PMID- 34238319 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210712 IS - 1755-8166 (Print) IS - 1755-8166 (Electronic) IS - 1755-8166 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jul 8 TI - Inherited unbalanced translocation (4p16.3p15.32 duplication/8p23.3p23.2deletion) in the four generation pedigree with intellectual disability/developmental delay. PG - 35 LID - 10.1186/s13039-021-00552-3 [doi] LID - 35 AB - Chromosomal copy number variants (CNVs) are an important cause of congenital malformations and mental retardation. This study reported a large Chinese pedigree (4-generation, 76 members) with mental retardation caused by chromosome microduplication/microdeletion. There were 10 affected individuals with intellectual disability (ID), developmental delay (DD), and language delay phenotypes. SNP array analysis was performed in the proband and eight patients and found all of them had a microduplication of chromosome 4p16.3p15.2 and a microdeletion of chromosome 8p23.3p23.2. The high-resolution karyotyping analysis of the proband had unbalanced karyotype [46, XY, der(8)t(4;8)(p15.2;p23.1)mat], his mother had balanced karyotype [46, XX, t(4;8) (p15.2;p23.1)], whereas his father had normal karyotype [46,XY]. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis further confirmed that the proband's mother had a balanced translocation between the short arm terminal segment of chromosome 4 and the short arm end segment of chromosome 8, ish t(4;8)(8p + ,4q + ;4p + ,8q +). In conclusion, all the patients inherited chromosomes 8 with 4p16.3p15.2 duplication and 8p23.3p23.2 deletion from their parental balanced translocation, which might be the cause of the prevalence of intellectual disability. Meanwhile, 8p23.3p23.2 deletion, rather than 4p16.3p15.2 duplication might cause a more severe clinical syndrome. FAU - Hao, Dongmei AU - Hao D AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. AD - General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Postgraduate Training Base of Jinzhou Medical University, No. 83. Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Yajuan AU - Li Y AD - General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Postgraduate Training Base of Jinzhou Medical University, No. 83. Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Lisha AU - Chen L AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Xiliang AU - Wang X AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Mengxing AU - Wang M AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yu, Yuexin AU - Yu Y AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. yuyuexinpingan@126.com. AD - General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Postgraduate Training Base of Jinzhou Medical University, No. 83. Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People's Republic of China. yuyuexinpingan@126.com. LA - eng GR - 20180551228/Nature Science Foundation of Liaoning Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210708 PL - England TA - Mol Cytogenet JT - Molecular cytogenetics JID - 101317942 PMC - PMC8268195 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 4p duplication OT - 8p deletion OT - Inherited OT - Intellectual disability OT - Single-nucleotide polymorphism COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests EDAT- 2021/07/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/10 06:01 PMCR- 2021/07/08 CRDT- 2021/07/09 05:46 PHST- 2020/04/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/09 05:46 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13039-021-00552-3 [pii] AID - 552 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13039-021-00552-3 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Mol Cytogenet. 2021 Jul 8;14(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13039-021-00552-3.