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Affiliation(s)
- D Renier
- Groupe d'Etudes des Malformations Craniofaciales, Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris.
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Hoover-Fong JE, Cai J, Cargile CB, Thomas GH, Patel A, Griffin CA, Jabs EW, Hamosh A. Facial dysgenesis: a novel facial syndrome with chromosome 7 deletion p15.1-21.1. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 117A:47-56. [PMID: 12548740 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We describe a female neonate with a unique constellation of features including anophthalmia and cryptophthalmos, temporal remnant "eye tags," bilateral cleft lip, unilateral cleft palate, a proboscis with absent nasal septum, choanal atresia, micrognathia, square stoma, and bilateral external auditory canal atresia. Gross brain structure, pituitary function, limbs, trunk, and genitalia were normal. Skeletal survey, echocardiogram and abdominal viscera were unremarkable except for a split central sinus of the right kidney. BAER exam indicated she could hear and temporal CT confirmed the presence of cochlea and possible ossicles. Cytogenetic evaluation revealed an interstitial deletion at chromosome 7p15.1-21.1. TWIST, a gene encoding a transcription factor involved in craniofacial development, is deleted by FISH analysis. The absence of a mutation on the non-deleted allele of TWIST as determined by sequencing virtually eliminates complete loss of the TWIST gene as the cause of this patient's severe phenotype. The HOXA gene cluster also encodes transcription factors that are crucial for directing cephalad to caudad somatic fetal development. HOXA1, the most telomeric of the 13 members of the HOXA gene cluster, is located at the centromeric boundary of the patient's chromosome 7 deletion. By FISH analysis, neither allele of HOXA1 is deleted and sequencing reveals no mutations. Haploinsufficiency or complete loss of the HOXA1 gene also does not appear to cause this patient's severe phenotype. Previous reports of chromosome 7p15-21 deletions do not have phenotypes similar to this patient.
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- Julie E Hoover-Fong
- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
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Stankiewicz P, Thiele H, Baldermann C, Krüger A, Giannakudis I, Dörr S, Werner N, Kunz J, Rappold GA, Hansmann I. Phenotypic findings due to trisomy 7p15.3-pter including the TWIST locus. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2001; 103:56-62. [PMID: 11562935 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We report on a three-month-old boy with a 46,XY,der(Y)t(Y;7)(p11.32;p15.3) karyotype and growth deficiency, postnatal microcephaly with large fontanels, wide sagittal and metopic sutures, hypertelorism, choanal stenosis, micrognathia, bilateral cryptorchidism, hypospadias, abnormal fingers and toes, and severe developmental delay. FISH studies showed partial trisomy 7p resulting from a de novo unbalanced translocation. The application of molecular probes from the TWIST gene region (7p15.3-p21.1) and probes from the pseudoautosomal region (PAR) demonstrated that the 7p15.3-pter fragment was translocated onto Yp with the breakpoint within approximately 20 kb from the Yp telomere. We discuss the possible role of the TWIST gene in abnormal skull development and suggest that trisomy 7p cases with delayed closure of fontanels can be a result of TWIST gene dosage effect.
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- P Stankiewicz
- Institute of Human Genetics and Medical Biology, University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/S, Germany.
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Paznekas WA, Cunningham ML, Howard TD, Korf BR, Lipson MH, Grix AW, Feingold M, Goldberg R, Borochowitz Z, Aleck K, Mulliken J, Yin M, Jabs EW. Genetic heterogeneity of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, due to TWIST and FGFR mutations. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 62:1370-80. [PMID: 9585583 PMCID: PMC1377134 DOI: 10.1086/301855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Thirty-two unrelated patients with features of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, a common autosomal dominant condition of craniosynostosis and limb anomalies, were screened for mutations in TWIST, FGFR2, and FGFR3. Nine novel and three recurrent TWIST mutations were found in 12 families. Seven families were found to have the FGFR3 P250R mutation, and one individual was found to have an FGFR2 VV269-270 deletion. To date, our detection rate for TWIST or FGFR mutations is 68% in our Saethre-Chotzen syndrome patients, including our five patients elsewhere reported with TWIST mutations. More than 35 different TWIST mutations are now known in the literature. The most common phenotypic features, present in more than a third of our patients with TWIST mutations, are coronal synostosis, brachycephaly, low frontal hairline, facial asymmetry, ptosis, hypertelorism, broad great toes, and clinodactyly. Significant intra- and interfamilial phenotypic variability is present for either TWIST mutations or FGFR mutations. The overlap in clinical features and the presence, in the same genes, of mutations for more than one craniosynostotic condition-such as Saethre-Chotzen, Crouzon, and Pfeiffer syndromes-support the hypothesis that TWIST and FGFRs are components of the same molecular pathway involved in the modulation of craniofacial and limb development in humans.
