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Massara LS, Delea M, Espeche L, Bruque CD, Oliveri J, Brun P, Furforo L, Dain L, Rozental S. Double Autosomal/Gonosomal Mosaic Trisomy 47,XXX/47,XX,+14 in a Newborn with Multiple Congenital Anomalies. Cytogenet Genome Res 2019; 159:137-142. [PMID: 31786569 DOI: 10.1159/000504238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chromosomal trisomies are the most frequent major chromosomal anomalies in humans and can be present in a mosaic or a non-mosaic constitution. We report the first case of a newborn girl presenting with multiple congenital anomalies and a double mosaic trisomy involving chromosome 14 and the X chromosome detected by array CGH. Karyotype analysis revealed a double mosaic with 2 independent abnormal cell lines and the absence of 46,XX and 48,XXX,+14 cell lineages. The patient showed most of the clinical characteristics of mosaic trisomy 14. Analysis of autosomal DNA markers in the proband's blood sample did not support the presence of chimerism. Further analysis of chromosome X DNA markers suggests that the extra X chromosome most probably arose as a consequence of nondisjunction in meiosis II in the maternal lineage.
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Jones KL, McNamara EA, Longoni M, Miller DE, Rohanizadegan M, Newman LA, Hayes F, Levitsky LL, Herrington BL, Lin AE. Dual diagnoses in 152 patients with Turner syndrome: Knowledge of the second condition may lead to modification of treatment and/or surveillance. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:2435-2445. [PMID: 30079495 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Turner syndrome is a sex chromosome abnormality in which a female has a single X chromosome or structurally deficient second sex chromosome. The phenotypic spectrum is broad, and atypical features prompt discussion of whether the known features of Turner syndrome should be further expanded. With the advent of clinical whole exome sequencing, there has been increased realization that some patients with genetic disorders carry a second genetic disorder, leading us to hypothesize that a "dual diagnosis" may be more common than suspected for Turner syndrome. We report five new patients with Turner syndrome and a co-occurring genetic disorder including one patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Li-Fraumeni and Noonan syndrome, mosaic trisomy 8, pathogenic variant in RERE, and blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthanus inversus syndrome. We also undertook an extensive literature review of 147 reports of patients with Turner syndrome and a second genetic condition. A total of 47 patients (31%) had trisomy 21, followed by 36 patients (24%) had one of 11 X-linked disorders. Notably, 80% of the 147 reported patients with a dual diagnosis had mosaicism for Turner syndrome, approximately twice the frequency in the general Turner syndrome population. This article demonstrates the potential for co-occurring syndromes in patients with Turner syndrome, prompting us to recommend a search for an additional genetic disorder in Turner patients with unusual features. Knowledge of the second condition may lead to modification of treatment and/or surveillance. We anticipate that increased awareness and improved diagnostic technologies will lead to the identification of more cases of Turner syndrome with a co-occurring genetic syndrome.
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- Kelly L Jones
- Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia.,Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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- Genetics Unit, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Genetics Unit, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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Davidsson J. The epigenetic landscape of aneuploidy: constitutional mosaicism leading the way? Epigenomics 2014; 6:45-58. [PMID: 24579946 DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The role of structural genetic changes in human disease has received substantial attention in recent decades, but surprisingly little is known about numerical chromosomal abnormalities, even though they have been recognized since the days of Boveri as partaking in different cellular pathophysiological processes such as cancer and genomic disorders. The current knowledge of the genetic and epigenetic consequences of aneuploidy is reviewed herein, with a special focus on using mosaic genetic syndromes to study the DNA methylation footprints and expressional effects associated with whole-chromosomal gains. Recent progress in understanding the debated role of aneuploidy as a driver or passenger in malignant transformation, as well as how the cell responds to and regulates excess genetic material in experimental settings, is also discussed in detail.
