Mutations in PURA cause profound neonatal hypotonia, seizures, and encephalopathy in 5q31.3 microdeletion syndrome

Seema R. Lalani, Jing Zhang, Christian P. Schaaf, Chester W. Brown, Pilar Magoulas, Anne Chun Hui Tsai, Areeg El-Gharbawy, Klaas J. Wierenga, Dennis Bartholomew, Chin To Fong, Tina Barbaro-Dieber, Mary K. Kukolich, Lindsay C. Burrage, Elise Austin, Kory Keller, Matthew Pastore, Fabio Fernandez, Timothy Lotze, Angus Wilfong, Gabriela PurcarinWenmiao Zhu, William J. Craigen, Marianne McGuire, Mahim Jain, Erin Cooney, Mahshid Azamian, Matthew N. Bainbridge, Donna M. Muzny, Eric Boerwinkle, Richard E. Person, Zhiyv Niu, Christine M. Eng, James R. Lupski, Richard A. Gibbs, Arthur L. Beaudet, Yaping Yang, Meng C. Wang, Fan Xia

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Abstract

5q31.3 microdeletion syndrome is characterized by neonatal hypotonia, encephalopathy with or without epilepsy, and severe developmental delay, and the minimal critical deletion interval harbors three genes.We describe 11 individuals with clinical features of 5q31.3 microdeletion syndrome and de novo mutations in PURA, encoding transcriptional activator protein Pur-a, within the critical region. These data implicate causative PURA mutations responsible for the severe neurological phenotypes observed in this syndrome.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)579-583
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume95
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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