Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

Dalila Pinto; Alistair T. Pagnamenta; Lambertus Klei; Richard Anney; Daniele Merico; Regina Regan; Judith Conroy; Tiago R. Magalhaes; Catarina Correia; Brett S. Abrahams; Joana Almeida; Elena Bacchelli; Gary D. Bader; Anthony J. Bailey; Gillian Baird; Agatino Battaglia; Tom Berney; Nadia Bolshakova; Sven Boelte; Patrick F. Bolton; Thomas Bourgeron; Sean Brennan; Jessica Brian; Susan E. Bryson; Andrew R. Carson; Guillermo Casallo; Jillian Casey; Brian H. Y. Chung; Lynne Cochrane; Christina Corsello; Emily L. Crawford; Andrew Crossett; Cheryl Cytrynbaum; Geraldine Dawson; Maretha de Jonge; Richard Delorme; Irene Drmic; Eftichia Duketis; Frederico Duque; Annette Estes; Penny Farrar; Bridget A. Fernandez; Susan E. Folstein; Eric Fombonne; Christine M. Freitag; John Gilbert; Christopher Gillberg; Joseph T. Glessner; Jeremy Goldberg; Andrew Green; Jonathan Green; Stephen J. Guter; Hakon Hakonarson; Elizabeth A. Heron; Matthew Hill; Richard Holt; Jennifer L. Howe; Gillian Hughes; Vanessa Hus; Roberta Igliozzi; Cecilia Kim; Sabine M. Klauck; Alexander Kolevzon; Olena Korvatska; Vlad Kustanovich; Clara M. Lajonchere; Janine A. Lamb; Magdalena Laskawiec; Marion Leboyer; Ann Le Couteur; Bennett L. Leventhal; Anath C. Lionel; Xiao-Qing Liu; Catherine Lord; Linda Lotspeich; Sabata C. Lund; Elena Maestrini; William Mahoney; Carine Mantoulan; Christian R. Marshall; Helen McConachie; Christopher J. McDougle; Jane McGrath; William M. McMahon; Alison Merikangas; Ohsuke Migita; Nancy J. Minshew; Ghazala K. Mirza; Jeff Munson; Stanley F. Nelson; Carolyn Noakes; Abdul Noor; Gudrun Nygren; Guiomar Oliveira; Katerina Papanikolaou; Jeremy R. Parr; Barbara Parrini; Tara Paton; Andrew Pickles; Marion Pilorge; Joseph Piven; Chris P. Ponting; David J. Posey; Annemarie Poustka; Fritz Poustka; Aparna Prasad; Jiannis Ragoussis; Katy Renshaw; Jessica Rickaby; Wendy Roberts; Kathryn Roeder; Bernadette Roge; Michael L. Rutter; Laura J. Bierut; John P. Rice; Jeff Salt; Katherine Sansom; Daisuke Sato; Ricardo Segurado; Ana F. Sequeira; Lili Senman; Naisha Shah; Val C. Sheffield; Latha Soorya; Ines Sousa; Olaf Stein; Nuala Sykes; Vera Stoppioni; Christina Strawbridge; Raffaella Tancredi; Katherine Tansey; Bhooma Thiruvahindrapduram; Ann P. Thompson; Susanne Thomson; Ana Tryfon; John Tsiantis; Herman Van Engeland; John B. Vincent; Fred Volkmar; Simon Wallace; Kai Wang; Zhouzhi Wang; Thomas H. Wassink; Caleb Webber; Rosanna Weksberg; Kirsty Wing; Kerstin Wittemeyer; Shawn Wood; Jing Wu; Brian L. Yaspan; Danielle Zurawiecki; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Rita M. Cantor; Edwin H. Cook; Hilary Coon; Michael L. Cuccaro; Bernie Devlin; Sean Ennis; Louise Gallagher; Daniel H. Geschwind; Michael Gill; Jonathan L. Haines; Joachim Hallmayer; Judith Miller; Anthony P. Monaco; John I. Nurnberger; Andrew D. Paterson; Margaret A. Pericak-Vance; Gerard D. Schellenberg; Peter Szatmari; Astrid M. Vicente; Veronica J. Vieland; Ellen M. Wijsman; Stephen W. Scherer; James S. Sutcliffe; Catalina Betancur

