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Molecular cytogenetic characterization of partial monosomy 2p and trisomy 16q in a newborn: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Trisomy 16q is a rare disorder with severe abnormalities, which always leads to early postnatal mortality. It usually results from a parental translocation, exhibiting 16q duplication associated with another chromosomal deletion. The present study reports on the clinical presentation and molecular cytogenetic results of a small-for-gestational-age infant, consisting of partial trisomy 16q21?qter and monosomy 2p25.3?pter. The proband presented with moderately low birthweight, small anterior fontanelles, prominent forehead, low hairline, telecanthus, flat nasal bridge, choanal atresia, clinodactyly of the fifth fingers, urogenital anomalies, congenital muscular torticollis and congenital laryngomalacia. The last two traits have not previously been reported in any trisomy 16q and monosomy 2p cases. The proband was trisomic for the 16q21?qter chromosomal region with the karyotype 46,XY,der(2)t(2;16)(p25;q21)pat. The chromosomal anomaly was the result of unbalanced segregation of a paternal balanced translocation, 46,XY,t(2;16)(p25;q21). In this case, molecular cytogenetic analysis had a critical role in delineating the proband's clinical phenotype. Although this patient had a 16q21?qter duplication and a 2p25.3?pter deletion, the latter may have had mild phenotypic effects when associated with trisomy 16q. The literature was also reviewed, focusing on cases with the same breakpoints, localizations and clinical features reported in recent years.

SUBMITTER: Yue F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614715 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular cytogenetic characterization of partial monosomy 2p and trisomy 16q in a newborn: A case report.

Yue Fagui F Jiang Yuting Y Pan Yuan Y Li Leilei L Li Linlin L Liu Ruizhi R Wang Ruixue R

Experimental and therapeutic medicine 20190620 2

Trisomy 16q is a rare disorder with severe abnormalities, which always leads to early postnatal mortality. It usually results from a parental translocation, exhibiting 16q duplication associated with another chromosomal deletion. The present study reports on the clinical presentation and molecular cytogenetic results of a small-for-gestational-age infant, consisting of partial trisomy 16q21→qter and monosomy 2p25.3→pter. The proband presented with moderately low birthweight, small anterior fonta ...[more]

PMID: 31363371

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Project description:A female patient with a partial trisomy 16q was described previously. Her clinical characteristics included obesity, severe anisomastia, moderate to severe mental retardation, dysmorphic facies, and contractions of the small joints. In this paper, we describe a more detailed analysis of the genetic anomaly in this patient. We were particularly interested in the involvement of the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) in her duplication. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in FTO have recently been associated with obesity. We have precisely mapped the breakpoints of the duplication using high resolution oligonucleotide array comparative genome hybridization (CGH). We found that the duplication spans 11.45 Mb on 16q11.2 to 16q13 and it includes FTO. The increased copy number of FTO was confirmed with a qPCR on genomic DNA of the patient and healthy controls. We investigated the influence of the increased FTO copy number on FTO gene expression in immortalized lymphocytes from the using qPCR. We found no evidence of increased FTO expression in the patient. This observation could be explained by maternal imprinting. We found evidence supporting this hypothesis in a database of imprinted genes. In addition, our results generated new candidate genes for the mental retardation, dysmorphic facies, small joints contractions, small teeth, and anisomastia of the patient. We used a high density oligonucleotide microarray to delineate the borders of the duplication with high resolution. This analysis enabled us to confirm the inclusion of FTO in the duplication. This was confirmed with quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) at the level of genomic DNA. To further investigate the role of FTO in the obese phenotype of the patient, we used qPCR to study the expression of FTO in immortalized lymphocytes of the patient. Remarkably, the increased FTO copy number in the patient’s genomic DNA did not give rise to an increased copy number of FTO mRNA molecules. We think this may be the result of maternal imprinting of the gene. The CGH results also allowed us to generate new hypotheses regarding the etiology of the other clinical problems of the patient. We propose candidate genes for her mental retardation, dysmorphic facies, joint contractures, small teeth, and anisomastia.

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Molecular cytogenetic characterization of partial monosomy 2p and trisomy 16q in a newborn: A case report.

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Molecular cytogenetic characterization of partial monosomy 2p and trisomy 16q in a newborn: A case report.

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