Abstract
Segmental aneuploidy usually has phenotypic consequences but unbalanced rearrangements without phenotypic consequences have also been reported. In particular, harmless deletions of G-dark bands 5p14 and 16q21 have each been found in more than one independent family. Here, we report two families that were ascertained at prenatal diagnosis and had similar overlapping deletions that removed most of the gene poor G-dark band 2p12. PCR mapping showed that the deletions had a minimum size of 6.1 and 6.9 Mb with at least 13 hemizygous loci including a cluster of six pancreatic islet-regenerating genes. These deletions had no apparent phenotypic consequences in eight family members. In contrast, a third family was ascertained through a child with Wilm's tumour; both the child and his mother had more proximal deletions, developmental delay and some dysmorphic features. The deletion had a minimum size of 5.7 Mb and extended into the gene-rich area of 2p11.2. These results are consistent with the idea that there may be segments of the genome that are consistently haplosufficient. The introduction of higher resolution methods of dosage analysis into diagnostic laboratories is already revealing more transmitted abnormalities of uncertain significance. As a result, published cases of transmitted imbalances have been collected as a guide to the possible significance of such findings in the future (see the ‘Chromosome Anomaly Collection’ at www.som.soton.ac.uk/research/geneticsdiv).
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Introduction
It can no longer be assumed that euchromatic imbalance at the cytogenetic level is automatically associated with mental and physical impairment. Exceptions to this rule have been found in families in which autosomal deletions or duplications have been directly transmitted from phenotypically normal parents to unaffected children. Couturier et al1 reported a clear example in 1985 when a deletion of 13q21 was found in a mother and son with normal phenotypes. The following year, Overhauser et al2 used molecular genetic methods to confirm a deletion of 5p14 in six phenotypically normal carriers from a three-generation pedigree. However, it was not until 14 years later that Hand et al3 confirmed these observations by finding a similar 5p14 deletion in a child referred for a peroxisomal disorder that was regarded as coincidental to the deletion.
A larger number of transmitted and de novo abnormalities of uncertain clinical significance are being detected with the increasing resolution of conventional cytogenetic analysis,4 molecular cytogenetic analysis5, 6, 7, 8 and the introduction of array technology into diagnostic laboratories.9 Transmitted imbalances are one of the few ways in which the significance of this new class of abnormalities can be determined. Here, we report the direct transmission of deletions of the proximal short arm of chromosome 2 from parents to children in two independent families without apparent phenotypic consequences and a third family in which the deletion is associated with a clinical phenotype. The two clinically normal families with 2p12 deletions suggest that at least 13 genes within band 2p12 are haplosufficient.
Material and methods
Probes
Family 1
Whole chromosome paint (wcp) for chromosome 2 was obtained from Cambio. YACs 850A4 (D2S2112), 747F5 (D2S2110) and 953D7 (D2S329) were mapped to 2p12 and provided by the YAC Screening Centre (Milan).
Family 2
The Multicolour banding (MCB) probe set for chromosome 2 was described by Weise et al10 and YAC 894F8 in 2p13.1–12.3,. YAC 953D7 in 2p12 and BAC 4C8 in 2p11.2 were used for conventional FISH.
Cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic methods
Chromosome preparations were prepared using standard techniques after synchronisation with excess thymidine and release with deoxycytidine.11 Fluoresecence in situ hybridisation in families 1 and 2 was carried out using modifications of the method of Pinkel et al,12 the MCB method in family 2 as described by Weise et al10 and the high-resolution comparative genomic hybridisation (HR-CGH) in family 3 according to the method of Kirchhoff et al.5
Molecular genetic methods
The extent of the deleted material in families 1, 2 and 3 was determined by microsatellite analysis using fluorescent PCR. Physical locations were taken from the Ensembl database (www.ensembl.org) Version 19.34a1 (15th December, 2003). All the primer sequences and PCR conditions are available from the Genome Database (www.gdb.org). For family 1, the breakpoints were refined using replicate semiquantitative PCR. Each test was performed in duplicate with each microsatellite being coamplified with a control disomic sequence for the deletion carrier and a number of normal controls. Standard PCR conditions were used but the number of cycles was reduced to 20 to ensure linear amplification as described by Roberts and Thomas.13 All PCR products were analysed on an ABI automated sequencer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA).