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- W A Paznekas
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-3914, USA
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Major advances have been made in the elucidation of the molecular basis of a number of human dysmorphic syndromes involving abnormalities of craniofacial development. This will lead, in turn, to a greater understanding of the mechanisms that underlie normal craniofacial development.
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- F V Elmslie
- Mothercare Unit of Paediatric Genetics and Fetal Medicine, University College London Medical School, UK.
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Reish O, Berry SA, Dewald G, King RA. Duplication of 7p: further delineation of the phenotype and restriction of the critical region to the distal part of the short arm. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1996; 61:21-5. [PMID: 8741912 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960102)61:1<21::aid-ajmg4>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We report on a patient with duplication of 7p15-->pter and review the literature. Patients with partial duplication of the distal 7p, including only the distal segment 7p15-->pter, have a syndrome comparable to that of patients with a larger or complete duplication of 7p. This suggests that the critical region for the dup(7p) phenotype is restricted to 7p15-->pter. The complete clinical phenotype of dup(7)(p15-->pter) includes mental retardation, skull anomalies, large anterior fontanel, cardiovascular defects, joint dislocation and contraction, and gastrointestinal and genital defects. Recognition of the clinical spectrum in patients with a smaller duplication of 7p, and the assignment of this critical region, should prove valuable for accurate counseling, prediction of outcome, and further gene mapping.
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- O Reish
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Tsuji K, Narahara K, Yokoyama Y, Grzeschik KH, Kunz J. The breakpoint on 7p in a patient with t(6;7) and craniosynostosis is spanned by a YAC clone containing the D7S503 locus. Hum Genet 1995; 95:303-7. [PMID: 7868123 DOI: 10.1007/bf00225198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We previously reported a patient with an apparently balanced t(6;7) translocation and craniosynostosis. We now demonstrate, by fluorescence in situ hybridization, that the yeast artificial chromosome clone 933-e-1 from the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain library harbouring the D7S503 locus spans the breakpoint on distal 7p. Recent reports have defined a candidate region for a Saethre-Chotzen craniosynostosis locus between the loci D7S513 and D7S516, a region that includes the D7S503 locus. Since the translocation carrier shows only some of the symptoms characteristic for the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, it remains unresolved whether the gene disrupted by the translocation event is the only one causing craniosynostosis in this chromosomal region.
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- K Tsuji
- Medizinisches Zentrum für Humangenetik, Phillips-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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Lurie IW, Schwartz MF, Schwartz S, Cohen MM. Trisomy 7p resulting from isochromosome formation and whole-arm translocation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1995; 55:62-6. [PMID: 7702099 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320550117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A newborn boy with a large anterior fontanel, minor facial anomalies, postaxial polydactyly, patent ductus arteriosus, and developmental delay had trisomy of 7p due to an i(7p) and a concomitant t(2;7) (q37.3;q11.1). Significant enlargement of the fontanel is the most characteristic finding in most patients with duplications involving 7p15-pter. Asynchrony in fore- and hindbrain and hemisphere formation leading to brain asymmetry and various defects in the posterior fossa are typical of infants with duplications of 7p11-p12. A variety of heart defects has also been found in more than 50% of patients with duplication of 7p segments. Isochromosome formation accompanied by whole-arm translocation, resulting in uniparental isodisomy for the involved segment, is an extremely rare cause leading to partial trisomies. Although it is not clear whether isochromosome formation precedes the whole-arm translocation or follows it, the secondary rearrangement may have adaptive significance.
