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A stable acentric marker chromosome derived from distal 8p: Reactivation of a latent ancient centromere at 8p23.1?

Journal Article · · American Journal of Human Genetics
OSTI ID:133732
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  1. Saitama Children`s Medical Ctr., Iwatsuki (Japan); and others

Centromere is considered to be an essential chromosomal component for faithful segregation, and acentric chromosomes are unstable and lost through cell divisions. We report a novel marker chromosome that was acentric but stable through cell divisions. The patient was a 2-year-old girl with mental retardation, patent ductus arteriosus and mild dysmorphic features. G-banded chromosome analysis revealed an additional small marker chromosome in all 100 cells examined. Using the targeted chromosome-band painting method, the marker was found to originate from the distal region of 8p, and subsequent two color FISH analysis with cosmid probes around the region revealed the marker was a rearranged chromosome interpreted as 8pter{r_arrow}p23.1{r_arrow}8pter. No centromeric region was involved in the marker. By FISH, no {alpha}-satellite sequence was detected on the marker, while telomere sequence was detected at each end. Antikinetochore immunostaining using a serum from a patient with CREST syndrome showed a pair of signals on the marker, which indicated that a functional kinetochore was present on the marker, presumably at 8p23.1-corresponding region. The patient may provide evidence that an ancient centromere sequence exists at 8p23.1 and was reactivated through the chromosome rearrangement in the patient.

OSTI ID:
133732
Report Number(s):
CONF-941009--
Journal Information:
American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal Name: American Journal of Human Genetics Journal Issue: Suppl.3 Vol. 55; ISSN AJHGAG; ISSN 0002-9297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English