PMID- 26697114 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20151223 LR - 20220331 IS - 1755-8166 (Print) IS - 1755-8166 (Electronic) IS - 1755-8166 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2015 TI - Copy number changes and methylation patterns in an isodicentric and a ring chromosome of 15q11-q13: report of two cases and review of literature. PG - 97 LID - 10.1186/s13039-015-0198-4 [doi] LID - 97 AB - BACKGROUND: The low copy repeats (LCRs) in chromosome 15q11-q13 have been recognized as breakpoints (BP) for not only intrachromosomal deletions and duplications but also small supernumerary marker chromosomes 15, sSMC(15)s, in the forms of isodicentric chromosome or small ring chromosome. Further characterization of copy number changes and methylation patterns in these sSMC(15)s could lead to better understanding of their phenotypic consequences. METHODS: Routine G-band karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis and methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay were performed on two Chinese patients with a sSMC(15). RESULTS: Patient 1 showed an isodicentric 15, idic(15)(q13), containing symmetrically two copies of a 7.7 Mb segment of the 15q11-q13 region by a BP3::BP3 fusion. Patient 2 showed a ring chromosome 15, r(15)(q13), with alternative one-copy and two-copy segments spanning a 12.3 Mb region. The defined methylation pattern indicated that the idic(15)(q13) and the r(15)(q13) were maternally derived. CONCLUSIONS: Results from these two cases and other reported cases from literature indicated that combined karyotyping, aCGH and MS-MLPA analyses are effective to define the copy number changes and methylation patterns for sSMC(15)s in a clinical setting. The characterized genomic structure and epigenetic pattern of sSMC(15)s could lead to further gene expression profiling for better phenotype correlation. FAU - Wang, Qin AU - Wang Q AD - Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China. FAU - Wu, Weiqing AU - Wu W AD - Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China ; Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA. FAU - Xu, Zhiyong AU - Xu Z AD - Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China. FAU - Luo, Fuwei AU - Luo F AD - Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China. FAU - Zhou, Qinghua AU - Zhou Q AD - Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA ; First Affiliated Hospital, Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China. FAU - Li, Peining AU - Li P AD - Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA. FAU - Xie, Jiansheng AU - Xie J AD - Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151221 PL - England TA - Mol Cytogenet JT - Molecular cytogenetics JID - 101317942 PMC - PMC4687147 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 15q11-q13 OT - Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) OT - Isodicentric chromosome OT - Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) OT - Ring chromosome EDAT- 2015/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/24 06:01 PMCR- 2015/12/21 CRDT- 2015/12/24 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 198 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13039-015-0198-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mol Cytogenet. 2015 Dec 21;8:97. doi: 10.1186/s13039-015-0198-4. eCollection 2015.