Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases for which the genetic basis is still unknown in more than half of the cases. Here, the authors report a NDD associated with disruptive variants in the TANC2 gene and show that rols, the TANC2 homolog in flies, is required for...

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Main Authors: Hui Guo, Elisa Bettella, Paul C. Marcogliese, Rongjuan Zhao, Jonathan C. Andrews, Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Madelyn A. Gillentine, Kendra Hoekzema, Tianyun Wang, Huidan Wu, Sharayu Jangam, Cenying Liu, Hailun Ni, Marjolein H. Willemsen, Bregje W. van Bon, Tuula Rinne, Servi J. C. Stevens, Tjitske Kleefstra, Han G. Brunner, Helger G. Yntema, Min Long, Wenjing Zhao, Zhengmao Hu, Cindy Colson, Nicolas Richard, Charles E. Schwartz, Corrado Romano, Lucia Castiglia, Maria Bottitta, Shweta U. Dhar, Deanna J. Erwin, Lisa Emrick, Boris Keren, Alexandra Afenjar, Baosheng Zhu, Bing Bai, Pawel Stankiewicz, Kristin Herman, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Saadet Mercimek-Andrews, Jane Juusola, Amy B. Wilfert, Rami Abou Jamra, Benjamin Büttner, Heather C. Mefford, Alison M. Muir, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Brigid M. Regan, Stephen Malone, Jozef Gecz, Jan Cobben, Marjan M. Weiss, Quinten Waisfisz, Emilia K. Bijlsma, Mariëtte J. V. Hoffer, Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp, Stefano Sartori, Fan Xia, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Raphael A. Bernier, Michael F. Wangler, Shinya Yamamoto, Kun Xia, Alexander P. A. Stegmann, Hugo J. Bellen, Alessandra Murgia, Evan E. Eichler
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12435-8
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Elisa Bettella
Paul C. Marcogliese
Rongjuan Zhao
Jonathan C. Andrews
Tomasz J. Nowakowski
Madelyn A. Gillentine
Kendra Hoekzema
Tianyun Wang
Huidan Wu
Sharayu Jangam
Cenying Liu
Hailun Ni
Marjolein H. Willemsen
Bregje W. van Bon
Tuula Rinne
Servi J. C. Stevens
Tjitske Kleefstra
Han G. Brunner
Helger G. Yntema
Min Long
Wenjing Zhao
Zhengmao Hu
Cindy Colson
Nicolas Richard
Charles E. Schwartz
Corrado Romano
Lucia Castiglia
Maria Bottitta
Shweta U. Dhar
Deanna J. Erwin
Lisa Emrick
Boris Keren
Alexandra Afenjar
Baosheng Zhu
Bing Bai
Pawel Stankiewicz
Kristin Herman
University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics
Saadet Mercimek-Andrews
Jane Juusola
Amy B. Wilfert
Rami Abou Jamra
Benjamin Büttner
Heather C. Mefford
Alison M. Muir
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Brigid M. Regan
Stephen Malone
Jozef Gecz
Jan Cobben
Marjan M. Weiss
Quinten Waisfisz
Emilia K. Bijlsma
Mariëtte J. V. Hoffer
Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp
Stefano Sartori
Fan Xia
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Raphael A. Bernier
Michael F. Wangler
Shinya Yamamoto
Kun Xia
Alexander P. A. Stegmann
Hugo J. Bellen
Alessandra Murgia
Evan E. Eichler
spellingShingle Hui Guo
Elisa Bettella
Paul C. Marcogliese
Rongjuan Zhao
Jonathan C. Andrews
Tomasz J. Nowakowski
Madelyn A. Gillentine
Kendra Hoekzema
Tianyun Wang
Huidan Wu
Sharayu Jangam
Cenying Liu
Hailun Ni
Marjolein H. Willemsen
Bregje W. van Bon
Tuula Rinne
Servi J. C. Stevens
Tjitske Kleefstra
Han G. Brunner
Helger G. Yntema
Min Long
Wenjing Zhao
Zhengmao Hu
Cindy Colson
Nicolas Richard
Charles E. Schwartz
Corrado Romano
Lucia Castiglia
Maria Bottitta
Shweta U. Dhar
Deanna J. Erwin
Lisa Emrick
Boris Keren
Alexandra Afenjar
Baosheng Zhu
Bing Bai
Pawel Stankiewicz
Kristin Herman
University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics
Saadet Mercimek-Andrews
Jane Juusola
Amy B. Wilfert
Rami Abou Jamra
Benjamin Büttner
Heather C. Mefford
Alison M. Muir
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Brigid M. Regan
Stephen Malone
Jozef Gecz
Jan Cobben
Marjan M. Weiss
Quinten Waisfisz
Emilia K. Bijlsma
Mariëtte J. V. Hoffer
Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp
Stefano Sartori
Fan Xia
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Raphael A. Bernier
Michael F. Wangler
Shinya Yamamoto
Kun Xia
Alexander P. A. Stegmann
Hugo J. Bellen
Alessandra Murgia
Evan E. Eichler
Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
Nature Communications
author_facet Hui Guo
Elisa Bettella
Paul C. Marcogliese
Rongjuan Zhao
Jonathan C. Andrews
Tomasz J. Nowakowski
Madelyn A. Gillentine
Kendra Hoekzema
Tianyun Wang
Huidan Wu
