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Massalska D, Bijok J, Kucińska-Chahwan A, Zimowski JG, Ozdarska K, Panek G, Roszkowski T. Triploid pregnancy-Clinical implications. Clin Genet 2021; 100:368-375. [PMID: 34031868 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Triploidy is a life-limiting genetic aberration resulting from an extra haploid set of chromosomes of paternal (diandric triploidy) or maternal origin (digynic triploidy). Triploidy affects around 1%-2% of all conceptions. The majority of cases is miscarried at early developmental stages. In consequence of genomic imprinting, parental origin affects the phenotype of triploid pregnancies as well as the prevalence and spectrum of related maternal complications. Distinctive ultrasound features of both triploid phenotypes as well as characteristic patterns of biochemical markers may be useful in diagnosis. Molecular confirmation of the parental origin allows to predict the risk of complications, such as gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, or preeclampsia associated with the paternal origin of triploidy. Diagnosis of partial hydatidiform mole associated with diandric triploidy is challenging especially in the first trimester pregnancy loss due to the limitations of both histopathology and ultrasound. We present important clinical aspects of triploid pregnancies and indicate unresolved issues demanding further studies.
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- Diana Massalska
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Massalska D, Ozdarska K, Roszkowski T, Bijok J, Kucińska-Chahwan A, Panek GM, Zimowski JG. Distribution of diandric and digynic triploidy depending on gestational age. J Assist Reprod Genet 2021; 38:2391-2395. [PMID: 33982170 PMCID: PMC8490569 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-021-02202-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose To establish the distribution of diandric and digynic triploidy depending on gestational age. Methods 107 triploid samples tested prospectively in a single genetic department during a four-year period were analyzed for parental origin of triploidy by Quantitative Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction (QF-PCR) (n=95) with the use of matching parental samples or by MS-MLPA (n=12), when parental samples were unavailable. Tested pregnancies were divided into three subgroups with regard to the gestational age at spontaneous pregnancy loss: <11 gestational weeks, 11–14 gestational weeks, and >14 gestational weeks. Results Diandric triploidy constituted overall 44.9% (46.5% in samples miscarried <11 gestational weeks, 64.3% in samples miscarried between 11 and 14 gestational weeks, and 27.8% in pregnancies which survived >14 gestational weeks). Conclusions The distribution of diandric and digynic triploidy depends on gestational age. The majority of diandric triploid pregnancies is lost in the first trimester of pregnancy. In the second trimester, diandric cases are at least twice less frequent than digynic ones.
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Affiliation(s)
- Diana Massalska
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957, Warsaw, Poland
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Usefulness of methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification for identification of parental origin of triploidy. J Hum Genet 2020; 65:889-894. [PMID: 32483273 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-020-0784-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Triploidy is a genetic aberration resulting from an extra haploid set of chromosomes of paternal (diandric) or maternal (digynic) origin. Diandric cases, opposite to digynic ones, may lead to gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) or generate maternal complications, therefore their identification is crucial, but reproducibility of traditionally used histopathological assessment is poor. The aim of the study was to analyse the usefulness of methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) with probes for two differentially methylated regions (DMR) at chromosome 11p.15.5 for identification of the parental origin of triploidy. 84 triploid DNA samples were tested with MS-MLPA: 34 paternal cases (40.5%) and 50 maternal ones (59.5%) according to the reference results of QF-PCR. Methylation ratio (MR) was calculated. Reference values proposed by the MRC-Holland for diploid samples (MR 0.8-1.2) were used. The values outside these ranges were used to diagnose parental origin of triploidy-paternal (MR > 1.2) or maternal (MR < 0.8). The effectiveness of MS-MLPA was 94.0%. The mean MR in paternal triploidy was 1.7 (SD-0.25; n = 34) compared with 0.56 in maternal triploidy (SD-0.12; n = 50). MR values in paternal and maternal triploidy did not overlap. In five samples (6.0%) parental origin of triploidy could not be accurately established by MS-MLPA, probably due to the maternal cell contamination (MCC). MS-MLPA can be used as a convenient method for distinguishing between paternal and maternal triploidy without the necessity for parental samples testing. It enables adequate selection of the paternal triploid cases for follow up in order to exclude post-molar GTN.
