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Malinverni ACM, Colovati ME, Perez ABA, Caneloi TP, Oliveira HR, Kosyakova N, Liehr T, Hamid AB, Melaragno MI. Unusual Duplication in the Pericentromeric Region of Chromosome 9 in a Patient with Phenotypic Alterations. Cytogenet Genome Res 2017; 150:100-105. [PMID: 28064285 DOI: 10.1159/000453574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Several alterations involving the pericentromeric region of chromosome 9 are considered as normal population variants. These heterochromatic variants or heteromorphisms can include 9qh+, 9cen+, 9ph+, 9ph-, inv(9)(p11q13), and other patterns which can only be defined by FISH studies. However, some heteromorphisms have been found more frequently in patients with several clinical disorders. Here, we report on a patient with intellectual disability, language and neurodevelopmental delay, as well as facial dysmorphism and an unusual chromosome 9. While the banding karyotype was indicative of a simple pericentric inversion of one chromosome 9 [46,XX,inv(9)(p12q13)], array comparative genomic hybridization showed a 6-Mb duplication, including 22 genes: arr[hg19] 9p13.1p11.2(38,869,901- 44,870,714)×3 dn. Molecular cytogenetics using a panel of probes specific for the pericentromeric region of chromosome 9 showed an unusual, rearranged chromosome 9, der(9)(pter→p11.2::q21.11→q12::p11.2→p13.2::q12→p11.2::q21.11→qter), that has not been described before. The patient's phenotypic alterations are probably due to the de novo 6-Mb 9p duplication, although a review of similar cases showed some reports considering this duplication in the euchromatic region as a benign variant. Interestingly, this is the first report of a possible adverse inversion loop formation due to a known heteromorphic pericentric inversion present in the phenotypically normal father of the patient.
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- Andréa C M Malinverni
- Genetics Division, Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Manvelyan M, Simonyan I, Hovhannisyan G, Aroutiounian R, Hamid AB, Liehr T. A New Case of a Complex Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosome: A Der(9)t(7;9)(p22;q22) due to a Maternal Balanced Rearrangement. J Pediatr Genet 2016; 4:199-200. [PMID: 27617132 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Complex small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMCs) constitute one of the smallest subsets within the patients with an sSMC. Complex sSMCs consist of chromosomal material derived from more than one chromosome, for example, the derivative der(22)t(11;22)(q23;q11.2) in Emanuel syndrome. Here, a yet unreported case of a complex sSMC formed due to a t(7;9)(p22;q22)mat is presented.
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- Marine Manvelyan
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany; Research Center of Maternal and Child Health Protection, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Research Center of Maternal and Child Health Protection, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Genetics and Cytology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Genetics and Cytology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany
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Brečević L, Rinčić M, Krsnik Ž, Sedmak G, Hamid AB, Kosyakova N, Galić I, Liehr T, Borovečki F. Association of new deletion/duplication region at chromosome 1p21 with intellectual disability, severe speech deficit and autism spectrum disorder-like behavior: an all-in approach to solving the DPYD enigma. Transl Neurosci 2015; 6:59-86. [PMID: 28123791 PMCID: PMC4936614 DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2015-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We describe an as yet unreported neocentric small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) derived from chromosome 1p21.3p21.2. It was present in 80% of the lymphocytes in a male patient with intellectual disability, severe speech deficit, mild dysmorphic features, and hyperactivity with elements of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Several important neurodevelopmental genes are affected by the 3.56 Mb copy number gain of 1p21.3p21.2, which may be considered reciprocal in gene content to the recently recognized 1p21.3 microdeletion syndrome. Both 1p21.3 deletions and the presented duplication display overlapping symptoms, fitting the same disorder category. Contribution of coding and non-coding genes to the phenotype is discussed in the light of cellular and intercellular homeostasis disequilibrium. In line with this the presented 1p21.3p21.2 copy number gain correlated to 1p21.3 microdeletion syndrome verifies the hypothesis of a cumulative effect of the number of deregulated genes - homeostasis disequilibrium leading to overlapping phenotypes between microdeletion and microduplication syndromes. Although miR-137 appears to be the major player in the 1p21.3p21.2 region, deregulation of the DPYD (dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase) gene may potentially affect neighboring genes underlying the overlapping symptoms present in both the copy number loss and copy number gain of 1p21. Namely, the all-in approach revealed that DPYD is a complex gene whose expression is epigenetically regulated by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) within the locus. Furthermore, the long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1) L1MC1 transposon inserted in DPYD intronic transcript 1 (DPYD-IT1) lncRNA with its parasites, TcMAR-Tigger5b and pair of Alu repeats appears to be the “weakest link” within the DPYD gene liable to break. Identification of the precise mechanism through which DPYD is epigenetically regulated, and underlying reasons why exactly the break (FRA1E) happens, will consequently pave the way toward preventing severe toxicity to the antineoplastic drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and development of the causative therapy for the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency.