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- Josef Davidsson
- Division of Molecular Medicine & Gene Therapy, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
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Davidsson J, Veerla S, Johansson B. Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism as a model for epigenetic studies of aneuploidy. Epigenetics Chromatin 2013; 6:18. [PMID: 23816241 PMCID: PMC3704342 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-6-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background To investigate epigenetic patterns associated with aneuploidy we used constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism (CT8M) as a model, enabling analyses of single cell clones, harboring either trisomy or disomy 8, from the same patient; this circumvents any bias introduced by using cells from unrelated, healthy individuals as controls. We profiled gene and miRNA expression as well as genome-wide and promoter specific DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation patterns in trisomic and disomic fibroblasts, using microarrays and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation. Results Trisomy 8-positive fibroblasts displayed a characteristic expression and methylation phenotype distinct from disomic fibroblasts, with the majority (65%) of chromosome 8 genes in the trisomic cells being overexpressed. However, 69% of all deregulated genes and non-coding RNAs were not located on this chromosome. Pathway analysis of the deregulated genes revealed that cancer, genetic disorder, and hematopoiesis were top ranked. The trisomy 8-positive cells displayed depletion of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and global hypomethylation of gene-poor regions on chromosome 8, thus partly mimicking the inactivated X chromosome in females. Conclusions Trisomy 8 affects genes situated also on other chromosomes which, in cooperation with the observed chromosome 8 gene dosage effect, has an impact on the clinical features of CT8M, as demonstrated by the pathway analysis revealing key features that might explain the increased incidence of hematologic malignancies in CT8M patients. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the general depletion of hydroxymethylation and global hypomethylation of chromosome 8 may be unrelated to gene expression regulation, instead being associated with a general mechanism of chromatin processing and compartmentalization of additional chromosomes.
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- Josef Davidsson
- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, SE 221 85, Lund, Sweden.
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Reish O, Brosh N, Gobazov R, Rosenblat M, Libman V, Mashevich M. Sporadic aneuploidy in PHA-stimulated lymphocytes of Turner's syndrome patients. Chromosome Res 2006; 14:527-34. [PMID: 16823615 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1050-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In line with the view that aneuploidy destabilizes the karyotype, initiating an autocatalytic process that gives rise to further loss and/or gain of chromosomes, we examined whether a constitutional aneuploidy such as monosomy for one chromosome is associated with sporadic loss and/or gain of other chromosomes. We used PHA-stimulated lymphocytes from eight women with Turner's syndrome (six displayed X chromosome monosomy ranging from 60.2% to 97.9%, and two were below 10%), and eight healthy women who served as a control group. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), applied at interphase, was used to evaluate the level of aneuploidy for three randomly selected chromosomes (autosomes 8, 15 and 18) in each sample. For each tested chromosome, our results showed a significantly higher level of aneuploid cells in the samples from patients than in those from controls (p < 0.01). The mean level of aneuploid cells for all three tested autosomes was almost twice as high in the patient samples as in the control samples (p < 0.002). It is noteworthy that, in the Turner's syndrome patients, X chromosome disomic cells also displayed increased levels of aneuploidy. It is possible that monosomy of X chromosome in female cells destabilizes their own genome and also affects X disomic cells in the region. One may also speculate that a common factor(s) is involved with both constitutional and sporadic aneuploidy.
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- Orit Reish
- Genetics Institute, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, 70300, Israel.
