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Table 2 X-linked hydrocephalus

From: The genetic basis of hydrocephalus: genes, pathways, mechanisms, and global impact

Citation

Title

Author affiliation

Case #

Ancestry

Study design

CNS phenotype

Non-CNS phenotype

Type of hydrocephalus

Genetic methodology

Genetic analysis

Inheritance

Genetic findings

Alhousseini et al., 2019 [149]

Familial Hydrocephalus and Dysgenesis of the Corpus Callosum Associated with Xp22.33 Duplication and Stenosis of the Aqueduct of Sylvius with X-Linked Recessive Inheritance Pattern

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

2 Subjects, 1 Control

Furey

Case study

Global motor delay

 

Obstructive

Chromosomal microarray

CNV

X-linked Recessive

Xp22.33 (439 Kb duplication)

Beggs et al., 1992 [150]

Possible influences on the expression of X chromosome-linked dystrophin abnormalities by heterozygosity for autosomal recessive Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

37 Subjects, Controls used

Japanese

Case series

Comedullar atrophy, cortical dysgenesis

Congenital muscular dystrophy

Communicating

TGS

Southern blotting

AR with X linked interaction

Xp21.2-p21.1 (exons 51–54 deletion in DMD)

Berger et al., 2011 [38]

Early prenatal ventriculomegaly due to an AIFM1 mutation identified by linkage analysis and whole exome sequencing

Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

2 Subjects, 86 Controls

Palestinian

Case Study

Bilateral septated choroid plexus cysts, enlarged cisterna magna, swallowing difficulties, hypotonia

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dystrophic muscle changes

Obstructive

WES

Linkage analysis

X-linked

Xq26.1 (c.G923A, p.G308E in exon 9 of AIFM1)

Cacciagli et al., 2013 [151]

AP1S2 is mutated in X-linked Dandy-Walker malformation with intellectual disability, basal ganglia disease and seizures (Pettigrew syndrome)

Faculté de Médecine de La Timone, Marseille, France

4 Subjects, Control matched sampling

-

Case series

Dandy walker malformation, intellectual disability, self-harm, ataxia, limb scissoring, spasticity, kyphoscoliosis

Facial dysmorphism with a long and narrow face, prominent mandible, inconstant choreoathetosis

-

WES

SNP analysis; Sanger Sequencing

X-linked

Xp22.2 (c.G426 + 1 T mutation in exon 4 of AP1S2)

Chassaing et al., 2005 [152]

X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia with platyspondyly, distinctive brachydactyly, hydrocephaly, and microphthalmia

Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux, France

4 Subjects

-

Case study

Macrocephaly

Microphthalmia, small low-set ears, and a short flat nose, platyspondyly, poor mineralization of the bones, 11 pairs of thin ribs, hypoplasia of the iliac wings, metaphyseal cupped phalanges, and hypoplastic bilobar-shaped calcaneus

-

TGS

Microsatellite marker assay; linkage analysis

X-linked dominant

X-linked dominant

Furtado et al., 2010 [153]

A novel X-linked multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with an EBP mutation

University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

1 Subject, 5 Controls

-

Case study

Dandy–walker malformation, dysgenesis of the corpus callosum,

Cataracts, bilateral cryptorchidism, collodian or ichthyotic skin, 2,3-toe syndactyly, robin anomaly, a high-nasal bridge, auricular dysplasia, and septal defects

Obstructive

TGS

Variant analysis, Sanger sequencing

X-linked recessive

Xp11.23 (c.G141T, p.W47C in exon 2 of EBP)

Holden et al., 2006 [154]

Fanconi anaemia complementation group B presenting as X linked VACTERL with hydrocephalus syndrome

Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK

2 Subjects, 2 Controls

-

Case Study

Cervical vertebral defects, Arnold Chiari malformation, lumbar spina bifida occulta

Absent thumbs, unilateral renal agenesis, incomplete lung lobulation, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula/atresia, abnormal ear

Communicating

TGS

chromosome breakage assay, direct sequencing

X-linked

Xp22.2 (G to A substitution in intron 7 of FANCB which causes skipping of exon 7)

