Journal article
Paternally inherited microdeletion at 15q11.2 confirms a significant role for the SNORD116 C/D box snoRNA cluster in Prader–Willi syndrome
European journal of human genetics : EJHG, Vol.18(11), pp.1196-1201
11/2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102060
PMCID: PMC2987474
PMID: 20588305
Abstract
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurobehavioral disorder manifested by infantile hypotonia and feeding difficulties in infancy, followed by morbid obesity secondary to hyperphagia. It is caused by deficiency of paternally expressed transcript(s) within the human chromosome region 15q11.2. PWS patients harboring balanced chromosomal translocations with breakpoints within small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N (
SNRPN
) have provided indirect evidence for a role for the imprinted C/D box containing small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) genes encoded downstream of
SNRPN
. In addition, recently published data provide strong evidence in support of a role for the snoRNA SNORD116 cluster (HBII-85) in PWS etiology. In this study, we performed detailed phenotypic, cytogenetic, and molecular analyses including chromosome analysis, array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH), expression studies, and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping for parent-of-origin determination of the 15q11.2 microdeletion on an 11-year-old child expressing the major components of the PWS phenotype. This child had an ∼236.29 kb microdeletion at 15q11.2 within the larger Prader–Willi/Angelman syndrome critical region that included the SNORD116 cluster of snoRNAs. Analysis of SNP genotypes in proband and mother provided evidence in support of the deletion being on the paternal chromosome 15. This child also met most of the major PWS diagnostic criteria including infantile hypotonia, early-onset morbid obesity, and hypogonadism. Identification and characterization of this case provide unequivocal evidence for a critical role for the SNORD116 snoRNA molecules in PWS pathogenesis. Array CGH testing for genomic copy-number changes in cases with complex phenotypes is proving to be invaluable in detecting novel alterations and enabling better genotype–phenotype correlations.
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- Title
- Paternally inherited microdeletion at 15q11.2 confirms a significant role for the SNORD116 C/D box snoRNA cluster in Prader–Willi syndrome
- Creators
- Angela L Duker - , Detroit, MIBlake C Ballif - , Spokane, WAErawati V Bawle - , Detroit, MIRichard E Person - , Houston, TXSangeetha Mahadevan - , Houston, TXSarah Alliman - , Spokane, WARegina Thompson - , Spokane, WARyan Traylor - , Spokane, WABassem A Bejjani - , Spokane, WALisa G Shaffer - , Spokane, WAJill A Rosenfeld - , Spokane, WAAllen N Lamb - , Spokane, WATrilochan Sahoo - , Spokane, WA
- Publication Details
- European journal of human genetics : EJHG, Vol.18(11), pp.1196-1201
- Academic Unit
- Center for Reproductive Biology
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Identifiers
- 99900546795901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article