The breakpoints in family 3 were refined using real-time quantitative PCR on an ABI Prism 7000 sequence detection system (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Primers were designed with Primer Express Software (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) and DNA sequence information was obtained from the public UCSC database (www.genome.ucsc.edu) (UCSC version hg16; NCBI build 34). An SYBR Green PCR master mix (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) was used for PCR according to the manufactureŕs instructions. The copy number was measured relative to GAPDH. Two normal individuals were included. Each assay was duplexed and evaluated by a comparative method validated by Applied Biosystems with the formula 2−ΔΔCt. Care was taken that as equal as possible amounts of reference and patient DNA were compared, illustrated by the GAPDH Ct value.
Results
Cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics
Family 1
Nondisjunctional trisomy 18 was found in the proband (III. 1) (Figure 1). After amniocentesis in her next pregnancy at the age of 21 years, an interstitial deletion of chromosome 2 (del (2)(p11.2p13)) (Figure 2) was identified in the mother (II.3) and foetus (III.2). The same deletion was found after amniocentesis in her subsequent pregnancy (III.3). In addition, a paternal balanced pericentric inversion of chromosome 4 (inv(4)(p15.32q21.3)) was found in both pregnancies. The deletion was present in a total of five family members including a maternal aunt (II.5) and the maternal grandmother (I.2). These family members were phenotypically normal as were the children born from the two pregnancies at term. The mother was overweight from the age of 11 and the grandmother at the age of 74 years, suffers from severe obesity and hypertension.
In a lymphoblastoid cell line from the grandmother (I.2), wcp hybridised to both chromosomes 2 uniformly and to no other chromosome (data not shown). FISH with the proximal 2p12 YAC 953D7 (D2S329) confirmed a deletion of part of this band (Figure 3A), while the distal 2p12 YACs 850A4 (D2S2112) and 747F5 (D2S2110) were retained on both homologues. The karyotype of the grandmother was: 46,XX,del(2)(p11.2p12).ish del(2)(wcp2+, D2S2112+, D2S2110+, D2S329−). This lymphoblastoid cell line is available from the European Cell and Animal Culture Collection (ECACC) (ref. DD 0141).
Family 2
A morphologically altered chromosome 2 was found in the foetus, his mother and her father after a woman of 38 years was referred for amniocentesis due to advanced maternal age. According to GTG banding, both breakpoints of the altered chromosome were thought to be in 2p12 (data not shown). The karyotype was refined to 46,XX or XY,del(2)(p11.2p12 or p12p12).ish del(2)(894F8+;953D7-;4C8+) after applying the region-specific 2p13.1–p12.3 YAC 894F8 (Figure 3B), the 2p12 YAC 953D7 and the 2p11.2 BAC 4C8, as well as the high-resolution MCB probe set for chromosome 2 (Figure 3B). The missing chromosomal material could not be detected elsewhere in the karyotype of any of the three family members studied using these FISH techniques. The foetus was born as a normal male and the mother and grandfather were of normal intelligence. Further family members were not available for cytogenetic studies.
Family 3
The proband was ascertained at 11 months of age when he was treated for Wilms tumour and it was noticed that he was physically and mentally retarded. His chromosomes were normal at the level of resolution available (Figure 4), but a diminution of proximal 2p was subsequently detected in the proband (dim(2p10p12)mat) and his mother (Figure 3C) after a series of patients with apparently normal karyotypes were referred to the Juliane Marie Centre for testing with HR-CGH. He walked at 20 months and, at 2 years and 4 months, all his milestones were delayed corresponding to a developmental age ranging between 11 and 21 months; language was the most severely affected at the equivalent of 11 months of age. He had problems concentrating but was cheerful and easy to communicate with. There was a suspicion of epilepsy. He had a relatively large head with frontal bossing, a flat face and low-set abnormally moulded ears. No hearing loss or visual problems were recorded.
