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Li P, Dupont B, Hu Q, Crimi M, Shen Y, Lebedev I, Liehr T. The past, present, and future for constitutional ring chromosomes: A report of the international consortium for human ring chromosomes. HGG ADVANCES 2022; 3:100139. [PMID: 36187226 PMCID: PMC9519620 DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Human ring chromosomes (RCs) are rare diseases with an estimated newborn incidence of 1/50,000 and an annual occurrence of 2,800 patients globally. Over the past 60 years, banding cytogenetics, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), chromosome microarray analysis (CMA), and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been used to detect an RC and further characterize its genomic alterations. Ring syndrome featuring sever growth retardation and variable intellectual disability has been considered as general clinical presentations for all RCs due to the cellular losses from the dynamic mosaicism of RC instability through mitosis. Cytogenomic heterogeneity ranging from simple complete RCs to complex rearranged RCs and variable RC intolerance with different relative frequencies have been observed. Clinical heterogeneity, including chromosome-specific deletion and duplication syndromes, gene-related organ and tissue defects, cancer predisposition to different types of tumors, and reproductive failure, has been reported in the literature. However, the patients with RCs reported in the literature accounted for less than 1% of its occurrence. Current diagnostic practice lacks laboratory standards for analyzing cellular behavior and genomic imbalances of RCs to evaluate the compound effects on patients. Under-representation of clinical cases and lack of comprehensive diagnostic analysis make it a challenge for evidence-based interpretation of clinico-cytogenomic correlations and recommendation of follow-up clinical management. Given recent advancements in genomic technologies and organized efforts by international collaborations and patient advocacy organizations, the prospective of standardized cytogenomic diagnosis and evidence-based clinical management for all patients with RCs could be achieved at an unprecedented global scale.
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- Peining Li
- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Corresponding author
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC, USA
- Corresponding author
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Institute of Basic Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Ring 14 International, Via Santa Maria Alla Porta 2, 20123 Milano, Italy
- Kaleidos SCS, Scientific Office, Via Moretti Andrea 20, 24121 Bergamo, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory of Ontogenetics, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Corresponding author
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, 07747 Jena, Germany
- Corresponding author
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Nikitina TV, Kashevarova AA, Gridina MM, Lopatkina ME, Khabarova AA, Yakovleva YS, Menzorov AG, Minina YA, Pristyazhnyuk IE, Vasilyev SA, Fedotov DA, Serov OL, Lebedev IN. Complex biology of constitutional ring chromosomes structure and (in)stability revealed by somatic cell reprogramming. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4325. [PMID: 33619287 PMCID: PMC7900208 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83399-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Human ring chromosomes are often unstable during mitosis, and daughter cells can be partially or completely aneuploid. We studied the mitotic stability of four ring chromosomes, 8, 13, 18, and 22, in long-term cultures of skin fibroblasts and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by GTG karyotyping and aCGH. Ring chromosome loss and secondary aberrations were observed in all fibroblast cultures except for r(18). We found monosomy, fragmentation, and translocation of indexed chromosomes. In iPSCs, aCGH revealed striking differences in mitotic stability both between iPSC lines with different rings and, in some cases, between cell lines with the same ring chromosome. We registered the spontaneous rescue of karyotype 46,XY,r(8) to 46,XY in all six iPSC lines through ring chromosome loss and intact homologue duplication with isoUPD(8)pat occurrence, as proven by SNP genotype distribution analysis. In iPSCs with other ring chromosomes, karyotype correction was not observed. Our results suggest that spontaneous correction of the karyotype with ring chromosomes in iPSCs is not universal and that pluripotency is compatible with a wide range of derivative karyotypes. We conclude that marked variability in the frequency of secondary rearrangements exists in both fibroblast and iPSC cultures, expanding the clinical significance of the constitutional ring chromosome.
