Abstract |
We report four patients with SRY-positive 46,XX testicular disorders of sex development (46,XX-TDSD) (cases 1-4). Case 1 exhibited underdeveloped external genitalia with hypospadias, case 2 manifested micropenis and cases 3 and 4 showed normal external genitalia. The Xp;Yp translocations occurred between the X- and the Y-differential regions in case 1, between PRKX and inverted PRKY in case 2 and between the X-chromosomal short arm pseudoautosomal region and the Y-differential regions in cases 3 and 4. The distance of the Yp breakpoint from SRY was ~0.75 Mb in case 1, ~6.5 Mb in case 2, ~2.3 Mb in case 3 and ~72 kb in case 4. The Xp;Yp translocation occurred within an 87-bp homologous segment of PRKX and PRKY in case 2, and between non-homologous regions with addition of an 18-bp sequence of unknown origin in case 4. X-inactivation analysis revealed random inactivation in cases 1-4. The results argue against the notion that undermasculinization in 46,XX-TDSD is prone to occur when translocated Yp materials are small (<100 kb of the Y-differential region), and imply that the Xp;Yp translocations result from several mechanisms including non-allelic homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining.
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Authors | Shinichi Nakashima, Akira Ohishi, Fumio Takada, Hideki Kawamura, Maki Igarashi, Maki Fukami, Tsutomu Ogata |
Journal | Journal of human genetics
(J Hum Genet)
Vol. 59
Issue 10
Pg. 549-53
(Oct 2014)
ISSN: 1435-232X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 25102093
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- 46, XX Testicular Disorders of Sex Development
(genetics)
- Adult
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, X
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- DNA End-Joining Repair
- Female
- Genes, sry
- Homologous Recombination
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Pregnancy
- Translocation, Genetic
- X Chromosome Inactivation
- Young Adult
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