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Bourgois A, Bizaoui V, Colson C, Vincent-Devulder A, Molin A, Gérard M, Gruchy N. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of 1q21.1 copy number variants: A report of 34 new individuals and literature review. Am J Med Genet A 2024; 194:e63457. [PMID: 37881147 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
Recurrent 1q21.1 copy number variants (CNVs) have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical features, ranging from normal phenotype to moderate intellectual disability, with congenital anomalies and dysmorphic features. They are often inherited from unaffected parents and the pathogenicity is difficult to assess. We describe the phenotypic and genotypic data for 34 probands carrying CNVs in the 1q21.1 chromosome region (24 duplications, 8 deletions and 2 triplications). We also reviewed 89 duplications, 114 deletions and 5 triplications described in the literature, at variable 1q21.1 locations. We aimed to identify the most highly associated clinical features to determine the phenotypic expression in affected individuals. Developmental delay or learning disabilities and neuropsychiatric disorders were common in patients with deletions, duplications and triplications of 1q21.1. Mild dysmorphic features common in these CNVs include a prominent forehead, widely spaced eyes and a broad nose. The CNVs were mostly inherited from apparently unaffected parents. Almost half of the CNVs were distal, overlapping with a common minimal region of 1.2 Mb. We delineated the clinical implications of 1q21.1 CNVs and confirmed that these CNVs are likely pathogenic, although subject to incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. Long-term follow-up should be performed to each newly diagnosed case, and prenatal genetic counseling cautiously discussed, as it remains difficult to predict the phenotype in the event of an antenatal diagnosis.
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- Alexia Bourgois
- Normandy University, UNICAEN, Caen University Hospital, Department of Genetics, UR 7450 BioTARGen, FHU G4 Genomics, Caen, France
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- CHU Lille, University of Lille, EA7364, Lille, France
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- Normandy University, UNICAEN, Caen University Hospital, Department of Genetics, UR 7450 BioTARGen, FHU G4 Genomics, Caen, France
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- Normandy University, UNICAEN, Caen University Hospital, Department of Genetics, UR 7450 BioTARGen, FHU G4 Genomics, Caen, France
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- Normandy University, UNICAEN, Caen University Hospital, Department of Genetics, UR 7450 BioTARGen, FHU G4 Genomics, Caen, France
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- Normandy University, UNICAEN, Caen University Hospital, Department of Genetics, UR 7450 BioTARGen, FHU G4 Genomics, Caen, France
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Guo N, Xue H, Liang B, Huang H, Cai M, Xu L. Genetic and ultrasonographic analyses of fetuses with 1q21.1q21.2 microdeletion/microduplication: a retrospective study. BMC Med Genomics 2023; 16:197. [PMID: 37612587 PMCID: PMC10463642 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01618-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND 1q21.1q21.2 microdeletions/microduplications are rare and incompletely penetrant genetic mutations, and only a few reports regarding their prenatal diagnosis are currently available. Here, we analyzed the ultrasonographic phenotypic characteristics of fetuses with these mutations to improve the understanding, diagnosis, and screening of these mutations during gestation. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 8700 cases of pregnant women who underwent invasive prenatal screening by karyotyping and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) between November 2016 and November 2021. RESULTS CMA revealed copy number changes in the 1q21.1q21.2 region of eleven fetuses, of which five had microdeletions and six had microduplications. These eleven fetuses exhibited variable ultrasonographic phenotypes. Of the five fetuses with the microdeletion, one exhibited a right-dominant heart, permanent right umbilical vein, and mild tricuspid regurgitation, another showed thickened nuchal translucency, and the remaining three had normal ultrasound phenotypes. Two of the six cases with 1q21.1q21.2 microduplication had structural malformations; one of them had a bilateral subependymal cyst, neck mass, and enlarged cardiothoracic ratio, while the other had right ventricular hypoplasia. Of the remaining four cases, two exhibited nasal bone dysplasia, one showed measurement slower than that during menopause and mild tricuspid regurgitation, and another did not show any notable abnormality in ultrasound examination. Among the eleven cases of 1q21.1q21.2 microdeletion/microduplication, only the parents of two fetuses underwent pedigree verification. The parents of these two fetuses with 1q21.1q21.2 microdeletion syndrome chose to continue the pregnancy, and all aspects of postnatal follow-up were normal. The parents of the other nine fetuses refused pedigree verification; of these cases, four cases terminated, and five cases continued the pregnancies. The five continued pregnancies were followed up after birth; no abnormalities were found. CONCLUSIONS Fetuses with 1q21.1q21.2 microdeletion/microduplication show different ultrasound characteristics and may have congenital heart disease, thickened nuchal translucency, and nasal bone dysplasia or show no notable abnormalities in an ultrasound examination. Our study highlights that CMA as a powerful diagnostic tool for these diseases can provide an accurate genetic diagnosis, while improving prenatal diagnosis standards.
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- Nan Guo
- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China.
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China.
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China.
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Genomic copy-number variants (CNVs) contribute to as many congenital heart disease (CHD) cases (10-15%) as chromosomal aberrations or single-gene mutations and influence clinical outcomes. CNVs in a few genomic hotspots (1q21.1, 2q13, 8p23.1, 11q24, 15q11.2, 16p11.2, and 22q11.2) are recurrently enriched in CHD cohorts and affect dosage-sensitive transcriptional regulators that are required for cardiac development. Reduced penetrance and pleiotropic effects on brain and heart development are common features of these CNVs. Therefore, additional genetic 'hits,' such as a second CNV or gene mutation, are probably required to cause CHD in most cases. Integrative analysis of CNVs, genome sequence, epigenetic alterations, and gene function will be required to delineate the complete genetic landscape of CHD.