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- Lukrecija Brečević
- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Center for Rehabilitation Stančić, Stančić bb, 10370 Stančić, Croatia
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Hussein SS, Kreskowski K, Ziegler M, Klein E, Hamid AB, Kosyakova N, Volleth M, Liehr T, Fan X, Piaszinski K. Mitotic stability of small supernumerary marker chromosomes depends on their shape and telomeres - a long term in vitro study. Gene 2014; 552:246-8. [PMID: 25245454 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Mosaicism is present in more than 50% of the cases with small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMCs) and karyotype 47,XX,+mar/46,XX or 47,XY,+mar/46,XY. Recently we provided first evidence that the mitotic stability of sSMC is dependent on their structure, i.e. their shape. Thus, here we performed a long term in vitro study on 12 selected cell lines from the Else Kröner-Fresenius-sSMC-cellbank (http://ssmc-tl.com/ekf-cellbank.html) to test mitotic sSMC stability systematically. The obtained results showed that inverted duplicated shaped and also the so-called complex sSMCs (group 1) are by far more stable, than centric-minute- or ring-shaped sSMCs (groups 2). Generally speaking, the percentage of cells with group-1-sSMCs remained stable over 90 days of cell culture, while that of group-2-sSMCs in parts dramatically decreased. In one group-2-cell line the sSMC was even lost completely after 30 days of in vitro culture, in others the sSMC was depleted in up to 40% of the cells. Still the highest rate of sSMC loss was recorded during EBV-transformation. Overall, the major difference between groups 1 and 2 was the number of telomeres per sSMC. In group 1 the sSMCs had "original" telomeres at both of their ends; in group 2 the sSMCs had either no, possibly secondary acquired and/or only one original telomere. This absence of protective telomeric sequences in group 2 seems to make sSMC more susceptible for loss during cell division. Still, also a growth advantage of cells without sSMC cannot be neglected entirely.
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- Shaymaa Subhi Hussein
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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Spittel H, Kubek F, Kreskowski K, Ziegler M, Klein E, Hamid AB, Kosyakova N, Radhakrishnan G, Junge A, Kozlowski P, Schulze B, Martin T, Huhle D, Mehnert K, Rodríguez L, Ergun MA, Sarri C, Militaru M, Stipoljev F, Tittelbach H, Vasheghani F, de Bello Cioffi M, Hussein SS, Fan X, Volleth M, Liehr T. Mitotic stability of small supernumerary marker chromosomes: a study based on 93 immortalized cell lines. Cytogenet Genome Res 2014; 142:151-60. [PMID: 24714101 DOI: 10.1159/000360776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) are known for being present in mosaic form as 47,+mar/46 in >50% of the cases with this kind of extra chromosomes. However, no detailed studies have been done for the mitotic stability of sSMC so far, mainly due to the lack of a corresponding in vitro model system. Recently, we established an sSMC-cell bank (Else Kröner-Fresenius-sSMC-cellbank) with >150 cell lines. Therefore, 93 selected sSMC cases were studied here for the presence of the corresponding marker chromosomes before and after Epstein-Barr virus-induced immortalization. The obtained results showed that dicentric inverted duplicated-shaped sSMC are by far more stable in vitro than monocentric centric minute- or ring-shaped sSMC. Simultaneously, a review of the literature revealed that a comparable shape-dependent mitotic stability can be found in vivo in sSMC carriers. Additionally, a possible impact of the age of the sSMC carrier on mitotic stability was found: sSMC cell lines established from patients between 10-20 years of age were predominantly mitotically unstable. The latter finding was independent of the sSMC shape. The present study shows that in vitro models can lead to new and exciting insights into the biology of this genetically and clinically heterogeneous patient group.