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Diego-Alvarez D, Ramos-Corrales C, Garcia-Hoyos M, Bustamante-Aragones A, Cantalapiedra D, Diaz-Recasens J, Vallespin-Garcia E, Ayuso C, Lorda-Sanchez I. Double trisomy in spontaneous miscarriages: cytogenetic and molecular approach. Hum Reprod 2005; 21:958-66. [PMID: 16361293 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although single trisomy is the most common chromosomal abnormality observed within first trimester spontaneous abortions (SA) (>50%), double trisomy (DT) ranges from 0.21 to 2.8% in the literature. Since little is known about mechanisms underlying DT, we report the results of our experience with 517 SA, establishing parental origin and cell stage of non-disjunction when possible in DT cases, and making a revision of those previously reported. METHODS Cytogenetic analysis was performed in all aborted specimens. Quantitative fluorescent PCR (QF-PCR) and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) were performed in DT cases in order to assess parental origin and stage of error of aneuploidy in addition to its reliability in detecting aneuploidies. RESULTS Karyotyping was successful in 321 miscarriages; the rate of DT was 2.18%. Among the seven DT cases reported, three new combinations were found. Maternal origin was established for all DT SA analysed. Meiotic stage of error was presumed meiosis I (MI) for 48,XX+15+22 and 48,XX+8+21, meiosis II (MII) for 48,XXX+18, and MII and MI respectively for 48,XY+18+22. Molecular results agreed with cytogenetic results. CONCLUSIONS Similar maternal age-related mechanisms could be implicated in both single and double trisomy. Molecular techniques could be useful in diagnosing not only single but multiple aneuploidy and determining its origin. This will improve our knowledge about mechanisms underlying human aneuploidy, and enable appropriate genetic counselling.
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- Dan Diego-Alvarez
- Human Genetics, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Avda Reyes Católicos 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Alkuraya FS, Harris DJ. Trisomy 8 mosaicism in a patient with heterotaxia. BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. PART A, CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TERATOLOGY 2004; 73:58-60. [PMID: 15578648 DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism (CT8M) is a relatively rare trisomy in humans with a characteristic phenotype. We report an infant with the characteristic CT8M phenotype in addition to heterotaxia. A number of chromosomal abnormalities have been reported in association with laterality defects but this is the first time heterotaxia is reported in CT8M. In addition to expanding CT8M phenotype, our report may provide insight into the mechanism of heterotaxia.
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- Fowzan S Alkuraya
- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Baidas S, Chen TJ, Kolev V, Wong LJ, Imholte J, Qin N, Meck J. Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism due to meiosis II non-disjunction in a phenotypically normal woman with hematologic abnormalities. Am J Med Genet A 2004; 124A:383-7. [PMID: 14735586 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism (CT8M) in liveborns is typically caused by mitotic non-disjunction and exhibits wide phenotypic variability. By contrast, CT8M due to meiotic errors usually results in miscarriage. We describe a case of CT8M due to a paternal meiosis II non-disjunction error. The patient, a 32-year-old woman, was phenotypically normal except for a history of recurrent aphthous ulcers since childhood and a 4-year history of macrocytosis. The ulcers were refractory to steroids, but responded well to thalidomide. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CT8M due to meiotic non-disjunction in a phenotypically normal individual.
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- Said Baidas
- Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Lorda-Sanchez I, Trujillo MJ, Gomez-Garre P, de Alba MR, Gonzalez-Gonzalez C, García-Hoyos M, Ayuso C, Ramos C. Turner phenotype in a girl with a 45,X/46,XX/47,XX,+18 mosaicism. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 121A:20-4. [PMID: 12900896 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10197] [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: 11/06/2022]
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We report a girl with Turner syndrome phenotype, whose karyotype on amniocyte culture was 45,X, while cytogenetic analysis on peripheral blood lymphocytes showed the presence of a mosaic chromosome constitution with three different cell lines: 45,X[5]/46,XX[3]/47,XX,+18 [35]. No signs of trisomy 18 were observed and a follow up during childhood revealed normal psychomotor development. Parental origin and mechanism of formation were studied using high polymorphic microsatellites and Quantitative Fluorescent PCR. The 18-trisomic cells showed one paternal allele and two maternal homozygous alleles at different loci of chromosome 18, suggesting a maternal M-II meiotic or a postzygotic error. A biparental origin of the X-alleles in the trisomic cells were determined, being the paternal allele retained in the 45,X cells. The possible mechanism of formation implying meiotic and/or mitotic errors is discussed.
