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Exploring the Genetic Causality of Discordant Phenotypes in Familial Apparently Balanced Translocation Cases Using Whole Exome Sequencing. Genes (Basel) 2022; 14:genes14010082. [PMID: 36672823 PMCID: PMC9859009 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Familial apparently balanced translocations (ABTs) are usually not associated with a phenotype; however, rarely, ABTs segregate with discordant phenotypes in family members carrying identical rearrangements. The current study was a follow-up investigation of four familial ABTs, where whole exome sequencing (WES) was implemented as a diagnostic tool to identify the underlying genetic aetiology of the patients' phenotypes. Data were analysed using an in-house bioinformatics pipeline alongside VarSome Clinical. WES findings were validated with Sanger sequencing, while the impact of splicing and missense variants was assessed by reverse-transcription PCR and in silico tools, respectively. Novel candidate variants were identified in three families. In family 1, it was shown that the de novo pathogenic STXBP1 variant (NM_003165.6:c.1110+2T>G) affected splicing and segregated with the patient's phenotype. In family 2, a likely pathogenic TUBA1A variant (NM_006009.4:c.875C>T, NP_006000.2:p.(Thr292Ile)) could explain the patient's symptoms. In family 3, an SCN1A variant of uncertain significance (NM_006920.6:c.5060A>G, NP_008851.3:p.(Glu1687Gly)) required additional evidence to sufficiently support causality. This first report of WES application in familial ABT carriers with discordant phenotypes supported our previous findings describing such rearrangements as coincidental. Thus, WES can be recommended as a complementary test to find the monogenic cause of aberrant phenotypes in familial ABT carriers.
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High incidences of chromosomal aberrations and Y chromosome micro-deletions as prominent causes for recurrent pregnancy losses in highly ethnic and consanguineous population. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2021; 305:1393-1408. [DOI: 10.1007/s00404-021-06235-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Scriven PN. PGT-SR (reciprocal translocation) using trophectoderm sampling and next-generation sequencing: insights from a virtual trial. J Assist Reprod Genet 2021; 38:1971-1978. [PMID: 33774740 PMCID: PMC8417212 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-021-02174-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The objective of this virtual study was to simulate a full cycle and assess the costs and benefits to a couple with a reciprocal translocation, using current techniques for preimplantation genetic testing and comparing reporting every chromosome with only reporting those involved in the rearrangement. METHODS A simulation was constructed for women under the age of 35 years, where vitrified-warmed embryos were transferred one at a time in a first full cycle following preimplantation genetic testing using next-generation sequencing and sampling the trophectoderm at the blastocyst stage. The effect on pregnancy outcomes (live birth, clinical miscarriage and biochemical pregnancy) was evaluated for different reporting strategies for embryo transfer to (i) report only the rearranged chromosomes and transfer embryos with a normal or balanced test result for the translocation (targeted), or (ii) report every chromosome and exclude from transfer all embryos with an abnormal test result (exclusion), or (iii) exclude only those consistent with an unbalanced translocation and/or unrelated non-mosaic whole-chromosome aneuploidy and assign those with samples consistent with a normal or balanced translocation complement and unrelated mosaic aneuploidy or segmental imbalance (embryos of uncertain reproductive potential) a lower transfer priority (ranking). The number of individual women whom might benefit by avoiding an adverse pregnancy outcome (biochemical pregnancy, clinical miscarriage) or be disadvantaged by not achieving a live birth was evaluated. The financial cost of the different reporting strategies and the time taken to complete a cycle were also considered. RESULTS The simulation showed that compared to only reporting the translocation chromosomes (targeted reporting), testing every chromosome and ranking embryos by test result for transfer was a cost-effective strategy to avoid an adverse pregnancy without compromising the chance of a live birth. Excluding from transfer embryos with a test result consistent with a normal or balanced translocation complement of uncertain reproductive potential was an inferior strategy because it resulted in fewer live births from a full cycle. Reporting only the translocation chromosomes was an inferior strategy because it was less effective than ranked reporting of every chromosome to avoid an adverse pregnancy. Compared to targeted reporting, the ranked and exclusion strategies marginally reduced the overall cost and time taken to complete a full cycle. The ranking strategy avoided 1 adverse pregnancy for 12 cycles started, compared to 1 in 10 for the exclusion strategy which also resulted in 1 in 22 fewer women achieving a live birth. A minority (< 10%) of couples benefited by avoiding at least 1 adverse pregnancy whilst also reducing the time and cost for a complete cycle; most (> 70% ) couples received no benefit additional to targeted reporting and had the same outcome for pregnancy, time and cost. CONCLUSIONS The primary objective of PGT-SR for couples with a reciprocal translocation is to avoid a pregnancy with a chromosomally unbalanced product of the translocation and to reduce the risk of miscarriage, at least to that expected for couples with normal karyotypes. Trophectoderm sampling at the blastocyst stage with testing using NGS is an effective approach; however, ranking and excluding from transfer embryos with abnormal test results for unrelated chromosomes is problematical and is likely to be detrimental to achieving a live birth. Targeted reporting, where only the results of the chromosomes involved in the translocation are known, should be preferred to achieve a live birth. A best effort should be made to follow up and investigate all pregnancies following PGT-SR. Once the reproductive outcome is known (biochemical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, live birth), the chromosomes unrelated to the rearrangement can be analysed as an experimental study. The risk/benefit of avoiding an adverse pregnancy vs reducing the chance of a healthy delivery should be a decision for each individual couple and informed by appropriate genetic counselling for their specific translocation and history.