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- Hannes Spittel
- Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Liehr T, Cirkovic S, Lalic T, Guc-Scekic M, de Almeida C, Weimer J, Iourov I, Melaragno MI, Guilherme RS, Stefanou EGG, Aktas D, Kreskowski K, Klein E, Ziegler M, Kosyakova N, Volleth M, Hamid AB. Complex small supernumerary marker chromosomes - an update. Mol Cytogenet 2013; 6:46. [PMID: 24171835 PMCID: PMC4129180 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-6-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Complex small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) constitute one of the smallest subgroups of sSMC in general. Complex sSMC consist of chromosomal material derived from more than one chromosome; the best known representative of this group is the derivative chromosome 22 {der(22)t(11;22)} or Emanuel syndrome. In 2008 we speculated that complex sSMC could be part of an underestimated entity. Results Here, the overall yet reported 412 complex sSMC are summarized. They constitute 8.4% of all yet in detail characterized sSMC cases. The majority of the complex sSMC is contributed by patients suffering from Emanuel syndrome (82%). Besides there are a der(22)t(8;22)(q24.1;q11.1) and a der(13)t(13;18)(q11;p11.21) or der(21)t(18;21)(p11.21;q11.1) = der(13 or 21)t(13 or 21;18) syndrome. The latter two represent another 2.6% and 2.2% of the complex sSMC-cases, respectively. The large majority of complex sSMC has a centric minute shape and derives from an acrocentric chromosome. Nonetheless, complex sSMC can involve material from each chromosomal origin. Most complex sSMC are inherited form a balanced translocation in one parent and are non-mosaic. Interestingly, there are hot spots for the chromosomal breakpoints involved. Conclusions Complex sSMC need to be considered in diagnostics, especially in non-mosaic, centric minute shaped sSMC. As yet three complex-sSMC-associated syndromes are identified. As recurrent breakpoints in the complex sSMC were characterized, it is to be expected that more syndromes are identified in this subgroup of sSMC. Overall, complex sSMC emphasize once more the importance of detailed cytogenetic analyses, especially in patients with idiopathic mental retardation.
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- Thomas Liehr
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany ; Institut für Humangenetik, Postfach, Jena D-07740, Germany
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- Laboratory for Medical Genetics, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", Radoje Dakic str. 6-8, Belgrade 11070, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Medical Genetics, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", Radoje Dakic str. 6-8, Belgrade 11070, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Medical Genetics, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", Radoje Dakic str. 6-8, Belgrade 11070, Serbia ; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Military Hospital associated with "Universidad de la República (UDELAR)", Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, UKSH Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3; House 24, Kiel 24105, Germany
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- Research Center for Mental Health, RAMS, Moscow, Russia ; Institute of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, RF Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, São Paulo SP, 04023-900, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, São Paulo SP, 04023-900, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University General Hospital of Patras, Rion, Patras 26504, Greece
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- Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Dept of Medical Genetics, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg 39120, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany
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Liehr T, Weise A, Hamid AB, Fan X, Klein E, Aust N, Othman MA, Mrasek K, Kosyakova N. Multicolor FISH methods in current clinical diagnostics. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2013; 13:251-5. [PMID: 23570403 DOI: 10.1586/erm.12.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Multicolor FISH (mFISH) assays are currently indispensable for a precise description of derivative chromosomes. Routine application of such techniques on human chromosomes started in 1996 with the simultaneous use of all 24 human whole-chromosome painting probes in multiplex-FISH and spectral karyotyping. Since then, multiple approaches for chromosomal differentiation based on multicolor-FISH (MFISH) assays have been developed. Predominantly, they are applied to characterize marker or derivative chromosomes identified in conventional banding analysis. Since the introduction of array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), mFISH is also applied to verify and further delineate aCGH-detected aberrations. For the latter, it is important to consider the fact that aCGH cannot detect or characterize balanced rearrangements, which are important to be resolved in detail in infertility diagnostics. In addition, mFISH is necessary to distinguish different imbalanced situations detectable in aCGH; small supernumerary marker chromosomes have to be differentiated from insertions or unbalanced translocations. This review presents an overview on the available mFISH methods and their applications in pre- and post-natal clinical genetics.
