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Observational Study
. 2021 Jun;185(6):1649-1665.
doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62124. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in a diverse cohort of 104 individuals with Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome

Sarah E Sheppard  1   2 Ian M Campbell  1   2 Margaret H Harr  1 Nina Gold  3 Dong Li  1 Hans T Bjornsson  4   5   6 Julie S Cohen  7   8 Jill A Fahrner  4   9 Ali Fatemi  7   10 Jacqueline R Harris  7   8 Catherine Nowak  11 Cathy A Stevens  12 Katheryn Grand  13 Margaret Au  13 John M Graham Jr  13 Pedro A Sanchez-Lara  13 Miguel Del Campo  14 Marilyn C Jones  14 Omar Abdul-Rahman  15 Fowzan S Alkuraya  16 Jennifer A Bassetti  17 Katherine Bergstrom  17 Elizabeth Bhoj  1   2   18 Sarah Dugan  19 Julie D Kaplan  15 Nada Derar  20 Karen W Gripp  21 Natalie Hauser  22 A Micheil Innes  23   24 Beth Keena  2 Neslida Kodra  22 Rebecca Miller  22 Beverly Nelson  25 Malgorzata J Nowaczyk  26 Zuhair Rahbeeni  20 Shay Ben-Shachar  27 Joseph T Shieh  28 Anne Slavotinek  28 Andrew K Sobering  29 Mary-Alice Abbott  30 Dawn C Allain  31 Louise Amlie-Wolf  21 Ping Yee Billie Au  23   24 Emma Bedoukian  2 Geoffrey Beek  32 James Barry  33   34 Janet Berg  33   34 Jonathan A Bernstein  35 Cheryl Cytrynbaum  36 Brian Hon-Yin Chung  37 Sarah Donoghue  2 Naghmeh Dorrani  38   39 Alison Eaton  40 Josue A Flores-Daboub  19 Holly Dubbs  41 Carolyn A Felix  42 Chin-To Fong  43 Jasmine Lee Fong Fung  37 Balram Gangaram  28 Amy Goldstein  2 Rotem Greenberg  27 Thoa K Ha  28 Joseph Hersh  44 Kosuke Izumi  2 Staci Kallish  45 Elijah Kravets  35 Pui-Yan Kwok  28 Rebekah K Jobling  36 Amy E Knight Johnson  46 Jessica Kushner  47 Bo Hoon Lee  48 Brooke Levin  49 Kristin Lindstrom  50 Kandamurugu Manickam  31 Rebecca Mardach  14 Elizabeth McCormick  2 D Ross McLeod  23 Frank D Mentch  1 Kelly Minks  48 Colleen Muraresku  2 Stanley F Nelson  39   51 Patrizia Porazzi  52 Pavel N Pichurin  53 Nina N Powell-Hamilton  21 Zoe Powis  54 Alyssa Ritter  2 Caleb Rogers  47 Luis Rohena  33   34 Carey Ronspies  15 Audrey Schroeder  43 Zornitza Stark  55   56 Lois Starr  15 Joan Stoler  57 Pim Suwannarat  58 Milen Velinov  59 Rosanna Weksberg  36 Yael Wilnai  60 Neda Zadeh  61 Dina J Zand  62 Marni J Falk  2   18 Hakon Hakonarson  1   2   18 Elaine H Zackai  2   18 Fabiola Quintero-Rivera  37   63
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Observational Study

Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in a diverse cohort of 104 individuals with Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome

Sarah E Sheppard et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Jun.

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Abstract

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by monoallelic variants in KMT2A and characterized by intellectual disability and hypertrichosis. We performed a retrospective, multicenter, observational study of 104 individuals with WSS from five continents to characterize the clinical and molecular spectrum of WSS in diverse populations, to identify physical features that may be more prevalent in White versus Black Indigenous People of Color individuals, to delineate genotype-phenotype correlations, to define developmental milestones, to describe the syndrome through adulthood, and to examine clinicians' differential diagnoses. Sixty-nine of the 82 variants (84%) observed in the study were not previously reported in the literature. Common clinical features identified in the cohort included: developmental delay or intellectual disability (97%), constipation (63.8%), failure to thrive (67.7%), feeding difficulties (66.3%), hypertrichosis cubiti (57%), short stature (57.8%), and vertebral anomalies (46.9%). The median ages at walking and first words were 20 months and 18 months, respectively. Hypotonia was associated with loss of function (LoF) variants, and seizures were associated with non-LoF variants. This study identifies genotype-phenotype correlations as well as race-facial feature associations in an ethnically diverse cohort, and accurately defines developmental trajectories, medical comorbidities, and long-term outcomes in individuals with WSS.

