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Shimojima Yamamoto K, Tamura T, Okamoto N, Nishi E, Noguchi A, Takahashi I, Sawaishi Y, Shimizu M, Kanno H, Minakuchi Y, Toyoda A, Yamamoto T. Identification of small-sized intrachromosomal segments at the ends of INV-DUP-DEL patterns. J Hum Genet 2023; 68:751-757. [PMID: 37423943 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-023-01181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
The mechanism of chromosomal rearrangement associated with inverted-duplication-deletion (INV-DUP-DEL) pattern formation has been investigated by many researchers, and several possible mechanisms have been proposed. Currently, fold-back and subsequent dicentric chromosome formation has been established as non-recurrent INV-DUP-DEL pattern formation mechanisms. In the present study, we analyzed the breakpoint junctions of INV-DUP-DEL patterns in five patients using long-read whole-genome sequencing and detected 2.2-6.1 kb copy-neutral regions in all five patients. At the end of the INV-DUP-DEL, two patients exhibited chromosomal translocations, which are recognized as telomere capture, and one patient showed direct telomere healing. The remaining two patients had additional small-sized intrachromosomal segments at the end of the derivative chromosomes. These findings have not been previously reported but they may only be explained by the presence of telomere capture breakage. Further investigations are required to better understand the mechanisms underlying this finding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Keiko Shimojima Yamamoto
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Processing, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
- Division of Gene Medicine, Graduate Scholl of Medical Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, 594-1101, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, 594-1101, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Akita Prefectural Center on Development and Disability, Akita, 010-0000, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Processing, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-0801, Japan
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- Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
- Division of Gene Medicine, Graduate Scholl of Medical Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
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Zuffardi O, Fichera M, Bonaglia MC. The embryo battle against adverse genomes: Are de novo terminal deletions the rescue of unfavorable zygotic imbalances? Eur J Med Genet 2022; 65:104532. [PMID: 35724817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
De novo distal deletions are structural variants considered to be already present in the zygote. However, investigations especially in the prenatal setting have documented that they are often in mosaic with cell lines in which the same deleted chromosome shows different types of aberrations such as: 1) neutral copy variants with loss of heterozygosity that replace the deleted region with equivalent portions of the homologous chromosome and create distal uniparental disomy (UPD); 2) derivative chromosomes where the deleted one ends with the distal region of another chromosome or has the shape of a ring; 3) U-type mirror dicentric or inv-dup del rearrangements. Unstable dicentrics had already been entailed as causative of terminal deletions even when no trace of the reciprocal inv-dup del had been detected. To clarify the mechanism of origin of distal deletions, we examined PubMed using as keywords: complex/mosaic chromosomal deletions, distal UPD, U-type dicentrics, inv-dup del chromosomes, excluding the recurrent inv-dup del(8p)s which are known to originate by NAHR at the maternal meiosis. The literature has shown that U-type dicentrics leading to nearly complete trisomy and therefore incompatible with zygotic survival underlie many types of de novo unbalanced rearrangements, including terminal deletions. In the early embryo, the position of the postzygotic breaks of the dicentric, the different ways of acquiring telomeres by the broken portions and the selection of the most favorable cell lines in the different tissues determine the prevalence of one or the other rearrangement. Multiple lines with simple terminal deletions, inv-dup dels, unbalanced translocations and segmental UPDs can coexist in various mosaic combinations although it is rare to identify them all in the blood. Regarding the origin of the dicentric, among the 30 cases of non-recurrent inv-dup del with sufficient genotyping information, paternal origin was markedly prevalent with consistently identical polymorphisms within the duplication region, regardless of parental origin. The non-random parental origin made any postzygotic origin unlikely and suggested the occurrence of these dicentrics mainly in spermatogenesis. This study strengthens the evidence that non-recurrent de novo structural rearrangements are often secondary to the rescue of a zygotic genome incompatible with embryo survival.
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- Orsetta Zuffardi
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Medical Genetics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy.