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A Familial Case Report of a 13;22 Chromosomal Translocation with Recurrent Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Failure. Balkan J Med Genet 2018; 21:73-77. [PMID: 30984530 PMCID: PMC6454244 DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2018-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The importance of cytogenetic analysis in a family with reproductive failure in two siblings is highlighted, where two siblings and their mother presented with a balanced translocation between chromosomes 13;22. The clinical evaluation had shown the female to be normal and the male to be oligoasthenoteratozoospermic despite repeated semen analysis. The couple was referred to our laboratory after three consecutive intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) failures at a local assisted reproductive technique (ART) center. Peripheral blood lymphocytes, obtained for karyotyping, were studied by a standard G-banding technique. Chromosomal analysis of the members of the pedigree, including the probands, showed the presence of the same translocation, t(13;22)(q21.2;q13.3), carried by three generations of the family. The sister and the mother of the proband had multiple spontaneous abortions in the first trimester. The spouses, when examined cytogenetically, were found to be normal. We propose the involvement of a balanced t(13;22)(q21.2;q13.3) chromosomal translocation in the pathogenesis of recurrent ART or spontaneous reproductive failures. Hence, it is suggested that all cases with structural chromosomal abnormalities be counseled prior to opting for ART and undergoing pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). This would prevent recurrent financial, physical and emotional stress in couples seeking ART.
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Liang D, Wang Y, Ji X, Hu H, Zhang J, Meng L, Lin Y, Ma D, Jiang T, Jiang H, Asan, Song L, Guo J, Hu P, Xu Z. Clinical application of whole-genome low-coverage next-generation sequencing to detect and characterize balanced chromosomal translocations. Clin Genet 2016; 91:605-610. [PMID: 27491356 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 07/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Individuals carrying balanced translocations have a high risk of birth defects, recurrent spontaneous abortions and infertility. Thus, the detection and characterization of balanced translocations is important to reveal the genetic background of the carriers and to provide proper genetic counseling. Next-generation sequencing (NGS), which has great advantages over other methods such as karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), has been used to detect disease-associated breakpoints. Herein, to evaluate the application of this technology to detect balanced translocations in the clinic, we performed a parental study for prenatal cases with unbalanced translocations. Eight candidate families with potential balanced translocations were investigated using two strategies in parallel, low-coverage whole-genome sequencing (WGS) followed-up by Sanger sequencing and G-banding karyotype coupled with FISH. G-banding analysis revealed three balanced translocations, and FISH detected two cryptic submicroscopic balanced translocations. Consistently, WGS detected five balanced translocations and mapped all the breakpoints by Sanger sequencing. Analysis of the breakpoints revealed that six genes were disrupted in the four apparently healthy carriers. In summary, our result suggested low-coverage WGS can detect balanced translocations reliably and can map breakpoints precisely compared with conventional procedures. WGS may replace cytogenetic methods in the diagnosis of balanced translocation carriers in the clinic.
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- D Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Clinical Laboratory of BGI Health, BGI, Shenzhen, China
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- Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China
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- Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China
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- Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, BGI-shenzhen, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Prenatal Diagnosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Pundir J, Magdalani L, El-Toukhy T. Outcome of preimplantation genetic diagnosis using FISH analysis for recurrent miscarriage in low-risk reciprocal translocation carriers. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2016; 203:214-9. [PMID: 27343738 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess PGD outcome using FISH analysis in couples with a history of recurrent miscarriage associated with a parental carrier of reciprocal translocation. STUDY DESIGN Couples in whom one partner was a carrier of a reciprocal translocation and had a history of two or more miscarriages and a low risk of a live born offspring with an unbalanced chromosomal rearrangement, underwent PGD treatment between 2000 and 2012. RESULTS 91 couples started 171 fresh and 11 frozen PGD cycles. Of the fresh cycles, 162 (95%) reached oocyte retrieval and 107 (63%) had embryo transfer. In 14 cycles (8%), surplus embryos were cryopreserved. Pregnancy was achieved in 52 fresh PGD cycles, leading to 20 miscarriages and 32 live births. Eleven frozen embryo transfer cycles resulted in two miscarriages and three live births. The overall live birth rate was 19% per fresh and frozen PGD cycle started (35/182) and miscarriage rate was 39% per pregnancy (22/57). The cumulative live birth rate was 32% per couple (29/91). CONCLUSION After PGD for recurrent miscarriage in low-risk reciprocal translocation carriers, the miscarriage risk remains high and chance of live birth is low. For those translocation carriers, natural conception may be a better option.
