Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 389-399, December 2009

Unbalanced and Balanced Acrocentric Rearrangements Involving Chromosomes Other Than Chromosome 21 at Amniocentesis

  • Chih-Ping Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chih-Ping Chen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Schu-Rern Chern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Chen Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fuu-Jen Tsai

      Affiliations

    • School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Genetics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chen-Chi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Dai-Dyi Town

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Lin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Li-Feng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meng-Shan Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Wen Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wayseen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Accepted 24 October 2009.

Article Outline

Summary 

Objective

To investigate unbalanced and balanced acrocentric rearrangements involving chromosomes other than chromosome 21 at amniocentesis.

Materials and Methods

From January 1987 to September 2009, 31,194 amniocenteses were performed at Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Two cases with unbalanced acrocentric rearrangements involving chromosomes other than chromosome 21 from two families, and 24 cases with balanced acrocentric rearrangements involving chromosomes other than chromosome 21 from 21 families were diagnosed and investigated.

Results

We detected i(13q13q), +13 (one case), rob(13q14q), +13 (one case), rob(13q14q) (16 cases), rob(14q15q) (five cases), rob(13q15q) (one case), rob(15q22q) (one case), and mosaic rob(14q22q) (one case). Of the 25 cases that underwent parental cytogenetic investigation, six arose de novo and 19 were inherited (10 maternal and nine paternal). The 16 families with an inherited Robertsonian translocation included rob(13q14q) (11 families), rob(14q15q) (four families), and rob(15q22q) (one family). Of these 16 families, only two had known parental carrier status prior to the first amniocentesis, while the other 14 were aware of a parental carrier status only after prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with a heterologous Robertsonian translocation. The 18 fetuses with balanced heterologous Robertsonian translocations inherited them from six maternal carriers of rob(13q14q), four paternal carriers of rob(13q14q), four paternal carriers of rob(14q15q), and one maternal carrier of rob(15q22q). Neither UPD14 nor UPD15 was detected in any of the 16 cases tested for UPD.

Conclusion

Concerning acrocentric rearrangements involving chromosomes other than chromosome 21, we found a frequency of 0.0064% for unbalanced rearrangements and 0.0769% for balanced rearrangements at amniocentesis in this study. rob(13q14q) was the most common and rob(14q15q) the second most common rearrangement. Of the families with an inherited translocation, 87.5% were aware of parental carrier status only after prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with a translocation by amniocentesis.

Key Words:  acrocentric rearrangements , amniocentesis , Robertsonian translocation , trisomy 13 , uniparental disomy

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60329-6

doi:10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60329-6

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 389-399, December 2009

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