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An infertile patient with Y chromosome b1/b3 deletion presenting with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens with normal spermatogenesis

  • Kuroda, Shinnosuke;Usui, Kimitsugu;Mori, Kohei;Yasuda, Kengo;Asai, Takuo;Sanjo, Hiroyuki;Yakanaka, Hiroyuki;Takeshima, Teppei;Kawahara, Takashi;Hamanoue, Haruka;Kato, Yoshitake;Miyoshi, Yasuhide;Uemura, Hiroji;Iwasaki, Akira;Yumura, Yasushi
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.48-51
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    • 2018
  • We report the case of a 46-year-old Chinese male patient who visited our clinic complaining of infertility. Semen analysis revealed azoospermia, and azoospermia factor c region partial deletion (b1/b3) was detected using Y chromosome microdeletion analysis. Testicular sperm extraction was performed after genetic counseling. The bilateral ductus deferens and a portion of the epididymis were absent, whereas the remaining epididymis was expanded. Motile intratesticular spermatozoa were successfully extracted from the seminiferous tubule. On histopathology, nearly complete spermatogenesis was confirmed in almost every seminiferous tubule. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of b1/b3 deletion with a congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and almost normal spermatogenesis.

Direct Deletion Analysis in Two Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Symptomatic Females Using Polymorphic Dinucleotide (CA)n Loci within the Dystrophin Gene

  • Giliberto, Florencia;Ferreiro, Veronica;Dalamon, Viviana;Surace, Ezequiel;Cotignola, Javier;Esperante, Sebastian;Borelina, Daniel;Baranzini, Sergio;Szijan, Irene
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.179-184
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    • 2003
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common hereditary neuromuscular disease. It is inherited manifestations. In some rare cases, the disease can also be manifested in females. The aim of the present study was to determine the molecular alteration in two cases of nonrelated DMD symptomatic carriers with no previous history of DMD. Multiplex PCR is commonly used to search for deletion in the DMD gene of affected males. This method could not be used in females because the normal X chromosome masks the deletion of the mutated one. Therefor, we used a set of seven highly polymorphic dinucleotide $(CA)_n$ repeat markers that lie within the human dystrophin gene. The deletions were evidenced by hemizygosity of the loci under study. We localized a deletion in the locus 7A (intron 7) on the maternal X chromosome in one case, and a deletion in the region of introns 49 and 50 on the paternal X chromosome in the other. The use of microsatellite genotyping within the DMD gene enables the detection of the mutant allele in female carriers. It is also a useful method to provide DMD families with more accurate genetic counseling.

Effect of the pat, fk, stpk Gene Knock-out and mdh Gene Knock-in on Mannitol Production in Leuconostoc mesenteroides

  • Peng, Yu-Wei;Jin, Hong-Xing
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.2009-2018
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    • 2018
  • Leuconostoc mesenteroides can be used to produce mannitol by fermentation, but the mannitol productivity is not high. Therefore, in this study we modified the chromosome of Leuconostoc mesenteroides by genetic methods to obtain high-yield strains for mannitol production. In this study, gene knock-out strains and gene knock-in strains were constructed by a two-step homologous recombination method. The mannitol productivity of the pat gene (which encodes phosphate acetyltransferase) deletion strain (${\Delta}pat::amy$), the fk gene (which encodes fructokinase) deletion strain (${\Delta}fk::amy$) and the stpk gene (which encodes serine-threonine protein kinase) deletion strain (${\Delta}stpk::amy$) were all increased compared to the wild type, and the productivity of mannitol for each strain was 84.8%, 83.5% and 84.1%, respectively. The mannitol productivity of the mdh gene (which encodes mannitol dehydrogenase) knock-in strains (${\Delta}pat::mdh$, ${\Delta}fk::mdh$ and ${\Delta}stpk::mdh$) was increased to a higher level than that of the single-gene deletion strains, and the productivity of mannitol for each was 96.5%, 88% and 93.2%, respectively. The multi-mutant strain ${\Delta}dts{\Delta}ldh{\Delta}pat::mdh{\Delta}stpk::mdh{\Delta}fk::mdh$ had mannitol productivity of 97.3%. This work shows that multi-gene knock-out and gene knock-in strains have the greatest impact on mannitol production, with mannitol productivity of 97.3% and an increase of 24.7% over wild type. This study used the methods of gene knock-out and gene knock-in to genetically modify the chromosome of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. It is of great significance that we increased the ability of Leuconostoc mesenteroides to produce mannitol and revealed its broad development prospects.

