Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3

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Also known as congenital disorder of glycosylation due to PIGT deficiencyLFSSMCAHS type 3MCAHS3multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome type 3multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome-intellectual disability caused by mutation in PIGTPIGT multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome-intellectual disabilityPIGT-CDG

Summary

Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3 (MONDO:0014165) is a disease caused by PIGT (GenCC Definitive), with 2 cohort genes.

At a glance

  • Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide) [Orphanet-validated]
  • Causal gene: PIGT (GenCC Definitive)
  • Cohort genes: 2
  • ClinVar variants: 248
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 71

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

2 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

TypeClassValueGeographyValidation
Cases/families4WorldwideValidated
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000WorldwideValidated

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

71 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 50 by frequency):

HPO IDTermFrequency
HP:0000248BrachycephalyVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000341Narrow foreheadVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000343Long philtrumVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000348High foreheadVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000486StrabismusVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000639NystagmusVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000938OsteopeniaVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001252HypotoniaVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003100Slender long boneVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0005280Depressed nasal bridgeVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0010864Intellectual disability, severeVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0011842Abnormality of skeletal morphologyVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0100704Cerebral visual impairmentVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0000079Abnormality of the urinary systemFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000121NephrocalcinosisFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000365Hearing impairmentFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000431Wide nasal bridgeFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000540HypermetropiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000767Pectus excavatumFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001627Abnormal heart morphologyFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002069Bilateral tonic-clonic seizureFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002123Generalized myoclonic seizureFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002150HypercalciuriaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002650ScoliosisFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002705High, narrow palateFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002714Downturned corners of mouthFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002750Delayed skeletal maturationFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003072HypercalcemiaFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003282Low alkaline phosphataseFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0008676Congenital megaureterFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0009824Upper limb undergrowthFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0010818Generalized tonic seizureFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0012373Abnormal eye physiologyFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0000107Renal cystOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000110Renal dysplasiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000272Malar flatteningOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000347MicrognathiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000369Low-set earsOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000483AstigmatismOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000545MyopiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000582Upslanted palpebral fissureOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000826Precocious pubertyOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000829HypoparathyroidismOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001272Cerebellar atrophyOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001363CraniosynostosisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001382Joint hypermobilityOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001513ObesityOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001631Atrial septal defectOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001643Patent ductus arteriosusOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001723Restrictive cardiomyopathyOccasional (5-29%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namemultiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3
Mondo IDMONDO:0014165
MeSHC566367
OMIM603530, 615398
Orphanet369837
DOIDDOID:0080140
UMLSC3809356
MedGen815686
GARD0017584
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: congenital disorder of glycosylation due to PIGT deficiency · LFSS · MCAHS type 3 · MCAHS3 · multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3 · multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome type 3 · multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome-intellectual disability caused by mutation in PIGT · PIGT multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome-intellectual disability · PIGT-CDG

Data availability: 248 ClinVar variants · 6 GenCC gene-disease records.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › musculoskeletal system disorderskeletal system disordermultiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3

Related subtypes (47): symphalangism, cartilage cancer, vertebral column disorder, patellar tendinitis, necrosis of ear ossicle, laryngeal cartilage cancer, ochronosis disorder, chondroma, periodontal disorder, posterior cranial fossa meningioma, anterior cranial fossa meningioma, middle cranial fossa meningioma, bone marrow disorder, cranial nodular fasciitis, flatfoot, bone disorder, skeletal tuberculosis, arthropathy, tooth disorder, primary basilar invagination, Brachymorphism-onychodysplasia-dysphalangism syndrome, cherubism, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, Marfan syndrome, Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome, scalp defects-postaxial polydactyly syndrome, cartilage-hair hypoplasia, Teebi-Shaltout syndrome, short stature-auditory canal atresia-mandibular hypoplasia-skeletal anomalies syndrome, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine, temtamy preaxial brachydactyly syndrome, metaphyseal undermodeling, spondylar dysplasia, and overgrowth, Al-Gazali syndrome, brachydactyly-syndactyly syndrome, endocrine-cerebro-osteodysplasia syndrome, metaphyseal chondromatosis with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, Rienhoff syndrome, Coffin-Siris syndrome, microcephaly-brachydactyly-kyphoscoliosis syndrome, cartilage development disorder, syndactyly, polydactyly, brachydactyly, sternal neoplasm, short stature, amelogenesis imperfecta, and skeletal dysplasia with scoliosis, skeletal ligament disorder, brachydactyly-syndactyly-oligodactyly syndrome

