Germline mosaicism in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder with multiple congenital anomalies and genetic heterogeneity. Clinical manifestations include mental retardation, postnatal growth deficiency, microcephaly, broad thumbs and halluces, and characteristic facial features. Mutations in the gene encoding the transcriptional coactivator CREB-binding protein (CREBBP; OMIM 600140) on chromosome 16p13, account for about 50% to 70% of patients. Most of CREBBP mutations are de novo and the rate of recurrence in a family is low. Families with several affected children are extremely rare. We report here a Moroccan family with two children with RSTS and apparently unaffected parents. The molecular studies showed a heterozygous mutation c.4361T>A (p.Leu1454His) in exon 26 of the CREBBP gene in the two affected siblings. Neither the parents, nor the healthy brother, carry this mutation in hematologic cells. The mutation was also absent in buccal epithelial cells of both parents. We discuss the hypothesis of germinal mosaicism. This concept is very important because it complicates genetic counseling of this family who has a risk of recurrence of the mutation in subsequent pregnancies.
Centre de Génomique Humaine, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Mohamed V Souissi, Rabat, Maroc. mariam_tajir@yahoo.fr
Mariam
M
Tajir
Patricia
P
Fergelot
Guenaelle
G
Lancelot
Siham Chafai
SC
Elalaoui
Benoit
B
Arveiler
Didier
D
Lacombe
Abdelaziz
A
Sefiani
D050882:CREB-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D010290:Parents; D012415:Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D035781:Siblings; D055815:Young Adult
D050882:CREB-Binding Protein; C494363:CREBBP protein, human