced binding ability with KEAP1, possibly leading to instability of the Cullin-RING ligase (CRL) complex and impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system.

In OMIM, the phenotype associated with heterozygous CUL3 mutations is Pseudohypoaldosteronism type IIE (PHA2E - # 614496). As OMIM and Nakashima et al comment, PHA2E-associated variants are clustered around exon 9, most lead to skipping of exon 9 and produce an in-frame deletion of 57 aa in the cullin homology domain. Few (probably 3) missense variants in exon 9 have also been reported. Individuals with PHA2E do not display DD/ID and conversely individuals with NDD did not display features of PHA2E.

Nakashima et al summarize the phenotypes associated with 12 further de novo CUL3 variants in the literature with most pLOF ones detected in individuals with autism and/or developmental disorders and in few cases with congenital heart disease. Few additional missense variants and a stoploss one have been reported in individuals with NDD and one in SCZ.

Heterozygous Cul3 (/tissue-specific) deletion in mice resulted in autism-like behavior. Cul3 deficient mice also demonstrated NMDAR hypofunction and decreased spine density. [PMIDs cited : 31455858, 31780330]

Overall haploinsufficiency is favored as the underlying mechanism of variants associated with NDD. Nakashima et al comment that the pathogenesis of missense variants remains unknown and/or that a dominant-negative effect on CRL may be possible.

Studies on larger cohorts reporting on individuals with relevant phenotypes due to de novo CUL3 variants (eg. DDD study - PMID: 28135719, Lelieveld et al - PMID: 27479843), are summarized in denovo-db (after filtering for coding variants):

http://denovo-db.gs.washington.edu/denovo-db/QueryVariantServlet?searchBy=Gene&target=cul3

Overall, this gene can be considered for inclusion in the ID (amber/green), epilepsy (amber) and/or ASD panels.
Sources: Literature
Intellectual disability syndromic and non-syndromic v0.0 CUL4B Zornitza Stark gene: CUL4B was added
gene: CUL4B was added to Intellectual disability, syndromic and non-syndromic_GHQ. Sources: Expert Review Green,Genetic Health Queensland
Mode of inheritance for gene: CUL4B was set to Unknown