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[Identification of sex chromosome markers using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)]. 1995

A González-del-Angel, and B Blanco, and V del Castillo, and A Carnevale

Departamento de Investigación en Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F.

From 6 to 15% of the patients with Turner syndrome have a mosaic karyotype, i.e. a 45,X cell line and another with a small sex chromosome marker of undetermined origin which may be a ring or a centric fragment. It is important to establish whether this marker chromosome derives from a Y chromosome as this implies that the patient has a high risk of developing gonadoblastoma. The objective of the present paper was to identify the origin of small sex chromosome markers using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Eight patients were studied; seven had a Turner phenotype and one had a short stature with ambiguous genitalia. In all cases karyotype in peripheral lymphocytes showed mosaicism, with one cell line that had a sex chromosome marker, and in three cases, the mosaicism was corroborated in fibroblast cultures. Biotin labeled DNA probes with complementary centromeric alpha-satellite sequences of chromosomes X and Y were used in the FISH technique. In seven patients the chromosome marker came from the X chromosome as established with the X chromosome alpha-satellite probe. In the patient with ambiguous genitalia, the marker did derive from the Y chromosome. We conclude that the FISH technique proved to be useful to establish the origin of sex chromosome markers in our laboratory.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007621	Karyotyping	Mapping of the KARYOTYPE of a cell.	Karyotype Analysis Methods,Analysis Method, Karyotype,Analysis Methods, Karyotype,Karyotype Analysis Method,Karyotypings,Method, Karyotype Analysis,Methods, Karyotype Analysis
D008214	Lymphocytes	White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each), or NATURAL KILLER CELLS.	Lymphoid Cells,Cell, Lymphoid,Cells, Lymphoid,Lymphocyte,Lymphoid Cell
D008297	Male		Males
D009030	Mosaicism	The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from a single ZYGOTE, as opposed to CHIMERISM in which the different cell populations are derived from more than one zygote.
D009634	Noonan Syndrome	A genetically heterogeneous, multifaceted disorder characterized by short stature, webbed neck, ptosis, skeletal malformations, hypertelorism, hormonal imbalance, CRYPTORCHIDISM, multiple cardiac abnormalities (most commonly including PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS), and some degree of INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. The phenotype bears similarities to that of TURNER SYNDROME that occurs only in females and has its basis in a 45, X karyotype abnormality. Noonan syndrome occurs in both males and females with a normal karyotype (46,XX and 46,XY). Mutations in a several genes (PTPN11, KRAS, SOS1, NF1 and RAF1) have been associated the NS phenotype. Mutations in PTPN11 are the most common. LEOPARD SYNDROME, a disorder that has clinical features overlapping those of Noonan Syndrome, is also due to mutations in PTPN11. In addition, there is overlap with the syndrome called neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome due to mutations in NF1.	Male Turner Syndrome,Turner Syndrome, Male,Familial Turner Syndrome,Female Pseudo-Turner Syndrome,Noonan Syndrome 1,Noonan-Ehmke Syndrome,Pseudo-Ullrich-Turner Syndrome,Turner Phenotype with Normal Karyotype,Turner's Phenotype, Karyotype Normal,Turner's Syndrome, Male,Turner-Like Syndrome,Ullrich-Noonan Syndrome,Female Pseudo Turner Syndrome,Male Turner's Syndrome,Noonan Ehmke Syndrome,Pseudo Ullrich Turner Syndrome,Pseudo-Turner Syndrome, Female,Turner Like Syndrome,Turner Syndrome, Familial,Ullrich Noonan Syndrome
D010051	Ovarian Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the OVARY. These neoplasms can be benign or malignant. They are classified according to the tissue of origin, such as the surface EPITHELIUM, the stromal endocrine cells, and the totipotent GERM CELLS.	Cancer of Ovary,Ovarian Cancer,Cancer of the Ovary,Neoplasms, Ovarian,Ovary Cancer,Ovary Neoplasms,Cancer, Ovarian,Cancer, Ovary,Cancers, Ovarian,Cancers, Ovary,Neoplasm, Ovarian,Neoplasm, Ovary,Neoplasms, Ovary,Ovarian Cancers,Ovarian Neoplasm,Ovary Cancers,Ovary Neoplasm
D002478	Cells, Cultured	Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.	Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children