Jouet et al., 1995 [155]

New domains of neural cell-adhesion molecule L1 implicated in X-linked hydrocephalus and MASA syndrome

University of Cambridge Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom

9 Subjects

-

Case–Control

Intellectual disability, and spastic paraplegia type I

Aphasia, shuffling gait, adducted thumbs

-

TGS

Automated sequencing; SSCP; HA; direct radioactive cycle sequencing; SNuPE

X-linked

Xq28 (L1 gene mutations: c.G2302T, p.V768F; c.G361A, p.G121S; exon 1 (c.G26C, p.W9S); exon 8 (nucleotide G-to-A transition, p.E209K); exon 14 (c.C1756T, p.Q586X); exon 21 (c.C2822T, p.P941L); exon 24 (c.A3209G, p.Y1070C); base change at the intron 10 donor splice site resulting in the skipping of exon 10; point mutation in intron 26)

Kaepernick et al., 1994 [156]

Clinical aspects of the MASA syndrome in a large family, including expressing females

Michigan State University

22 Subjects

-

Case series

Intellectual disability, spasticity

Developmental delay, adducted thumbs, syndactyly of toes, rounded shoulders, shuffling gait, kyphosis, lordosis, hammer toes, metatarsus adductus, pes cavus, ankle

-

Southern blotting

DNA probing

X-linked

Mutation within Xq28

Kenwrick et al., 1986 [157]

Linkage studies of X-linked recessive spastic paraplegia using DNA probes

Nutfield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX39DU, Oxford, UK

6 Subjects

-

Case series

Spastic paraplegia, intellectual disability

Absence of extensor pollicis longus

-

Southern blotting

Linkage analysis

X-linked

Mutation within Xq28

Ko et al., 1994 [158]

Prenatal diagnosis of X-linked hydrocephalus in a Chinese family with four successive affected pregnancies

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China

4 Subjects

Chinese

Case study

Psychomotor delay, spastic quadriplegia, seizures

Aphasia

Obstructive

TES

Linkage analysis; direct sequencing

X-linked

Mutation within Xq28

Kolanczyk et al., 2015 [159]

Missense variant in CCDC22 causes X-linked recessive intellectual disability with features of Ritscher-Schinzel/3C syndrome

Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2 Subjects, 1 Parent, 1 Control

Australian

Case study

Dandy–Walker malformation, cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, posterior fossa cysts, and ventricular dilatation, intellectual disability

Facial dysmorphism, cardiac defects, glaucoma, VSD, cryptorchidism

Obstructive

WES, cytogenetics

NGS-based WES, aCGH, segregation analysis, Sanger sequencing

X-linked recessive

Xp11.23 (c.A1670G, p.Y557C in exon 15 of CCDC22)

Kroes et al., 2005 [160]

Cerebral, cerebellar, and colobomatous anomalies in three related males: Sex-linked inheritance in a newly recognized syndrome with features overlapping with Joubert syndrome

University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

3 Subjects, 1 Control

Caucasian, Indonesian

Case study

Neural tube defect, convulsions, hypotonia,

Dandy walker—cerebellar malformations, hypotonia, molar tooth sign,

Meckel’s diverticulum,

Facial dysmorphism, bilateral colobomas

Communicating/Obstructive

TGS

X-inactivation status

X-linked recessive

X-linked inheritance

Legius et al., 1994 [161]

Fine mapping of X-linked clasped thumb and mental retardation (MASA syndrome) in Xq28

University of Michigan, Department of Pediatric Genetics, Ann Arbor

49 Subjects

-

Case Study

Spastic paresis, Intellectual disability

Adducted thumbs, global physical delay

-

Haplotyping

Two-point and Multipoint linkage analysis

X-linked

Xq28 (Genetic etiology of MASA syndrome is localized to between DXS455 and F8C)

McCauley et al., 2011 [162]

X-linked VACTERL with hydrocephalus syndrome: further delineation of the phenotype caused by FANCB mutations

