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We have used single-nucleotide polymorphism microarray genotyping and homozygosity-by-descent (HBD) mapping followed by Sanger sequencing or whole-exome sequencing (WES) to identify causative mutations in three consanguineous families with intellectual disability (ID) related to thyroid dyshormonogenesis (TDH). One family was found to have a shared HBD region of 12.1 Mb on 8q24.21-q24.23 containing 36 coding genes, including the thyroglobulin gene, TG. Sanger sequencing of TG identified a homozygous nonsense mutation Arg2336*, which segregated with the phenotype in the family. A second family showed several HBD regions, including 6.0 Mb on 2p25.3-p25.2. WES identified a homozygous nonsense mutation, Glu596*, in the thyroid peroxidase gene, TPO. WES of a mother/father/proband trio from a third family revealed a homozygous missense mutation, Arg412His, in TPO. Mutations in TG and TPO are very rarely associated with ID, mainly because TDH is generally detectable and treatable. However, in populations where resources for screening and detection are limited, and especially where consanguineous marriages are common, mutations in genes involved in thyroid function may also be causes of ID, and as TPO and TG mutations are the most common genetic causes of TDH, these are also likely to be relatively common causes of ID.
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We thank the study participants and their families for their invaluable contributions to this study. This study was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to JBV (no. MOP-102758) and also by the Medical Faculty of the University Heidelberg. RR was supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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Mittal, K., Rafiq, M., Rafiullah, R. et al. Mutations in the genes for thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase cause thyroid dyshormonogenesis and autosomal-recessive intellectual disability. J Hum Genet 61, 867–872 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2016.62
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