Complex structural variants in Mendelian disorders: identification and breakpoint resolution using short- and long-read genome sequencing

Sanchis-Juan, Alba, Stephens, Jonathan, French, Courtney E., Gleadall, Nicholas, Mégy, Karyn, Penkett, Christopher, Shamardina, Olga, Stirrups, Kathleen, Delon, Isabelle, Dewhurst, Eleanor, Dolling, Helen, Erwood, Marie, Grozeva, Detelina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3239-8415, Stefanucci, Luca, Arno, Gavin, Webster, Andrew R., Cole, Trevor, Austin, Topun, Branco, Ricardo Garcia, Ouwehand, Willem H., Raymond, F. Lucy and Carss, Keren J. 2018. Complex structural variants in Mendelian disorders: identification and breakpoint resolution using short- and long-read genome sequencing. Genome Medicine 10 (1) , 95. 10.1186/s13073-018-0606-6

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Abstract

Background Studies have shown that complex structural variants (cxSVs) contribute to human genomic variation and can cause Mendelian disease. We aimed to identify cxSVs relevant to Mendelian disease using short-read whole-genome sequencing (WGS), resolve the precise variant configuration and investigate possible mechanisms of cxSV formation. Methods We performed short-read WGS and analysis of breakpoint junctions to identify cxSVs in a cohort of 1324 undiagnosed rare disease patients. Long-read WGS and gene expression analysis were used to resolve one case. Results We identified three pathogenic cxSVs: a de novo duplication-inversion-inversion-deletion affecting ARID1B, a de novo deletion-inversion-duplication affecting HNRNPU and a homozygous deletion-inversion-deletion affecting CEP78. Additionally, a de novo duplication-inversion-duplication overlapping CDKL5 was resolved by long-read WGS demonstrating the presence of both a disrupted and an intact copy of CDKL5 on the same allele, and gene expression analysis showed both parental alleles of CDKL5 were expressed. Breakpoint analysis in all the cxSVs revealed both microhomology and longer repetitive elements. Conclusions Our results corroborate that cxSVs cause Mendelian disease, and we recommend their consideration during clinical investigations. We show that resolution of breakpoints can be critical to interpret pathogenicity and present evidence of replication-based mechanisms in cxSV formation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Publisher:	BioMed Central
ISSN:	1756-994X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 April 2021
Date of Acceptance:	23 November 2018
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 07:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140281

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