title: Prenatal diagnosis and molecular cytogenetic characterization of de novo partial monosomy 3p (3p26.3→pter) and partial trisomy 16q (16q23.1→qter).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the prenatal diagnosis and molecular cytogenetic characterization of a de novo unbalanced reciprocal translocation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 37-year-old woman, G3P1, underwent amniocentesis at 17 weeks of gestation because of her advanced maternal age. Her husband was 38 years old. Amniocentesis revealed a derivative chromosome 3 with the deletion of terminal 3p and the addendum of an unknown extra chromosomal segment on the distal 3p. The parental karyotypes were normal. Prenatal ultrasound findings were unremarkable. Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis using cultured amniocytes revealed a 2.38-Mb deletion in 3p26.3 [arr 3p26.3 (1-2,380,760)×1] encompassing 15 genes, which included 3 OMIM genes CHL1, CNTN6, and CNTN4, and a 13.17-Mb duplication in 16q23.1-q24.3 [arr 16q23.1q24.3 (76,999,082-90,170,596)×3] encompassing 207 genes, which included 81 OMIM genes. The pregnancy was subsequently terminated, and a malformed fetus was delivered with facial dysmorphism. Postnatal cord blood analysis revealed a karyotype of 46,XY,der(3)t(3;16)(p26.3;q23.1)dn. Polymorphic DNA marker analysis by quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) on the DNAs extracted from the placenta and parental blood showed a paternal origin of the aberrant chromosome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aCGH and QF-PCR analyses helped in delineating the genomic imbalance and parental origin of prenatally detected de novo unbalanced reciprocal translocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: cpc_mmh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Chih-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Fung-Yu
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Schu-Rern
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chern
authors.affiliation: Gene Biodesign Company, Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Peih-Shan
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yen-Ni
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shin-Wen
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wayseen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000025:Abortion, Eugenic; D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D055028:Comparative Genomic Hybridization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D009006:Monosomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D014314:Trisomy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
keywords: 16q duplication; 3p deletion; array comparative genomic hybridization; prenatal diagnosis; quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction