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Olszewska M, Stokowy T, Pollock N, Huleyuk N, Georgiadis A, Yatsenko S, Zastavna D, Yatsenko AN, Kurpisz M. Familial Infertility (Azoospermia and Cryptozoospermia) in Two Brothers-Carriers of t(1;7) Complex Chromosomal Rearrangement (CCR): Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4559. [PMID: 32604929 PMCID: PMC7349667 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Structural aberrations involving more than two breakpoints on two or more chromosomes are known as complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs). They can reduce fertility through gametogenesis arrest developed due to disrupted chromosomal pairing in the pachytene stage. We present a familial case of two infertile brothers (with azoospermia and cryptozoospermia) and their mother, carriers of an exceptional type of CCR involving chromosomes 1 and 7 and three breakpoints. The aim was to identify whether meiotic disruption was caused by CCR and/or genomic mutations. Additionally, we performed a literature survey for male CCR carriers with reproductive failures. The characterization of the CCR chromosomes and potential genomic aberrations was performed using: G-banding using trypsin and Giemsa staining (GTG banding), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) (including multicolor FISH (mFISH) and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-FISH), and genome-wide array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). The CCR description was established as: der(1)(1qter->1q42.3::1p21->1q42.3::7p14.3->7pter), der(7)(1pter->1p2 1::7p14.3->7qter). aCGH revealed three rare genes variants: ASMT, GARNL3, and SESTD1, which were ruled out due to unlikely biological functions. The aCGH analysis of three breakpoint CCR regions did not reveal copy number variations (CNVs) with biologically plausible genes. Synaptonemal complex evaluation (brother-1; spermatocytes II/oligobiopsy; the silver staining technique) showed incomplete conjugation of the chromosomes. Associations between CCR and the sex chromosomes (by FISH) were not found. A meiotic segregation pattern (brother-2; ejaculated spermatozoa; FISH) revealed 29.21% genetically normal/balanced spermatozoa. The aCGH analysis could not detect smaller intergenic CNVs of few kb or smaller (indels of single exons or few nucleotides). Since chromosomal aberrations frequently do not affect the phenotype of the carrier, in contrast to the negative influence on spermatogenesis, there is an obvious need for genomic sequencing to investigate the point mutations that may be responsible for the differences between the azoospermic and cryptozoospermic phenotypes observed in a family. Progeny from the same parents provide a unique opportunity to discover a novel genomic background of male infertility.
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- Marta Olszewska
- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, 60-479 Poznan, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Postboks 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway;
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Hereditary Pathology, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Lysenko Str. 31a, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine; (N.H.); (D.Z.)
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Hereditary Pathology, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Lysenko Str. 31a, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine; (N.H.); (D.Z.)
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Chemistry, Rzeszow University of Technology, Al. Powst. Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, 60-479 Poznan, Poland;
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Poot M, Haaf T. Mechanisms of Origin, Phenotypic Effects and Diagnostic Implications of Complex Chromosome Rearrangements. Mol Syndromol 2015; 6:110-34. [PMID: 26732513 DOI: 10.1159/000438812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Complex chromosome rearrangements (CCRs) are currently defined as structural genome variations that involve more than 2 chromosome breaks and result in exchanges of chromosomal segments. They are thought to be extremely rare, but their detection rate is rising because of improvements in molecular cytogenetic technology. Their population frequency is also underestimated, since many CCRs may not elicit a phenotypic effect. CCRs may be the result of fork stalling and template switching, microhomology-mediated break-induced repair, breakage-fusion-bridge cycles, or chromothripsis. Patients with chromosomal instability syndromes show elevated rates of CCRs due to impaired DNA double-strand break responses during meiosis. Therefore, the putative functions of the proteins encoded by ATM, BLM, WRN, ATR, MRE11, NBS1, and RAD51 in preventing CCRs are discussed. CCRs may exert a pathogenic effect by either (1) gene dosage-dependent mechanisms, e.g. haploinsufficiency, (2) mechanisms based on disruption of the genomic architecture, such that genes, parts of genes or regulatory elements are truncated, fused or relocated and thus their interactions disturbed - these mechanisms will predominantly affect gene expression - or (3) mixed mutation mechanisms in which a CCR on one chromosome is combined with a different type of mutation on the other chromosome. Such inferred mechanisms of pathogenicity need corroboration by mRNA sequencing. Also, future studies with in vitro models, such as inducible pluripotent stem cells from patients with CCRs, and transgenic model organisms should substantiate current inferences regarding putative pathogenic effects of CCRs. The ramifications of the growing body of information on CCRs for clinical and experimental genetics and future treatment modalities are briefly illustrated with 2 cases, one of which suggests KDM4C (JMJD2C) as a novel candidate gene for mental retardation.
