22q11.21 Deletions: A Review on the Interval Mediated by Low-Copy Repeats C and D

Overview

Journal Genes (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2025 Jan 25

PMID 39858619

Authors

Veronica Bertini

Francesca Cambi

Annalisa Legitimo

Giorgio Costagliola

Rita Consolini

Angelo Valetto

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Abstract

22q11.2 is a region prone to chromosomal rearrangements due to the presence of eight large blocks of low-copy repeats (LCR22s). The 3 Mb 22q11.2 "typical deletion", between LCR22-A and D, causes a fairly well-known clinical picture, while the effects of smaller CNVs harbored in this interval are still to be fully elucidated. Nested deletions, flanked by LCR22B-D, LCR22B-C, or LCR22C-D, are very rare and are collectively described as "central deletions". The LCR22C-D deletion (CDdel) has never been separately analyzed. In this paper, we focused only on CDdel, evaluating its gene content and reviewing the literature and public databases in order to obtain new insights for the classification of this CNV. At first glance, CDdels are associated with a broad phenotypic spectrum, ranging from clinically normal to quite severe phenotypes. However, the frequency of specific clinical traits highlights that renal/urinary tract abnormalities, cardiac defects, and neurological/behavioral disorders are much more common in CDdel than in the general population. This frequency is too high to be fortuitous, indicating that CDdel is a predisposing factor for these phenotypic traits. Among the genes present in this interval, is an excellent candidate for cardiac and renal defects. Even if further data are necessary to confirm the role of CDdels, according to our review, this CNV fits into the class of 'likely pathogenic' CNVs.

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