Pseudoautosomal inheritance of Léri-Weill syndrome: what does it mean?
The short stature homeobox (SHOX) gene is located in the pseudoautosomal region 1 of both sex chromosomes. Haploinsufficiency of SHOX leads to different phenotypes ranging from isolated short stature to Léri-Weill syndrome characterized by short stature, mesomelia and Madelung deformity. We describ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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07 April 2011
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Clinical genetics
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 79, Heft: 5, Pages: 489-494 |
| ISSN: | 1399-0004 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01488.x |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01488.x Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01488.x |
| Verfasserangaben: | C. Evers, P.H. Heidemann, D. Dunstheimer, E. Schulze, C. Haag, J.W.G. Janssen, C. Fischer, A. Jauch and U. Moog |
| Zusammenfassung: | The short stature homeobox (SHOX) gene is located in the pseudoautosomal region 1 of both sex chromosomes. Haploinsufficiency of SHOX leads to different phenotypes ranging from isolated short stature to Léri-Weill syndrome characterized by short stature, mesomelia and Madelung deformity. We describe a family with a SHOX deletion originally located on the Y chromosome and transmitted from father to daughter by crossover during meiosis. The male index patient presented with short stature, mesomelia and mild Madelung deformity. His father had a normal height but slightly disproportionate short legs. The sister of the index patient presented with marked Madelung deformity and normal height. A deletion of the SHOX gene was identified in the male index patient, his father and his sister. Metaphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses showed a deletion of the SHOX gene on the Y chromosomes of the index patient and his father, and on the X chromosome of his sister, indicating that a meiotic crossover of the SHOX gene region between the X and Y chromosomes had occurred. The pseudoautosomal region 1 is a known recombination ‘hot spot' in male meiosis. Published genetic maps indicate high recombination frequency of ∼40% for SHOX in male meiosis leading to pseudoautosomal inheritance. |
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| ISSN: | 1399-0004 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01488.x |