A novel IGF2/H19 domain triplication in the 11p15.5 imprinting region causing either Beckwith-Wiedemann or Silver-Russell syndrome in a single family

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• 作者：Dorota Jurkiewicz ; Monika Kugaudo ; Agata Sk&oacute ; rka ; Robert Śmigiel ; Marta Smyk ; Elżbieta Ciara ; Krystyna Chrzanowska and Małgorzata Krajewska-Walasek
• 刊名：American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：173
• 期：1
• 页码：72-78
• 全文大小：670K
• ISSN：1552-4833

文摘

Defects of 11p15.5 imprinting result in two growth disorders with opposite phenotypes: Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) characterized by overgrowth and Silver–Russell syndrome (SRS) associated with growth retardation. In a small group of patients with BWS and SRS, copy number variations (CNVs) involving the 11p15.5 region are observed; and their effects depend on the localization, size, and the parental mode of transmission. We report a novel IGF2/H19 domain cis-triplication in the 11p15.5 region identified in a girl with BWS and her father with symptoms of SRS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of IGF2/H19 domain triplication associated with BWS or SRS and the second report of an additional copy of this region in an individual with clinical features of SRS. This study shows that paternal IGF2/H19 domain triplication results in BWS, gives additional support to the hypothesis that the maternal amplification of IGF2/H19 domain may lead to the manifestation of SRS and underlines difficulties of genetic counseling in patients with CNVs involving the 11p15.5 region.