Sharayu Jangam
Cenying Liu
Hailun Ni
Marjolein H. Willemsen
Bregje W. van Bon
Tuula Rinne
Servi J. C. Stevens
Tjitske Kleefstra
Han G. Brunner
Helger G. Yntema
Min Long
Wenjing Zhao
Zhengmao Hu
Cindy Colson
Nicolas Richard
Charles E. Schwartz
Corrado Romano
Lucia Castiglia
Maria Bottitta
Shweta U. Dhar
Deanna J. Erwin
Lisa Emrick
Boris Keren
Alexandra Afenjar
Baosheng Zhu
Bing Bai
Pawel Stankiewicz
Kristin Herman
University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics
Saadet Mercimek-Andrews
Jane Juusola
Amy B. Wilfert
Rami Abou Jamra
Benjamin Büttner
Heather C. Mefford
Alison M. Muir
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Brigid M. Regan
Stephen Malone
Jozef Gecz
Jan Cobben
Marjan M. Weiss
Quinten Waisfisz
Emilia K. Bijlsma
Mariëtte J. V. Hoffer
Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp
Stefano Sartori
Fan Xia
Jill A. Rosenfeld
Raphael A. Bernier
Michael F. Wangler
Shinya Yamamoto
Kun Xia
Alexander P. A. Stegmann
Hugo J. Bellen
Alessandra Murgia
Evan E. Eichler
author_sort Hui Guo
title Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
title_short Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
title_full Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
title_fullStr Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
title_full_unstemmed Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
title_sort disruptive mutations in tanc2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2019-10-01
description Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases for which the genetic basis is still unknown in more than half of the cases. Here, the authors report a NDD associated with disruptive variants in the TANC2 gene and show that rols, the TANC2 homolog in flies, is required for synapse growth and function.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12435-8
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spelling doaj-663adb56ce6f405da787645af9303af82021-05-11T11:44:09ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-10-0110111710.1038/s41467-019-12435-8Disruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disordersHui Guo0Elisa Bettella1Paul C. Marcogliese2Rongjuan Zhao3Jonathan C. Andrews4Tomasz J. Nowakowski5Madelyn A. Gillentine6Kendra Hoekzema7Tianyun Wang8Huidan Wu9Sharayu Jangam10Cenying Liu11Hailun Ni12Marjolein H. Willemsen13Bregje W. van Bon14Tuula Rinne15Servi J. C. Stevens16Tjitske Kleefstra17Han G. Brunner18Helger G. Yntema19Min Long20Wenjing Zhao21Zhengmao Hu22Cindy Colson23Nicolas Richard24Charles E. Schwartz25Corrado Romano26Lucia Castiglia27Maria Bottitta28Shweta U. Dhar29Deanna J. Erwin30Lisa Emrick31Boris Keren32Alexandra Afenjar33Baosheng Zhu34Bing Bai35Pawel Stankiewicz36Kristin Herman37University of Washington Center for Mendelian GenomicsSaadet Mercimek-Andrews38Jane Juusola39Amy B. 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Eichler65Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of MedicineLaboratory of Molecular Genetics of Neurodevelopment, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of PaduaDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineUCSF Department of Anatomy, University of California, San FranciscoDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of MedicineDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of MedicineDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of MedicineCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical CenterDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical CenterCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityCenter for Medical Genetics & Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South UniversityNormandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Department of Genetics, EA7450 BioTARGenNormandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Department of Genetics, EA7450 BioTARGenGreenwood Genetic CenterOasi Research Institute-IRCCSOasi Research Institute-IRCCSOasi Research Institute-IRCCSDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineDépartement de génétique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique - 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Here, the authors report a NDD associated with disruptive variants in the TANC2 gene and show that rols, the TANC2 homolog in flies, is required for synapse growth and function.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12435-8