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- Laurent Ehrlich
- Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Yuan B, Schulze KV, Assia Batzir N, Sinson J, Dai H, Zhu W, Bocanegra F, Fong CT, Holder J, Nguyen J, Schaaf CP, Yang Y, Bi W, Eng C, Shaw C, Lupski JR, Liu P. Sequencing individual genomes with recurrent genomic disorder deletions: an approach to characterize genes for autosomal recessive rare disease traits. Genome Med 2022; 14:113. [PMID: 36180924 PMCID: PMC9526336 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01113-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In medical genetics, discovery and characterization of disease trait contributory genes and alleles depends on genetic reasoning, study design, and patient ascertainment; we suggest a segmental haploid genetics approach to enhance gene discovery and molecular diagnostics. METHODS We constructed a genome-wide map for nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR)-mediated recurrent genomic deletions and used this map to estimate population frequencies of NAHR deletions based on large-scale population cohorts and region-specific studies. We calculated recessive disease carrier burden using high-quality pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants from ClinVar and gnomAD. We developed a NIRD (NAHR deletion Impact to Recessive Disease) score for recessive disorders by quantifying the contribution of NAHR deletion to the overall allele load that enumerated all pairwise combinations of disease-causing alleles; we used a Punnett square approach based on an assumption of random mating. Literature mining was conducted to identify all reported patients with defects in a gene with a high NIRD score; meta-analysis was performed on these patients to estimate the representation of NAHR deletions in recessive traits from contemporary human genomics studies. Retrospective analyses of extant clinical exome sequencing (cES) were performed for novel rare recessive disease trait gene and allele discovery from individuals with NAHR deletions. RESULTS We present novel genomic insights regarding the genome-wide impact of NAHR recurrent segmental variants on recessive disease burden; we demonstrate the utility of NAHR recurrent deletions to enhance discovery in the challenging context of autosomal recessive (AR) traits and biallelic variation. Computational results demonstrate new mutations mediated by NAHR, involving recurrent deletions at 30 genomic regions, likely drive recessive disease burden for over 74% of loci within these segmental deletions or at least 2% of loci genome-wide. Meta-analyses on 170 literature-reported patients implicate that NAHR deletions are depleted from the ascertained pool of AR trait alleles. Exome reanalysis of personal genomes from subjects harboring recurrent deletions uncovered new disease-contributing variants in genes including COX10, ERCC6, PRRT2, and OTUD7A. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that genomic sequencing of personal genomes with NAHR deletions could dramatically improve allele and gene discovery and enhance clinical molecular diagnosis. Moreover, results suggest NAHR events could potentially enable human haploid genetic screens as an approach to experimental inquiry into disease biology.
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- Bo Yuan
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.510928.7Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.510928.7Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.510928.7Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.412750.50000 0004 1936 9166Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.510928.7Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.510928.7Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.21940.3e0000 0004 1936 8278Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA ,grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA ,grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA ,grid.416975.80000 0001 2200 2638Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. .,Baylor Genetics, Houston, TX, USA.
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Hara-Isono K, Nakamura A, Fuke T, Inoue T, Kawashima S, Matsubara K, Sano S, Yamazawa K, Fukami M, Ogata T, Kagami M. Pathogenic Copy Number and Sequence Variants in Children Born SGA With Short Stature Without Imprinting Disorders. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022; 107:e3121-e3133. [PMID: 35583390 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Children born small-for-gestational-age with short stature (SGA-SS) is associated with (epi)genetic defects, including imprinting disorders (IDs), pathogenic copy number variants (PCNVs), and pathogenic variants of genes involved in growth. However, comprehensive studies evaluating these 3 factors are very limited. OBJECTIVE To clarify the contribution of PCNVs and candidate pathogenic variants to SGA-SS. DESIGN Comprehensive molecular analyses consisting of methylation analysis, copy number analysis, and multigene sequencing. METHODS We enrolled 140 patients referred to us for genetic testing for SGA-SS. Among them, we excluded 42 patients meeting Netchine-Harbison clinical scoring system criteria for Silver-Russell syndrome and 4 patients with abnormal methylation levels of the IDs-related differentially methylated regions. Consequently, we conducted copy number analysis and multigene sequencing for 86 SGA-SS patients with sufficient sample volume. We also evaluated clinical phenotypes of patients with PCNVs or candidate pathogenic variants. RESULTS We identified 8 (9.3%) and 11 (12.8%) patients with PCNVs and candidate pathogenic variants, respectively. According to the American College of Medical Genetics standards and guidelines, 5 variants were classified as pathogenic and the remaining 6 variants were classified as variants of unknown significance. Genetic diagnosis was made in 12 patients. All patients with PCNVs or candidate pathogenic variants did not correspond perfectly to characteristic clinical features of each specific genetic cause. CONCLUSION We clarified the contribution of PCNVs and pathogenic variants to SGA-SS without IDs. Comprehensive molecular analyses, including copy number analysis and multigene sequencing, should be considered for patients with unknown SGA-SS etiology.
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- Kaori Hara-Isono
- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka 420-8660, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
- Medical Genetics Center, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo 152-8902, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu 432-8580, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
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