GSTS Pathology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK

10 Subjects, Controls used

-

Case series

Isolated hydrocephalus

Vertebral defects, hear anomalies, esophageal/duodenal/anal atresia, renal abnormalities, genital abnormalities (vacterl-h like phenotype)

-

TGS

Direct sequencing

X-linked, De novo

Xp22.2 (FANCB mutations: deletion of exons 8–10; c.2165 + 1G > T exon 9 donor splice site mutation; c.1857_1858delAG, p.R619fs; c.T2150G, p.L717X)

Mikat et al., 2016 [163]

X-linked recessive VACTERL-H due to a mutation in FANCB in a preterm boy

University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg and Essen

1 Subject, 1 Control

Caucasian

Case study

Isolated hydrocephalus

Bilateral renal agenesis, posteriorly rotated ears, retrognathia, oligodactyly of the hands, bilateral dysplasia of the radius and ulna, anal atresia, and myocardial hypertrophy

-

TGS

-

X-linked recessive

Xp22.2 (c.C832T, p.Q278X in FANCB)

Peters et al., 2014 [42]

Focal dermal hypoplasia: report of a case with myelomeningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus with a review of neurologic manifestations of Goltz syndrome

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1 Subject

Nigerian

Case study

Arnold Chiari I malformation, lumbosacral meningomyelocele

Cryptorchidism, pointed chin and low set under folded ears with hypopigmentation of the helices linear hypoplasia and atrophy of the skin, bilateral iris and chorioretinal colobomas, syndactyly

Obstructive

TGS

a-CGH

X-linked, De novo

Xp11.23 (c853_855delACG in PORCN)

Rietschel et al., 1991 [164]

MASA syndrome: clinical variability and linkage analysis

Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Bonn, Germany

3 Subjects

-

Case series

Intellectual disability, spastic paraplegia

Aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs

-

Chromosome analysis

Linkage analysis

X-linked

Mutation within Xq28

Rosenthal, Jouet, Kenwrick, 1992 [165]

Aberrant splicing of neural cell adhesion molecule L1 mRNA in a family with X-linked hydrocephalus

University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK

2 Subjects, 2 Controls

-

Case–Control

Intellectual disability, spasticity

Adducted thumbs

-

TGS

Direct sequencing

X-linked

Xq28 (intronic A to C base change 19 bp upstream of a splice acceptor site in the L1 gene)

Saillour et al., 2007 [39]

Mutations in the AP1S2 gene encoding the sigma 2 subunit of the adaptor protein 1 complex are associated with syndromic X-linked mental retardation with hydrocephalus and calcifications in basal ganglia

Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France

8 Subjects

Scottish, French

Case series

Hypotonia, calcification of the basal ganglia, intellectual disability, seizures

Osteosclerosis of the calvarium, mild facial dysmorphism

Communicating/Obstructive

WGS

Microsatellite marker assay; linkage analysis, chromatographic mutation analysis

X-linked

Xp22.2 (c.288 + 5G > A in AP1S2)

Schrander-Stumpel et al., 1990 [166]

MASA syndrome: new clinical features and linkage analysis using DNA probes

State University of Limburg, The Netherlands

3 Subjects

-

Case series

Intellectual disability, macrocephaly, spastic paraplegia

Aphasia, shuffling gait, adducted thumbs, divergent strabismus, myopia, astigmatism, anteverted hip and shoulders, bowed knees, pupils irregularly shaped and not reactive to light, camptodactyly of fingers, dysarthria

-

Southern blotting

Linkage analysis

X-linked recessive

Mutation within Xq28

Serville et al., 1992 [167]

X-linked hydrocephalus: clinical heterogeneity at a single gene locus

CHU, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France

3 Subjects

-

Case series

Cortex thinning, spasticity, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, corpus callosum agenesis, aqueductal stenosis

Bilateral adducted thumbs

-

Southern blotting

Linkage analysis

X-linked

Mutation within Xq28

Sheen et al., 2004 [168]

Etiological heterogeneity of familial periventricular heterotopia and hydrocephalus

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, HIM 816, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA

