title: Characterization of a recurrent 15q24 microdeletion syndrome.
abstract: We describe multiple individuals with mental retardation and overlapping de novo submicroscopic deletions of 15q24 (1.7-3.9 Mb in size). High-resolution analysis showed that in three patients both proximal and distal breakpoints co-localized to highly identical segmental duplications (>51 kb in length, > 94% identity), suggesting non-allelic homologous recombination as the likely mechanism of origin. Sequencing studies in a fourth individual provided base pair resolution and showed that both breakpoints in this case were located in unique sequence. Despite the differences in the size and location of the deletions, all four individuals share several major features (growth retardation, microcephaly, digital abnormalities, hypospadias and loose connective tissue) and resemble one another facially (high anterior hair line, broad medial eyebrows, hypertelorism, downslanted palpebral fissures, broad nasal base, long smooth philtrum and full lower lip), indicating that this represents a novel syndrome caused by haploinsufficiency of one or more dosage-sensitive genes in the minimal deletion region. Our results define microdeletion of 15q24 as a novel recurrent genomic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1705 NE Pacific Street Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Rebecca R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Selzer
authors.forename: Joris A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Veltman
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gimelli
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gimelli
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Striano
authors.forename: Antonietta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: Sue M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Nine V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Knoers
authors.forename: Peggy S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Eis
authors.forename: Han G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: Raoul C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hennekam
authors.forename: Samantha J L
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Bert B A
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Orsetta
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zuffardi
authors.forename: Evan E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Eichler
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D019457:Chromosome Breakage; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D013577:Syndrome