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Genomic Imprinting Flashcards

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What is genomic imprinting?

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For most genes, both copies are expressed

For some genes >>> either maternally or paternally derived copy is preferably used >>> this phenomenon is known as >>> Genomic imprinting

(imprinted = inactivated)

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Examples of genomic imprinting

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The best known:

Prader- Willi syndrome

Angelman syndrome

Others:

Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

Beckwith-Wiedeman syndrome

Russell Silver symdrome

Familial paraganglionoma

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Which parental gene is deleted in Prader Willi syndrome?

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Gene deleted from father

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Which parental gene is deleted in Angelman syndrome?

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Gene is deleted from mother

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Cause of genomic imprinting in Prader Willi and Angelman syndrome

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Either:

Cytogenetic microdeletions of the same region of chromosome 15 (long arm, q) OR

Uniparental disomy of chromosome 15

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What is uniparental disomy?

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Both copies of chromosome are derived from one parent

(NO copy from another parent)

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Chromosomal and genetic abnormality in Prader Willi syndrome

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70% cases: Microdeletion on Paternal (father) chromosome 15 OR

30% cases: Maternal uniparental disomy (= Both copies of chromosome 15 is derived from mother, none from father)

Many of remainder due to mutation in UBE3A gene chromosome 15 (q, long arm)

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Chromosomal and genetic abnormality in Angelman syndrome

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80% cases: deletion om maternal chromosome 15

2-3% paternal uniparental disomy ( = no maternal contribution)

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Incidence of Prader Willi syndrome

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1.2-1.3 per 10,000

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Lifestyle of a Prader Willi patient

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they can achieve high level of functioning to hold down simple part time job

But impossible for them to control appetite, to limit weight gain, or to limit food access

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Body structure of Prader Willi syndrome

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Short stature

Dysmorphic features

Hypotonia + obesity in late childhood

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Limb features of Prader Willi syndrome

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Small hand

Small feet

Incurred feet

Club foot

Congenital hip dislocation

Joint anomaly

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Facial features of Prader-Willi syndrome

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Squint

Almond shaped ears

Deafness

Cleft palate

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Trunk features in Prader Willi syndrome

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Asthma

Heart disease

Cor pulmonale

Gall stone

Duodenal ulcer

Bowel obstruction

Renal stone

Rectal prolapse

Scoliosis

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Behavioural Changes in Prader Willi syndrome

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Hyperphagia (starts 1 to 4years)

Moderate Learning difficulties

Behavioural problems in adolescent

Mental retardation

Self-injury

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Reproductive features in Prader Willi syndrome

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Small genitalia in male, female

Micropenis

Cryptorchidism

Hypogonadism

Infertility

Amenorrhoea in female

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Skin problems in Prader Willi syndrome

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Acanthosis nigricans

Boils

Hypothermia

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Enodocrine disease in Prader Willi syndrome

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Diabetes

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Neonatal and childhood problems in Prader Willi syndrome

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Neonatal: hypotonia + poor feeding

Childhood: Hyperphagia + obesity

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Angelman syndrome: Behaviour

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Happy puppet

Unprovoked laughter

Unprovoked clapping

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Angelman syndrome: features in brain

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Microcephaly

Severe learning disability

Seizures

Characteristic EEG

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Angelman syndrome: Gait

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Ataxia

Borad-based gait

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Learning ability in Prader Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome

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Prader Willi syndrome: Moderate learning disability

Angelman syndrome: Severe learning disability

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Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Chromosome 20

Gene: GNAS

Encodes: alpha sub-unit of adenyl cyclase stimulating G-protein, Gs

Mutation deactivates GNAS gene

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Genomic imprinting of Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Mutation in maternally derived GNAS allele

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Associated disease of Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Pseudohypoparathyroidism

because it has the same gene mutation GNAS on chromosome 20

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Stature and weight in Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Short adult stature + tendency to obesity

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Facial feature in Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Round facies

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Learning ability in Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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Mild-to-moderate learning disabilities

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Bony feature in Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

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  • Brachydactyly:

​Short metacarpals (particularly 4th and 5th)

Short distal phalanges (particularly thumb)

  • ​Ectopic ossifications

Associated disease: pseudohypoparathyroidism also has short 4th and 5th metacarpals, as both are caused by GNAS gene mutation on chromosome 20

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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: Chromosome and gene (Genomic imprinting)

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Chomosome 11

Gene: IGF2/ H19/ P57^kip/ KvLqQT1 gene cluster

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Weight & size in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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  • Large birthweight
  • Hemihypertrophy

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Facial feature in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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Facial nevus flammeus

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Endocrine problem in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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Neonatal hyperinsulinism >>> hypoglycaemia

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Abdominal features in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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  • Omphalocele (Exomphalos)
  • High risk of childhood abdominal tumours (particularly Wilm’s tumour and hepatoblastoma)
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Russell-Silver syndrome: Genomic imprinting

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In around 10% cases, maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 7 + abnormalities of other imprinted regions

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Onset of Russell-Silver syndrome

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Prenatal onset

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Prenatal features of Russell-Silver syndrome

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Small stature + relative macrocephaly

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Feeding in Russell-Silver syndrome

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Very poor feeding

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Bony features of Russell-Silver syndrome

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Triangular face

Asymmetry

fifth finger clinodactyly

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Main feature of Familial paraganglioma

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Paragangliomas, including pheochromocytomas and glomus jugulare tumours occur throughout the body ( >> most common in the head and neck)

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Familial paraganglioma: Genes

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SDHB, SDHC, SDHD

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Familial paraganglioms: Genomic imprinting

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If a paerson carries mutated gene from mother >>> gets imprinted (=inactivated) >>> so, will not cause the disease

The mutation causes disease only when it is inherited from father

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Familial paraganglioma: inheritence

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Autosomal dominant

Each child has 50% has to be affected

But whether the mutant allele is expressed >> depends upon parental origin of the allele (whether mother/father)

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