Research Article

A Palindrome-Like Structure on 16p13.3 Is Associated with the Formation of Complex Structural Variations and SRRM2 Haploinsufficiency

Table 1

Comparison of genetic and clinical details between 6 individuals from the 100K Genomes Project with loss of function variants in SRRM2 and the 22 cases reported previously.

Cases reported here ()Cases reported by [9] ()

SRRM2 variant type1 frameshift, 1 nonsense, 4 microdeletions (3 complexes)12 frameshifts, 8 nonsenses, 2 microdeletions
Inheritancede novo in 5/6†de novo in 19/22
Prevalence5/6517 in ID cases from 100kGP (v15 26th May 2022)2/1000 in the discovery cohort
Gender3 M, 3 F14 M, 8 F
Ethnicity6/6 whiteNA
Age at last assessment5-16 y4-28 y ()
Phenotype blending2/6NA
Developmental delay6/622/22
Language delay6/616/19
Walking delay6/6 (1 mild)8/22
Intellectual disability6/6 (moderate to severe)16/20
Seizures2/6Not reported
Microcephaly3/61/22 (also 2 with macrocephaly)
Autistic features4/69/22
ADHD features5/66/22
Hypersociability/friendliness3/68/22
Anxiety3/62/22
Hyperphagia2/64/22
Feeding difficulties4/65/22
Neonatal hypotonia4/64/22
Hypotonia at the last assessment2/6 (also 1 with increased tone)9/22
Dystonia2/6NA
Coordination trouble/dyspraxia4/65/22
Overweight2/612/22
Obesity1/67/22
Tall stature2/64/22
Facial dysmorphism6/620/22
Geographic tongue2/6‡NA
Small/short hands and feet2/56/22
Scoliosis2/6 (1 mild)1/22 (with hemivertebra)
Planovalgus2/6NA
Strabismus2/64/22
Hypermetropia1/63/22
Kidney anomaly1/3 (L-hydronephrosis and 2 renal cysts)1/22 (unilateral hypoplastic kidney)
Micropenis/small testes1/3 (absent testis)1/14 (both)

†For P3, de novo status is inferred by haplotype analysis (Figure 2). ‡Shown for P3 in Figure 3(a).