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- T V Nikitina
- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.,Department of Medical Genetics, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.,Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Development, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.,Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Ushaika Street 10, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.,Department of Medical Genetics, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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Chai H, Ji W, Wen J, DiAdamo A, Grommisch B, Hu Q, Szekely AM, Li P. Ring chromosome formation by intra-strand repairing of subtelomeric double stand breaks and clinico-cytogenomic correlations for ring chromosome 9. Am J Med Genet A 2020; 182:3023-3028. [PMID: 32978894 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Constitutional ring chromosome 9, r(9), is a rare chromosomal disorder. Cytogenomic analyses by karyotyping, array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) were performed in a patient of r(9). Karyotyping detected a mosaic pattern of r(9) and monosomy 9 in 83% and 17% of cells, respectively. aCGH detected subtelomeric deletions of 407 kb at 9p24.3 and 884 kb at 9q34.3 and an interstitial duplication of 5.879 Mb at 9q33.2q34.11. WGS revealed double strand breaks (DSBs) at ends of 9p24.3 and 9q34.3, inverted repeats at ends of subtelomeric and 9q33.2q34.11 regions, and microhomology sequences at the junctions of this r(9). This is the first report of r(9) analyzed by WGS to delineate the mechanism of ring chromosome formation from repairing of subtelomeric DSBs. The loss of telomeres by subtelomeric DSBs triggered inverted repeats induced intra-strand foldback and then microhomology mediated synthesis and ligation, which resulted in the formation of this r(9) with distal deletions and an interstitial duplication. Review of literature found seven patients of r(9) with clinical and cytogenomic findings. These patients and the present patient were registered into the Human Ring Chromosome Registry and a map correlating critical regions and candidate genes with relevant phenotypes was constructed. Variable phenotypes of r(9) patients could be explained by critical regions and genes of DOCK8, DMRT, SMARCA2, CD274, IL33, PTPRD, CER1, FREM1 for 9p deletions, and the EHMT1 gene for 9q34 deletion syndrome. This interactive registry of r(9) could provide information for cytogenomic diagnosis, genetics counseling and clinical management.
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- Hongyan Chai
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Pediatric Genomic Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology and Genetics, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Chai H, Grommisch B, DiAdamo A, Wen J, Hui P, Li P. Inverted duplication, triplication and quintuplication through sequential breakage-fusion-bridge events induced by a terminal deletion at 5p in a case of spontaneous abortion. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019; 7:e00965. [PMID: 31478360 PMCID: PMC6785443 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Integrated chromosome, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analyses have been effective in defining unbalanced chromosomal rearrangements. Discordant chromosome and aCGH results are rarely reported. Methods Routine cytogenomic analyses and literature review were performed in the study of a case from products of conception (POC). Results Chromosome and FISH analysis revealed a mosaic pattern consisting of a primary aberration of an inverted duplication of 5p and derived secondary and tertiary aberrations from sequential triplication and quintuplication of 5p, respectively. The aCGH analysis detected only a 1.521 Mb terminal deletion at 5p15.33 with no other pathogenic copy number variants in the genome. This mosaic karyotypic pattern likely resulted from chromosome instability induced by sequential breakage‐fusion‐bridge events during in vitro cell culture. A review of literature found heterogeneous distal deletion and inverted duplication of 5p in prenatal and pediatric cases. Conclusion This is the first case reported in POC with a unique mosaic pattern and discordant chromosome and aCGH results. Caution should be applied in reporting and interpreting these discordant results and further analysis for underlying mechanism should be considered.
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- Hongyan Chai
- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Hu Q, Chai H, Shu W, Li P. Human ring chromosome registry for cases in the Chinese population: re-emphasizing Cytogenomic and clinical heterogeneity and reviewing diagnostic and treatment strategies. Mol Cytogenet 2018; 11:19. [PMID: 29492108 PMCID: PMC5828142 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-018-0367-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Constitutional ring chromosomes are rare orphan chromosomal disorders. Ring chromosome syndrome featuring growth retardation and mild to intermediate intellectual disability is likely caused by the dynamic behavior of ring chromosome through cell cycles. Chromosomal and regional specific phenotypes likely result from segmental losses and gains during the ring formation. Although recent applications of genomic copy number and sequencing analyses revealed various ring chromosome structures from an increasing number of case studies, there was no organized effort for compilating and curating cytogenomic and clinical finding for ring chromosomes. METHODS A web-based interactive 'Human Ring Chromosome Registry' using Microsoft Access based relational database was developed to present genetic and phenotypic findings of ring chromosome cases. Chinese ring chromosome cases reported in the literature was reviewed and compiled as a testing data set to validate this registry. RESULTS A total of 113 cases of ring chromosomes were retrieved in all chromosomes except for chromosomes 16, 17 and 19. The most frequently seen ring chromosomes by a decreasing order of relative frequencies were ring 13 (14%), X (12%), 22 (10%), 15 (9%), 14 (7%), and 18 (7%). Genomic imbalances were detected in 18 out of 19 cases analyzed by microarray or sequencing. Variable clinical manifestations of developmental delay, dysmorphic facial features, intellectual disability, microcephaly, and hypotonia were noted in most autosomal rings. Chromosomal specific syndromic phenotypes included Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome in a ring chromosome 4, cri-du-chat syndrome in a ring chromosome 5, epilepsy in ring chromosomes 14 and 20, Turner syndrome in ring chromosome X, and infertility in ring chromosomes 13, 21, 22 and Y. Effective growth hormone supplemental treatment for growth retardation in a ring chromosome 18 was noted. CONCLUSIONS Based on findings from these Chinese ring chromosome cases, guidelines for cytogenomic diagnosis and criteria for case registration were proposed. Further research to define underlying mechanisms of ring chromosome formation and dynamic mosaicism, to delineate the genotype-phenotype correlations, and to develop chromosome therapy for ring chromosomes were discussed.