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

248 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

102 likely benign, 93 uncertain significance, 16 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 10 pathogenic, 7 benign, 7 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 7 benign/likely benign, 6 likely pathogenic

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
1217438NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1043dup (p.Val349fs)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1418074NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.271C>T (p.Gln91Ter)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
143194NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1342C>T (p.Arg448Trp)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
143195NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.918_919insT (p.Val307fs)PIGTPathogenicno assertion criteria provided
2030623NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.564del (p.Trp189fs)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
225546NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.250G>T (p.Glu84Ter)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2995955NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1043del (p.Pro348fs)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
372986NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.988C>T (p.Arg330Ter)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
420919NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.188-2A>GPIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
440973NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1582G>A (p.Val528Met)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
451026NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1079G>T (p.Gly360Val)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
503770NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.918dup (p.Val307fs)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
576071NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.57del (p.Trp20fs)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
576072NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.514C>T (p.Arg172Cys)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
583283NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.494-2A>GPIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
639214NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.796C>T (p.Arg266Ter)PIGTPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
660514NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.835C>T (p.Arg279Ter)PIGTPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
2585406NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.709G>C (p.Glu237Gln)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
3359139NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.17del (p.Pro6fs)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3390855NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1520_1521insCTCTACA (p.Leu508fs)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3780121NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1465_1466del (p.Phe492fs)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
619956NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1096G>T (p.Gly366Trp)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
64649NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.547A>C (p.Thr183Pro)PIGTLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
1029418NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1730dup (p.Leu578fs)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1032713NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.848A>T (p.Asp283Val)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1363275NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1520G>A (p.Arg507Gln)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2070333NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1502G>A (p.Gly501Asp)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2075578NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.886G>A (p.Val296Met)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
2162713NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.70G>A (p.Glu24Lys)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
252703NM_015937.6(PIGT):c.1067G>A (p.Arg356Gln)PIGTConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 6 · Orphanet: 1 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)

the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.

GeneClassificationInheritanceDiseaseRecords
PIGTDefinitiveAutosomal recessivemultiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 36

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
PIGTOrphanet:369837Intellectual disability-seizures-hypophosphatasia-ophthalmic-skeletal anomalies syndrome

Cohort genes → proteins

2 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence2

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
PIGTHGNC:14938ENSG00000124155Q969N2GPI-anchor transamidase component PIGTgencc,clinvar
MIR6812HGNC:50116ENSG00000273555microRNA 6812clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
PIGTGPI-anchor transamidase component PIGTComponent of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor (GPI-anchor) transamidase (GPI-T) complex that catalyzes the formation of the linkage between a proprotein and a GPI-anchor and participates in GPI anchored protein biosynthesis.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 2 · Druggable fraction: 0.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Other/Unknown21.8×0.312

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
PIGTOther/UnknownnoPIG-T
MIR6812Other/Unknownno

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

1 cohort gene are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)2
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
cardia of stomach1
pylorus1
stromal cell of endometrium1
granulocyte1
skeletal muscle tissue1
vermiform appendix1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
PIGT253ubiquitousmarkercardia of stomach, stromal cell of endometrium, pylorus
MIR6812101yesskeletal muscle tissue, granulocyte, vermiform appendix

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
PIGT1,295
MIR68120

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 1

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
PIGTQ969N24

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 1. Enrichment computed across 2 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Attachment of GPI anchor to uPAR11268.9×8e-04PIGT

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
GPI anchored protein biosynthesis12808.7×0.001PIGT
attachment of GPI anchor to protein12106.5×0.001PIGT
GPI anchor biosynthetic process1495.6×0.003PIGT
neuron apoptotic process1185.2×0.007PIGT
neuron differentiation1100.3×0.010PIGT

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 2

Druggability breadth: 1 of 2 evidence-associated genes (50%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
PIGT00
MIR681200

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
PIGT1Binding:1

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)0
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved0
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug0
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug2PIGT, MIR6812

Undrugged target profiles

2 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
PIGT1
MIR68120

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.