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- Thomas Liehr
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Jena D-07743, Germany.
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Guilherme RS, Dutra ARN, Perez ABA, Takeno SS, Oliveira MM, Kulikowski LD, Klein E, Hamid AB, Liehr T, Melaragno MI. First report of a small supernumerary der(8;14) marker chromosome. Cytogenet Genome Res 2013; 139:284-8. [PMID: 23548553 DOI: 10.1159/000348743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) are structurally abnormal chromosomes, generally equal in size or smaller than a chromosome 20 of the same metaphase spread. Most of them are unexpectedly detected in routine karyotype analyses, and it is usually not easy to correlate them with a specific clinical picture. A small group of sSMCs is derived from more than one chromosome, called complex sSMCs. Here, we report on a patient with a de novo complex sSMC, derived from chromosomes 8 and 14. Banding karyotype analysis, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA), single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based array, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were performed to investigate its origin. Array and FISH analyses revealed a der(14)t(8;14)(p23.2;q22.1)dn. The propositus presents some clinical features commonly found in patients with partial duplication or triplication of 8p and 14q. This is the first report describing a patient with a congenital der(14)t(8;14)(p23.2;q22.1)dn sSMC.
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- R S Guilherme
- Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Ou J, Wang W, Liehr T, Klein E, Hamid AB, Wang F, Duan C, Li H. Characterization of three small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) in humans. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2012; 26:106-8. [PMID: 23013067 DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.732129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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In the present study, three prenatally detected small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) were identified by banding cytogenetics and characterized in detail by molecular cytogenetics. In one case an sSMC(10) leading to a pericentric partial trisomy and in two cases heterochromatic sSMC derived from chromosome 22 were characterized. Outcomes were reportedly normal for two of the three cases for whom this information was known.
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- Jian Ou
- Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Suzhou Hospital, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Jiangsu, China
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Hamid AB, Kreskowski K, Weise A, Kosayakova N, Mrasek K, Voigt M, Guilherme RS, Wagner R, Hardekopf D, Pekova S, Karamysheva T, Liehr T, Klein E. How to narrow down chromosomal breakpoints in small and large derivative chromosomes – a new probe set. J Appl Genet 2012; 53:259-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s13353-012-0098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bucksch M, Ziegler M, Kosayakova N, Mulatinho MV, Mulhatino MV, Llerena JC, Morlot S, Fischer W, Polityko AD, Kulpanovich AI, Petersen MB, Belitz B, Trifonov V, Weise A, Liehr T, Hamid AB. A new multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization probe set directed against human heterochromatin: HCM-FISH. J Histochem Cytochem 2012; 60:530-6. [PMID: 22511603 DOI: 10.1369/0022155412441708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A new multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (mFISH) probe set is presented, and its possible applications are highlighted in 25 clinical cases. The so-called heterochromatin-M-FISH (HCM-FISH) probe set enables a one-step characterization of the large heterochromatic regions within the human genome. HCM-FISH closes a gap in the now available mFISH probe sets, as those do not normally cover the acrocentric short arms; the large pericentric regions of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16; as well as the band Yq12. Still, these regions can be involved in different kinds of chromosomal rearrangements such as translocations, insertions, inversions, amplifications, and marker chromosome formations. Here, examples are given for all these kinds of chromosomal aberrations, detected as constitutional rearrangements in clinical cases. Application perspectives of the probe set in tumors as well as in evolutionary cytogenetic studies are given.
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- Maria Bucksch
- Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Papoulidis I, Kontodiou M, Tzimina M, Saitis I, Hamid AB, Klein E, Kosyakova N, Kordass U, Kunz J, Siomou E, Nicolaides P, Orru S, Thomaidis L, Liehr T, Petersen MB, Manolakos E. Tetrasomy 9p mosaicism associated with a normal phenotype in two cases. Cytogenet Genome Res 2012; 136:237-41. [PMID: 22487875 DOI: 10.1159/000337520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Tetrasomy 9p is a rare chromosomal syndrome and about 30% of known cases exhibit mosaicism. Approximately 50 of the reported cases with tetrasomy 9p mosaicism show a characteristic facial appearance, growth failure, and developmental delay. However, 3 patients with mosaicism for isochromosome 9p and a normal phenotype have also been reported. We report 2 additional cases of clinically normal young females with tetrasomy 9p mosaicism, one of whom also exhibited X chromosome aneuploidy mosaicism leading to an overall of 6 different cell lines. STR analysis performed on this complex mosaic case indicated that the extra isochromosome was of maternal origin while the X chromosome aneuploidy was of paternal origin, indicating a postzygotic event.
