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ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages 433-436Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ana.25152
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- King Salman Center for Disability Research
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology [13-BIO1113-20]
- Saudi Human Genome Program
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Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most common birth defects in humans and yet their molecular etiology remains poorly understood. NTDs are believed to result from the complex interaction of environmental factors with a multitude of genetic risk factors in a classical multifactorial disease model. Mendelian forms of NTDs in which single variants are sufficient to cause the disease are extremely rare. We report a monozygotic twin with severe NTDs (occipital encephalocele and myelomeningocele) and a shared de novo, likely truncating, variant in SMARCC1. RTPCR analysis suggests the potential null nature of the variant attributed to nonsense-mediated decay. SMARCC1 is extremely constrained in humans and encodes a highly conserved core chromatin remodeler, BAF155. Mice that are heterozygous for a null allele or homozygous for a hypomorphic allele develop severe NTDs in the form of exencephaly. This is the first report of SMARCC1 mutation in humans, and it shows a critical and conserved requirement for intact BAF chromatin remodeling complex in neurulation. Ann Neurol 2018;83:433-436
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