PIAS4 is associated with macro/microcephaly in the novel interstitial 19p13.3 microdeletion/microduplication syndrome
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Nevado J, Rosenfeld JA, Mena R, Palomares-Bralo M, Vallespin E, Angeles Mori M, Tenorio JA, Gripp KW, Denenberg E, Del Campo M, Plaja A, Martin-Arenas R, Santos-Simarro F, Armengol L, Gowans G, Orera M, Sanchez-Hombre MC, Corbacho-Fernandez E, Fernandez-Jaen A, Haldeman-Englert C, Saitta S, Dubbs H, Benedicte DB, Li X, Devaney L, Dinulos MB, Vallee S, Crespo MC, Fernandez B, Fernandez-Montano VE, Rueda-Arenas I, de Torres ML, Ellison JW, Raskin S, Venegas-Vega CA, Fernandez-Ramirez F, Delicado A, Garcia-Minaur S, and Lapunzina P. PIAS4 is associated with macro/microcephaly in the novel interstitial 19p13.3 microdeletion/microduplication syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 23(12):1615-1626.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2015
Publication Title
European journal of human genetics : EJHG
Abstract
Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) is a powerful genetic tool that has enabled the identification of novel imbalances in individuals with intellectual disability (ID), autistic disorders and congenital malformations. Here we report a 'genotype first' approach using aCGH on 13 unrelated patients with 19p13.3 submicroscopic rearrangement (11 deletions and 2 duplications) and review cases in the literature and in public databases. Shared phenotypic features suggest that these patients represent an interstitial microdeletion/microduplication syndrome at 19p13.3. Common features consist of abnormal head circumference in most patients (macrocephaly with the deletions and microcephaly with the duplications), ID with developmental delay (DD), hypotonia, speech delay and common dysmorphic features. The phenotype is associated with at least a ~0.113 Mb critical region harboring three strong candidate genes probably associated with DD, ID, speech delay and other dysmorphic features: MAP2K2, ZBTB7A and PIAS4, an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in the ubiquitin signaling pathways, which we hypothesize for the first time to be associated with head size in humans.
PubMed ID
25853300
Volume
23
Issue
12
First Page
1615
Last Page
1626
