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Gene: PDHA1 Green List (high evidence)Green List (high evidence)
Onset in infancy or early childhood (OMIM).
Variants in this gene are known to have variable expressivity which has been detailed by PMID: 22142326.
- Neonatal lactic acidosis predominates in males, in whom the degree of residual pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) activity depends on the PDHA1 mutation.
- Very severe mutations are not found in males, probably because they are embryonically lethal.
- In heterozygous females, the residual PDHC activity is related to both the mutation and the random pattern of X‐inactivation, with variable expression of the mutant and normal genes in different tissues.
- Females can also present a severe clinical picture, with early‐onset microcephaly, spastic quadriplegia, severe epilepsy, and cortical/subcortical atrophy.
- In the milder form, individuals may show intercurrent clinical and biochemical normalization, despite persistence of neuroradiological and electrophysiological findings. Some late‐onset childhood variants respond to thiamine supplementation.Created: 16 Jan 2025, 8:54 p.m. | Last Modified: 16 Jan 2025, 8:54 p.m.
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Mode of inheritance
X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
Phenotypes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency MIM#312170
Publications
Green List (high evidence)
Reports of familial recurrence suggest that some females are mildly or not clinically affected and just have reproductive risk of severely affected males/females.Created: 17 Aug 2022, 6:40 a.m. | Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022, 6:40 a.m.
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Mode of inheritance
X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
Phenotypes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency (MIM#312170)
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Well-established gene disease association however condition shows XLD inheritance with a high proportion of females affected. Complete loss-of-function variants are embryonic lethal in males. Phenotype is highly variable
Does not fit with scope of testing (AR/XLR) - consider for exclusionCreated: 14 Jul 2022, 11:12 p.m. | Last Modified: 14 Jul 2022, 11:12 p.m.
Panel Version: 0.49
Mode of inheritance
X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
Phenotypes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency (MIM#312170)
Publications
Added phenotypes Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency (MIM#312170) for gene: PDHA1 Publications for gene PDHA1 were updated from 28584645; 22142326 to 22142326; 28584645
Gene: pdha1 has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
Phenotypes for gene: PDHA1 were changed from Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency to Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency (MIM#312170)
Publications for gene: PDHA1 were set to
Tag for review was removed from gene: PDHA1.
Tag for review tag was added to gene: PDHA1.
gene: PDHA1 was added gene: PDHA1 was added to Reproductive Carrier Screen_VCGS. Sources: Mackenzie's Mission,Expert Review Green Mode of inheritance for gene: PDHA1 was set to X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females Phenotypes for gene: PDHA1 were set to Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency
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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).
If a curated set of known-pathogenic variants is available for this gene-phenotype, please contact us at panelapp@genomicsengland.co.uk
We classify loss-of-function variants as those with the following Sequence Ontology (SO) terms:
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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.