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Massalska D, Bijok J, Ilnicka A, Jakiel G, Roszkowski T. Triploidy - variability of sonographic phenotypes. Prenat Diagn 2017; 37:774-780. [DOI: 10.1002/pd.5080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Diana Massalska
- I Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education; Warsaw Poland
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- I Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Genetics; Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology; Warsaw Poland
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- I Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education; Warsaw Poland
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- I Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education; Warsaw Poland
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Alves da Silva AF, Machado FB, Pavarino ÉC, Biselli-Périco JM, Zampieri BL, da Silva Francisco Junior R, Mozer Rodrigues PT, Terra Machado D, Santos-Rebouças CB, Gomes Fernandes M, Chuva de Sousa Lopes SM, Lopes Rios ÁF, Medina-Acosta E. Trisomy 21 Alters DNA Methylation in Parent-of-Origin-Dependent and -Independent Manners. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154108. [PMID: 27100087 PMCID: PMC4839675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The supernumerary chromosome 21 in Down syndrome differentially affects the methylation statuses at CpG dinucleotide sites and creates genome-wide transcriptional dysregulation of parental alleles, ultimately causing diverse pathologies. At present, it is unknown whether those effects are dependent or independent of the parental origin of the nondisjoined chromosome 21. Linkage analysis is a standard method for the determination of the parental origin of this aneuploidy, although it is inadequate in cases with deficiency of samples from the progenitors. Here, we assessed the reliability of the epigenetic 5mCpG imprints resulting in the maternally (oocyte)-derived allele methylation at a differentially methylated region (DMR) of the candidate imprinted WRB gene for asserting the parental origin of chromosome 21. We developed a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme-specific PCR assay, based on the WRB DMR, across single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to examine the methylation statuses in the parental alleles. In genomic DNA from blood cells of either disomic or trisomic subjects, the maternal alleles were consistently methylated, while the paternal alleles were unmethylated. However, the supernumerary chromosome 21 did alter the methylation patterns at the RUNX1 (chromosome 21) and TMEM131 (chromosome 2) CpG sites in a parent-of-origin-independent manner. To evaluate the 5mCpG imprints, we conducted a computational comparative epigenomic analysis of transcriptome RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and histone modification expression patterns. We found allele fractions consistent with the transcriptional biallelic expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes, despite the similarities in the confluence of both a 17-histone modification activation backbone module and a 5-histone modification repressive module between the WRB DMR and the DMRs of six imprinted genes. We concluded that the maternally inherited 5mCpG imprints at the WRB DMR are uncoupled from the parental allele expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes in several tissues and that trisomy 21 alters DNA methylation in parent-of-origin-dependent and -independent manners.
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- Antônio Francisco Alves da Silva
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology, Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- * E-mail: (AFAS); (FBM); (EM-A)
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology, Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- * E-mail: (AFAS); (FBM); (EM-A)
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos do Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Molecular Identification and Diagnostics Unit, Hospital Escola Álvaro Alvim, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology, Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- * E-mail: (AFAS); (FBM); (EM-A)
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Hydatidiform moles (HMs) are abnormal human pregnancies with vesicular chorionic villi, imposing two clinical challenges; miscarriage and a risk of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). The parental type of most HMs are either diandric diploid (PP) or diandric triploid (PPM). We consecutively collected 154 triploid or near-triploid samples from conceptuses with vesicular chorionic villi. We used analysis of DNA markers and/or methylation sensitive-MLPA and collected data from registries and patients records. We performed whole genome SNP analysis of one case of twinning (PP+PM).In all 154 triploids or near-triploids we found two different paternal contributions to the genome (P1P2M). The ratios between the sex chromosomal constitutions XXX, XXY, and XYY were 5.7: 6.9: 1.0. No cases of GTN were observed. Our results corroborate that all triploid human conceptuses with vesicular chorionic villi have the parental type P1P2M. The sex chromosomal ratios suggest approximately equal frequencies of meiosis I and meiosis II errors with selection against the XYY conceptuses or a combination of dispermy, non-disjunction in meiosis I and meiosis II and selection against XYY conceptuses. Although single cases of GTN after a triploid HM have been reported, the results of this study combined with data from previous prospective studies estimate the risk of GTN after a triploid mole to 0% (95% CI: 0–1,4%).
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Joergensen MW, Niemann I, Rasmussen AA, Hindkjaer J, Agerholm I, Bolund L, Sunde L. Triploid pregnancies: genetic and clinical features of 158 cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014; 211:370.e1-19. [PMID: 24657790 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between the genetic constitution and the phenotype in triploid pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN One hundred fifty-eight triploid pregnancies were identified in hospitals in Western Denmark from April 1986 to April 2010. Clinical data and karyotypes were collected retrospectively, and archived samples were retrieved. The parental origin of the genome, either double paternal contribution (PPM) or double maternal contribution (MMP) was determined by an analysis of methylation levels at imprinted sites. RESULTS There were significantly more PPM than MMP cases (P < .01). In MMP cases, the possible karyotypes had similar frequencies, whereas, in PPM cases, 43% had the karyotype 69,XXX, 51% had the karyotype 69,XXY, and 6% had the karyotype 69,XYY. Molar phenotype was seen only in PPM cases. However, PPM cases with a nonmolar phenotype were also seen. For both parental genotypes, various fetal phenotypes were seen at autopsy. Levels of human chorionic gonadotropin in maternal serum were low in MMP cases and varying in PPM cases, some being as low as in the MMP cases. CONCLUSION In a triploid pregnancy, suspicion of hydatidiform mole at ultrasound scanning, by macroscopic inspection of the evacuated tissue, at histology, or because of a high human chorionic gonadotropin in maternal serum level each predict the parental type PPM with a very high specificity. In contrast, the sensitivity of these observations was <100%.
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