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- Martin Poot
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Ferfouri F, Boitrelle F, Clément P, Molina Gomes D, Selva J, Vialard F. Can one translocation impact the meiotic segregation of another translocation? A sperm-FISH analysis of a 46,XY,t(1;16)(q21;p11.2),t(8;9) (q24.3;p24) patient and his 46,XY,t(8;9)(q24.3;p24) brother and cousin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 19:109-17. [DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Madan K. Balanced complex chromosome rearrangements: Reproductive aspects. A review. Am J Med Genet A 2012; 158A:947-63. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Mahjoubi F, Razazian F. Constitutional complex chromosomal rearrangements in a klinefelter patient: case report and review of literature. J Assist Reprod Genet 2012; 29:437-41. [PMID: 22382640 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9725-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUNDS While XXY aneuploidy is the most common disorder of sex chromosomes in men, complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are rare in humans. CASE DESCRIPTION Here we describe clinical and cytogenetic findings in a male referred to our cytogenetic laboratory by an infertility clinic. The patient's age was 35 at the time of referral. Total azoospermia was confirmed on semen analysis. RESULTS The karyotype of peripheral blood showed 47,XXY,t(1;3;5)(p22;q29;q22). The mother had the same CCRs. DISCUSSION To our best of our knowledge this is the first case of 47,XXY with CCRs. We think it is important to report such a unique chromosomal occurrence.
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- F Mahjoubi
- Cytogenetic Department, Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Research Centre, (IBTO), Tehran, Iran.
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De novo exceptional complex chromosomal rearrangement in a healthy fertile male: case report and review of the literature. Fertil Steril 2011; 96:1160-4. [PMID: 21851937 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To report a de novo exceptional complex chromosomal rearrangement (CCR) with four breakpoints in the male partner of a couple with recurrent abortions. DESIGN Case report and review of the literature. SETTING Genetics laboratory in a private hospital. PATIENT(S) A couple referred for recurrent abortions. INTERVENTION(S) Cytogenetic and sperm fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Karyotype and FISH sperm results. RESULT(S) The couple was phenotypically normal, with no family history of miscarriage or infertility. Female karyotype was normal. Male karyotype followed by FISH analysis showed a de novo CCR with four breakpoints: t(5,13,16)(q11.1, q14.3, q12.2), ins(16;13)(q12.2;q?q14.2). ish t(5;13;16)(wcp5+,wcp13+), ins(16;13)(wcp13+). CONCLUSION(S) Exceptional de novo CCR male carriers with recurrent abortions are extremely rare. Patients with CCRs have limited options to achieve a normal pregnancy. Careful consideration and assessment should be provided upon counseling of couples with CCRs.
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Pellestor F, Anahory T, Lefort G, Puechberty J, Liehr T, Hedon B, Sarda P. Complex chromosomal rearrangements: origin and meiotic behavior. Hum Reprod Update 2011; 17:476-94. [DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmr010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Wat MJ, Shchelochkov OA, Holder AM, Breman AM, Dagli A, Bacino C, Scaglia F, Zori RT, Cheung SW, Scott DA, Kang SHL. Chromosome 8p23.1 deletions as a cause of complex congenital heart defects and diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Med Genet A 2009; 149A:1661-77. [PMID: 19606479 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Recurrent interstitial deletion of a region of 8p23.1 flanked by the low copy repeats 8p-OR-REPD and 8p-OR-REPP is associated with a spectrum of anomalies that can include congenital heart malformations and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Haploinsufficiency of GATA4 is thought to play a critical role in the development of these birth defects. We describe two individuals and a monozygotic twin pair discordant for anterior CDH all of whom have complex congenital heart defects caused by this recurrent interstitial deletion as demonstrated by array comparative genomic hybridization. To better define the genotype/phenotype relationships associated with alterations of genes on 8p23.1, we review the spectrum of congenital heart and diaphragmatic defects that have been reported in individuals with isolated GATA4 mutations and interstitial, terminal, and complex chromosomal rearrangements involving the 8p23.1 region. Our findings allow us to clearly define the CDH minimal deleted region on chromosome 8p23.1 and suggest that haploinsufficiency of other genes, in addition to GATA4, may play a role in the severe cardiac and diaphragmatic defects associated with 8p23.1 deletions. These findings also underscore the importance of conducting a careful cytogenetic/molecular analysis of the 8p23.1 region in all prenatal and postnatal cases involving congenital defects of the heart and/or diaphragm.
