Vandeweyer G, Van der Aa N, Ceulemans B, van Bon BWM, Rooms L, Kooy RF. A de novo balanced t(2;6)(p15;p22.3) in a patient with West Syndrome disrupts a lnc-RNA.
Epilepsy Res 2012;
99:346-9. [PMID:
22245136 DOI:
10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.12.009]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
In a male patient with West Syndrome we identified a perfectly balanced, de novo balanced translocation 46,XY,t(2;6)(p15;p22.3). No known protein coding genes were disrupted by the translocation and positional effects on nearby genes were excluded by expression studies. A putative long non-coding RNA, BX118339, spans the breakpoint on chromosome 6. It can be hypothesized that disruption of this non-coding transcript plays a role in the pathogenesis of the patient.
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