摘要目的 明确两例智力低下患儿8号染色体短臂异常性质和来源,分析其染色体改变与表型的相关性.方法 首先应用常规G显带分析2例患儿及父母外周血染色体改变,然后应用比较基因组杂交芯片(array comparative genomic hybridization,array CGH)对其中1例常规核型分析的结果进行精确定位.结果 例1母亲的染色体改变为8p和3q的平衡插入易位,该患儿继承了母亲的1条衍生3号染色体,核型为46,XX,der(3) inv ins (3;8)(q25.3;p23.1p11.2)mat,导致8p部分三体.Array CGH分析显示重复区域为8p11.21-8p22,片段大小为26.9 Mb,该患儿主要表现为智力低下,未见其他8p三体的典型临床特征.例2父亲的核型为8p和11q的平衡易位,该患儿继承了父亲的1条衍生11号染色体,核型为46,XX,der(11)t(8;11)(p11.2;q25)pat,临床表现为智力低下,特殊面容,同时伴有先天性心脏病和骨骼异常,与典型8p三体表型相似,但面容特征不典型.结论 8p部分三体是2例患儿异常表型的主要原因,但与典型的8p三体相比,表型存在异质性;父母染色体分析可以帮助明确易位的性质从而有利于再发风险评估;与传统的细胞遗传学分析方法相比,arrayCGH在染色体异常分析中具有更高的分辨率和准确性.

abstractsObjective To determine the origin of aberrant chromosomes involving the short arm of chromosome 8 in two mentally retarded children, and to correlate the karyotype with abnormal phenotype. Methods Routine G-banding was performed to analyze the karyotypes of the two patients and their parents, and array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) was used for the first patient for fine mapping of the aberrant region. Results The first patient presented with only mental retardation. The father had normal karyotype. The mother had an apparent insertion translocation involving chromosomes 8 and 3 [46,XX, inv ins (3;8) (q25.3;p23.1p11.2)], the karyotype of the child was ascertained as 46,XX,der(3) inv ins (3;8)(q25.3;p23.1p11.2). Array CGH finely mapped the duplication to 8p11.21-8p22, a 26.9Mb region. The other patient presented with mental retardation, craniofacial defects, congenital heart disease and minor skeletal abnormality. The mother had normal karyotype. The father had an apparently balanced translocation involving chromosome 8p and 11q, the karyotype was 46,XY, t(8;11)(p11.2;q25). The karyotype of the child was then ascertained as 46,XX,der(11)t(8;11)(p11.2;q25). Conclusion These results suggested that partial trisomy 8p was primary cause for the phenotypic abnormalities of the two patients, whereas a mild phenotypic effect was observed in patient 1. Parental karyotype analysis could help define the aberrant type and recurrent risk evaluation. In contract to routine karyotype analysis, aberrant regions could be mapped by array CGH with higher resolution and accuracy.