Whole exome sequencing in ADHD trios from single and multi-incident families implicates new candidate genes and highlights polygenic transmission.,European Journal of Human Genetics

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Whole exome sequencing in ADHD trios from single and multi-incident families implicates new candidate genes and highlights polygenic transmission.
European Journal of Human Genetics ( IF 5.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1038/s41431-020-0619-7
Bashayer R Al-Mubarak _{1,

2} , Aisha Omar ₁ , Batoul Baz _{1,

2} , Basma Al-Abdulaziz _{1,

3} , Amna I Magrashi ₁ , Eman Al-Yemni _{1,

2} , Amjad Jabaan ₂ , Dorota Monies _{2,

4} , Mohamed Abouelhoda _{2,

4,

5} , Dejene Abebe ₆ , Mohammad Ghaziuddin ₇ , Nada A Al-Tassan _{1,

2}

Affiliation

Several types of genetic alterations occurring at numerous loci have been described in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the role of rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) remains under investigated. Here, we sought to identify rare SNVs with predicted deleterious effect that may contribute to ADHD risk. We chose to study ADHD families (including multi-incident) from a population with a high rate of consanguinity in which genetic risk factors tend to accumulate and therefore increasing the chance of detecting risk alleles. We employed whole exome sequencing (WES) to interrogate the entire coding region of 16 trios with ADHD. We also performed enrichment analysis on our final list of genes to identify the overrepresented biological processes. A total of 32 rare variants with predicted damaging effect were identified in 31 genes. At least two variants were detected per proband, most of which were not exclusive to the affected individuals. In addition, the majority of our candidate genes have not been previously described in ADHD including five genes (NEK4, NLE1, PSRC1, PTP4A3, and TMEM183A) that were not previously described in any human condition. Moreover, enrichment analysis highlighted brain-relevant biological themes such as "Glutamatergic synapse", "Cytoskeleton organization", and "Ca2+ pathway". In conclusion, our findings are in keeping with prior studies demonstrating the highly challenging genetic architecture of ADHD involving low penetrance, variable expressivity and locus heterogeneity.

更新日期：2020-04-24

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