Two novel deletions (array CGH findings) in pigment dispersion syndrome

Ophthalmic Genet. 2007 Dec;28(4):216-9. doi: 10.1080/13816810701635269.

Abstract

Purpose: We report the first male with pigment dispersion syndrome and a balanced translocation t(10;15)(p11.1;q11.1).

Methods: Cytogenetic analyses using Giemsa banding and FISH methods, and array CGH were performed.

Results: Array CGH analyses did not show altered DNA sequences in the breakpoints of the translocation, but revealed two novel deletions in 2q22.1 and 18q22.1.

Conclusion: We suppose that the coexistence of t(10;15) and pigment dispersion syndrome in our patient is a coincidence. The deletion in 2q22.1, where the gene LRP1B has been located, may play a major role in the dysembryogenesis of the eye and cause the disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
  • Eye Diseases / genetics*
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / metabolism
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology*
  • Retinal Pigments / metabolism*
  • Sequence Deletion*
  • Translocation, Genetic

Substances

  • Retinal Pigments