Clinical and molecular overlap in overgrowth syndromes.

Abstract

Here, we report the clinical and molecular analysis of 75 patients with overgrowth and mental retardation, including 45 previously reported cases [Rio et al., 2003; Baujat et al., 2004]. Two groups are distinguished: group I corresponding to patients with recognizable overgrowth syndromes (Sotos syndrome (SS), Weaver syndrome (WS), Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (SGBS), and del(22)(qter) syndrome) (60 cases) and group II corresponding to unclassified cases (15 patients). We investigated NSD1 and GPC3 deletions or mutations, 11p15 abnormalities, and 22qter deletions. Surprisingly, in Group I, two SS patients had 11p15 abnormalities and two patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome had NSD1 aberrations. In group II, two cases of del(22)(qter) were identified but neither NSD1, 11p15, nor GPC3 abnormalities were detected. These results emphasize the clinical and molecular overlap in overgrowth conditions.

• Authors: Geneviève Baujat, Marlène Rio, Sylvie Rossignol, Damien Sanlaville, Stanislas Lyonnet, Martine Le Merrer, Arnold Munnich, Christine Gicquel, Laurence Colleaux, Valérie Cormier-Daire
• Journal: American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics (Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet) Vol. 137C Issue 1 Pg. 4-11 (Aug 15 2005) ISSN: 1552-4868 [Print] United States
• PMID: 16010674 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Chemical References

• GPC3 protein, human
• Glypicans
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Membrane Proteins
• Neoplasm Proteins
• Nuclear Proteins
• Histone Methyltransferases
• Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
• NSD1 protein, human

Topics

• Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (genetics)
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 (genetics)
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 (genetics)
• DNA Mutational Analysis
• Glypicans
• Growth Disorders (genetics)
• Histone Methyltransferases
• Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
• Humans
• Intellectual Disability (genetics)
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics)
• Membrane Proteins (genetics)
• Microsatellite Repeats (genetics)
• Mutation (genetics)
• Neoplasm Proteins (genetics)
• Nuclear Proteins (genetics)
• Syndrome