NEXMIF encephalopathy: an X-linked disorder with male and female phenotypic patterns

Hannah Stamberger, Trine B Hammer, Elena Gardella, Danique R M Vlaskamp, Birgitte Bertelsen, Simone Mandelstam, Iris de Lange, Jing Zhang, Candace T Myers, Christina Fenger, Zaid Afawi, Edith P Almanza Fuerte, Danielle M Andrade, Yunus Balcik, Bruria Ben Zeev, Mark F Bennett, Samuel F Berkovic, Bertrand Isidor, Arjan Bouman, Eva BrilstraØyvind L Busk, Anita Cairns, Roseline Caumes, Nicolas Chatron, Russell C Dale, Christa de Geus, Patrick Edery, Deepak Gill, Jacob Bie Granild-Jensen, Lauren Gunderson, Boudewijn Gunning, Gali Heimer, Johan R Helle, Michael S Hildebrand, Georgie Hollingsworth, Volodymyr Kharytonov, Eric W Klee, Bobby P C Koeleman, David A Koolen, Christian Korff, Sébastien Küry, Gaetan Lesca, Dorit Lev, Richard J Leventer, Mark T Mackay, Erica L Macke, Meriel McEntagart, Shekeeb S Mohammad, Pauline Monin, Martino Montomoli, Eva Morava, Sebastien Moutton, Alison M Muir, Elena Parrini, Peter Procopis, Emmanuelle Ranza, Laura Reed, Philipp S Reif, Felix Rosenow, Massimiliano Rossi, Lynette G Sadleir, Tara Sadoway, Helenius J Schelhaas, Amy L Schneider, Krati Shah, Ruth Shalev, Sanjay M Sisodiya, Thomas Smol, Connie T R M Stumpel, Kyra Stuurman, Joseph D Symonds, Frederic Tran Mau-Them, Nienke Verbeek, Judith S Verhoeven, Geoffrey Wallace, Keren Yosovich, Yuri A Zarate, Ayelet Zerem, Sameer M Zuberi, Renzo Guerrini, Heather C Mefford, Chirag Patel, Yue-Hua Zhang, Rikke S Møller, Ingrid E Scheffer*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Pathogenic variants in the X-linked gene NEXMIF (previously KIAA2022) are associated with intellectual disability (ID), autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. We aimed to delineate the female and male phenotypic spectrum of NEXMIF encephalopathy.

METHODS: Through an international collaboration, we analyzed the phenotypes and genotypes of 87 patients with NEXMIF encephalopathy.

RESULTS: Sixty-three females and 24 males (46 new patients) with NEXMIF encephalopathy were studied, with 30 novel variants. Phenotypic features included developmental delay/ID in 86/87 (99%), seizures in 71/86 (83%) and multiple comorbidities. Generalized seizures predominated including myoclonic seizures and absence seizures (both 46/70, 66%), absence with eyelid myoclonia (17/70, 24%), and atonic seizures (30/70, 43%). Males had more severe developmental impairment; females had epilepsy more frequently, and varied from unaffected to severely affected. All NEXMIF pathogenic variants led to a premature stop codon or were deleterious structural variants. Most arose de novo, although X-linked segregation occurred for both sexes. Somatic mosaicism occurred in two males and a family with suspected parental mosaicism.

CONCLUSION: NEXMIF encephalopathy is an X-linked, generalized developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by myoclonic-atonic epilepsy overlapping with eyelid myoclonia with absence. Some patients have developmental encephalopathy without epilepsy. Males have more severe developmental impairment. NEXMIF encephalopathy arises due to loss-of-function variants.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Sider (fra-til)363-373
Antal sider11
TidsskriftGenetics in Medicine
Vol/bind23
Udgave nummer2
Tidlig onlinedato4 nov. 2020
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2021

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