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- I Papoulidis
- Eurogenetica S.A., Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece
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Klein E, Manvelyan M, Simonyan I, Hamid AB, Guilherme RS, Liehr T, Karamysheva T. Centromeric association of small supernumerary marker chromosomes with their sister-chromosomes detected by three dimensional molecular cytogenetics. Mol Cytogenet 2012; 5:15. [PMID: 22413994 PMCID: PMC3313875 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-5-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) are detected in 0.043% of general population and can be characterized for their chromosomal origin, genetic content and shape by molecular cytogenetic approaches. Even though recently progress was achieved towards genotype-phenotype-correlations of sSMC, nothing is known on the influence that an additional derivative extra chromosome has on the nuclear architecture. Results Here we present the first three-dimensional interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies for the nuclear architecture of sSMC. It could be shown that sSMC derived from chromosomes 15, 16 or 18 preferentially colocalized with one of their corresponding sister chromosomes. This was true in B- and T-lymphocytes as well as in skin fibroblasts. Additionally, a case with a complex sSMC with a karyotype 47,XY,+der(18)t(8;18)(8p23.2 ~ 23.1;18q11.1) was studied. Here the sSMC co-localized with one homologous chromosome 8 instead of 18. Conclusion Overall, there is a kind of "attraction" between an sSMC and one of its homologous sister chromosomes. This seems to be transmitted by the euchromatic part of the sSMC rather than its heterochromatic one.
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- Elisabeth Klein
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Liehr T, Ewers E, Hamid AB, Kosyakova N, Voigt M, Weise A, Manvelyan M. Small supernumerary marker chromosomes and uniparental disomy have a story to tell. J Histochem Cytochem 2011; 59:842-8. [PMID: 21673185 DOI: 10.1369/0022155411412780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Small supernumerary maker chromosomes (sSMC) and uniparental disomy (UPD) are rare, and a combination of both is rarely encountered. Accordingly, only 46 sSMC cases UPD have been reported. Despite of its rareness, UPD has to be considered, especially in prenatal cases with sSMC. Here, the authors reviewed all sSMC cases with UPD (sSMC(U+)) and compared them to sSMC without UPD (sSMC(U-)), which resulted in the following correlations: 1) every sSMC, irrespective of its chromosomal origin, may be principally connected with UPD; 2) mixed hetero- and iso-UPD (hUPD/iUPD) can be observed most often in sSMC(U+) cases followed by complete iUPD, complete hUPD, and segmental iUPD; 3) UPD of chromosomes 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, and 20 is most often reported in sSMC(U+); 4) maternal UPD was approximately nine times more frequent than paternal UPD; 5) if mosaic with a normal cell line, acrocentric-derived sSMC had a three times higher chance of occurrence than the corresponding nonmosaic sSMC cases; 6) UPD in connection with a parentally inherited sSMC is, if existent at all, a rare event; and 7) the gender type and shape of sSMC had no effect on UPD formation. Overall, sSMC(U+) cases may have a story to tell about chromosome number control mechanisms in early embryogenesis.
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- Thomas Liehr
- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany.
