The phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of individuals with mono- or biallelic ANK3 variants

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  • Francesca Furia
  • Amanda M. Levy
  • Miel Theunis
  • Michael J. Bamshad
  • Meghan N. Bartos
  • Emilia K. Bijlsma
  • Francesco Brancati
  • Lucile Cejudo
  • Jessica X. Chong
  • Chiara De Luca
  • Sarah Joy Dean
  • Alena Egense
  • Himanshu Goel
  • Adam J. Guenzel
  • Ulrike Hüffmeier
  • Eric Legius
  • Grazia M.S. Mancini
  • Iñigo Marcos-Alcalde
  • Tanguy Niclass
  • Marc Planes
  • Sylvia Redon
  • David Ros-Pardo
  • Karen Rouault
  • Rachel Schot
  • Sarah Schuhmann
  • Joseph J. Shen
  • Alice M. Tao
  • Isabelle Thiffault
  • Hilde Van Esch
  • Ingrid M. Wentzensen
  • Tahsin Stefan Barakat
  • Rikke S. Møller
  • Paulino Gomez-Puertas
  • Wendy K. Chung
  • Elena Gardella

ANK3 encodes ankyrin-G, a protein involved in neuronal development and signaling. Alternative splicing gives rise to three ankyrin-G isoforms comprising different domains with distinct expression patterns. Mono- or biallelic ANK3 variants are associated with non-specific syndromic intellectual disability in 14 individuals (seven with monoallelic and seven with biallelic variants). In this study, we describe the clinical features of 13 additional individuals and review the data on a total of 27 individuals (16 individuals with monoallelic and 11 with biallelic ANK3 variants) and demonstrate that the phenotype for biallelic variants is more severe. The phenotypic features include language delay (92%), autism spectrum disorder (76%), intellectual disability (78%), hypotonia (65%), motor delay (68%), attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (57%), sleep disturbances (50%), aggressivity/self-injury (37.5%), and epilepsy (35%). A notable phenotypic difference was presence of ataxia in three individuals with biallelic variants, but in none of the individuals with monoallelic variants. While the majority of the monoallelic variants are predicted to result in a truncated protein, biallelic variants are almost exclusively missense. Moreover, mono- and biallelic variants appear to be localized differently across the three different ankyrin-G isoforms, suggesting isoform-specific pathological mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Genetics
Number of pages11
ISSN0009-9163
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2024

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© 2024 The Author(s). Clinical Genetics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

    Research areas

  • aggressivity, ankyrin-G, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, hypotonia, intellectual disability, language delay, neurodevelopmental disorder, sleep disturbances

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