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- Qiping Hu
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021 China
- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, School of Pre-Clinical Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021 China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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Cui C, Shu W, Li P. Fluorescence In situ Hybridization: Cell-Based Genetic Diagnostic and Research Applications. Front Cell Dev Biol 2016; 4:89. [PMID: 27656642 PMCID: PMC5011256 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a macromolecule recognition technology based on the complementary nature of DNA or DNA/RNA double strands. Selected DNA strands incorporated with fluorophore-coupled nucleotides can be used as probes to hybridize onto the complementary sequences in tested cells and tissues and then visualized through a fluorescence microscope or an imaging system. This technology was initially developed as a physical mapping tool to delineate genes within chromosomes. Its high analytical resolution to a single gene level and high sensitivity and specificity enabled an immediate application for genetic diagnosis of constitutional common aneuploidies, microdeletion/microduplication syndromes, and subtelomeric rearrangements. FISH tests using panels of gene-specific probes for somatic recurrent losses, gains, and translocations have been routinely applied for hematologic and solid tumors and are one of the fastest-growing areas in cancer diagnosis. FISH has also been used to detect infectious microbias and parasites like malaria in human blood cells. Recent advances in FISH technology involve various methods for improving probe labeling efficiency and the use of super resolution imaging systems for direct visualization of intra-nuclear chromosomal organization and profiling of RNA transcription in single cells. Cas9-mediated FISH (CASFISH) allowed in situ labeling of repetitive sequences and single-copy sequences without the disruption of nuclear genomic organization in fixed or living cells. Using oligopaint-FISH and super-resolution imaging enabled in situ visualization of chromosome haplotypes from differentially specified single-nucleotide polymorphism loci. Single molecule RNA FISH (smRNA-FISH) using combinatorial labeling or sequential barcoding by multiple round of hybridization were applied to measure mRNA expression of multiple genes within single cells. Research applications of these single molecule single cells DNA and RNA FISH techniques have visualized intra-nuclear genomic structure and sub-cellular transcriptional dynamics of many genes and revealed their functions in various biological processes.
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- Chenghua Cui
- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT, USA; Department of Pathology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesTianjin, China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of MedicineNew Haven, CT, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Guangxi Medical UniversityNanning, China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Cytogenetics, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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Wang Q, Wu W, Xu Z, Luo F, Zhou Q, Li P, Xie J. Copy number changes and methylation patterns in an isodicentric and a ring chromosome of 15q11-q13: report of two cases and review of literature. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:97. [PMID: 26697114 PMCID: PMC4687147 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0198-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background The low copy repeats (LCRs) in chromosome 15q11-q13 have been recognized as breakpoints (BP) for not only intrachromosomal deletions and duplications but also small supernumerary marker chromosomes 15, sSMC(15)s, in the forms of isodicentric chromosome or small ring chromosome. Further characterization of copy number changes and methylation patterns in these sSMC(15)s could lead to better understanding of their phenotypic consequences. Methods Routine G-band karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis and methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay were performed on two Chinese patients with a sSMC(15). Results Patient 1 showed an isodicentric 15, idic(15)(q13), containing symmetrically two copies of a 7.7 Mb segment of the 15q11-q13 region by a BP3::BP3 fusion. Patient 2 showed a ring chromosome 15, r(15)(q13), with alternative one-copy and two-copy segments spanning a 12.3 Mb region. The defined methylation pattern indicated that the idic(15)(q13) and the r(15)(q13) were maternally derived. Conclusions Results from these two cases and other reported cases from literature indicated that combined karyotyping, aCGH and MS-MLPA analyses are effective to define the copy number changes and methylation patterns for sSMC(15)s in a clinical setting. The characterized genomic structure and epigenetic pattern of sSMC(15)s could lead to further gene expression profiling for better phenotype correlation.