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Caldwell S, Sagaser K, Nelson Z, Frey J, Wardrop J, Boomer T, McCullough R, Schwartz S. Deletion rescue resulting in segmental homozygosity: A mechanism underlying discordant NIPT results. Am J Med Genet A 2020; 182:2666-2670. [PMID: 32798301 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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With the increasing capabilities of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), detection of sub-chromosomal deletions and duplications are possible. This case series of deletion rescues resulting in segmental homozygosity helps provide a biological explanation for NIPT discrepancies and adds to the dearth of existing literature surrounding segmental UPD cases and their underlying mechanisms. In the three cases presented here, NIPT reported a sub-chromosomal deletion (in isolation or as part of a complex finding). Diagnostic testing, however, revealed segmental homozygosity or UPD for the region reported deleted on NIPT. Postnatal placental testing was pursued in two cases and confirmed the NIPT findings. This discordance between the screening and diagnostic testing is suggestive of a corrective post-zygotic event, such as telomere capture and/or deletion rescue, ultimately resulting in segmental homozygosity and fetoplacental mosaicism. Imprinted chromosomes and autosomal recessive disease genes make homozygosity an important clinical consideration. Amniocentesis with SNP microarray is particularly useful in determining both copy number and UPD issues alike.
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Mount Sinai West Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Lo Bianco M, Vecchio D, Timpanaro TA, Arena A, Macchiaiolo M, Bartuli A, Sciuto L, Presti S, Sciuto S, Sapuppo A, Fiumara A, Marino L, Messina G, Pavone P. Deciphering the Invdupdel(8p) Genotype-Phenotype Correlation: Our Opinion. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10070451. [PMID: 32679641 PMCID: PMC7408450 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10070451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The 8p inverted duplication/deletion is a rare chromosomal rearrangement clinically featuring neurodevelopmental delay, mild to severe cognitive impairment, heart congenital defects and brain abnormalities. Patients affected also present typical facial dysmorphisms and skeletal malformations, and it is thought that the composite clinical picture may fall into the chromosomal rearrangement architecture. With the major aim of better framing its related clinical and diagnostic paths, we describe a patient carrying a de novo invdupde[8p] whose clinical features have not been described so far. Hence, through an extensive genotype-phenotype correlation analysis and by reviewing the dedicated scientific literature, we compared our patient's features with those reported in other patients, which allows us to place our proband's expressiveness in an intermediate area, widening the scope of the already known invdupde[8p] genotype-phenotype relationship.
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- Manuela Lo Bianco
- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
- Correspondence: (M.L.B.); (P.P.); Tel.: +39-3401841225 (M.L.B.); +39-0953781193 (P.P.)
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- Rare Disease and Medical Genetics, Academic Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, 00146 Rome, Italy; (D.V.); (M.M.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (T.A.T.); (A.A.); (A.F.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (T.A.T.); (A.A.); (A.F.)
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- Rare Disease and Medical Genetics, Academic Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, 00146 Rome, Italy; (D.V.); (M.M.); (A.B.)
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- Rare Disease and Medical Genetics, Academic Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, 00146 Rome, Italy; (D.V.); (M.M.); (A.B.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (T.A.T.); (A.A.); (A.F.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (L.S.); (S.P.); (S.S.); (A.S.); (L.M.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy; (T.A.T.); (A.A.); (A.F.)
- Correspondence: (M.L.B.); (P.P.); Tel.: +39-3401841225 (M.L.B.); +39-0953781193 (P.P.)
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Abstract
Olfactory and taste receptors are expressed primarily in the nasal olfactory epithelium and gustatory taste bud cells, where they transmit real-time sensory signals to the brain. However, they are also expressed in multiple extra-nasal and extra-oral tissues, being implicated in diverse biological processes including sperm chemotaxis, muscle regeneration, bronchoconstriction and bronchodilatation, inflammation, appetite regulation and energy metabolism. Elucidation of the physiological roles of these ectopic receptors is revealing potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications in conditions including wounds, hair loss, asthma, obesity and cancers. This Review outlines current understanding of the diverse functions of ectopic olfactory and taste receptors and assesses their potential to be therapeutically exploited.
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