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Liehr T, Karamysheva T, Merkas M, Brecevic L, Hamid AB, Ewers E, Mrasek K, Kosyakova N, Weise A. Somatic mosaicism in cases with small supernumerary marker chromosomes. Curr Genomics 2010; 11:432-9. [PMID: 21358988 PMCID: PMC3018724 DOI: 10.2174/138920210793176029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Revised: 05/30/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Somatic mosaicism is something that is observed in everyday lives of cytogeneticists. Chromosome instability is one of the leading causes of large-scale genome variation analyzable since the correct human chromosome number was established in 1956. Somatic mosaicism is also a well-known fact to be present in cases with small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC), i.e. karyotypes of 47,+mar/46. In this study, the data available in the literature were collected concerning the frequency mosaicism in different subgroups of patients with sSMC. Of 3124 cases with sSMC 1626 (52%) present with somatic mosaicism. Some groups like patients with Emanuel-, cat-eye- or i(18p)- syndrome only tend rarely to develop mosaicism, while in Pallister-Killian syndrome every patient is mosaic. In general, acrocentric and non-acrocentric derived sSMCs are differently susceptible to mosaicism; non-acrocentric derived ones are hereby the less stable ones. Even though, in the overwhelming majority of the cases, somatic mosaicism does not have any detectable clinical effects, there are rare cases with altered clinical outcomes due to mosaicism. This is extremely important for prenatal genetic counseling. Overall, as mosaicism is something to be considered in at least every second sSMC case, array-CGH studies cannot be offered as a screening test to reliably detect this kind of chromosomal aberration, as low level mosaic cases and cryptic mosaics are missed by that.
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- Thomas Liehr
- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
- School of Medicine Zagreb University, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Medicine Zagreb University, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena, Germany
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Fernández-Toral J, Rodríguez L, Plasencia A, Martínez-Frías ML, Ewers E, Hamid AB, Ziegler M, Liehr T. Four small supernumerary marker chromosomes derived from chromosomes 6, 8, 11 and 12 in a patient with minimal clinical abnormalities: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2010; 4:239. [PMID: 20682055 PMCID: PMC2924352 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction Small supernumerary marker chromosomes are still a problem in cytogenetic diagnostic and genetic counseling. This holds especially true for the rare cases with multiple small supernumerary marker chromosomes. Most such cases are reported to be clinically severely affected due to the chromosomal imbalances induced by the presence of small supernumerary marker chromosomes. Here we report the first case of a patient having four different small supernumerary marker chromosomes which, apart from slight developmental retardation in youth and non-malignant hyperpigmentation, presented no other clinical signs. Case presentation Our patient was a 30-year-old Caucasian man, delivered by caesarean section because of macrosomy. At birth he presented with bilateral cryptorchidism but no other birth defects. At age of around two years he showed psychomotor delay and a bilateral convergent strabismus. Later he had slight learning difficulties, with normal social behavior and now lives an independent life as an adult. Apart from hypogenitalism, he has multiple hyperpigmented nevi all over his body, short feet with pes cavus and claw toes. At age of 30 years, cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analysis revealed a karyotype of 50,XY,+min(6)(:p11.1-> q11.1:),+min(8)(:p11.1->q11.1:),+min(11)(:p11.11->q11:),+min(12)(:p11.2~12->q10:), leading overall to a small partial trisomy in 12p11.1~12.1. Conclusions Including this case, four single case reports are available in the literature with a karyotype 50,XN,+4mar. For prenatally detected multiple small supernumerary marker chromosomes in particular we learn from this case that such a cytogenetic condition may be correlated with a positive clinical outcome.
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Ewers E, Yoda K, Hamid AB, Weise A, Manvelyan M, Liehr T. Centromere activity in dicentric small supernumerary marker chromosomes. Chromosome Res 2010; 18:555-62. [PMID: 20568005 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 05/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Twenty-five dicentric small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) derived from #13/21, #14, #15, #18, and #22 were studied by immunohistochemistry for their centromeric activity. Centromere protein (CENP)-B was applied as marker for all centromeres and CENP-C to label the active ones. Three different 'predominant' activation patterns could be observed, i.e., centric fusion or either only one or all two centromeres were active. In one inherited case, the same activation pattern was found in mother and son. In acrocentric-derived sSMC, all three activation patterns could be present. In contrary, in chromosome 18-derived sSMC, only the fusion type was observed. In concordance with previous studies a certain centromeric plasticity was observed in up to 13% of the cells of an individual case. Surprisingly, the obtained data suggests a possible influence of the sSMC carrier's gender on the implementation of the predominant activation pattern; especially, only one active centromere was found more frequently in female than in male carriers. Also, it might be suggested that dicentric sSMC with one active centromere could be less stable than such with two active ones-centromeric plasticity might have an influence here, as well. Also, centromere activity in acrocentric-derived dicentrics could be influenced by heteromorphisms of the corresponding short arms. Finally, evidence is provided that the closer the centromeres of a dicentric are and if they are not fused, the more likely it was that both of them became active. In concordance and refinement with previous studies, a distance of 1.4 Mb up to about 13 Mb the two active centromere state was favored, while centromeric distance of over approximately 15 Mb lead to inactivation of one centromere. Overall, here, the first and largest ever undertaken study in dicentric sSMC is presented, providing evidence that the centromeric activation pattern is, and parental origin may be of interest for their biology. Influence of mechanisms similar or identical to meiotic imprinting in the centromeric regions of human chromosomes might be present. Furthermore, centromeric activation pattern could be at least in parts meaningful for the clinical outcome of dicentric sSMC, as sSMC stability and mosaicism can make the difference between clinically normal and abnormal phenotypes.
