title: A large interstitial deletion encompassing the amelogenin gene on the short arm of the Y chromosome.
abstract: Sex tests based on amelogenin are part of various PCR multiplex reaction kits widely used for human gender identification and have important applications in forensic casework, prenatal diagnosis, DNA databasing and blood sample storage. The two most common sex tests based on amelogenin are represented by primer sets that delimit a 6-bp deletion on the X chromosome to produce X/Y fragments of 106/112 or 212/218 bp, respectively. Few cases of AMELY deletion, usually considered as polymorphisms, have been reported so far and a detailed characterization of the molecular alteration is still lacking. In this study, we describe a large interstitial deletion of the Y short arm encompassing the AMELY locus in two unrelated individuals. The first case was identified in an oligozoospermic, otherwise phenotypically normal, 32-year-old man during the screening for Y microdeletions performed on a sample of infertile males. The second one was found among amniotic liquid samples tested by quantitative fluorescence-polymerase chain reaction and cytogenetic analysis for prenatal diagnosis. The extent of the deletion, spanning approximately 2.5 Mb, was better characterised by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, followed by fluorescence in situ hybridization and STS marker analysis.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Genetica Medica, Facoltà di Medicina, Policlinico, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lattanzi
authors.forename: Marilena C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Di Giacomo
authors.forename: Gennaro M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lenato
authors.forename: Guglielmina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chimienti
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Voglino
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Resta
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: Ginevra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guanti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053523:Amelogenin; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000235:genetics*; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites
chemical_list: C507202:AMELY protein, human; D053523:Amelogenin; D003746:Dental Enamel Proteins
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