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- Jyotsna Pundir
- Centre of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Assisted Conception Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Centre of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Assisted Conception Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Assisted Conception Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Midro AT, Zollino M, Wiland E, Panasiuk B, Iwanowski PS, Murdolo M, Śmigiel R, Sąsiadek M, Pilch J, Kurpisz M. Meiotic and pedigree segregation analyses in carriers of t(4;8)(p16;p23.1) differing in localization of breakpoint positions at 4p subband 4p16.3 and 4p16.1. J Assist Reprod Genet 2015; 33:189-97. [PMID: 26637389 PMCID: PMC4759004 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0622-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare meiotic segregation in sperm cells from two carriers with t(4;8)(p16;p23.1) reciprocal chromosome translocations (RCTs), differing in localization of the breakpoint positions at the 4p subband-namely, 4p16.3 (carrier 1) and 4p16.1 (carrier 2)-and to compare data of the pedigree analyses performed by direct method. METHODS Three-color fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) on sperm cells and FISH mapping for the evaluation of the breakpoint positions, data from pedigrees, and direct segregation analysis of the pedigrees were performed. RESULTS Similar proportions of normal/balanced and unbalanced sperm cells were found in both carriers. The most common was an alternate type of segregation (about 52 % and about 48 %, respectively). Unbalanced adjacent I and adjacent II karyotypes were found in similar proportions about 15 %. The direct segregation analysis (following Stengel-Rutkowski) of the pedigree of carriers of t(4;8)(p16.1;p23.1) was performed and results were compared with the data of the pedigree segregation analysis obtained earlier through the indirect method. The probability of live-born progeny with unbalanced karyotype for carriers of t(4;8)(p16.1;p23.1) was moderately high at 18.8 %-comparable to the value obtained using the indirect method for the same carriership, which was 12 %. This was, however, markedly lower than the value of 41.2 % obtained through the pedigree segregation indirect analysis estimated for carriers of t(4;8)(p16.3;p23.1), perhaps due to the unique composition of genes present within the 4p16.1-4p 16.3 region. CONCLUSIONS Revealed differences in pedigree segregation analysis did not correspond to the very similar profile of meiotic segregation patterns presented by carrier 1 and carrier 2. Most probably, such discordances may be due to differences in embryo survival rates arising from different genetic backgrounds.
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- Alina T Midro
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 13, 15-089, Białystok, PO Box 22, Poland.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Reproductive Biology and Stem Cells, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 32, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 13, 15-089, Białystok, PO Box 22, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 13, 15-089, Białystok, PO Box 22, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Medical University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Medical University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Reproductive Biology and Stem Cells, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 32, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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Pylyp LY, Spinenko LO, Verhoglyad NV, Kashevarova OO, Zukin VD. Chromosomal abnormalities in patients with infertility. CYTOL GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.3103/s009545271503010x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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VanDerwerken D. Bayesian Assessment of Genetic Risk in Families with a Balanced Translocation. J Genet Couns 2015; 24:541-7. [PMID: 25644305 DOI: 10.1007/s10897-015-9821-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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An important problem from the field of genetics involves the calculation of a personalized risk estimate on behalf of a heterozygous carrier of a balanced translocation. Though phenotypically normal, the carrier may be at increased risk of having a child who is mentally and physically abnormal due to an unbalanced translocation of chromosomal segments. An accurate estimate of the probability of this event is understandably desirable. Unfortunately, translocations are almost always family-specific so there is very little data that are perfectly relevant and one has to rely heavily on general risk figures derived from studies of families with similar translocations. This makes the problem particularly well suited to Bayesian analysis, which coherently combines family-specific data and a priori knowledge. However, much of the genetics counseling literature recommends an either/or approach: if the family is large enough, use family data; else, use pooled population data. In this article, we describe how uncertainty can be significantly reduced by incorporating all available information in the context of deriving a risk estimate for a hypothetical familial translocation.
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Midro AT, Panasiuk B, Stasiewicz-Jarocka B, Olszewska M, Wiland E, Myśliwiec M, Kurpisz M, Shaffer LG, Gajecka M. Recurrence risks for different pregnancy outcomes and meiotic segregation analysis of spermatozoa in carriers of t(1;11)(p36.22;q12.2). J Hum Genet 2014; 59:667-74. [PMID: 25319850 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2014.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Cumulative data obtained from two relatively large pedigrees of a unique reciprocal chromosomal translocation (RCT) t(1;11)(p36.22;q12.2) ascertained by three miscarriages (pedigree 1) and the birth of newborn with hydrocephalus and myelomeningocele (pedigree 2) were used to estimate recurrence risks for different pregnancy outcomes. Submicroscopic molecular characterization by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) of RCT break points in representative carriers showed similar rearrangements in both families. Meiotic segregation patterns after sperm analysis by three-color FISH of one male carrier showed all possible outcomes resulting from 2:2 and 3:1 segregations. On the basis of empirical survival data, we suggest that only one form of chromosome imbalance resulting in monosomy 1p36.22→pter with trisomy 11q12.2→qter may be observed in progeny at birth. Segregation analysis of these pedigrees was performed by the indirect method of Stengel-Rutkowski and showed that probability rate for malformed child at birth due to an unbalanced karyotype was 3/48 (6.2±3.5%) after ascertainment correction. The risk for stillbirths/early neonatal deaths was -/48 (<1.1%) and for miscarriages was 17/48 (35.4±6.9%). However, the probability rate for children with a normal phenotype at birth was 28/48 (58.3±7.1%). The results obtained from this study may be used to determine the risks for the various pregnancy outcomes for carriers of t(1;11)(p36.22;q12.2) and can be used for genetic counseling of carriers of this rearrangement.