He had a recurrence of Wilms localised to the right kidney, a nephrectomy and chemotherapy but is now generally well with no indication of a recurrence. He attends a special kindergarten and his development is progressing. At 4 years and 9 months, he has a developmental age of 2 years and 6 months. He still has problems concentrating, is easily diverted and has substantial problems with his pronunciation.
The mother has features similar to the proband. In particular, she has the same abnormally moulded ears, which were operated on for aures alatae, and severe pronunciation problems. She had difficulties in school and her expressive language problems make her difficult to understand. She has limited intellectual resources but takes care of her five children as a single parent.
Molecular mapping
A clear region of hemizygosity within flanking regions of heterozygosity was identified in all family members tested using 29 microsatellites across the 15.9 Mb of chromosome 2 between 72.4 Mb and 88.3 Mb from the 2p telomere. The grandmother was mapped in family 1, all three deletion carriers in family 2 and both deletion carriers in family 3. Replicate dosage PCR was needed to complete the molecular mapping in family 1 to distinguish between homozygosity and hemizygosity for a number of markers just within and outside the deletion. Families 1 and 2 had similar sized deletions with minimum sizes of 6.1 and 6.9 Mb and maximum sizes of 7.4 Mb (Figure 5). Both distal breakpoints were within the 0.5 Mb between D2S286 and D2S2114 and both proximal breakpoints within the 1.2 Mb between D2S2343 and D2S1396 (Figure 5).
Family 3 had a more proximal deletion with a distal breakpoint within the 1.2 Mb between D2S2180 and D2S2343 and a proximal breakpoint within the 1.7 Mb between D2S1331 and D2S2216 (Figure 5). These estimates were further refined in family 3 using real-time quantitative PCR. Amplicons showing reduced copy number were positioned on chromosome 2 at 81212491 and 86900295 bases from the short arm telomere, giving a minimum size of 5.69 Mb. Amplicons showing normal copy number were positioned at 80792535 and 88444328 bases indicating a maximum size of 7.65 Mb. However, the most proximal amplicon showing normal copy number was at 88311785 using D2S2216 microsatellite typing and at 88444328 using real-time PCR. Thus, when these microsatellite and real-time PCR results are combined, the maximum size of the deletion is reduced to 7.52 Mb.
Discussion
The deletion in family 1 was originally reported in abstract.14 The apparently harmless deletions of 2p12 in eight individuals from families 1 and 2 contrast with the more proximal 2p11.2–2p12 deletion in family 3 and the relatively consistent phenotype in the four patients reviewed by Lacbawan et al.15 These four patients had overlapping deletions of 2p11–p13 or 2p11.2–p13, which extended into both the flanking G-light bands 2p11.2 and 2p13. Consistent findings included abnormal facies with a prominent or broad nasal bridge, an abnormally shaped nose and low set or abnormal ears. Myopia and sensorineural or conductive hearing loss were also found. The proband in family 3 had frontal bossing, abnormal low-set ears and developmental delay but no recorded visual or hearing loss. The mother had similar features and both the mother and child had language problems. We conclude that the phenotype in both of them is due to the 7.5 Mb deletion, which extends into gene-rich 2p11.2. This is analogous to the deletions of band 5p14; those restricted to G-dark 5p14 itself have no consistent phenotypic effect,2 while those that extend into the adjacent G-light band 5p13 are associated with mental retardation in multiple family members.16
G-dark bands are generally gene poor17 and the 8.3 Mb of 2p12 contain only 15 genes. The deletions in families 1 and 2 are a minimum of 6.1 and 6.9 Mb in size, respectively, and contain at least 13 hemizygous genes (Table 1). In addition, at least part of the tachykinin 1 receptor locus (TACR1) is deleted in family 1. Six of these 13 belong to the precursor islet of langerhans-regenerating family (REG). Underexpression of these genes has been associated with chronic calcifying pancreatitis and overexpression with diabetes. This raises the possibility of a ‘cryptic’ pancreatic phenotype, which might only be expressed as a result of damage or infection of the pancreas. The corollary might be protection against the heritable causes of diabetes. Alternatively, haploidy of this cluster of closely related genes, which is thought to have arisen by duplication, may be more easily tolerated than haploidy of a series of unrelated single loci. The majority of the other genes involved also have related loci on other chromosomes (Table 1). Our results imply that either all the deleted loci are haplosufficient or that the cumulative effect of these oligogenetic imbalances is insufficient to disturb normal development. It has also been suggested that 2p12 is haplolethal because deletion of this band has not been previously recorded in the Human Cytogenetics Database.18 In contrast, our results suggest that the deletions in families 1 and 2 are rarely ascertained because any phenotypic consequences would be unlikely to come to medical attention.
