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  • Title: Different-sized duplications of Xq28, including MECP2, in three males with mental retardation, absent or delayed speech, and recurrent infections.
    Author: Smyk M, Obersztyn E, Nowakowska B, Nawara M, Cheung SW, Mazurczak T, Stankiewicz P, Bocian E.
    Journal: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet; 2008 Sep 05; 147B(6):799-806. PubMed ID: 18165974.
    Abstract:
    In XY males, duplication of any part of the X chromosome except the pseudoautosomal region leads to functional disomy of the corresponding genes. We describe three unrelated male patients with mental retardation (MR), absent or delayed speech, and recurrent infections. Using high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH), whole genome array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), and multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA), we have identified and characterized two different unbalanced Xq27.3-qter translocations on the Y chromosome (approx. 9 and 12 Mb in size) and one submicroscopic interstitial duplication (approx. 0.3-1.3 Mb) involving the MECP2 gene. Despite the differences in size of the duplicated segments, the patients share a clinical phenotype that overlaps with the features described in patients with MECP2 duplication. Our data confirm previous observations that MECP2 is the most important dosage-sensitive gene responsible for neurologic development in patients with duplications on the distal part of chromosome Xq.
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