
Abstract Blepharophimosis with intellectual disability (BIS) is a recently recognized disorder distinct from Nicolaides‐Baraister syndrome that presents with distinct facial features of blepharophimosis, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. BIS is caused by pathogenic variants in SMARCA2 , that encodes the catalytic subunit of the superfamily II helicase group of the BRG1 and BRM‐associated factors (BAF) forming the BAF complex, a chromatin remodeling complex involved in transcriptional regulation. Individuals bearing variants within the bipartite nuclear localization (BNL) signal domain of ADNP present with the neurodevelopmental disorder known as Helsmoortel‐Van Der Aa Syndrome (HVDAS). Distinct DNA methylation profiles referred to as episignatures have been reported in HVDAS and BAF complex disorders. Due to molecular interactions between ADNP and BAF complex, and an overlapping craniofacial phenotype with narrowing of the palpebral fissures in a subset of patients with HVDAS and BIS, we hypothesized the possibility of a common phenotype‐specific episignature. A distinct episignature was shared by 15 individuals with BIS‐causing SMARCA2 pathogenic variants and 12 individuals with class II HVDAS caused by truncating pathogenic ADNP variants. This represents first evidence of a sensitive phenotype‐specific episignature biomarker shared across distinct genetic conditions that also exhibit unique gene‐specific episignatures.
Male, Helsmoortel-Van Der Aa Syndrome, Adolescent, Heart Diseases, Foot Deformities, Congenital, Developmental Disabilities, Helsmoortel‐Van Der Aa Syndrome, ADNP; Helsmoortel‐Van Der Aa Syndrome; SMARCA2; blepharophimosis with intellectual disability, blepharophimosis with intellectual disability, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Blepharophimosis, Hypotrichosis, Intellectual Disability, SMARCA2, Humans, Child, ADNP, Homeodomain Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Facies, DNA Methylation, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Female, Transcription Factors
Male, Helsmoortel-Van Der Aa Syndrome, Adolescent, Heart Diseases, Foot Deformities, Congenital, Developmental Disabilities, Helsmoortel‐Van Der Aa Syndrome, ADNP; Helsmoortel‐Van Der Aa Syndrome; SMARCA2; blepharophimosis with intellectual disability, blepharophimosis with intellectual disability, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Blepharophimosis, Hypotrichosis, Intellectual Disability, SMARCA2, Humans, Child, ADNP, Homeodomain Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Facies, DNA Methylation, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Female, Transcription Factors
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