2007年12月
High-density oligonucleotide array with sub-kilobase resolution reveals breakpoint information of submicroscopic deletions in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
HUMAN GENETICS
- 巻
- 122
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 459
- 終了ページ
- 466
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00439-007-0419-y
- 出版者・発行元
- SPRINGER
Small submicroscopic genomic deletions and duplications constitute up to 15% of all mutations underlying human monogenic diseases. In this study, we used newly designed high-resolution oligonucleotide microarrays with a median distance between the probes of 776 bp (average probe interval 2,271 bp) to detect gene deletions in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) patients. NBCCS, also called Gorlin syndrome, is characterized by developmental defects and tumorigenesis such as medulloblastomas and basal cell carcinomas, caused by mutations of the human patched-1 (PTCH1) gene. Two out of three deletions could not be detected by a conventional chromosomal analysis. A submicroscopic deletion as small as 165 kb was detected affecting only PTCH1, whereas the other two deletions were much larger (5 and 11 Mb). We demonstrated not only the exact number of genes involved in the deletion but also rapidly determined the junction sequences after pinpointing the breakpoint regions in all individuals analyzed. This report of an array-based determination of junction sequences of long deletions circumvented a labor-intensive analysis such as Southern blotting or FISH. Alu-mediated recombination in one case and non-homologous end joining in the other two were probably implicated in the generation of deletions. This method will contribute to the understanding of molecular pathogenesis of gene deletions as well as rapid genetic testing.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1007/s00439-007-0419-y
- ISSN : 0340-6717
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000251143900005