1. Correction: Variants in MED12L, encoding a subunit of the Mediator kinase module, are responsible for intellectual disability associated with transcriptional defect
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Mathilde Nizon, Vincent Laugel, Kevin M. Flanigan, Matthew Pastore, Megan A. Waldrop, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Ronit Marom, Rui Xiao, Amanda Gerard, Olivier Pichon, Cédric Le Caignec, Marion Gérard, Klaus Dieterich, Megan Truitt Cho, Kirsty McWalter, Susan Hiatt, Michelle L. Thompson, Stéphane Bézieau, Alexandrea Wadley, Klaas J. Wierenga, Jean-Marc Egly, Bertrand Isidor, Service de génétique médicale - Unité de génétique clinique [Nantes], Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Hôpital de Hautepierre [Strasbourg], Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Baylor University, Gatonero SA, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Service de Génétique [CHU Caen], Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), INSERM U836, équipe 4, Muscles et pathologies, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (GIN), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Grenoble-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Grenoble-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Service de Génétique, Institut de génétique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IGBMC), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), unité de recherche de l'institut du thorax UMR1087 UMR6291 (ITX), Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nationwide Children's Hospital, Biologie, génétique et thérapies ostéoarticulaires et respiratoires (BIOTARGEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Pôle Couple-Enfant, Département de Génétique et Procréation, GeneDx [Gaithersburg, MD, USA], HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), University of Oklahoma (OU), Mayo Clinic [Jacksonville], Richard, Nicolas, Unité de recherche de l'institut du thorax (ITX-lab), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), and Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)
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MED12L ,corpus callosum ,[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics ,[SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics ,intellectual disability ,transcriptional defect ,[SDV.GEN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics ,[SDV.GEN.GH] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics ,Article ,mediator complex ,Genetics (clinical) - Abstract
Purpose Mediator is a multiprotein complex that allows the transfer of genetic information from DNA binding proteins to the RNA polymerase II during transcription initiation. MED12L is a subunit of the kinase module, which is one of the four sub-complexes of the mediator complex. Other subunits of the kinase module have been already implicated in intellectual disability, namely MED12, MED13L, MED13 and CDK19. Methods We describe an international cohort of seven affected individuals harboring variants involving MED12L identified by array CGH, exome or genome sequencing. Results All affected individuals presented with intellectual disability and/or developmental delay, including speech impairment. Other features included autism spectrum disorder, aggressive behavior, corpus callosum abnormality and mild facial morphological features. Three individuals had a MED12L deletion or duplication. The other four individuals harbored single nucleotide variants (one nonsense, one frameshift and two splicing variants). Functional analysis confirmed a moderate and significant alteration of RNA synthesis in two individuals. Conclusion Overall data suggest that MED12L haploinsufficiency is responsible for intellectual disability and transcriptional defect. Our findings confirm that the integrity of this kinase module is a critical factor for neurological development.
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- 2019