doi:10.1038/nature09146

Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

Dalila Pinto, Alistair T. Pagnamenta, Lambertus Klei, Richard Anney, Daniele Merico, Regina Regan, Judith Conroy, Tiago R. Magalhaes, Catarina Correia, Brett S. Abrahams, Joana Almeida, Elena Bacchelli, Gary D. Bader, Anthony J. Bailey, Gillian Baird, Agatino Battaglia, Tom Berney, Nadia Bolshakova, Sven Boelte, Patrick F. BoltonThomas Bourgeron, Sean Brennan, Jessica Brian, Susan E. Bryson, Andrew R. Carson, Guillermo Casallo, Jillian Casey, Brian H. Y. Chung, Lynne Cochrane, Christina Corsello, Emily L. Crawford, Andrew Crossett, Cheryl Cytrynbaum, Geraldine Dawson, Maretha de Jonge, Richard Delorme, Irene Drmic, Eftichia Duketis, Frederico Duque, Annette Estes, Penny Farrar, Bridget A. Fernandez, Susan E. Folstein, Eric Fombonne, Christine M. Freitag, John Gilbert, Christopher Gillberg, Joseph T. Glessner, Jeremy Goldberg, Andrew Green, Jonathan Green, Stephen J. Guter, Hakon Hakonarson, Elizabeth A. Heron, Matthew Hill, Richard Holt, Jennifer L. Howe, Gillian Hughes, Vanessa Hus, Roberta Igliozzi, Cecilia Kim, Sabine M. Klauck, Alexander Kolevzon, Olena Korvatska, Vlad Kustanovich, Clara M. Lajonchere, Janine A. Lamb, Magdalena Laskawiec, Marion Leboyer, Ann Le Couteur, Bennett L. Leventhal, Anath C. Lionel, Xiao-Qing Liu, Catherine Lord, Linda Lotspeich, Sabata C. Lund, Elena Maestrini, William Mahoney, Carine Mantoulan, Christian R. Marshall, Helen McConachie, Christopher J. McDougle, Jane McGrath, William M. McMahon, Alison Merikangas, Ohsuke Migita, Nancy J. Minshew, Ghazala K. Mirza, Jeff Munson, Stanley F. Nelson, Carolyn Noakes, Abdul Noor, Gudrun Nygren, Guiomar Oliveira, Katerina Papanikolaou, Jeremy R. Parr, Barbara Parrini, Tara Paton, Andrew Pickles, Marion Pilorge, Joseph Piven, Chris P. Ponting, David J. Posey, Annemarie Poustka, Fritz Poustka, Aparna Prasad, Jiannis Ragoussis, Katy Renshaw, Jessica Rickaby, Wendy Roberts, Kathryn Roeder, Bernadette Roge, Michael L. Rutter, Laura J. Bierut, John P. Rice, Jeff Salt, Katherine Sansom, Daisuke Sato, Ricardo Segurado, Ana F. Sequeira, Lili Senman, Naisha Shah, Val C. Sheffield, Latha Soorya, Ines Sousa, Olaf Stein, Nuala Sykes, Vera Stoppioni, Christina Strawbridge, Raffaella Tancredi, Katherine Tansey, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapduram, Ann P. Thompson, Susanne Thomson, Ana Tryfon, John Tsiantis, Herman Van Engeland, John B. Vincent, Fred Volkmar, Simon Wallace, Kai Wang, Zhouzhi Wang, Thomas H. Wassink, Caleb Webber, Rosanna Weksberg, Kirsty Wing, Kerstin Wittemeyer, Shawn Wood, Jing Wu, Brian L. Yaspan, Danielle Zurawiecki, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Rita M. Cantor, Edwin H. Cook, Hilary Coon, Michael L. Cuccaro, Bernie Devlin, Sean Ennis, Louise Gallagher, Daniel H. Geschwind, Michael Gill, Jonathan L. Haines, Joachim Hallmayer, Judith Miller, Anthony P. Monaco, John I. Nurnberger, Andrew D. Paterson, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Peter Szatmari, Astrid M. Vicente, Veronica J. Vieland, Ellen M. Wijsman, Stephen W. Scherer, James S. Sutcliffe, Catalina Betancur