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- Alina Teresa Midro
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Paw Print Genetics, Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc., Spokane, WA, USA
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- 1] Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland [2] Department of Genetics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Arigita M, Grande M, Mula R, Borobio V, Sanchez A, Soler A, Borrell A. Nuchal translucency thickness in the prediction of unbalanced translocations. Prenat Diagn 2014; 34:982-5. [PMID: 24863889 DOI: 10.1002/pd.4409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the role of nuchal translucency (NT) in the prediction of unbalanced translocation in offspring of couples in which one of the parents is a balanced translocation carrier. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 1996 to December 2012, fetal NT was measured before chorionic villus sampling in 86 pregnancies referred because of parental balanced translocation. RESULTS No significant differences in pregnancy characteristics and in NT expressed in millimetres or in multiples of the median (MoMs) were observed between the 41 fetuses with a normal karyotype [1.72 mm, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.49-1.96; 1.14 MoM; 95% CI: 1.01-1.26], the 38 fetuses with balanced translocations (1.78 mm, 95% CI: 1.44-2.12; 1.22 MoM; 95% CI: 1.01-1.43) and the 7 fetuses with unbalanced translocations (2.21 mm, 95% CI: 1.33-3.09; 1.59 MoM; 95% CI: 0.72-2.45). The proportions of fetuses with NT above 95th centile in the three groups were 9.1% in fetuses with normal karyotype, 18.4% in balanced translocations and 28.6% in unbalanced translocations, not significantly different. CONCLUSION Although a trend to an increased NT was observed in fetuses with unbalanced translocation, no significant differences were reached. According to our results, a normal NT evaluation should not preclude the performance of CVS in pregnancies of balanced translocation parents.
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- Marta Arigita
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General de l'Hospitalet, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Dul E, van Echten-Arends J, Groen H, Kastrop P, Wissen LAV, Engelen J, Land J, Coonen E, van Ravenswaaij-Arts C. Can Characteristics of Reciprocal Translocations Predict the Chance of Transferable Embryos in PGD Cycles? J Clin Med 2014; 3:348-58. [PMID: 26237378 PMCID: PMC4449682 DOI: 10.3390/jcm3020348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Translocation carriers have an increased risk of miscarriage or the birth of a child with congenital anomalies. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is performed in translocation carriers to select for balanced embryos and, thus, increase the chance of an ongoing pregnancy. However, a common experience is that reciprocal translocation carriers produce a high percentage of unbalanced embryos, which cannot be transferred. Therefore, the pregnancy rates in PGD in this patient group are low. In a cohort of 85 reciprocal translocation carriers undergoing PGD we have searched for cytogenetic characteristics of the translocations that can predict the percentage of balanced embryos. Using shape algorithms, the most likely segregation mode per translocation was determined. Shape algorithm, breakpoint location, and relative chromosome segment sizes proved not to be independent predictors of the percentage of balanced embryos. The ratio of the relative sizes of the translocated segments of both translocation chromosomes can give some insight into the chance of transferable embryos: Very asymmetrical translocations have a higher risk of unbalanced products (p = 0.048). Counseling of the couples on the pros and cons of all their reproductive options remains very important.
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- Elsbeth Dul
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, GZ Groningen 9713, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, GZ Groningen 9713, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, GZ Groningen 9713, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, CX Utrecht 3584, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, HX Maastricht 6229, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, HX Maastricht 6229, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, GZ Groningen 9713, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, HX Maastricht 6229, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, GZ Groningen 9713, The Netherlands.
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Petersen OB, Vogel I, Ekelund C, Hyett J, Tabor A. Potential diagnostic consequences of applying non-invasive prenatal testing: population-based study from a country with existing first-trimester screening. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2014; 43:265-271. [PMID: 24375770 DOI: 10.1002/uog.13270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Targeted non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) tests for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 and sex chromosome aneuploidies and could be an alternative to traditional karyotyping. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of missing other abnormal karyotypes of probable phenotypic significance by NIPT. METHODS This was a retrospective population-based analysis of all singleton pregnancies booked for combined first-trimester screening (cFTS) in Denmark over a 4-year period. Data concerning maternal demographics, cFTS and prenatal or postnatal karyotypes were collected from the Danish Fetal Medicine database. Karyotypes were classified according to whether the chromosomal anomaly would have been detected by NIPT and whether it was likely to affect phenotype. RESULTS cFTS was completed in 193638 pregnancies. 10205 (5.3%) had cytogenetic or molecular analysis performed. Of these, 1122 (11.0%) had an abnormal karyotype, of which 262 (23.4%) would have been missed by NIPT, but would probably have been clinically significant. The prevalence of such 'atypical abnormal karyotypes' was increased in women above 45 years of age, in pregnancies with increased nuchal translucency (NT) thickness (≥ 3.5 mm), with abnormal levels of free β-human chorionic gonadotropin (<0.2 or ≥ 5.0 multiples of the median (MoM)) or pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A<0.2 MoM. One or more of these factors was present in 3% of women, and the prevalence of atypical abnormal karyotypes in this high-risk cohort was 1.6%. CONCLUSIONS A significant proportion of karyotypic abnormalities will be missed by targeted NIPT. Women of advanced maternal age, or with increased fetal NT or abnormal biochemistry, have a higher risk of having a fetus affected by an atypical abnormal karyotype and need to be counseled accordingly when considering NIPT.
