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Title: | X-chromosome terminal deletion in a female with premature ovarian failure: Haploinsufficiency of X-linked genes as a possible explanation | Authors: | Ferreira, Susana I. Matoso, Eunice Pinto, Marta Almeida, Joana Liehr, Thomas Melo, Joana B. Carreira, Isabel M. |
Issue Date: | 20-Jul-2010 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Serial title, monograph or event: | Molecular Cytogenetics | Volume: | 3 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | Background: Premature ovarian failure (POF) has repeatedly been associated to X-chromosome deletions. FMR1 gene premutation allele’s carrier women have an increased risk for POF. We intent to determine the cause of POF in a 29 year old female, evaluating both of these situations. Methods: Concomitant analysis of FMR1 gene CGG repeat number and karyotype revealed an X-chromosome terminal deletion. Fluorescence in situ further characterized the breakpoint. A methylation assay for FMR1 gene allowed to determine its methylation status, and hence, the methylation status of the normal X-chromosome. Results: We report a POF patient with a 46,X,del(X)(q26) karyotype and with skewed X-chromosome inactivation of the structural abnormal X-chromosome. Conclusions: Despite the hemizygosity of FMR1 gene, the patient does not present Fragile X syndrome features, since the normal X-chromosome is not subject to methylation. The described deletion supports the hypothesis that haploinsufficiency of X-linked genes can be on the basis of POF, and special attention should be paid to Xlinked genes in region Xq28 since they escape inactivation and might have a role in this disorder. A full clinical and cytogenetic characterization of all POF cases is important to highlight a pattern and help to understand which genes are crucial for normal ovarian development. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/110205 | ISSN: | 1755-8166 | DOI: | 10.1186/1755-8166-3-14 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CNC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FMUC Medicina - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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