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De novo interstitial duplication of the 15q11.2‐q14 PWS/AS region of maternal origin: Clinical description, array CGH analysis, and review of the literature
Author(s) -
KitsiouTzeli Sophia,
Tzetis Maria,
Sofocleous Christalena,
Vrettou Christina,
Xaidara Athena,
Giannikou Krinio,
Pampanos Andreas,
Mavrou Ariadne,
Kanavakis E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.33447
Subject(s) - comparative genomic hybridization , gene duplication , hypotonia , genetics , angelman syndrome , biology , microdeletion syndrome , chromosomal region , corpus callosum , phenotype , gene , chromosome , anatomy
The 15q11‐q13 PWS/AS critical region involves genes that are characterized by genomic imprinting. Multiple repeat elements within the region mediate rearrangements, including interstitial duplications, interstitial triplications, and supernumerary isodicentric marker chromosomes, as well as the deletions that cause Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS). Recently, duplications of maternal origin concerning the same critical region have been implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We present a 6‐month‐old girl carrying a de novo duplication of maternal origin of the 15q11.2‐q14 PWS/AS region (17.73 Mb in size) [46,XX,dup(15)(q11.2‐q14)] detected with a high‐resolution microarray‐based comparative genomic hybridization (array‐CGH). The patient is characterized by severe hypotonia, obesity, microstomia, long eyelashes, hirsutism, microretrognathia, short nose, severe psychomotor retardation, and multiple episodes of drug‐resistant epileptic seizures, while her brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) documented partial corpus callosum dysplasia. In our patient the duplicated region is quite large extending beyond the Prader–Willi–Angelman critical region (PWACR), containing a number of genes that have been shown to be involved in ASD, exhibiting a severe phenotype, beyond the typical PWS/AS clinical manifestations. Reporting of similar well‐characterized clinical cases with clearly delineated breakpoints of the duplicated region will clarify the contribution of specific genes to the phenotype. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.