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- O B Petersen
- Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for X;autosome translocations: lessons from a case of misdiagnosis. Hum Reprod 2013; 28:3141-5. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ko DS, Cho JW, Park SY, Kim JY, Koong MK, Song IO, Kang IS, Lim CK. Clinical outcomes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and analysis of meiotic segregation modes in reciprocal translocation carriers. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:1428-33. [PMID: 20503317 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Balanced reciprocal translocation is the most common chromosome rearrangement, with an incidence of 1 out of 625 newborns. In reciprocal translocation carriers, genetically unbalanced gametes can be produced through three principal modes of segregation: adjacent-1, adjacent-2 and 3:1. In this study, we reviewed 133 cycles of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for 65 couples with reciprocal translocation and analyzed pregnancy outcomes and the meiotic segregation mode of gametes of the translocation carriers using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). We found that 285 of 1,508 embryos (18.9%) were normal or balanced. Thirty-three clinical pregnancies, including eight spontaneous abortions (21.6% per couple), were established. According to the meiotic segregation analysis, the frequencies of 3:1 and 4:0 segregation modes were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in female carriers, and the frequencies of adjacent-1 and chaotic segregation modes were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in male carriers. Our results indicate that meiotic segregation might be affected by the carrier's sex but not by the carrier's age or breakpoints.
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- Duck Sung Ko
- Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Seoul, Korea
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Reciprocal chromosome translocations involving short arm of chromosome 9 as a risk factor of unfavorable pregnancy outcomes after meiotic malsegregation 2:2. Adv Med Sci 2010; 54:203-10. [PMID: 19758973 DOI: 10.2478/v10039-009-0024-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Genetic counseling of carriers with individual chromosome translocation requires information on how balanced reciprocal chromosome translocations (RCT) will segregate, what possible form of unbalanced embryo/fetus/child can occur, and the survival rates that have been observed in the particular families. We collected new empirical data and evaluated pedigrees of RCT carriers involving 9p in order to improve risk figures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Empirical data on 241 pregnancies of 70 carriers were collected from 32 pedigrees of carriers of RCT at risk for a single 9p segment imbalance (RCT9p) from the literature and unpublished data. The probability rates of particular types of pathology have been calculated according to the method of Stengel-Rutkowski and Stene. Cytogenetic interpretation was based on GTG, RBG and FISH techniques. RESULTS The probability rate for unbalanced offspring at birth for the whole group of pedigrees was calculated as 17.8+/-3% (33/185) (high risk). Considering the size of the imbalanced segment of 9p, the probability rates for RCT carriers with a breakpoint position at 9p22 at 9p13 and at 9p11.2 were estimated separately, and were found as 21.2+/-4.4% (18/85), 25+/-8.8% (6/24) and 11.8+/-3.7% (9/76), respectively. For unbalanced fetuses at 2nd prenatal diagnosis, we found the risk value as 57.9+/-11.3 % (11/19). The risk value for unkaryotyped stillbirths/early deaths of newborns and miscarriages were 5.4+/-1.7% (10/185) (medium risk) and 13+/-2.8% (rate 24/185) (high risk) respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that the recurrence probability rates are different for particular categories of unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. How much they are dependent on the size of 9p chromosome segments taking part in the imbalance needs further studies based on a larger number of observations.
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Zhao XX. Prenatal finding of a fetus with 47,XX,t(4;5)(q26;p15),+der(4)t(4;5)mat due to familial balanced reciprocal translocation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2010; 150:104-6. [PMID: 20106583 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 11/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Engels H, Eggermann T, Caliebe A, Jelska A, Schubert R, Schüler HM, Panasiuk B, Zaremba J, Latos-Bieleńska A, Jakubowski L, Zerres KP, Schwanitz G, Midro AT. Genetic counseling in Robertsonian translocations der(13;14): frequencies of reproductive outcomes and infertility in 101 pedigrees. Am J Med Genet A 2008; 146A:2611-6. [PMID: 18798317 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Robertsonian translocations 13/14 are the most common chromosome rearrangements in humans. However, most studies aimed at determining risk figures are more than 20 years old. Their results are often contradictory regarding important topics in genetic counseling such as infertility and unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. Here, we present a study on a sample of 101 previously unreported pedigrees of der(13;14)(q10;q10). In order to minimize problems of partial ascertainment, we included families with a wide range of reasons of ascertainment such as birth of a child with congenital anomalies, prenatal diagnosis due to maternal age, fertility problems and recurrent pregnancy loss. No evidence of increased infertility rates of female and male carriers was found. The detected miscarriage frequency of female carriers was higher than previously reported (27.6 +/- 4.0% of all spontaneous pregnancies). This may be explained by an over-correction of earlier studies, which excluded all unkaryotyped miscarriages. In three out of 42 amniocenteses, translocation trisomies 13 were diagnosed (7.1 +/- 4.0% of all amniocenteses). The frequency of stillbirths was 3.3 +/- 1.6% for female carriers and 1.4 +/- 1.4% for male carriers. A low risk for the live birth of translocation trisomy 13 children was confirmed since no live born children with trisomy 13 or Pätau syndrome were detected in the ascertainment-corrected sample.
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Franssen MTM, Korevaar JC, Tjoa WM, Leschot NJ, Bossuyt PMM, Knegt AC, Suykerbuyk RF, Hochstenbach R, van der Veen F, Goddijn M. Inherited unbalanced structural chromosome abnormalities at prenatal chromosome analysis are rarely ascertained through recurrent miscarriage. Prenat Diagn 2008; 28:408-11. [DOI: 10.1002/pd.1960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is the technique of choice for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) selection of female embryos in families with X-linked disease, for which there is no mutation-specific test. FISH with target-specific DNA probes is also the primary technique used for PGD detection of chromosome imbalance associated with Robertsonian translocations, reciprocal translocations, inversions, and other chromosome rearrangements, because the DNA probes, labeled with different fluorochromes or haptens, detect the copy number of their target loci. The methods described outline strategies for PGD for sex determination and chromosome rearrangements. These methods are assessment of reproductive risks, the selection of suitable probes for interphase FISH, spreading techniques for blastomere nuclei, and in situ hybridization and signal scoring using directly labeled and indirectly labeled probes.
