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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
The 18q-syndrome is representative of a group of terminal deficiency or macrodeletion syndromes characterized by mental retardation and congenital malformations. To gain insight into the mechanism of chromosomal loss and stabilization in these disorders, we cloned a putative terminal deletion breakpoint from an 18q-syndrome patient. The 18q21.3 breakpoint occurred between two nearly identical serine protease inhibitor (serpin) genes, SCCA1 and SCCA2. Although cytogenetic studies suggested that this chromosomal aberration was formed by a simple terminal deletion, DNA sequence analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and fluorescence in situ hybridization showed that the breakpoint was contiguous with a 35 bp filler sequence followed by a satellite III DNA-containing telomeric fragment of 475-1000 kb. This type of satellite III DNA sequence was not detected on the normal chromosome 18, but was highly homologous with types of satellite III DNA sequences normally located on the short arms (p11) of the acrocentric chromosomes and other heterochromatic regions. This DNA sequence analysis suggested that the terminal deficiency in this 18q-syndrome patient arose via illegitimate (non-homologous) recombination. Moreover, these data raise the possibility that a subset of chromosomal aberrations appearing cytogenetically and molecularly as simple terminal truncations or deletions are caused by small (<1000 kb) cryptic rearrangements.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Chromosome Breakage, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-DNA, Satellite, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Intellectual Disability, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Serpins, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9887335-Telomere
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
An 18q- syndrome breakpoint resides between the duplicated serpins SCCA1 and SCCA2 and arises via a cryptic rearrangement with satellite III DNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Enders 9 and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5737, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.