The effect of copy number variations in chromosome 16p on body weight in patients with intellectual disability

Syndromic monogenic obesity is a rare and severe early-onset form of obesity. It is characterized by intellectual disability, congenital malformations, and/or dysmorphic facies. The diagnosis of patients is challenging due to the genetic heterogenicity of this condition. However, the use of microarr...

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Published in:Journal of human genetics 2019-03, Vol.64 (3), p.221-231
Main Authors: Gimeno-Ferrer, Fátima, Albuquerque, David, Guzmán Luján, Carola, Marcaida Benito, Goitzane, Torreira Banzas, Cristina, Repáraz-Andrade, Alfredo, Ballesteros Cogollos, Virginia, Aleu Pérez-Gramunt, Montserrat, Galán Gómez, Enrique, Quintela, Inés, Rodríguez-López, Raquel
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing - genetics
Adolescent
Age
Body Mass Index
Body weight
Body Weight - genetics
Brain research
Child
Chromosome 16
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosomes
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
Cohort Studies
Congenital defects
Congenital diseases
Copy number
DNA Copy Number Variations
DNA microarrays
Female
Gene deletion
Gene mapping
Genes
Genetics
Genomics
Genotype & phenotype
Genotypes
Humans
Hypothalamus
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability - genetics
Intellectual Disability - pathology
Male
Nuclear Proteins - genetics
Obesity
Obesity - genetics
Overweight
Phenotype
Phenotypes
Satiety
Underweight
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Summary:Syndromic monogenic obesity is a rare and severe early-onset form of obesity. It is characterized by intellectual disability, congenital malformations, and/or dysmorphic facies. The diagnosis of patients is challenging due to the genetic heterogenicity of this condition. However, the use of microarray technology in combination with public databases has been successful on genotype-phenotype correlations, especially for body mass index (BMI) alteration. In this study, the relationship between copy number variations (CNVs) detected by microarray mapping on 16p region and BMI alterations in syndromic patients were assessed. In order to achieve this goal, 680 unrelated Spanish children with intellectual disability were included. 16p region was characterized by using microarray platforms. All detected variants were classified as: (I) one previously non-described 10-Mb duplication in 16p13.2p12.3 region considered causal of intellectual disability and severe overweight, and (II) eleven 16p11.2 CNVs of low prevalence but with recurrence in syndromic patients with severe BMI alteration (nine proximal and two distal). Proximal 16p11.2 CNVs have a dose-dependent effect: underweight in carriers of duplication and obesity in carriers of deletion. KCTD13 was identified as a possible candidate gene for BMI alteration on proximal syndromes, whereas SH2B1 gene was identified as candidate for distal syndromes. The results shown in this paper suggest that syndromic patients could constitute a reliable model to evaluate hypothalamic satiety and obesity disorders as well as generate a wide expectation for primary prevention of comorbidities. Furthermore, 16p13.2p12.3 showed to be an important region on the regulation of body fatness.
ISSN:1434-5161
1435-232X
DOI:10.1038/s10038-018-0545-5