Comparative Study

. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001768.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001768.

A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing to Multigene Panel Testing in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients

Affiliations

¹ From the Cardiovascular Division (A.L.C., N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.), Department of Pathology (H.L.R.), and Division of Genetics (C.B., R.C.G., C.A.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.); Albany Medical College, NY (L.C.); Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA (H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M.); Laboratory for Molecular Medicine (H.L.R., K.M., M.L.), Leadership Team (R.C.G.), Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, MA; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD (C.E.S.).
² From the Cardiovascular Division (A.L.C., N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.), Department of Pathology (H.L.R.), and Division of Genetics (C.B., R.C.G., C.A.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.); Albany Medical College, NY (L.C.); Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA (H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M.); Laboratory for Molecular Medicine (H.L.R., K.M., M.L.), Leadership Team (R.C.G.), Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, MA; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD (C.E.S.). cho@partners.org.

PMID: 29030401
PMCID: PMC5683423
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001768

Comparative Study

A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing to Multigene Panel Testing in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients

Allison L Cirino et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001768.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001768.

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¹ From the Cardiovascular Division (A.L.C., N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.), Department of Pathology (H.L.R.), and Division of Genetics (C.B., R.C.G., C.A.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.); Albany Medical College, NY (L.C.); Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA (H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M.); Laboratory for Molecular Medicine (H.L.R., K.M., M.L.), Leadership Team (R.C.G.), Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, MA; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD (C.E.S.).
² From the Cardiovascular Division (A.L.C., N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.), Department of Pathology (H.L.R.), and Division of Genetics (C.B., R.C.G., C.A.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.K.L., B.M., D.A., M.W., P.O., H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M., C.E.S., C.Y.H.); Albany Medical College, NY (L.C.); Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA (H.L.R., R.C.G., C.A.M.); Laboratory for Molecular Medicine (H.L.R., K.M., M.L.), Leadership Team (R.C.G.), Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, MA; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD (C.E.S.). cho@partners.org.

PMID: 29030401
PMCID: PMC5683423
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001768

Abstract

Background: As DNA sequencing costs decline, genetic testing options have expanded. Whole exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing (WGS) are entering clinical use, posing questions about their incremental value compared with disease-specific multigene panels that have been the cornerstone of genetic testing.

Methods and results: Forty-one patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had undergone targeted hypertrophic cardiomyopathy genetic testing (either multigene panel or familial variant test) were recruited into the MedSeq Project, a clinical trial of WGS. Results from panel genetic testing and WGS were compared. In 20 of 41 participants, panel genetic testing identified variants classified as pathogenic, likely pathogenic, or uncertain significance. WGS identified 19 of these 20 variants, but the variant detection algorithm missed a pathogenic 18 bp duplication in myosin binding protein C (MYBPC3) because of low coverage. In 3 individuals, WGS identified variants in genes implicated in cardiomyopathy but not included in prior panel testing: a pathogenic protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11) variant and variants of uncertain significance in integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and filamin-C (FLNC). WGS also identified 84 secondary findings (mean=2 per person, range=0-6), which mostly defined carrier status for recessive conditions.

Conclusions: WGS detected nearly all variants identified on panel testing, provided 1 new diagnostic finding, and allowed interrogation of posited disease genes. Several variants of uncertain clinical use and numerous secondary genetic findings were also identified. Whereas panel testing and WGS provided similar diagnostic yield, WGS offers the advantage of reanalysis over time to incorporate advances in knowledge, but requires expertise in genomic interpretation to appropriately incorporate WGS into clinical care.

Clinical trial registration: URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01736566.

Keywords: adult; cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic; genetic testing; genomics; mutation.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Gene Testing: Go Big?
Puckelwartz MJ, McNally EM. Puckelwartz MJ, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001951. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001951. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017. PMID: 29030407 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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