Keywords: KMT2A; MLL1; Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome; hypertrichosis; syndromic intellectual disability; syndromic short stature.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
KMT2A variants in this study. (a). The variants were mapped to NM_001197104 using MutationMapper (Cerami et al., 2012). Green variants are missense, black variants are truncating, red variant is indel, and purple variant is other. (b, c, d) tables demonstrating the method to detect variant, the type, and its inheritance. Of the 82 variants, 69 were novel variants of which three occurred at a previously reported location. Thirteen variants were previously reported
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Characteristic features. (a) Front and side photographs of individuals with WSS. (b) Familial groups with WSS. Three Caucasian siblings. Caucasian father and son. Mother and daughter of African descent. Caucasian father and daughter. (c) WSS individuals as they age. Black boxes denote different individuals. Range of hypertrichosis on (d) elbows and knees and (e) backs. (f) Hands. (g) Feet. (h) Facial features include lateral eyebrow flare (42/88), ptosis (40/93), down-slanted palpebral fissures (51/103), up-slanted palpebral fissures (7/103), vertically narrow palpebral fissures (70/101), hypertelorism (63/94), hypotelorism (4/94), wide nasal bridge (64/101), broad or bulbous nasal tip (63/99), exaggerated cupid's bow upper lip (21/97), thin upper vermillion border (47/96), bifid uvula (7/89), and posteriorly rotated ears (28/99). (i) Features of hypertrichosis include thick eyebrows (77/102), long eyelashes (72/101), hypertrichosis cubiti (57/100), hypertrichosis back (68/101), and hypertrichosis lower limbs (44/97)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Characteristic features. (a) Front and side photographs of individuals with WSS. (b) Familial groups with WSS. Three Caucasian siblings. Caucasian father and son. Mother and daughter of African descent. Caucasian father and daughter. (c) WSS individuals as they age. Black boxes denote different individuals. Range of hypertrichosis on (d) elbows and knees and (e) backs. (f) Hands. (g) Feet. (h) Facial features include lateral eyebrow flare (42/88), ptosis (40/93), down-slanted palpebral fissures (51/103), up-slanted palpebral fissures (7/103), vertically narrow palpebral fissures (70/101), hypertelorism (63/94), hypotelorism (4/94), wide nasal bridge (64/101), broad or bulbous nasal tip (63/99), exaggerated cupid's bow upper lip (21/97), thin upper vermillion border (47/96), bifid uvula (7/89), and posteriorly rotated ears (28/99). (i) Features of hypertrichosis include thick eyebrows (77/102), long eyelashes (72/101), hypertrichosis cubiti (57/100), hypertrichosis back (68/101), and hypertrichosis lower limbs (44/97)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Characteristic features. (a) Front and side photographs of individuals with WSS. (b) Familial groups with WSS. Three Caucasian siblings. Caucasian father and son. Mother and daughter of African descent. Caucasian father and daughter. (c) WSS individuals as they age. Black boxes denote different individuals. Range of hypertrichosis on (d) elbows and knees and (e) backs. (f) Hands. (g) Feet. (h) Facial features include lateral eyebrow flare (42/88), ptosis (40/93), down-slanted palpebral fissures (51/103), up-slanted palpebral fissures (7/103), vertically narrow palpebral fissures (70/101), hypertelorism (63/94), hypotelorism (4/94), wide nasal bridge (64/101), broad or bulbous nasal tip (63/99), exaggerated cupid's bow upper lip (21/97), thin upper vermillion border (47/96), bifid uvula (7/89), and posteriorly rotated ears (28/99). (i) Features of hypertrichosis include thick eyebrows (77/102), long eyelashes (72/101), hypertrichosis cubiti (57/100), hypertrichosis back (68/101), and hypertrichosis lower limbs (44/97)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Characteristic features. (a) Front and side photographs of individuals with WSS. (b) Familial groups with WSS. Three Caucasian siblings. Caucasian father and son. Mother and daughter of African descent. Caucasian father and daughter. (c) WSS individuals as they age. Black boxes denote different individuals. Range of hypertrichosis on (d) elbows and knees and (e) backs. (f) Hands. (g) Feet. (h) Facial features include lateral eyebrow flare (42/88), ptosis (40/93), down-slanted palpebral fissures (51/103), up-slanted palpebral fissures (7/103), vertically narrow palpebral fissures (70/101), hypertelorism (63/94), hypotelorism (4/94), wide nasal bridge (64/101), broad or bulbous nasal tip (63/99), exaggerated cupid's bow upper lip (21/97), thin upper vermillion border (47/96), bifid uvula (7/89), and posteriorly rotated ears (28/99). (i) Features of hypertrichosis include thick eyebrows (77/102), long eyelashes (72/101), hypertrichosis cubiti (57/100), hypertrichosis back (68/101), and hypertrichosis lower limbs (44/97)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Characteristic features. (a) Front and side photographs of individuals with WSS. (b) Familial groups with WSS. Three Caucasian siblings. Caucasian father and son. Mother and daughter of African descent. Caucasian father and daughter. (c) WSS individuals as they age. Black boxes denote different individuals. Range of hypertrichosis on (d) elbows and knees and (e) backs. (f) Hands. (g) Feet. (h) Facial features include lateral eyebrow flare (42/88), ptosis (40/93), down-slanted palpebral fissures (51/103), up-slanted palpebral fissures (7/103), vertically narrow palpebral fissures (70/101), hypertelorism (63/94), hypotelorism (4/94), wide nasal bridge (64/101), broad or bulbous nasal tip (63/99), exaggerated cupid's bow upper lip (21/97), thin upper vermillion border (47/96), bifid uvula (7/89), and posteriorly rotated ears (28/99). (i) Features of hypertrichosis include thick eyebrows (77/102), long eyelashes (72/101), hypertrichosis cubiti (57/100), hypertrichosis back (68/101), and hypertrichosis lower limbs (44/97)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Clinical features of participants, including growth parameter analysis. (a). Birth weight. the reported birth weight percentile is presented with the fill color of the histogram bar indicating the gender of the participant. (b) Growth parameters over time by gender. Each point indicates a participant's growth parameter at the most recent examination. Participants older than 20 years of age at the most recent evaluation were excluded. the black lines indicate in each panel indicate the 1st, 5th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 95th, and 99th percentiles. (c) Clinical features. Each box denotes a single participant. The colored boxes denote affected, the dark gray boxes denote unaffected, the light gray boxes indicate data not available. For quantification, see Table S5
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Developmental milestones and IQ. (a) Motor milestones. (b) Speech milestones. (c) IQ distribution

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