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- Paul N Scriven
- Research and Development, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Centre for PGD, London, UK
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Midro AT, Wiland E, Panasiuk B, Leśniewicz R, Kurpisz M. Risk evaluation of carriers with chromosome reciprocal translocation t(7;13)(q34;q13) and concomitant meiotic segregation analyzed by FISH on ejaculated spermatozoa. Am J Med Genet A 2006; 140:245-56. [PMID: 16411217 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We performed the segregation analysis of a relatively large pedigree of t(7;13)(q34;q13) carriers together with the sperm karyotype analysis of the one carrier using a tri-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method. The risk assessments for unfavorable pregnancy outcomes in a series of 36 pregnancies in eight reciprocal chromosome translocation (RCT) couples of carriers were estimated directly from a pedigree after ascertainment correction. The individual probability rate for unbalanced child was predicted according to Stengel-Rutkowski and co-workers. The unbalanced karyotypes in the form of monosomy 7q34-->qter and trisomy 13q13-->qter were detected among stillborn/early death newborns with holoprosencephaly (HPE), cyclopia and other malformations. Based on clinical description of unkaryotyped stillbirth progeny, it can be assumed that the phenotype distinctions were connected with the unbalanced karyotype from 2:2 segregation (monosomy 7q with trisomy 13q) and 3:1 segregation as interchange trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome). Probability rates for miscarriages, stillbirth/early death were 12.9 +/- 6% (4/31) and 29 +/- 8.2% (9/31), respectively. The results of the meiotic segregation pattern indicated the rate of unbalanced spermatozoa for about 60%, with the unusual high rate (29.4%) of 3:1 segregant (i.e., 13.4% of the tertiary segregation and 16% of the interchange segregation). Adjacent-1 segregation followed with 23.5% and adjacent-2 followed with 7.2% of analyzed spermatozoa. The high rate of unbalanced gametes in comparison to the number of stillborn/early death and miscarriages detected in pedigree suggests a strong selection against unbalanced chromosomal constitutions during fetal development. It corresponds to a very small probability rate (about 0.3%) of viable unbalanced progeny from 3:1 meiotic segregation predicted for maternal carriers. This knowledge can be used in genetic counseling of families with similar RCT ascertained in a different way.
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- Alina T Midro
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
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Mau-Holzmann UA. Somatic chromosomal abnormalities in infertile men and women. Cytogenet Genome Res 2006; 111:317-36. [PMID: 16192711 DOI: 10.1159/000086906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2004] [Accepted: 02/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Infertility--the inability to achieve conception or sustain a pregnancy through to live birth--is very common and affects about 15% of couples. While chromosomal or genetic abnormalities associated with azoospermia, severe oligozoospermia or primary ovarian failure were of no importance for reproduction prior to the era of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), advances in assisted reproductive techniques (ART) now enable many infertile couples to have children. These developments have raised the question of the genetic consequences of ICSI: concerns of the potential harm of the invasive procedure and concerns about the genetic risk. The infertile male and female definitely have an increased risk to carry a chromosomal abnormality. Detection of such an abnormality is of fundamental importance for the diagnosis of infertility, the following treatment, the evaluation of the risk for the future child and the appropriate management of the pregnancy to be obtained. Therefore, cytogenetic screening of both partners is mandatory prior to any type of ART. The present review is based on several surveys on male and female infertility and analyzes the types and frequencies of the different reported chromosome abnormalities according to the type of impairment of spermatogenesis and the type of treatment planned or performed. With regard to assisted reproductive techniques (especially ICSI) the main types of chromosomal abnormalities are discussed and their potential risks for ICSI. If available, reported cases of performed ICSI and its outcome are presented. The detection of an abnormal karyotype should lead to comprehensive genetic counselling, which should include all well-known information about the individual type of anomaly, its clinical relevance, its possible inheritance, the genetic risk of unbalanced offspring, and the possibilities of prenatal diagnosis. Only this proceeding allows at-risk couples to make an informed decision regarding whether or not to proceed with ART. These decisions can be made only when both partners have clearly understood the genetic risks and possible consequences when ART is used.
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- U A Mau-Holzmann
- Division of Medical Genetics, Institute for Human Genetics, Tubingen, Germany.
