Genetic and clinical characteristics of 24 mainland Chinese patients with CTNNB1 loss‐of‐function variants

Background Neurodevelopmental disorder with spastic diplegia and visual defects (NEDSDV) is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome, which is caused by the heterozygous germline loss‐of‐function variants in CTNNB1. Methods We evaluated the clinical and genetic findings of 24 previously undescribed Chinese patients affected by CTNNB1 ‐related disorders and explored the possible ethnicity‐related phenotypic variations. Results Twenty‐one loss‐of‐function variants were identified within these 24 NEDSDV patients, including 14 novel CTNNB1 variants and 7 recurrent ones. The prominent clinical manifestations in our cohort are developmental delay/intellectual disability (100%), motor delay (100%), speech impairment (100%), dystonia (87.5%) and microcephaly (69.6%). The common facial dysmorphisms were consistent with previous reports, including wide nasal bridge (58.3%), bulbous nose (45.8%), long philtrum (45.8%) and thin upper lip (45.8%). In addition, 19 patients (79.2%) in our cohort had mild visual defects, while one affected individual (4.2%) had familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Notably, we discovered that 20 patients (83.3%) exhibited various behavioral abnormalities, which is described in Chinese patients for the first time. Conclusion We provided the largest known Chinese cohort with pathogenic CTNNB1 variants, which not only helps to expand the variant spectrum of CTNNB1 gene, but further delineates the typical phenotype of this disorder in Chinese population.

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