title: Tetrasomy 15q: two marker chromosomes with no detectable alpha-satellite DNA.
abstract: Two patients with specific and similar phenotypes were both found to have an unusual marker chromosome present in 70%-80% of their lymphocytes at routine cytogenetic examination. The marker chromosomes were isolated by flow sorting and were amplified by degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR. These libraries and a cosmid probe located at 15q26 were used to characterize the marker chromosomes by FISH. Both marker chromosomes were found to consist of duplicated chromosome material from the distal part of chromosome 15q and were identified as inv dup(15) (qter-->q23::q23-->qter) and inv dup(15) (qter-->q24::q24-->qter), respectively. Hence, the markers did not include any known centromere region, and no alpha-satellite DNA could be detected at the site of the primary constriction. Tetrasomy 15q may be a new syndrome, associated with a specific type of marker chromosome. In addition, further analyses of this type of marker chromosome might give new insight into the structure and function of the mammalian centromere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical genetics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blennow
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Telenius
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henriksson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordenskjöld
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D017931:DNA Primers; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014314:Trisomy
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D005819:Genetic Markers