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- Margaret J Wat
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Ergul E, Liehr T, Mrasek K, Sazci A. A de novo complex chromosome rearrangement involving three chromosomes (2, 13, and 18) in an oligospermic male. Fertil Steril 2009; 92:391.e9-391.e12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lim CK, Cho JW, Kim JY, Kang IS, Shim SH, Jun JH. A healthy live birth after successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis for carriers of complex chromosome rearrangements. Fertil Steril 2008; 90:1680-4. [PMID: 18076880 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Revised: 08/07/2007] [Accepted: 08/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To report a live birth after successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for carriers of complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) with translocation and deletion. DESIGN Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was applied to PGD for CCR carriers. SETTING University-based centers for reproductive medicine. PATIENT(S) Three CCR carriers, patient A with 46,XX,t(6;10;8)(q25.1;q21.1;q21.1), patient B with 46,X,del(X)(p22.3),t(2;18)(q14.1;q21)[48]/45,X, t(2;18)(q14.1;q21)[12], and patient C with 46,XY,t(5;13;8)(q21.2;q14.3;q24.3). INTERVENTION(S) Balanced or normal embryos were diagnosed by PGD and transferred. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Diagnosis rate of FISH, pregnancy outcome, and karyotype of amniocentesis. RESULT(S) Blastomeres were biopsied from 56 embryos in four PGD cycles, and 54 embryos (96.4%) were successfully diagnosed by FISH. Among them, four embryos were diagnosed as transferable in two cycles of patient B and one cycle of patient C. After three cycles of embryo transfer, a pregnancy was achieved in the second PGD cycle of patient B, and the karyotype of amniocentesis was 46,XY,t(2;18)(q14.1;q21). A healthy baby was delivered at 40 weeks of gestation by cesarean section. CONCLUSION(S) This is the first report for a live birth after PGD in the CCR carriers associated with translocation and deletion, 46,X,del(X)(p22.3),t(2;18)(q14.1;q21)[48]/45,X,t(2;18)(q14.1;q21)[12]. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for CCRs needs more consideration and advanced techniques for full karyotyping.
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- Chun Kyu Lim
- Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Joly-Helas G, de La Rochebrochard C, Mousset-Siméon N, Moirot H, Tiercin C, Romana SP, Le Caignec C, Clavier B, Macé B, Rives N. Complex chromosomal rearrangement and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a case report. Hum Reprod 2007; 22:1292-7. [PMID: 17283038 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are rare events in human pathology and are usually considered to induce severe reproductive impairment by disturbing the meiotic process and producing unbalanced gametes responsible for high reproductive risk. One-third of all CCRs are familial and tend to implicate fewer breakpoints and fewer chromosomes than de novo cases. CCRs are rarely transmitted through spermatogenesis and are primarily ascertained by male infertility. We report a familial balanced CCR, with seven breakpoints involving three chromosomes, which was detected prenatally in a female fetus conceived after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in a couple initially thought to be a carrier of a paternal reciprocal translocation involving two chromosomal breakpoints. Fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) was used to elucidate the complexity of this CCR. The karyotype of the female CCR carrier was balanced and determined as 46,XX.ish t(1;4)(q42;q32)(WCP1+, D1Z5+, WCP4+, D1S3738-, D4S2930+; WCP4+, D4Z1+, WCP1+, D4S2930-, D1S3738+), ins(1;11)(q41;q23q24)(WCP1+,WCP11+, D11S2071-, MLL+; WCP11+, D11S2071+, WCP1-, MLL-), ins(4;11)(q23;q14q23)(WCP4+,WCP11+; WCP11+,WCP4-). The same balanced CCR was confirmed in her oligozoospermic father. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of ICSI performed in an infertile male with CCR, resulting in a balanced CCR carrier female with a normal clinical follow-up at 4 years of age. This particular case stresses the point of the relevance and feasibility of ICSI procedure in cases of balanced CCRs.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amniocentesis
- Azoospermia/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4/genetics
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Outcome
- Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- G Joly-Helas
- Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen Cedex, France.