Other families in which deletions, duplications or unbalanced translocations have been transmitted from an unaffected parent to an unaffected or affected child are listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively. Marker chromosomes have been specifically excluded as they have been extensively reviewed elsewhere. In Table 2, the majority of families (11/15) were ascertained at prenatal diagnosis or for other reasons that are likely to have been coincidental. The chromosomal imbalances have been confirmed by a complementary technique in 12/15 families. Bortotto et al19 proposed that the predominantly maternal transmission could be associated with imprinting, but none of the regions in Table 2 is thought to contain imprinted loci. Incomplete ascertainment of these families is a more likely explanation. These imbalances are not thought to have been responsible for any phenotypic effects among the 43 carriers.
In Table 3, the majority of families (17/21) were ascertained through the phenotype of an affected proband, but the parent and other relatives with the same imbalance were unaffected. The imbalance was confirmed in 14/21 families. These abnormalities are analogous to those in Table 2 wherever the phenotype in the proband is likely to have been coincidental as in the del(5) of Hand et al,3 the del(11) of Li et al,20 the dup(1) of Bortotto et al,19 the dup(1) of Chan et al,21 the dup(8)s of Harada et al22 and the der(15) of Guichaoua et al.23 Imprinting explains the contrast between the phenotypes in parents and children with duplications of 15q11.2–q13,24 6q2425 and possibly 14q24.3–q31.26 Re-examination of the parents in the case of Browne et al24 suggests that paternal duplications of 15q11.2-q13 can have phenotypic consequences, but much milder than those associated with maternal duplications of the same segment.27 The lack of a ‘second hit’ is likely to explain the lack of retinoblastoma in the mother of a child with the 13q14 deletion.28 Nevertheless, over half the 56 carriers in this category were phenotypically unaffected.
To the best of our knowledge, only the duplications of 8p23.222 and the deletions of 5p14,2, 29 16q213 and 2p12 (present report) have been transmitted without consistent phenotypic consequences in more than one independent family. We suspect that many more families exist than are reported in the literature and that segmental haplosufficency may be more common at the cytogenetic and subcytogenetic level, especially where gene density is low. These results have implications for microarrays and other high-resolution means of dosage analysis as not all the abnormalities detected will be causal. In addition, arrays in which probe density reflects gene density may be a better way of detecting clinically significant cases than arrays in which probes are spaced at regular intervals. A collection of other published examples of apparent haplosufficiency or chromosomal nonpenetrance (the ‘Chromosome Anomaly Collection’) can be viewed at www.som.soton.ac.uk/research/geneticsdiv/.
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We are grateful to the YAC Screening Centre for providing YACs, PACs and cosmids and particularly grateful to Sarah Beal for preparing probes for FISH. We are also indebted to the patients who contributed additional samples for research. The image enhancement equipment used for parts of this work was provided by the Wellcome Trust and Trust Funds of Salisbury NHS Health Care Trust. TL was supported in part by Dr Robert Pfleger-Stiftung.
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Barber, J., Thomas, N., Collinson, M. et al. Segmental haplosufficiency: transmitted deletions of 2p12 include a pancreatic regeneration gene cluster and have no apparent phenotypic consequences. Eur J Hum Genet 13, 283–291 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201267
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