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- Elisabeth Ewers
- Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Jena University Hospital, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Sheth F, Ewers E, Kosyakova N, Weise A, Sheth J, Desai M, Andrieux J, Vermeesch J, Hamid AB, Ziegler M, Liehr T. A small supernumerary marker chromosome present in a Turner syndrome patient not derived from X- or Y-chromosome: a case report. Mol Cytogenet 2009; 2:22. [PMID: 19909521 PMCID: PMC2779184 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-2-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) can be present in numerically abnormal karyotypes like in a 'Turner-syndrome karyotype' mos 45,X/46,X,+mar. Results Here we report the first case of an sSMC found in Turner syndrome karyotypes (sSMCT) derived from chromosome 14 in a Turner syndrome patient. According to cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic characterization the karyotype was 46,X,+del(14)(q11.1). The present case is the third Turner syndrome case with an sSMCT not derived from the X- or the Y-chromosome. Conclusion More comprehensive characterization of such sSMCT might identify them to be more frequent than only ~0.6% in Turner syndrome cases according to available data.
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- Frenny Sheth
- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Wrońska D, Niezgoda J, Pierzchała K, Sechman A, Bobek S, Hamid AB. [Effect of phenothiazine derivative on adrenal cortex response of sheep to repeated emotional stress]. Endokrynol Pol 1991; 42:567-74. [PMID: 1364508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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The study was aimed at the evaluation of propiopromazine (Combelen, Bayer), a derivative of phenothiazine, as an agent lowering in sheep the response to stress. The stress of emotional origin was induced in sheep by the isolation from herd lasting 1 hour. The isolation experiments were repeated 6 times on the same group of sheep, first three isolations (1-3) in daily intervals and next three (4-6) in weekly intervals. Propiopromazine was administered before each isolation experiment. The reaction of sheep to the isolation stress was weaker after propiopromazine administration. This was suggested by smaller increase in blood serum cortisol and glucose levels when compared to sheep subjected to isolation but not receiving the drug. Such effect was especially conspicuous during the course of the first isolation experiment; during the next experiments the difference concerning the reaction to stress between the sheep isolated from the herd receiving and not receiving the drug was gradually diminishing. It was shown in addition that propiopromazine administration to the sheep not subjected to stress caused an increase in cortisol level by 125 per cent and that in glucose level by 35 per cent. These results suggest that propiopromazine administration protects the organism against the effects of emotional stress only partially. Moreover, the effect of its administration gradually weakens with repeating of the stress inducing experiment, and propiopromazine itself may act as a stress inducing factor. It seems therefore that the use of propiopromazine and similar compounds as anti-stress agents may be questionable.
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- D Wrońska
- Katedra Fizjologii Zwierzat Akademii Rolniczej, Krakowie
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Aflatoxin degradative activity was demonstrated in 6- to 12-d-old intact mycelium and cell-free extracts of Aspergillus flavus. The addition of cycloheximide, SKF 525-A or metyrapone to cultures of A. flavus prevented subsequent degradation of the aflatoxins, while in cell-free extracts degradation was inhibited by SKF 525-A, metyrapone and cytochrome c but not by KCN. In cell-free extracts, aflatoxin degradation was enhanced by NADPH and NaIO4. The results suggest the involvement of cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases in the aflatoxin degradative activity of A. flavus.
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- A B Hamid
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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