SLC6A1 variant pathogenicity, molecular function and phenotype : a genetic and clinical analysis

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Genetic variants in the SLC6A1 gene can cause a broad phenotypic disease spectrum by altering the protein function. Thus, systematically curated clinically relevant genotype-phenotype associations are needed to understand the disease mechanism and improve therapeutic decision-making. We aggregated genetic and clinical data from 172 individuals with likely pathogenic/pathogenic (lp/p) SLC6A1 variants and functional data for 184 variants (14.1% lp/p). Clinical and functional data were available for a subset of 126 individuals. We explored the potential associations of variant positions on the GAT1 3D structure with variant pathogenicity, altered molecular function and phenotype severity using bioinformatic approaches. The GAT1 transmembrane domains 1, 6 and extracellular loop 4 (EL4) were enriched for patient over population variants. Across functionally tested missense variants (n = 156), the spatial proximity from the ligand was associated with loss-of-function in the GAT1 transporter activity. For variants with complete loss of in vitro GABA uptake, we found a 4.6-fold enrichment in patients having severe disease versus non-severe disease (P = 2.9 × 10-3, 95% confidence interval: 1.5-15.3). In summary, we delineated associations between the 3D structure and variant pathogenicity, variant function and phenotype in SLC6A1-related disorders. This knowledge supports biology-informed variant interpretation and research on GAT1 function. All our data can be interactively explored in the SLC6A1 portal (https://slc6a1-portal.broadinstitute.org/).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Brain : a journal of neurology - 146(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 5198-5208

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stefanski, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Palma, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Brünger, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Montanucci, Ludovica [VerfasserIn]
Gati, Cornelius [VerfasserIn]
Klöckner, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Johannesen, Katrine M [VerfasserIn]
Goodspeed, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Macnee, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Alexander T [VerfasserIn]
Aledo-Serrano, Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Borovikov, Artem [VerfasserIn]
Kava, Maina [VerfasserIn]
Bouman, Arjan M [VerfasserIn]
Hajianpour, M J [VerfasserIn]
Pal, Deb K [VerfasserIn]
Engelen, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Hagebeuk, Eveline E O [VerfasserIn]
Shinawi, Marwan [VerfasserIn]
Heidlebaugh, Alexis R [VerfasserIn]
Oetjens, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Trevor L [VerfasserIn]
Striano, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Freed, Amanda S [VerfasserIn]
Futtrup, Line [VerfasserIn]
Balslev, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Abulí, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Danvoye, Leslie [VerfasserIn]
Lederer, Damien [VerfasserIn]
Balci, Tugce [VerfasserIn]
Nouri, Maryam Nabavi [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Drewes, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
van Engelen, Kalene [VerfasserIn]
Howell, Katherine B [VerfasserIn]
Khoury, Jean [VerfasserIn]
May, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Trinidad, Marena [VerfasserIn]
Froelich, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Lemke, Johannes R [VerfasserIn]
Tiller, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Freed, Amber N [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Jing-Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Wuster, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Møller, Rikke S [VerfasserIn]
Lal, Dennis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autism
Epilepsy
GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Genetics
Journal Article
Neurodevelopmental disorder
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SLC6A1
SLC6A1 protein, human

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.12.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/brain/awad292

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361457162