Whole exome association of rare deletions in multiplex oral cleft families

Jack Fu, Terri H. Beaty, Alan F. Scott, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Margaret M. Parker, Joan E.Bailey Wilson, Mary L. Marazita, Elisabeth Mangold, Hasan Albacha-Hejazi, Jeffrey C. Murray, Alexandre Bureau, Jacob Carey, Stephen Cristiano, Ingo Ruczinski, Robert B. Scharpf

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Abstract

By sequencing the exomes of distantly related individuals in multiplex families, rare mutational and structural changes to coding DNA can be characterized and their relationship to disease risk can be assessed. Recently, several rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) were associated with an increased risk of nonsyndromic oral cleft, highlighting the importance of rare sequence variants in oral clefts and illustrating the strength of family-based study designs. However, the extent to which rare deletions in coding regions of the genome occur and contribute to risk of nonsyndromic clefts is not well understood. To identify putative structural variants underlying risk, we developed a pipeline for rare hemizygous deletions in families from whole exome sequencing and statistical inference based on rare variant sharing. Among 56 multiplex families with 115 individuals, we identified 53 regions with one or more rare hemizygous deletions. We found 45 of the 53 regions contained rare deletions occurring in only one family member. Members of the same family shared a rare deletion in only eight regions. We also devised a scalable global test for enrichment of shared rare deletions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)61-69
Number of pages9
JournalGenetic epidemiology
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

Keywords

  • copy number
  • multiplex families
  • oral clefts
  • rare variants
  • structural variants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics(clinical)

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