Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is the most severe and often lethal form of congenital ichthyosis, characterized by abnormal desquamation and extreme skin thickening and hardening over the entire body. It is caused by recessive loss-of-function mutations in the ABCA12 gene located on chromosome 2q34. Here, we report a sporadic HI patient born prematurely due to severe growth delay and oligohydramnios. The diagnosis was confirmed by ABCA12 molecular analysis, which disclosed the novel homozygous mutation p.R287X. Microsatellite analysis and parental segregation study showed that the disease resulted from complete paternal isodisomy. In addition, chorionic villus karyotyping revealed a non-mosaic chromosome 2 trisomy, while postnatal peripheral blood karyotype resulted normal female. Thus, these findings indicate that trisomic rescue is one step of the mutational cascade leading to reduction to homozygosity for the ABCA12 mutation in the embryo. Our case is the first reported HI patient in whom the disease is due to uniparental isodisomy.

Trisomic rescue causing reduction to homozygosity for a novel ABCA12 mutation in harlequin ichthyosis / Castiglia, D; Castori, M; Pisaneschi, E; Sommi, M; Covaciu, C; Zambruno, G; Fischer, J; Magnani, Cinzia. - In: CLINICAL GENETICS. - ISSN 1399-0004. - 76:(2009), pp. 392-397. [10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01198.x]

Trisomic rescue causing reduction to homozygosity for a novel ABCA12 mutation in harlequin ichthyosis

MAGNANI, Cinzia
2009-01-01

Abstract

Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is the most severe and often lethal form of congenital ichthyosis, characterized by abnormal desquamation and extreme skin thickening and hardening over the entire body. It is caused by recessive loss-of-function mutations in the ABCA12 gene located on chromosome 2q34. Here, we report a sporadic HI patient born prematurely due to severe growth delay and oligohydramnios. The diagnosis was confirmed by ABCA12 molecular analysis, which disclosed the novel homozygous mutation p.R287X. Microsatellite analysis and parental segregation study showed that the disease resulted from complete paternal isodisomy. In addition, chorionic villus karyotyping revealed a non-mosaic chromosome 2 trisomy, while postnatal peripheral blood karyotype resulted normal female. Thus, these findings indicate that trisomic rescue is one step of the mutational cascade leading to reduction to homozygosity for the ABCA12 mutation in the embryo. Our case is the first reported HI patient in whom the disease is due to uniparental isodisomy.
2009
Trisomic rescue causing reduction to homozygosity for a novel ABCA12 mutation in harlequin ichthyosis / Castiglia, D; Castori, M; Pisaneschi, E; Sommi, M; Covaciu, C; Zambruno, G; Fischer, J; Magnani, Cinzia. - In: CLINICAL GENETICS. - ISSN 1399-0004. - 76:(2009), pp. 392-397. [10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01198.x]
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