title: Copy number detection in discordant monozygotic twins of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) and Esophageal Atresia (EA) cohorts.
abstract: The occurrence of phenotypic differences between monozygotic (MZ) twins is commonly attributed to environmental factors, assuming that MZ twins have a complete identical genetic make-up. Yet, recently several lines of evidence showed that both genetic and epigenetic factors could have a role in phenotypic discordance after all. A high occurrence of copy number variation (CNV) differences was observed within MZ twin pairs discordant for Parkinson's disease, thereby stressing on the importance of post-zygotic mutations as disease-predisposing events. In this study, the prevalence of discrepant CNVs was analyzed in discordant MZ twins of the Esophageal Atresia (EA) and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) cohort in the Netherlands. Blood-derived DNA from 11 pairs (7 EA and 4 CDH) was screened using high-resolution SNP arrays. Results showed an identical copy number profile in each twin pair. Mosaic chromosome gain or losses could not be detected either with a detection threshold of 20%. Some of the germ-line structural events demonstrated in five out of eleven twin pairs could function as a susceptible genetic background. For example, the 177-Kb loss of chromosome 10q26 in CDH pair-3 harbors the TCF7L2 gene (Tcf4 protein), which is implicated in the regulation of muscle fiber type development and maturation. In conclusion, discrepant CNVs are not a common cause of twin discordancy in these investigated congenital anomaly cohorts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. d.veenma@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Veenma
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brosens
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: Cees
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meeussen
authors.forename: Titia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cohen-Overbeek
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boter
authors.forename: Hubertus
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eussen
authors.forename: Hannie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Douben
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tibboel
authors.forename: Annelies
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Klein
mesh_terms: D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D015331:Cohort Studies; D056915:DNA Copy Number Variations; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000235:genetics*; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000235:genetics; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics*
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