Karyotyping and aCGH are routinely used to identify genetic determinants of major congenital malformations (MCMs) in fetal deaths or terminations of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis. Pathogenic rearrangements are found with a variable rate of 9-39% for aCGH. We collected 33 fetuses, 9 with a single MCM and 24 with MCMs involving 2-4 organ systems. aCGH revealed copy number variants in 14 out of 33 cases (42%). Eight were classified as pathogenic which account for a detection rate of 24% (8/33) considering fetuses with 1 or more MCMs and 33% (8/24) taking into account fetuses with multiple malformations only. Three of the pathogenic variants were known microdeletion syndromes (22q11.21 deletion, central chromosome 22q11.21 deletion, and TAR syndrome) and 5 were large rearrangements, adding up to >11 Mb per subject and comprising strong phenotype-related genes. One of those was a de novo complex rearrangement, and the remaining 4 duplications and 2 deletions were 130-900 kb in size, containing 1-7 genes, and were classified as variants of unknown clinical significance. Our study confirms aCGH as a powerful technique to ascertain the genetic etiology of fetal major congenital malformations.

Array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization Analysis in Fetuses with Major Congenital Malformations Reveals that 24% of Cases Have Pathogenic Deletions/Duplications

DI GREGORIO, ELEONORA;CALCIA, ALESSANDRO;ZONTA, Andrea;MANCINI, CECILIA;GIORGIO, ELISA;CAVALIERI, Simona;FERRERO, Giovanni Battista;VIORA, ELSA;PASINI, Barbara;BRUSCO, Alfredo;BRUSSINO, Alessandro
2015-01-01

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Karyotyping and aCGH are routinely used to identify genetic determinants of major congenital malformations (MCMs) in fetal deaths or terminations of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis. Pathogenic rearrangements are found with a variable rate of 9-39% for aCGH. We collected 33 fetuses, 9 with a single MCM and 24 with MCMs involving 2-4 organ systems. aCGH revealed copy number variants in 14 out of 33 cases (42%). Eight were classified as pathogenic which account for a detection rate of 24% (8/33) considering fetuses with 1 or more MCMs and 33% (8/24) taking into account fetuses with multiple malformations only. Three of the pathogenic variants were known microdeletion syndromes (22q11.21 deletion, central chromosome 22q11.21 deletion, and TAR syndrome) and 5 were large rearrangements, adding up to >11 Mb per subject and comprising strong phenotype-related genes. One of those was a de novo complex rearrangement, and the remaining 4 duplications and 2 deletions were 130-900 kb in size, containing 1-7 genes, and were classified as variants of unknown clinical significance. Our study confirms aCGH as a powerful technique to ascertain the genetic etiology of fetal major congenital malformations.
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http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/442308
array-CGH; fetal malformation; congenital malformation; copy number variants; CNV; deletions and duplications
Di Gregorio, Eleonora; Gai, Giorgia; Botta, Giovanni; Calcia, Alessandro; Pappi, Patrizia; Talarico, Flavia; Savin, Elisa; Ribotta, Marisa; Zonta, Andrea; Mancini, Cecilia; Giorgio, Elisa; Cavalieri, Simona; Restagno, Gabriella; Ferrero, Giovanni B; Viora, Elsa; Pasini, Barbara; Grosso, Enrico; Brusco, Alfredo; Brussino, Alessandro
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