ISPD gene homozygous deletion identified by SNP array confirms prenatal manifestation of Walker-Warburg syndrome

. 2015 Aug ; 58 (8) : 372-5. [epub] 20150616

Jazyk angličtina Země Nizozemsko Médium print-electronic

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Perzistentní odkaz   https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid26087224
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PubMed 26087224
DOI 10.1016/j.ejmg.2015.05.004
PII: S1769-7212(15)00094-4
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje

Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a rare form of autosomal recessive, congenital muscular dystrophy that is associated with brain and eye anomalies. Several genes encoding proteins involved in abnormal α-dystroglycan glycosylation have been implicated in the aetiology of WWS, most recently the ISPD gene. Typical WWS brain anomalies, such as cobblestone lissencephaly, hydrocephalus and cerebellar malformations, can be prenatally detected through routine ultrasound examinations. Here, we report two karyotypically normal foetuses with multiple brain anomalies that corresponded to WWS symptoms. Using a SNP-array examination on the amniotic fluid DNA, a homozygous microdeletion was identified at 7p21.2p21.1 within the ISPD gene. Published data and our findings led us to the conclusion that a homozygous segmental intragenic deletion of the ISPD gene causes the most severe phenotype of Walker-Warburg syndrome. Our results also clearly supports the use of chromosomal microarray analysis as a first-line diagnostic test in patients with a foetus with one or more major structural abnormalities identified on ultrasonographic examination.

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