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Stasiewicz-Jarocka B, Haus O, Van Assche E, Kostyk E, Constantinou M, Rybałko A, Krzykwa B, Marcinkowska A, Barisic I, Kucinskas V, Katuzewski B, Schwanitz G, Midro AT. Genetic counseling in carriers of reciprocal chromosomal translocations involving long arm of chromosome 16. Clin Genet 2005; 66:189-207. [PMID: 15324317 DOI: 10.1111/j.0009-9163.2004.00297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Families with balanced chromosomal changes ascertained by unbalanced progeny, miscarriages, or by chance are interested in their probability for unbalanced offspring and other unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. This is usually done based on the original data published by Stengel-Rutkowski et al. several decades ago. That data set has never been updated. It is particularly true for the subgroup with low number of observations, to which belong reciprocal chromosomal translocations (RCTs) with breakpoint in an interstitial segment of 16q. The 11 pedigrees from original data together with the new 18 pedigrees of RCT carriers at risk of single-segment imbalance detected among 100 pedigrees of RCT carriers with breakpoint position at 16q were used for re-evaluation of the probability estimation for unbalanced offspring at birth and at second trimester of prenatal diagnosis, published in 1988. The new probability rate for unbalanced offspring after 2 : 2 disjunction and adjacent-1 segregation for the total group of pedigrees was 4 +/- 3.9% (1/25). In addition, the probability estimate for unbalanced fetuses at second trimester of prenatal diagnosis was calculated as 2/11, i.e. 18.2 +/- 11.6%. The probability rates for miscarriages and stillbirths/early deaths were about 16 +/- 7.3% (4/25) and <2% (0/25), respectively. Considering different segment lengths of 16q, higher probability rate (0/8, i.e. <6.1%) for maternal RCT carriers at risk of distal 16q segment imbalance (shorter segment) was obtained in comparison with the rate (0/10, i.e. <4.8%) for RCT at risk of proximal segment imbalance (longer segment). It supports findings obtained from the original data for RCT with other chromosomes, where the probability for unbalanced offspring generally increased with decreasing length of the segments involved in RCT. Our results were applied for five new families with RCT involving 16q, namely three at risk of single-segment imbalance [t(8;16)(q24.3;q22)GTG, ish(wcp8+,wcp16+;wcp8-,wcp16+), t(11;16)(q25;q22)GTG, and t(11;16)(q25;q13)GTG] and two with RCT at risk of double-segment imbalance [t(16;19)(q13;q13.3)GTG, isht(16;19)(q13;q13.3) (D16Z3+,16QTEL013-D19S238E+,TEL19pR-; D16Z3-, D19S238E-,TEL19pR+), and t(16;20)(q11.1;q12)GTG, m ish,t(16;20)(wcp16+,wcp20+;wcp16+,wcp20+)]. They have been presented in details to illustrate how the available empiric data could be used in practice for genetic counseling.
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Panasiuk B, Usinskiené R, Kostyk E, Rybałko A, Stasiewicz-Jarocka B, Krzykwa B, Pieńkowska-Grela B, Kucinskas V, Michalova K, Midro AT. Genetic counselling in carriers of reciprocal chromosomal translocations involving short arm of chromosome X. ANNALES DE GENETIQUE 2004; 47:11-28. [PMID: 15050871 DOI: 10.1016/j.anngen.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2003] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A central concept in genetic counselling is the estimation of the probability of occurrence of unbalanced progeny at birth and other unfavourable outcomes of pregnancy (miscarriages, stillbirths and early death). The estimation of the occurrence probability for individual carriers of four different X-autosome translocations with breakpoints at Xp, namely t(X;5)(p22.2;q32), t(X;6)(p11.2;q21), t(X;7)(p22.2;p11.1), and t(X;22)(p22.1;p11.1), is presented. The breakpoint positions of chromosomal translocations were interpreted using GTG, RBG and FISH-wcp. Most of these translocations were detected in women with normal phenotype, karyotyped because of repeated miscarriages and/or malformed progeny. A girl with very rare pure trisomy Xp22.1-->pter and a functional Xp disomy was ascertained in one family and her clinical picture has been described in details. It has been suggested that not fully skewed X chromosome inactivation of X-autosome translocation with breakpoint positions at Xp22 (critical segment) could influence the phenotype and risk value. Therefore, the X inactivation status was additionally evaluated by analysis of replication banding patterns using RBG technique after incorporation of BrdU. In two carriers of translocations: t(X;5)(p22.2;q32) and t(X;7)(p22.2;p11.1), late replication state of der(X) was observed in 5/100 and 10/180 analysed cells, respectively. In these both cases the breakpoint positions were clustered at the critical segment Xp22.2. In two other cases, one with the breakpoint position within [t(X;22)(p22.1;p11.1)] and one outside the critical region [t(X;6)(p11.2;q21)], fully skewed inactivation was seen. Therefore, we suggest that neither the distribution of the breakpoint positions nor fully skewed inactivation influenced the phenotype of observed t(X;A) carriers. The occurrence probabilities of the unbalanced progeny were calculated according to Stene and Stengel-Rutkowski along with application of updated available empirical data. In the studied group the values of occurrence probability for unbalanced offspring at birth ranged from 2.1% to 17%. Information on the magnitude of the individual figures may be important for women carrying a reciprocal X;A translocation when deciding upon further family planning.
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- Barbara Panasiuk
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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Rives N, Jarnot M, Mousset-Siméon N, Joly G, Macé B. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis of chromosome segregation and interchromosomal effect in spermatozoa of a reciprocal translocation t(9,10)(q11;p11.1) carrier. J Hum Genet 2003; 48:535-540. [PMID: 14523620 DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0072-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2003] [Accepted: 08/10/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A couple was referred for exploration of repetitive abortions. The man was found to be a carrier of a balanced reciprocal translocation t(9;10)(q11;p11.1). The meiotic segregation of chromosomes 9 and 10 was analysed in 5,157 spermatozoa from this translocation carrier and in 15,255 spermatozoa from three control donors using three-colour fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). The theoretical viability of the different segregation patterns was performed using the computer system HC Forum developed by the Department of Cytogenetics at the Grenoble University Medical School, La Tronche, France. A normal or balanced constitution was found in 56.25% of the analysed spermatozoa. The tertiary 3:1 segregation mode was the most frequently observed (14.37%). The frequencies of adjacent-1, adjacent-2 and 3:1 interchange modes were 12.85, 9.38 and 7.14% respectively. The cumulative frequency of non-viable imbalance was estimated at 20.91% according to the theorical viability of the different segregation patterns. Spermatozoa aneuploidy frequency was also evaluated for chromosomes X, Y and 18, and there was no evidence of interchromosomal effect in spermatozoa from the translocation carrier. FISH analysis of spermatozoa in combination with the viability theorical estimation of the different segregation patterns could be considered a useful tool for genetic counselling in carriers of reciprocal translocation.
