Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of a de novo partial trisomy 3p case with review
- Long Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (United States)
A one-year-old male infant was found to have a de novo unbalanced translocation resulting in partial trisomy for 3p, i.e. 46,XY,der(7)t(3;7)(p24.2;p22). Major clinical features included: dysmorphic ears, decreased muscle tone and episodes of seizures associated with fever. GTG- and QFQ-banding revealed additional material suggestive of chromosome 3p that was translocated to the terminal 7p. The FISH technique with two-color specific DNA probes for whole chromosomes 3 and 7 verified this finding. Other probands with the same amount of trisomic 3p2 segments as the present case had additional clinical abnormalities. Previously, identification of this so-called trisomy 3p2 syndrome was invariably based on the analysis of GTG-banded metaphase chromosomes. A review of 37 earlier cases revealed that the clinical manifestations varied with the amount of 3p2 material in the trisomic state, demonstrating increased anomalies with increased 3p2 sub-band trisomy. Phenotype to genotype correlation is best understood under conditions that can achieve respective characterization with a high degree of certainty. Presently, the FISH technique fulfills this requirement and the employment of loci probes that span 3p, when available, will ultimately increase the characterization resolution to the gene level.
- OSTI ID:
- 134581
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-1315
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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