Whole-genome Mate-pair Sequencing of Apparently Balanced Chromosome Rearrangements Reveals Complex Structural Variations: Two Case Studies

Overview

Journal Mol Cytogenet

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2020 May 12

PMID 32391085

Citations 6

Authors

Ya-Qi Tan

Yue-Qiu Tan

De-Hua Cheng

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Abstract

Background: Apparently balanced chromosome rearrangements (ABCRs) in non-affected individuals are well-known to possess high reproductive risks such as infertility, abnormal offspring, and pregnancy loss. However, caution should be exercised in genetic counseling and reproductive intervention because cryptic unbalanced defects and genome structural variations beyond the resolution of routine cytogenetics may not be detected.

Case Presentation: Here, we studied two familial cases of ABCRs were recruited in this study. In family 1, the couple suffered two abortions pregnancies and underwent labor induction. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis of the aborted sample from the second pregnancy revealed a 10.8 Mb heterozygous deletion at 10q26.13q26.3 and a 5.5 Mb duplication at 19q13.41-q13.43. The non-affected father was identified as a carrier of three-way complex chromosomal rearrangement [t (6;10;19)(p22;q26;q13)] by karyotyping. Whole-genome mate-pair sequencing revealed a cryptic breakpoint on the derivative chromosome 19 (der19), indicating that the karyotype was a more complex structural rearrangement comprising four breakpoints. Three genes, and were disrupted without causing any abnormal phenotype in the carrier. In family 2, the couple suffered from a spontaneous miscarriage. This family had an affected child with multiple congenital deformities and an unbalanced karyotype, 46,XY,der (11) t (6;11)(q13;p11.2). The female partner was identified as a balanced translocation carrier with the karyotype 46,XX,t (6;11)(q13;p11.2) dn. Further SNP array and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) indicated a cryptic insertion between chromosome 6 and chromosome 11. Finally, whole-genome mate-pair sequencing revealed an extremely complex genomic structural variation, including a cryptic deletion and 12 breakpoints on chromosome 11, and 1 breakpoint on chromosome 6 .

Conclusions: Our study investigated two rare cases of ABCRs and demonstrated the efficacy of whole-genome mate-pair sequencing in analyzing the genome complex structural variation. In case of ABCRs detected by conventional cytogenetic techniques, whole genome sequencing (WGS) based approaches should be considered for accurate diagnosis, effective genetic counseling, and correct reproductive intervention to avoid recurrence risks.

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