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Le Bris MJ, Marcorelles P, Audrézet MP, Parent P, Heren P, Le Guern H, Herry A, Morel F, Collet M, Férec C, De Braekeleer M. Prenatal diagnosis of mosaic tetrasomy 8p. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 120A:44-8. [PMID: 12794691 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tetrasomy 8p is a rare chromosomal disorder that has only been detected in a mosaic form. At the present time, 11 cases have been reported; their phenotype included agenesis of the corpus callosum, enlarged ventricles, minor facial dysmorphism, rib and vertebral anomalies, and mild to moderate developmental delay. To the best of our knowledge, tetrasomy 8p has never been prenatally diagnosed. This 43-year-old woman was referred for amniocentesis at 20 weeks' gestation because of advanced maternal age. Amniotic fluid cells were cultured according to standard techniques by the in situ method. A supernumerary chromosomal marker was detected in a single clone of cultured amniotic cells and interpreted by RHG banding as an isochromosome of the short arm of chromosome 8 (i(8p)). The ultrasound investigation at 27 weeks gestation revealed enlarged ventricles and agenesis of the corpus callosum, which were confirmed at fetal autopsy after medical termination of the pregnancy. Chromosomal analyses, including RHG banding and FISH, of several tissues showed different levels of i(8p) mosaicism. Whereas no i(8p) was detected on cytotrophoblast nor additional amniotic fluid cells, 97% and 30% of cells from long-term cultures of placenta and lymphocytes, respectively, had the i(8p). Using DNA markers, the isochromosome 8p was interpreted as the result of a prezygotic event during maternal meiosis. Our findings suggest that the i(8p) is the subject of tissue selection. Tetrasomy 8p might be underdiagnosed during pregnancy; therefore, karyotyping on a fetal blood sample following detection of agenesis of the corpus callosum when no chromosomal abnormality has been found on the amniotic fluid cell cultures should be discussed with the parents.
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- Marie-Josée Le Bris
- Service de Cytogénétique, Cytologie et Biologie de la Reproduction, CHU Morvan, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, F-29285 Brest cedex, France.
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Robinson W, Bernasconi F, Lau A, McFadden D. Frequency of meiotic trisomy depends on involved chromosome and mode of ascertainment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990507)84:1<34::aid-ajmg8>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Danesino C, Pasquali F, Dellavecchia C, Maserati E, Minelli A, Seghezzi L. Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism: mechanism of origin, phenotype variability, and risk of malignancies. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1998; 80:540. [PMID: 9880228 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19981228)80:5<540::aid-ajmg25>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sarri C, Gyftodimou J, Avramopoulos D, Grigoriadou M, Pedersen W, Pandelia E, Pangalos C, Abazis D, Kitsos G, Vassilopoulos D, Brøndum-Nielsen K, Petersen MB. Partial trisomy 17q22-qter and partial monosomy Xq27-qter in a girl with a de novo unbalanced translocation due to a postzygotic error: case report and review of the literature on partial trisomy 17qter. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1997; 70:87-94. [PMID: 9129747 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970502)70:1<87::aid-ajmg16>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Partial trisomy 17q22-qter is a rare but well-recognized clinical entity. We present a case of partial trisomy for the long arm of chromosome 17, which was detected in a female infant with severe psychomotor and somatic retardation, Stargardt disease, short limbs, and numerous minor anomalies. Differential chromosomal staining demonstrated an excess of genetic material on the long arm of the late replicating X chromosome. FISH and DNA polymorphism analysis showed that the extra material belonged to the distal part of the long arm of chromosome 17 and that there was a partial monosomy of the distal part of the long arm of the derivative X chromosome. The breakpoint regions of this translocation were identified by molecular analysis using polymorphic microsatellite markers on human chromosomes 17 and X. The origin of the abnormal X chromosome was found to be paternal, whereas the origin of the duplicated part of chromosome 17 was maternal. The unbalanced translocation between the paternal X and the maternal chromosome 17 is, therefore, suggested to be due to a postzygotic error.
