Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are developmental disorders that commonly cause pediatric chronic kidney disease and mortality. We examine here rare coding variants in 248 CAKUT trios and 1742 singleton CAKUT cases and compare them to 22,258 controls. Diagnostic and candidate diagnostic variants are detected in 14.1% of cases. We find a significant enrichment of rare damaging variants in constrained genes expressed during kidney development and in genes associated with other developmental disorders, suggesting phenotype expansion. Consistent with these data, 18% of CAKUT patients with diagnostic variants have neurodevelopmental or cardiac phenotypes. We identify 40 candidate genes, including CELSR1, SSBP2, XPO1, NR6A1, and ARID3A. Two are confirmed as CAKUT genes: ARID3A and NR6A1. This study suggests that many yet-unidentified syndromes would be discoverable with larger cohorts and cross-phenotype analysis, leading to clarification of the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of developmental disorders.
Exome analysis links kidney malformations to developmental disorders and reveals causal genes / H. Milo Rasouly, S.B. Krishna Murthy, N. Vena, G. Povysil, A. Beenken, M. Verbitsky, S. Shril, I. Lekkerkerker, S. Yang, A. Khan, D. Fasel, J. Wongboonsin, J. Martino, J. Ke, N. Elefant, N. Tomar, O. Harnof, S. Kisselev, S. Bheda, S. Reytan-Miron, T.Y. Lim, A. Jamry-Dziurla, F. Lugani, J.Y. Zhang, M. Marasa, V. Kolupaeva, E.E. Groopman, G. Jin, I. Ghavami, K.O. Stevens, A.C. Coughlin, B.H. Kil, D. Chatterjee, D. Bradbury, J. Zheng, K. Mehl, M. Morban, R. Reingold, S. Piva, X. Mu, A. Mitrotti, A. Szmigielska, A. Gliwińska, A. Ranghino, A.S. Bomback, A. Badenski, A. Latos-Bielenska, V. Capone, A. Materna-Kiryluk, A. Amoroso, C. Izzi, C. La Scola, D.J. Cohen, D. Santoro, D. Drozdz, E. Fiaccadori, F. Lin, F. Scolari, F. Tondolo, G. La Manna, G.B. Appel, G.M. Ghiggeri, G. Zaza, G. Montini, G. Masnata, G. Krzemien, I. Pisani, J. Radhakrishnan, K. Zachwieja, L. Gesualdo, L. Biancone, D. Meneghesso, M. Mizerska-Wasiak, M. Tkaczyk, M. Zaniew, M.K. Borszewska-Kornacka, M. Szczepanska, M. Saraga, M.K. Rao, M. Bodria, M. Miklaszewska, N.S. Uy, O. Baraldi, O. Bjanid, P. Esposito, P. Zamboli, P. Marzuillo, P.A. Canetta, P. Sikora, R. Westland, R.J. Crew, S. Alam, S. Guarino, S. Negrisolo, T. Hays, S. Mane, V. Grandinetti, V. Tasic, V.J. Lozanovski, Y. Caliskan, D. Goldstein, R.P. Lifton, I. Ionita-Laza, K. Kiryluk, A.M. Van Eerde, F. Hildebrandt, S. Sanna-Cherchi, A.G. Gharavi. - In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2041-1723. - 16:1(2025), pp. 7290.1-7290.16. [10.1038/s41467-025-62319-3]
Exome analysis links kidney malformations to developmental disorders and reveals causal genes
G. Montini;
2025
Abstract
Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are developmental disorders that commonly cause pediatric chronic kidney disease and mortality. We examine here rare coding variants in 248 CAKUT trios and 1742 singleton CAKUT cases and compare them to 22,258 controls. Diagnostic and candidate diagnostic variants are detected in 14.1% of cases. We find a significant enrichment of rare damaging variants in constrained genes expressed during kidney development and in genes associated with other developmental disorders, suggesting phenotype expansion. Consistent with these data, 18% of CAKUT patients with diagnostic variants have neurodevelopmental or cardiac phenotypes. We identify 40 candidate genes, including CELSR1, SSBP2, XPO1, NR6A1, and ARID3A. Two are confirmed as CAKUT genes: ARID3A and NR6A1. This study suggests that many yet-unidentified syndromes would be discoverable with larger cohorts and cross-phenotype analysis, leading to clarification of the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of developmental disorders.
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