Fetal anomalies
Gene: UNC80 Amber List (moderate evidence)I don't know
2 remotely related consanguineous families with 7 affecteds. born at term, following uneventful pregnancies, with various
degrees of IUGR (birth weights 1900–2700 g).
Homozygous R51* found via WES and confirmed to segregate via SangerCreated: 9 Mar 2022, 5:44 a.m. | Last Modified: 9 Mar 2022, 5:44 a.m.
Panel Version: 1.7
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Hypotonia, infantile, with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies 2, MIM# 616801; MONDO:0014777
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Red List (low evidence)
UNC80 is part of the NALCN complex, and this is considered a NALCN channelopathy.
More than 20 individuals from more than 5 unrelated families reported with bi-allelic variants in this gene and severe autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder with onset at birth or in early infancy. Affected individuals show severe global developmental delay with poor or absent speech and absent or limited ability to walk. Some have had seizures; brain structure is typically normal.
UNC80 knockout mice are neonatal lethal.Created: 4 Nov 2020, 9:24 p.m. | Last Modified: 4 Nov 2020, 9:24 p.m.
Panel Version: 0.3174
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Hypotonia, infantile, with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies 2, MIM# 616801; MONDO:0014777
Publications
Green List (high evidence)
Summary: Many patients reported as microcephalic. Not all have head circumference < -3SD but there are at least 3 unrelated individuals reported with head circumference smaller than this.
PMID 26708751: 4 individuals from 3 families reported. At 4 years one had OFC -4SD (the others 2nd centile at 4yo, 3rd centile at 15yo, and 10th centile at 9yo).
PMID 26708753: Two 'not directly related' families F1 and F2 identified with the same variant. A third and fourth family had different variants. All affected individuals described were microcephalic (F1: -3.2SD at 4yo; F2: -4SD at 2yo and -2.9SD at 13mo; F3: -2.4SD at 7yo; F4: 9th centile at 4yo and 5th centile at 8yo).
PMID 26545877: 7 affected individuals from 2 distantly related families with the same nonsense variant were all microcephalic (<2nd centile).
PMID 29572195: 2 unrelated individuals reported. Head circumference of patient 1 was -0.5SD at 9yo; Patient 2 -3.7SD at 3yo.Created: 2 Sep 2020, 2:41 a.m. | Last Modified: 2 Sep 2020, 2:41 a.m.
Panel Version: 0.273
Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Phenotypes
Hypotonia, infantile, with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies 2 MIM#616801
Publications
Variants in this GENE are reported as part of current diagnostic practice
Phenotypes for gene: UNC80 were changed from Persistent Hypotonia, Encephalopathy, Growth Retardation, and Severe Intellectual Disability to Hypotonia, infantile, with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies 2, MIM# 616801; MONDO:0014777
Gene: unc80 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Gene: unc80 has been classified as Red List (Low Evidence).
Publications for gene: UNC80 were set to
gene: UNC80 was added gene: UNC80 was added to Fetal anomalies. Sources: Expert Review Red,Genomics England PanelApp Mode of inheritance for gene: UNC80 was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal Phenotypes for gene: UNC80 were set to Persistent Hypotonia, Encephalopathy, Growth Retardation, and Severe Intellectual Disability
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Genes included in a Genomics England gene panel for a rare disease category (green list) should fit the criteria A-E outlined below.
These guidelines were developed as a combination of the ClinGen DEFINITIVE evidence for a causal role of the gene in the disease(a), and the Developmental Disorder Genotype-Phenotype (DDG2P) CONFIRMED DD Gene evidence level(b) (please see the original references provided below for full details). These help provide a guideline for expert reviewers when assessing whether a gene should be on the green or the red list of a panel.
A. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing an interpretable functional region(ii) of this gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
OR
B. There are plausible disease-causing mutations(i) within, affecting or encompassing cis-regulatory elements convincingly affecting the expression of a single gene identified in multiple (>3) unrelated cases/families with the phenotype(iii).
OR
C. As definitions A or B but in 2 or 3 unrelated cases/families with the phenotype, with the addition of convincing bioinformatic or functional evidence of causation e.g. known inborn error of metabolism with mutation in orthologous gene which is known to have the relevant deficient enzymatic activity in other species; existence of an animal model which recapitulates the human phenotype.
AND
D. Evidence indicates that disease-causing mutations follow a Mendelian pattern of causation appropriate for reporting in a diagnostic setting(iv).
AND
E. No convincing evidence exists or has emerged that contradicts the role of the gene in the specified phenotype.
(i)Plausible disease-causing mutations: Recurrent de novo mutations convincingly affecting gene function. Rare, fully-penetrant mutations - relevant genotype never, or very rarely, seen in controls. (ii) Interpretable functional region: ORF in protein coding genes miRNA stem or loop. (iii) Phenotype: the rare disease category, as described in the eligibility statement. (iv) Intermediate penetrance genes should not be included.
It’s assumed that loss-of-function variants in this gene can cause the disease/phenotype unless an exception to this rule is known. We would like to collect information regarding exceptions. An example exception is the PCSK9 gene, where loss-of-function variants are not relevant for a hypercholesterolemia phenotype as they are associated with increased LDL-cholesterol uptake via LDLR (PMID: 25911073).
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Standardised terms were used to represent the gene-disease mode of inheritance, and were mapped to commonly used terms from the different sources. Below each of the terms is described, along with the equivalent commonly-used terms.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, and imprinting has not been implicated.
A variant on the paternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on the maternally-inherited allele of this gene can cause the disease, if the alternate allele is imprinted (function muted).
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease. This is the default used for autosomal dominant mode of inheritance where no knowledge of the imprinting status of the gene required to cause the disease is known. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal dominant, dominant, AD, DOMINANT.
A variant on both alleles of this gene is required to cause the disease. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive, recessive, AR, RECESSIVE.
The disease can be caused by a variant on one or both alleles of this gene. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant, recessive or dominant, AR/AD, AD/AR, DOMINANT/RECESSIVE, RECESSIVE/DOMINANT.
A variant on one allele of this gene can cause the disease, however a variant on both alleles of this gene can result in a more severe form of the disease/phenotype.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele, whereas a variant on both X-chromosome alleles is required to cause the disease in females. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: X-linked recessive.
A variant in this gene can cause the disease in males as they have one X-chromosome allele. A variant on one allele of this gene may also cause the disease in females, though the disease/phenotype may be less severe and may have a later-onset than is seen in males. X-linked inactivation and mosaicism in different tissues complicate whether a female presents with the disease, and can change over their lifetime. This term is the default setting used for X-linked genes, where it is not known definitately whether females require a variant on each allele of this gene in order to be affected. Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: X-linked dominant, x-linked, X-LINKED, X-linked.
The gene is in the mitochondrial genome and variants within this can cause this disease, maternally inherited. Mapped to the following commonly used term from different sources: Mitochondrial.
Mapped to the following commonly used terms from different sources: Unknown, NA, information not provided.
For example, if the mode of inheritance is digenic, please indicate this in the comments and which other gene is involved.