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- Qin Wang
- Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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- Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China ; Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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- Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA ; First Affiliated Hospital, Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
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- Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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Bershteyn M, Hayashi Y, Desachy G, Hsiao EC, Sami S, Tsang KM, Weiss LA, Kriegstein AR, Yamanaka S, Wynshaw-Boris A. Cell-autonomous correction of ring chromosomes in human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature 2014; 507:99-103. [PMID: 24413397 PMCID: PMC4030630 DOI: 10.1038/nature12923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ring chromosomes are structural aberrations commonly associated with birth defects, mental disabilities and growth retardation. Rings form after fusion of the long and short arms of a chromosome, and are sometimes associated with large terminal deletions. Owing to the severity of these large aberrations that can affect multiple contiguous genes, no possible therapeutic strategies for ring chromosome disorders have been proposed. During cell division, ring chromosomes can exhibit unstable behaviour leading to continuous production of aneuploid progeny with low viability and high cellular death rate. The overall consequences of this chromosomal instability have been largely unexplored in experimental model systems. Here we generated human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patient fibroblasts containing ring chromosomes with large deletions and found that reprogrammed cells lost the abnormal chromosome and duplicated the wild-type homologue through the compensatory uniparental disomy (UPD) mechanism. The karyotypically normal iPSCs with isodisomy for the corrected chromosome outgrew co-existing aneuploid populations, enabling rapid and efficient isolation of patient-derived iPSCs devoid of the original chromosomal aberration. Our results suggest a fundamentally different function for cellular reprogramming as a means of 'chromosome therapy' to reverse combined loss-of-function across many genes in cells with large-scale aberrations involving ring structures. In addition, our work provides an experimentally tractable human cellular system for studying mechanisms of chromosomal number control, which is of critical relevance to human development and disease.
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- Marina Bershteyn
- Institute for Human Genetics and Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Human Genetics, UCSF, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Institute for Human Genetics, CA, UCSF
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- Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Human Genetics, UCSF, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Human Genetics, UCSF, CA, USA
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Reprogramming Science, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Human Genetics and Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
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Construction and preliminary characterization analysis of Wuzhishan miniature pig bacterial artificial chromosome library with approximately 8-fold genome equivalent coverage. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:587493. [PMID: 23691508 PMCID: PMC3652137 DOI: 10.1155/2013/587493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries have been invaluable tools for the genome-wide genetic dissection of complex organisms. Here, we report the construction and characterization of a high-redundancy BAC library from a very valuable pig breed in China, Wuzhishan miniature pig (Sus scrofa), using its blood cells and fibroblasts, respectively. The library contains approximately 153,600 clones ordered in 40 superpools of 10 × 384-deep well microplates. The average insert size of BAC clones was estimated to be 152.3 kb, representing approximately 7.68 genome equivalents of the porcine haploid genome and a 99.93% statistical probability of obtaining at least one clone containing a unique DNA sequence in the library. 19 pairs of microsatellite marker primers covering porcine chromosomes were used for screening the BAC library, which showed that each of these markers was positive in the library; the positive clone number was 2 to 9, and the average number was 7.89, which was consistent with 7.68-fold coverage of the porcine genome. And there were no significant differences of genomic BAC library from blood cells and fibroblast cells. Therefore, we identified 19 microsatellite markers that could potentially be used as genetic markers. As a result, this BAC library will serve as a valuable resource for gene identification, physical mapping, and comparative genomics and large-scale genome sequencing in the porcine.
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Wei Y, Xu F, Li P. Technology-Driven and Evidence-Based Genomic Analysis for Integrated Pediatric and Prenatal Genetics Evaluation. J Genet Genomics 2013; 40:1-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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