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The autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviours1. Individuals with an ASD vary greatly in cognitive development, which can range from above average to intellectual disability2. Although ASDs are known to be highly heritable (~90%)3, the underlying genetic determinants are still largely unknown. Here we analysed the genome-wide characteristics of rare (<1% frequency) copy number variation in ASD using dense genotyping arrays. When comparing 996 ASD individuals of European ancestry to 1,287 matched controls, cases were found to carry a higher global burden of rare, genic copy number variants (CNVs) (1.19 fold, P = 0.012), especially so for loci previously implicated in either ASD and/or intellectual disability (1.69 fold, P = 3.4 × 10-4). Among the CNVs there were numerous de novo and inherited events, sometimes in combination in a given family, implicating many novel ASD genes such as SHANK2, SYNGAP1, DLGAP2 and the X-linked DDX53–PTCHD1 locus. We also discovered an enrichment of CNVs disrupting functional gene sets involved in cellular proliferation, projection and motility, and GTPase/Ras signalling. Our results reveal many new genetic and functional targets in ASD that may lead to final connected pathways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368 - 372
Number of pages	5
Journal	NATURE
Volume	466
Issue number	7304
Early online date	9 Jun 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09146
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2010

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Pinto, D., Pagnamenta, A. T., Klei, L., Anney, R., Merico, D., Regan, R., Conroy, J., Magalhaes, T. R., Correia, C., Abrahams, B. S., Almeida, J., Bacchelli, E., Bader, G. D., Bailey, A. J., Baird, G., Battaglia, A., Berney, T., Bolshakova, N., Boelte, S., ... Betancur, C. (2010). Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. NATURE, 466(7304), 368 - 372. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09146

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AU - Regan, Regina

AU - Conroy, Judith

AU - Magalhaes, Tiago R.

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AU - Abrahams, Brett S.

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AU - Brennan, Sean

AU - Brian, Jessica

AU - Bryson, Susan E.

AU - Carson, Andrew R.

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AU - Casey, Jillian

AU - Chung, Brian H. Y.

AU - Cochrane, Lynne

AU - Corsello, Christina

AU - Crawford, Emily L.

AU - Crossett, Andrew

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AU - Dawson, Geraldine

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AU - Drmic, Irene

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AU - Farrar, Penny

AU - Fernandez, Bridget A.

AU - Folstein, Susan E.

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AU - Freitag, Christine M.

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AU - Gillberg, Christopher

AU - Glessner, Joseph T.

AU - Goldberg, Jeremy

AU - Green, Andrew

AU - Green, Jonathan

AU - Guter, Stephen J.

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AU - Heron, Elizabeth A.

AU - Hill, Matthew

AU - Holt, Richard

AU - Howe, Jennifer L.

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AU - Hus, Vanessa

AU - Igliozzi, Roberta

AU - Kim, Cecilia

AU - Klauck, Sabine M.

AU - Kolevzon, Alexander

AU - Korvatska, Olena

AU - Kustanovich, Vlad

AU - Lajonchere, Clara M.

AU - Lamb, Janine A.

AU - Laskawiec, Magdalena

AU - Leboyer, Marion

AU - Le Couteur, Ann

AU - Leventhal, Bennett L.

AU - Lionel, Anath C.

AU - Liu, Xiao-Qing

AU - Lord, Catherine

AU - Lotspeich, Linda

AU - Lund, Sabata C.

AU - Maestrini, Elena

AU - Mahoney, William

AU - Mantoulan, Carine

AU - Marshall, Christian R.

AU - McConachie, Helen

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AU - Rickaby, Jessica

AU - Roberts, Wendy

AU - Roeder, Kathryn

AU - Roge, Bernadette

AU - Rutter, Michael L.

AU - Bierut, Laura J.

