title: Position effects due to chromosome breakpoints that map approximately 900 Kb upstream and approximately 1.3 Mb downstream of SOX9 in two patients with campomelic dysplasia.
abstract: Campomelic dysplasia (CD) is a semilethal skeletal malformation syndrome with or without XY sex reversal. In addition to the multiple mutations found within the sex-determining region Y-related high-mobility group box gene (SOX9) on 17q24.3, several chromosome anomalies (translocations, inversions, and deletions) with breakpoints scattered over 1 Mb upstream of SOX9 have been described. Here, we present a balanced translocation, t(4;17)(q28.3;q24.3), segregating in a family with a mild acampomelic CD with Robin sequence. Both chromosome breakpoints have been identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization and have been sequenced using a somatic cell hybrid. The 17q24.3 breakpoint maps approximately 900 kb upstream of SOX9, which is within the same bacterial artificial chromosome clone as the breakpoints of two other reported patients with mild CD. We also report a prenatal identification of acampomelic CD with male-to-female sex reversal in a fetus with a de novo balanced complex karyotype, 46,XY,t(4;7;8;17)(4qter-->4p15.1::17q25.1-->17qter;7qter-->7p15.3::4p15.1-->4pter;8pter-->8q12.1::7p15.3-->7pter;17pter-->17q25.1::8q12.1-->8qter). Surprisingly, the 17q breakpoint maps approximately 1.3 Mb downstream of SOX9, making this the longest-range position effect found in the field of human genetics and the first report of a patient with CD with the chromosome breakpoint mapping 3' of SOX9. By using the Regulatory Potential score in conjunction with analysis of the rearrangement breakpoints, we identified a candidate upstream cis-regulatory element, SOX9cre1. We provide evidence that this 1.1-kb evolutionarily conserved element and the downstream breakpoint region colocalize with SOX9 in the interphase nucleus, despite being located 1.1 Mb upstream and 1.3 Mb downstream of it, respectively. The potential molecular mechanism responsible for the position effect is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Gopalrao V N
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Velagaleti
authors.forename: Gabriel A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bien-Willner
authors.forename: Jill K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Northup
authors.forename: Lillian H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Judy C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: Syed M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jalal
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Withers
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lupski
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stankiewicz
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000293:Adolescent; D001483:Base Sequence; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D019457:Chromosome Breakage / Q000235:genetics*; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D005260:Female; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D055758:SOX9 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D055758:SOX9 Transcription Factor; C527932:SOX9 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors
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