GLI3 variants causing isolated polysyndactyly are not restricted to the protein's C-terminal third

Sczakiel, H.L.; Hülsemann, W.; Holtgrewe, M.; Abad-Perez, A.T.; Elsner, J.; Schwartzmann, S.; Horn, D.; Spielmann, M.; Mundlos, S.; Mensah, M.A.

GLI3 variants causing isolated polysyndactyly are not restricted to the protein's C-terminal third

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Title:	GLI3 variants causing isolated polysyndactyly are not restricted to the protein's C-terminal third
Creators Name:	Sczakiel, H.L., Hülsemann, W., Holtgrewe, M., Abad-Perez, A.T., Elsner, J., Schwartzmann, S., Horn, D., Spielmann, M., Mundlos, S. and Mensah, M.A.
Abstract:	Loss of function variants of GLI3 are associated with a variety of forms of polysyndactyly: Pallister-Hall syndrome (PHS), Greig-Cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome (GCPS), and isolated polysyndactyly (IPD). Variants affecting the N-terminal and C-terminal thirds of the GLI3 protein have been associated with GCPS, those within the central third with PHS. Cases of IPD have been attributed to variants affecting the C-terminal third of the GLI3 protein. In this study, we further investigate these genotype–phenotype correlations. Sequencing of GLI3 was performed in patients with clinical findings suggestive of a GLI3-associated syndrome. Additionally, we searched the literature for reported cases of either manifestation with mutations in the GLI3 gene. Here, we report 48 novel cases from 16 families with polysyndactyly in whom we found causative variants in GLI3 and a review on 314 previously reported GLI3 variants. No differences in location of variants causing either GCPS or IPD were found. Review of published data confirmed the association of PHS and variants affecting the GLI3 protein's central third. We conclude that the observed manifestations of GLI3 variants as GCPS or IPD display different phenotypic severities of the same disorder and propose a binary division of GLI3-associated disorders in either PHS or GCPS/polysyndactyly.
Keywords:	GCPS, Genotype-Phenotype Correlations, GLI3, PHS, Polydactyly, Syndactyly
Source:	Clinical Genetics
ISSN:	0009-9163
Publisher:	Wiley
Volume:	100
Number:	6
Page Range:	758-765
Number of Pages:	8
Date:	December 2021
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1111/cge.14059
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