A female patient with retinoblastoma and severe intellectual disability carrying an X;13 balanced translocation without rearrangement in the RB1 gene: A case report

Makiko Tsutsumi, Hiroyoshi Hattori, Nobuhiro Akita, Naoko Maeda, Toshinobu Kubota, Keizo Horibe, Naoko Fujita, Miki Kawai, Yasuko Shinkai, Maki Kato, Takema Kato, Rie Kawamura, Fumihiko Suzuki, Hiroki Kurahashi

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Background: Female carriers of a balanced X; autosome translocation generally undergo selective inactivation of the normal X chromosome. This is because inactivation of critical genes within the autosomal region of the derivative translocation chromosome would compromise cellular function. We here report a female patient with bilateral retinoblastoma and a severe intellectual disability who carries a reciprocal X-autosomal translocation. Case presentation: Cytogenetic and molecular analyses, a HUMARA (Human androgen receptor) assay, and methylation specific PCR (MSP) and bisulfite sequencing were performed using peripheral blood samples from the patient. The patient's karyotype was 46,X,t(X;13)(q28;q14.1) by G-banding analysis. Further cytogenetic analysis located the entire RB1 gene and its regulatory region on der(X) with no translocation disruption. The X-inactivation pattern in the peripheral blood was highly skewed but not completely selected. MSP and deep sequencing of bisulfite-treated DNA revealed that an extensive 13q region, including the RB1 promoter, was unusually methylated in a subset of cells. Conclusions: The der(X) region harboring the RB1 gene was inactivated in a subset of somatic cells, including the retinal cells, in the patient subject which acted as the first hit in the development of her retinoblastoma. In addition, the patient's intellectual disability may be attributable to the inactivation of the der(X), leading to a 13q deletion syndrome-like phenotype, or to an active X-linked gene on der (13) leading to Xq28 functional disomy.

本文言語英語
論文番号182
ジャーナルBMC Medical Genomics
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出版ステータス出版済み - 05-12-2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 遺伝学
  • 遺伝学(臨床)

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