3 Subjects

Caucasian

(Australian & American), Ethiopian

Case series

Periventricular heterotopia, callosal agenesis, hypotonia, Chiari I malformation and aqueductal stenosis, seizures

Pulmonary artery stenosis, cardiac defects, bilateral per planovalgus, bilateral knee recurvatum, bilateral hip dysplasia, dysmorphic facial features

Obstructive

TGS

Linkage analysis

X-linked, Autosomal

Xq28

Simon et al., 2010 [169]

A mutation in the 3'-UTR of the HDAC6 gene abolishing the post-transcriptional regulation mediated by hsa-miR-433 is linked to a new form of dominant X-linked chondrodysplasia

Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine, EA 4137, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux 33,076, France

2 Subjects, 1 Control

-

Case series

Isolated hydrocephalus

Platyspondyly, rhizomelic shortening of the members, specific brachydactyly, hydrocephaly, facial dysmorphism and microphthalmia

-

TES, cytogenetics

Linkage analysis; aCGH

X-linked dominant

Xp11.23 (c.*281A > T in exon 29 of HDAC6 gene)

Tripolszki et al., 2020 [170]

An X-linked syndrome with severe neurodevelopmental delay, hydrocephalus, and early lethality caused by a missense variation in the OTUD5 gene

CENTOGENE GmbH, Rostock, Germany

13 Subjects, Controls used

Irish Caucasian

Case study

Severe neurodevelopmental delay, hypotonia

Growth retardation, congenital heart defects, hypospadias

Obstructive

WGS

Variant analysis

X-linked

Xp11.23 (c.G598A, p.E200K in exon 2 of OTUD5)

Watanabe et al., 2018 [171]

X-linked VACTERL-H caused by deletion of exon 3 in FANCB: A case report

Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

1 Subject

-

Case study

Isolated hydrocephalus

Tetralogy of fallot, absence of pulmonary valve, tracheoesophageal fistula, esophageal atresia, bilateral radial aplasia, left renal dysplasia, duodenal atresia, imperforate anus, and cleft vertebrae

-

WES

CNV, MLPA analysis

X-linked

Xp22.2 (exon 3 deletion in FANCB)

Willems et al., 1990 [172]

Assignment of X-linked hydrocephalus to Xq28 by linkage analysis

University of Antwerp-UIA, Wilrijk, Belgium

7 Subjects, 34 Family Members, 55 Controls

Dutch, UK, USA

Case Series

Stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius, intellectual disability, spastic paraparesis

Clasped thumbs

-

X chromosome DNA marker probing

Southern Blot analysis, Linkage analysis

X-linked

mutation located on Xq28

Willems et al., 1992 [173]

Further localization of X-linked hydrocephalus in the chromosomal region Xq28

University of Antwerp-UIA, Belgium

20 Subjects, 84 Family Members

Netherlands, European, Israeli, German, French

Case series

Stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius, intellectual disability, and spastic paraparesis

Clasped thumbs

-

Southern blotting

Two-point and multipoint linkage analysis

X-linked

Gene mutations within Xq28 (between DXS52 and F8C)

Zhang et al., 2021 [43]

A rare mutant of OFD1 gene responsible for Joubert syndrome with significant phenotype variation

West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, 610,041, China

1 Subject, 5 Family Members, 201 Controls

-

Case study

Agenesis of cerebellar vermis and abnormal brain stem

Tetralogy of fallot

Obstructive

WES

Sanger sequencing

X-linked recessive

Xp22.2 (c.599 T > C, p.L200P in exon 8 of OFD1)

  1. Amplification created restriction site (ACRS). Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). Autosomal Recessive (AR). Central Nervous System (CNS), Copy number variant (CNV). Deep tendon reflexes (DTR). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). Fluorescence assisted mismatch analysis (FAMA). Mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs syndrome (MASA syndrome). Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Restriction endonuclease fingerprinting (REF). Targeted exome sequencing (TES). Targeted genome sequencing (TGS). Ventricular septal defect (VSD). Whole exome sequencing (WES). Whole genome sequencing (WGS). Internal carotid artery (ICA)