Genomic imbalances in syndromic congenital heart disease

Journal Title: Jornal de Pediatria - Year 2017, Vol 93, Issue 5

Abstract

Objective To identify pathogenic genomic imbalances in patients presenting congenital heart disease (CHD) with extra cardiac anomalies and exclusion of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2 DS). Methods 78 patients negative for the 22q11.2 deletion, previously screened by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and/or multiplex ligation probe amplification (MLPA) were tested by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA). Results Clinically significant copy number variations (CNVs ≥300kb) were identified in 10% (8/78) of cases. In addition, potentially relevant CNVs were detected in two cases (993kb duplication in 15q21.1 and 706kb duplication in 2p22.3). Genes inside the CNV regions found in this study, such as IRX4, BMPR1A, SORBS2, ID2, ROCK2, E2F6, GATA4, SOX7, SEMAD6D, FBN1, and LTPB1 are known to participate in cardiac development and could be candidate genes for CHD. Conclusion These data showed that patients presenting CHD with extra cardiac anomalies and exclusion of 22q11.2 DS should be investigated by CMA. The present study emphasizes the possible role of CNVs in CHD.

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Vera Lúcia Gil-da-Silva-Lopes

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  • EP ID EP503542
  • DOI 10.1016/j.jped.2016.11.007
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Vera Lúcia Gil-da-Silva-Lopes (2017). Genomic imbalances in syndromic congenital heart disease. Jornal de Pediatria, 93(5), 497-507. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-503542