AU - Rice, John P.

AU - Salt, Jeff

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AU - Sato, Daisuke

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AU - Shah, Naisha

AU - Sheffield, Val C.

AU - Soorya, Latha

AU - Sousa, Ines

AU - Stein, Olaf

AU - Sykes, Nuala

AU - Stoppioni, Vera

AU - Strawbridge, Christina

AU - Tancredi, Raffaella

AU - Tansey, Katherine

AU - Thiruvahindrapduram, Bhooma

AU - Thompson, Ann P.

AU - Thomson, Susanne

AU - Tryfon, Ana

AU - Tsiantis, John

AU - Van Engeland, Herman

AU - Vincent, John B.

AU - Volkmar, Fred

AU - Wallace, Simon

AU - Wang, Kai

AU - Wang, Zhouzhi

AU - Wassink, Thomas H.

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AU - Wing, Kirsty

AU - Wittemeyer, Kerstin

AU - Wood, Shawn

AU - Wu, Jing

AU - Yaspan, Brian L.

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AU - Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie

AU - Buxbaum, Joseph D.

AU - Cantor, Rita M.

AU - Cook, Edwin H.

AU - Coon, Hilary

AU - Cuccaro, Michael L.

AU - Devlin, Bernie

AU - Ennis, Sean

AU - Gallagher, Louise

AU - Geschwind, Daniel H.

AU - Gill, Michael

AU - Haines, Jonathan L.

AU - Hallmayer, Joachim

AU - Miller, Judith

AU - Monaco, Anthony P.

AU - Nurnberger, John I.

AU - Paterson, Andrew D.

AU - Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.

AU - Schellenberg, Gerard D.

AU - Szatmari, Peter

AU - Vicente, Astrid M.

AU - Vieland, Veronica J.

AU - Wijsman, Ellen M.

AU - Scherer, Stephen W.

AU - Sutcliffe, James S.

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N2 - The autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviours1. Individuals with an ASD vary greatly in cognitive development, which can range from above average to intellectual disability2. Although ASDs are known to be highly heritable (~90%)3, the underlying genetic determinants are still largely unknown. Here we analysed the genome-wide characteristics of rare (<1% frequency) copy number variation in ASD using dense genotyping arrays. When comparing 996 ASD individuals of European ancestry to 1,287 matched controls, cases were found to carry a higher global burden of rare, genic copy number variants (CNVs) (1.19 fold, P = 0.012), especially so for loci previously implicated in either ASD and/or intellectual disability (1.69 fold, P = 3.4 × 10-4). Among the CNVs there were numerous de novo and inherited events, sometimes in combination in a given family, implicating many novel ASD genes such as SHANK2, SYNGAP1, DLGAP2 and the X-linked DDX53–PTCHD1 locus. We also discovered an enrichment of CNVs disrupting functional gene sets involved in cellular proliferation, projection and motility, and GTPase/Ras signalling. Our results reveal many new genetic and functional targets in ASD that may lead to final connected pathways.

AB - The autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviours1. Individuals with an ASD vary greatly in cognitive development, which can range from above average to intellectual disability2. Although ASDs are known to be highly heritable (~90%)3, the underlying genetic determinants are still largely unknown. Here we analysed the genome-wide characteristics of rare (<1% frequency) copy number variation in ASD using dense genotyping arrays. When comparing 996 ASD individuals of European ancestry to 1,287 matched controls, cases were found to carry a higher global burden of rare, genic copy number variants (CNVs) (1.19 fold, P = 0.012), especially so for loci previously implicated in either ASD and/or intellectual disability (1.69 fold, P = 3.4 × 10-4). Among the CNVs there were numerous de novo and inherited events, sometimes in combination in a given family, implicating many novel ASD genes such as SHANK2, SYNGAP1, DLGAP2 and the X-linked DDX53–PTCHD1 locus. We also discovered an enrichment of CNVs disrupting functional gene sets involved in cellular proliferation, projection and motility, and GTPase/Ras signalling. Our results reveal many new genetic and functional targets in ASD that may lead to final connected pathways.

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EP - 372

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Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

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