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Soler A, Sánchez A, Carrió A, Badenas C, Milà M, Margarit E, Borrell A. Recombination in a male carrier of two reciprocal translocations involving chromosomes 14, 14', 15, and 21 leading to balanced and unbalanced rearrangements in offspring. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 134:309-14. [PMID: 15732062 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We report an unusual case of a familial complex chromosome rearrangement (CCR), ascertained through prenatal diagnosis. The fetus carried an apparently balanced CCR with a recombinant 3-segment chromosome derived from two paternal reciprocal translocations involving both homologs of chromosome 14 and chromosomes 15 and 21, respectively. A probably normal phenotype was predicted and confirmed after birth. His older sister carried an unbalanced karyotype with partial trisomy 14 and partial monosomy 21, and displayed an apparently normal, paternally derived chromosome 14 that resulted from recombination between two derivative chromosomes. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and molecular studies were essential for the characterization of the rearrangement. The "rebuilding," through recombination, of a chromosome involved in two different translocations in a progenitor, was demonstrated for the first time by molecular analysis. Our family is another good example of how balanced familial complex translocations are in a state of flux and can change from one generation to the next.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21/genetics
- Family Health
- Female
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Recombination, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Anna Soler
- Unitat de Diagnòstic Prenatal, Servei de Genètica, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
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Tihy F, Lemieux N, Lemyre E. Complex chromosome rearrangement and recombinant balanced translocation in a mother and a daughter with the same phenotypic abnormalities. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 135:317-9. [PMID: 15887259 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We report on the diagnosis of a complex chromosome rearrangement in a mother and the transmission of a simplified translocation in her fetus. The mother had mental retardation, short stature, facial dysmorphism, and hydronephrosis, but was never investigated before she was pregnant. A blood sample was taken for karyotyping at the time of amniocentesis for advanced maternal age. The mother's karyotype revealed two translocations involving chromosome 5, chromosome 16 twice, and chromosome 20 as follow: 46,XX,t(5;16;20)(5pter-->5q11.2::16q12.1-->16q23::20p11.2-->20pter;16pter-->16q12.1::5q11.2-->5qter;16qter-->16q23::20p11.2-->20qter). The amniocentesis revealed a female karyotype with an apparently balanced translocation: 46,XX,t(16;20)(q23;p11.2). The translocation of the fetus probably resulted from a meiotic recombination between the derived 5 and the normal 16 in the mother. The baby was born and presented the same facial dysmorphism and hydronephrosis. The simplification of a complex rearrangement through recombination into a balanced product has only been rarely described and it is to our knowledge the first time that both the carrier of the complex rearrangement and her descendant with a simplified rearrangement share phenotypic abnormalities.
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- Frédérique Tihy
- Department of genetics, Ste-Justine Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Vermeulen S, Menten B, Van Roy N, Van Limbergen H, De Paepe A, Mortier G, Speleman F. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of complex chromosomal rearrangements in patients with mental retardation and congenital malformations: delineation of 7q21.11 breakpoints. Am J Med Genet A 2004; 124A:10-8. [PMID: 14679581 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Constitutional de novo complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are a rare finding in patients with mild to severe mental retardation. CCRs pose a challenge to the clinical cytogeneticist: generally CCRs are assumed to be the cause of the observed phenotypic abnormalities, but the complex nature of these chromosomal changes often hamper the accurate delineation of the chromosomal breakpoints and the identification of possible imbalances. In a first step towards a more detailed molecular cytogenetic characterization of CCRs, we studied four de novo CCRs using multicolor fluorescent in situ hybridization (M-FISH), comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and FISH with region specific probes. These methods allowed a more refined characterization of the breakpoints in three of the four CCRs. The occurrence of 7q breakpoints in three out of these four CCRs and in 30% of reported CCRs suggested preferential involvement of this chromosomal region in the formation of CCRs. Further analysis of these 7q breakpoints revealed a 2 Mb deletion at 7q21.11 in one patient and involvement of the same region in a cryptic insertion in a second patient. This particular region contains at least 5 candidate genes for mental retardation. The other patient had a breakpoint more proximal to this region. The present data together with these from the literature provide evidence that a region within 7q21.11 may be prone to breakage and formation of CCRs.
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- Stefan Vermeulen
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital 0K5, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Berend SA, Bodamer OAF, Shapira SK, Shaffer LG, Bacino CA. Familial complex chromosomal rearrangement resulting in a recombinant chromosome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 109:311-7. [PMID: 11992486 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Familial complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are rare and tend to involve fewer breakpoints and fewer chromosomes than CCRs that are de novo in origin. We report on a CCR identified in a child with congenital heart disease and dysmorphic features. Initially, the child's karyotype was thought to involve a straightforward three-way translocation between chromosomes 3, 8, and 16. However, after analyzing the mother's chromosomes, the mother was found to have a more complex rearrangement that resulted in a recombinant chromosome in the child. The mother's karyotype included an inverted chromosome 2 and multiple translocations involving chromosomes 3, 5, 8, and 16. No evidence of deletion or duplication that could account for the clinical findings in the child was identified.
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- Sue Ann Berend
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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