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- I W Lurie
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, USA
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Chotai KA, Brueton LA, van Herwerden L, Garrett C, Hinkel GK, Schinzel A, Mueller RF, Speleman F, Winter RM. Six cases of 7p deletion: clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular studies. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1994; 51:270-6. [PMID: 7521123 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320510320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To date, 32 cases of partial 7p monosomy have been described, 14 of which have been associated with craniosynostosis (CRS). There is considerable variation in the size and location of the deleted segment. However, CRS appears to be consistently associated with either a deletion or partial deletion 7p21-->7p22 or more rarely a deletion of 7p13-->7p14. Analysis of a panel of six 7p deletion cases (three with CRS) was undertaken using informative DNA probes, in order to characterize and define the extent of the deletions at the molecular level. There were five de novo deletions and one resulting from the unbalanced product of a paternal balanced insertion. The putative proximal CRS locus at 7p13-->7p14 does not appear to be allelic with Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome. Three probe positions have been refined: pJ5.11 (D7S10) previously mapped to 7p14-->pter does not appear to map proximal to p15; TM102L (D7S135) does not map distal to p22; CRI-P137 (D7S65) maps distal to 7p13.
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- K A Chotai
- Kennedy Galton Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- W Reardon
- Mothercare Unit of Paediatric Genetics and Fetal Medicine, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Tsuji K, Narahara K, Kikkawa K, Murakami M, Yokoyama Y, Ninomiya S, Seino Y. Craniosynostosis and hemizygosity for D7S135 caused by a de novo and apparently balanced t(6;7) translocation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1994; 49:98-102. [PMID: 7909651 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320490119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Craniosynostosis (CRS) is frequently seen in the del(7p) syndrome, and the gene for this cranial anomaly (CRS1) has been assigned to 7p21. We present a 3-year-old boy with CRS involving the sagittal and coronal sutures, who had a de novo and apparently balanced translocation, t(6;7)(q16.2;p15.3). Southern blot analysis of several loci on 7p14-->pter showed that the patient was heterozygous for HOX1I and IL6, possibly homozygous for D7S149, but hemizygous for D7S135 with a loss of the paternal allele. These findings suggest the localization of a candidate gene for CRS1 to be on 7p15.3 in the close proximity to the D7S135 locus.
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- K Tsuji
- Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Reid CS, McMorrow LE, McDonald-McGinn DM, Grace KJ, Ramos FJ, Zackai EH, Cohen MM, Jabs EW. Saethre-Chotzen syndrome with familial translocation at chromosome 7p22. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1993; 47:637-9. [PMID: 8266989 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320470511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Chromosome analysis of a male infant and his mother with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome demonstrated an apparently balanced translocation, t(2;7)(p23;p22). This association lends support to localization of the gene for Saethre-Chotzen syndrome to the 7p2 region and supports further involvement of gene(s) in the 7p22 region.
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- C S Reid
- Division of Pediatric Genetics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden
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Reardon W, McManus SP, Summers D, Winter RM. Cytogenetic evidence that the Saethre-Chotzen gene maps to 7p21.2. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1993; 47:633-6. [PMID: 8266988 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320470510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Evidence for the location of the Saethre-Chotzen acrocephalosyndactyly mutation on 7p21-22 is based on genetic linkage studies in families segregating for this autosomal dominant disorder. Linkage studies were guided by several reports of chromosome deletions in this region giving rise to craniosynostosis and some other manifestations of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. We report on a family where a father and daughter carry an apparently balanced t(7;10)(p21.2;q21.2) translocation (de novo in the father) and have the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. These observations support the localization of the Saethre-Chotzen gene to 7p21.2.
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- W Reardon
- Mothercare Department of Clinical Genetics and Fetal Medicine, Institute of Child Health, London, England
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