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- C Sarri
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Child Health, Athens, Greece
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van Ravenswaaij-Arts CM, Tuerlings JH, Van Heyst AF, Nijhuis JG, Niehof J, Smeets DF. Misinterpretation of trisomy 18 as a pseudomosaicism at third-trimester amniocentesis of a child with a mosaic 46,XY/47,XY, +3/48,XXY, +18 karyotype. Prenat Diagn 1997; 17:375-9. [PMID: 9160391 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199704)17:4<375::aid-pd55>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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False-negative trisomy 18 has been reported after chorionic villus sampling, but not after amniocentesis. We describe a double aneuploidy in cultured amniocytes that was initially misinterpreted as a pseudomosaicism. A patient was referred at 31 weeks of gestation because of fetal anomalies at ultrasound examination. Karyotyping of amniocytes showed a 47,XY, +3 karyotype in 61 clones and a 48,XXY, +18 karyotype in one clone. The latter was interpreted as a pseudomosaicism, the more since a second amniocentesis revealed only cells with a 47,XY, +3 karyotype. At 36 weeks gestational age, a boy was born with congenital anomalies suggestive of trisomy 18. A blood culture showed a 48,XXY, +18 karyotype, while in fibroblasts a 47,XY, + 3/48,XXY, +18 mosaicism was found. Umbilical cord and bladder epithelial tissue also revealed normal 46,XY cells, besides the aneuploid cells. Therefore, the child proper had a 46,XY/47,XY, +3/48,XXY, +18 mosaicism with the clinical symptoms of trisomy 18. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a false-negative result of trisomy 18 together with three sex chromosomes after amniocentesis.
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Wolstenholme J. Confined placental mosaicism for trisomies 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 16, and 22: their incidence, likely origins, and mechanisms for cell lineage compartmentalization. Prenat Diagn 1996; 16:511-24. [PMID: 8809892 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199606)16:6<511::aid-pd904>3.0.co;2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Analysis of confined placental mosaicism (CPM) for trisomies 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 16, and 22, in diagnostic chorionic villus sampling procedures, demonstrates apparent incidences of CPM for individual trisomies of between 9 and 91 cases per 100,000 pregnancies, with trisomy 7 being the most common. More detailed analysis of the percentage of aneuploid cells present, and the distribution of abnormality between the cytotrophoblast and extra-embryonic mesoderm cell lineages, shows a highly specific pattern for each chromosome. Theoretical considerations, in conjunction with direct observations, indicate that the overriding influence on the patterns of cell distribution seen in CPM is the distribution of aneuploid cells laid down during blastogenesis. This in turn reflects closely the origin of mosaicism from either correction of a trisomic conception or post-fertilization somatic error. The pattern of aneuploid cells for each trisomy, as seen at the end of the first trimester and later in pregnancy, can therefore be used to predict the relative contribution of meiotic and mitotic errors to CPM, and hence the likely incidences of uniparental disomy from this source, upd(16)mat being the most common (1 in 10,000 continuing pregnancies). In addition, CPM for trisomies 2, 3, and 8 shows strong evidence of a non-random distribution of aneuploid cells between the different extra-embryonic cell lineages. Analysis of comparable data from spontaneous abortion material repeats this non-random pattern for trisomies 2 and 3, and suggests that a similar phenomenon may also be occurring for trisomy 22. A non-random distribution could be attributable to selection for or against, or intolerance of, particular trisomic cells in certain lineages, but is more probably a result of either cell lineage-specific non-disjunction or consistent uneven compartmentalization of aneuploid cells during blastocyst development.
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MESH Headings
- Chorionic Villi Sampling
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Female
- Humans
- Mosaicism
- Placenta/ultrastructure
- Pregnancy
- Trisomy
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- J Wolstenholme
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
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