Genetic Analysis of Partial Duplication of the Long Arm of Chromosome 16

Overview

Journal BMC Med Genomics

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Genetics

Date 2024 Dec 23

PMID 39716170

Authors

Dan Tang

Ai Chen

Jing Xu

Yu Huang

Jun Fan

Jin Wang

Hui Zhu

Guanghuan Pi

Li Yang

Fu Xiong

Zemin Luo

Gen Li

Lan Zeng

Shuyao Zhu

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Abstract

Background: Pure partial trisomy 16q12.1q22.1 is a rare chromosome copy number variant (CNV). The primary clinical phenotypes associated with this syndrome include abnormal facial morphology, global developmental delay (GDD), short stature, and reported predisposing factors for atypical behavior, autism, the development of learning disabilities, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The dosage-sensitive genes associated with partial trisomy are not disclosed preventing to establish a genotype-phenotype correlation.

Methods: We report a case of a Chinese patient diagnosed with GDD and an abnormal facial shape, who was found to have partial trisomy 16 through karyotyping and high-throughput sequencing analysis. Karyotype and CNV tracing analyses were also conducted on the biological parents of the patient to assess for any chromosomal structural abnormalities. Additionally, we included 29 patients with pure partial trisomy 16q, reported in the DECIPHER database and the literature. We and performed a genotype-phenotype correlation analysis.

Results: The proband, a 2-year-old female, was found to have a de novo 21.96 Mb duplication located between 16q12.1q22.1, with no other deletions observed on other chromosomes, indicating a pure partial trisomy of 16q. Through genotype and phenotype analysis of 29 individuals, we found that patients with the duplicated region located at the distal region of 16q may exhibit more severe symptoms than those with duplication at the proximal region; however, no relationship was identified between phenotype and the size of the duplicated segment.

Conclusion: We report, for the first time, a patient with partial trisomy 16q validated by multiple genetic tests, including CNV-seq, whole exome sequencing (WES), and karyotyping. It is speculated that partial trisomy of 16q may be associated with continuous gene duplication. However, functional studies are necessary to identify the causative gene or critical region linked to duplication syndrome of chromosome 16q.

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