Aortopathy_Connective Tissue Disorders
Gene: CDKL1
PMID 41056017 reports 6 individuals from 3 unrelated families with heterozygous CDKL1 missense variants (c.427T>C p.Cys143Arg, c.617C>T p.Ser206Leu, c.404C>T p.Thr135Met) causing a thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) spectrum disorder with craniofacial, skeletal and connective‑tissue features. The study provides variant‑specific functional data – zebrafish knock‑down/CRISPR knockout causing aortic dilation and intersegmental‑vessel defects rescued by wild‑type CDKL1 RNA, and in‑vitro kinase assays showing markedly reduced activity – supporting a loss‑of‑function mechanism.
p.Ser206Leu is observed in gnomAD in 59 hets, and NP_004187.3:p.Thr135Met in 128 hets, hence Amber rating.Created: 26 May 2026, 7:47 p.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Phenotypes
Connective tissue disorder, MONDO:0003900, CDKL1-related
Publications
CDKL1 encodes a cyclin dependent kinase of which there are CDKL1-5 in humans.
(CDKL5 has been associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder previously.)
Bereshneh et al describe 2 individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder with de novo variants in CDKL1 sourced from databases containing individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, no additional phenotypic information was provided. Both variants were missense and present in the population (c.505C>T - 13 heterozygotes in gnomad 4, c.344T>C - 2 heterozygotes gnomad 4).
Both missense variants were located in the kinase domain and dominant negative mechanism was postulated based on drosophilia studies.
Functional studies in drosphilia showed variants seen in probands partially rescued a loss of function model however overexpression of transcripts containing the variants resulted in a more severe phenotype suggesting dominant negative.
Authors also noted the larger than expected number of LOF variants in gnomad for the disease to be caused by this mechanism.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 3 Apr 2025, 11:23 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Phenotypes
Neurodevelopmental disorder, MONDO:0700092, CDKL1-related
Publications
Mode of pathogenicity
Other
Gene: cdkl1 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
Phenotypes for gene: CDKL1 were changed from Neurodevelopmental disorder, MONDO:0700092, CDKL1-related; Connective tissue disorder, MONDO:0003900, CDKL1-related to Connective tissue disorder, MONDO:0003900, CDKL1-related
gene: CDKL1 was added gene: CDKL1 was added to Aortopathy_Connective Tissue Disorders. Sources: Expert Review Amber,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: CDKL1 was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for gene: CDKL1 were set to PMID: 40088891; 41056017 Phenotypes for gene: CDKL1 were set to Neurodevelopmental disorder, MONDO:0700092, CDKL1-related; Connective tissue disorder, MONDO:0003900, CDKL1-related Mode of pathogenicity for gene: CDKL1 was set to Other