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- Nathalie Rives
- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen cedex, France.
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen cedex, France
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen cedex, France
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen cedex, France
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen cedex, France
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Midro AT, Panasiuk B, Stasiewicz-Jarocka B, Iwanowski PS, Fauth C, Speicher MR, Lesniewicz R. Risk estimates for carriers of chromosome reciprocal translocation t(4;9)(p15.2;p13). Clin Genet 2000; 58:153-5. [PMID: 11005151 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.580212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hocquet D, Roux C, Collonge-Rame MA, Fellmann F, Bresson JL. Bilan des examens chromosomiques de 277 couples candidats à l’injection intracytoplasmique de spermatozoïde. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03034668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Scriven PN, Handyside AH, Ogilvie CM. Chromosome translocations: segregation modes and strategies for preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Prenat Diagn 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199812)18:13<1437::aid-pd497>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Resta RG, Luthardt F, Kapur R. Follow-up of a familial translocation t(10;16) with an unusual segregation pattern. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1996; 63:363-5. [PMID: 8725786 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960517)63:2<363::aid-ajmg7>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Bofinger et al. [Am J Med Genet 38:1-8, 1991] reported on a four-generation family with an unusual segregation pattern involving a translocation t(10;16)(q26.3;p13.1). All relatives either had a balanced or unbalanced translocation. We report on five additional relatives, none of whom have a normal karyotype. This unusual segregation pattern may be due to chance or be the result of meiotic drive.
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- R G Resta
- Center for Perinatal Studies, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98114-0999, USA
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Barisić I, Zergollern L, Muzinić D, Hitrec V. Risk estimates for balanced reciprocal translocation carriers--prenatal diagnosis experience. Clin Genet 1996; 49:145-51. [PMID: 8737980 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb03274.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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An analysis was performed on 40 families at risk for an unbalanced rearrangement in the fetus because one of the parents is a reciprocal translocation carrier. The overall risk at second trimester prenatal diagnosis was 14% (8/57). The individual risk for unbalanced offspring at second trimester prenatal diagnoses and at birth were estimated using empirical data by Stengel-Rutkowski et al. (1988). The risks at birth ranged from 0%-21.6%. Most reciprocal translocations (22 or 55%) were at low risk. Without risk (7 or 17.5%), medium risk (6 or 15%) and high risk (5 or 12.5%) translocations were about equally represented and relatively infrequent. The analysis shows that the mode of ascertainment as well as the measurement of lengths of observed or probable imbalances cannot serve as a reliable risk predictor in individual counselling. In the translocations ascertained through spontaneous abortions the risk is frequently small or nonexistent, but remarkable exceptions to this rule are observed. Translocations discovered through unbalanced offspring were found to belong to different risk groups with the exception of the no risk group. Individual risk estimates have to be performed as a basis of genetic counselling before or during pregnancy so that parents with reciprocal translocations can make their choices regarding the available options.
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- I Barisić
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Croatia
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Verma RS, Conte RA, Macera MJ, Khan AS, Hebi S, Masoud AA, al Zaman A, al Bader M. Molecular characterization of a complex translocation in a newborn infant. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1993; 46:104-8. [PMID: 8494029 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320460118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
A newborn infant was referred because of low-set ears, mild downward slant of the palpebral fissures, micrognathia with high-arched palate, a flat midface, small mouth, and thin upper lip with cupid bow configuration. To some extent her cry resembled that associated with cri du chat syndrome. Cytogenetic findings with G- and Q-banding alone failed to characterize precisely the complex translocations. By the chromosome in situ suppression (CISS) hybridization technique using whole chromosome specific probes, a complex 4 breakpoint rearrangement involving both arms of a single chromosome 1 with the long arms of chromosomes 5 and 11 was disclosed, i.e., 46,XX, der(1),t(1;5) t(1;11) (5qter-->5q31::1p31.3-->1q44::11q23-->11 qter;5pter-->5q31::1p31.3-->1pter;11pter-- >11q 23::1q44-->1qter). Gene deregulation and position effect may explain the multiple anomalies in individuals with apparently balanced translocations. The molecular characterization of such cytogenetically balanced translocations may shed some light towards unveiling the clinical consequences associated with aberrations which are presumably balanced.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Adult
- Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Facial Bones/abnormalities
- Failure to Thrive/genetics
- Female
- Fetal Growth Retardation/diagnostic imaging
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/genetics
- Intellectual Disability/genetics
- Karyotyping
- Polyhydramnios/diagnostic imaging
- Pregnancy
- Skull/abnormalities
- Translocation, Genetic
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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Affiliation(s)
- R S Verma
- Division of Genetics, Long Island College Hospital-SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn
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