A Characteristic EEG Pattern of Angelman Syndrome

  • Yoon, Joong-Soo;Song, Woon-Heung;Choi, Hwa-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2010
  • The two new female cases of Angelman syndrome (AS) were described, which diagnosed on the basis of clinical features (dysmorphic facial features, severe mental retardation with absent speech, peculiar jerky movements, ataxic gait and paroxysms of inappropriate laughter) and neurophysiological findings. Failure to detect the deletion of the long arm of chromosome 15 or the absence of epileptic seizure were not considered sufficient to exclude a diagnosis of AS. Feeding problems, developmental delay and early signs of ataxia, especially tremor on handling objects and unstable posture when seated, proved effective as the clinical markers for early diagnosis of AS. Most of the authors agreed about the existence of three main EEG patterns in AS which may appear in isolation or in various combinations in the same patient. The most frequently observed pattern in children has prolonged runs of high amplitude rhythmic 2-3 Hz activity predominantly over the frontal region with superimposed interictal epileptiform discharges. High amplitude rhythmic 4-6 Hz activity, prominent in the occipital regions, with spikes, which can be facilitated by eye closure, is often seen in children under the age of 12 years. The EEG findings are characteristic of AS when seen in the appropriate clinical context and can be helpful to identify AS patients at an early age when genetic counselling may be particularly important.

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Cervical Spine Malformations Associated With a 5q34-5q35.2 Micro-interstitial Deletion: A Case Report

  • Lee, Heewon;Kim, Joon Sung;Lim, Seong Hoon;Sul, Bomi;Hong, Bo Young
    • Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.884-887
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    • 2018
  • We report a female proband carrying a de novo 5q34-q35.2 deletion breakpoint, and review the unique skeletal phenotype and possible genotype related to this mutation. The patient presented with a persistent head tilt and limited head rotation. Non-contrast-enhanced three-dimensional computed tomography of the cervical spine revealed several malformations including a bone cleft in the right pars interarticularis, a bone defect in both C5 lamina and the transverse foramen at C2-C3, agenesis of the right articular process of C5, bony fusion of C4-C5, and subluxation of the craniocervical joints. Several deformities of the cervical spine seen in this patient have not been associated with the 5q deletion. A review of 5q-related mutations suggests that abnormalities associated with MSX2 gene might cause cervical spine abnormalities.

Duplication and deletion of 21 hydroxylase gene among the normal Korean subjects and in adrenogenital syndrome patients

  • Jin, Dong-Kyu;Beck, Nam-Seon;Oh, Phil-Soo;Whang, Hye-Zin;Koh, Si-Whan;Kim, Jung-Sim;Oh, Myung-Ryurl
    • Journal of Genetic Medicine
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 1997
  • Steroid 21 hydroxylase deficiency is a major cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and is caused by genetic impairment of the gene (CYP21B). In the human genome, CYP21B is located within the MHC class III region on the short arm of chromosome 6. Most of the genes in this region are highly polymorphic and crowded. Also the CYP21B gene is accompanied by its pseudogene (CYP21A) and tandemly arranged with two genes of fourth component of complement. This highly complex gene cluster in this area may predispose genetic instability of CYP21, i.e. mutations. In this study, tried to investigate the frequency of duplication and deletion of CYP21 and patterns of the genetic alterations of these genes.We also compared the genetic alteration in normal subjects with those of the CAH patients. The results showed that 15% of the normal korean population have duplication or deletion of CYP21. There was one normal subject with heterozygous deletion of CYP21B. Of the 5 CAH patients examined, 2 were found to show abnormal patterns. One was a large-scale gene conversion and the other a gene conversion associated with deletion involving both CYP21B and C4 locus II gene. Through this study, we carne to the conclusion that the duplication or even deletion of CYP21 and C4 might be quite a common event in the Korean population and these rearrangements must be regarded as polymorphisms. It could contribute to a high incidencs of CAH by providing a genetic pool of instable CYP21.

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Comparative Analysis of Large Genome in Human-Chimpanzee (인간-침팬지간 대량의 지놈서열 비교분석)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyung;Kim, Dae-Soo;Jeon, Yeo-Jin;Cho, Hwan-Gue;Kim, Heui-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.183-192
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    • 2003
  • With the availability of complete whole-genomes such as the human, mouse, fugu and chimpanzee chromosome 22, comparative analysis of large genomes from cross-species at varying evolutionary distances is considered one of a powerful approach for identifying coding and functional non-coding sequences. Here we describe a fast and efficient global alignment method especially for large genomic regions over mega bases pair. We used an approach for identifying all similarity regions by HSP (Highest Segment Pair) regions using local alignments and then large syntenic genome based on the both extension of anchors at HSP regions in two species and global conservation map. Using this alignment approach, we examined rearrangement loci in human chromosome 21 and chimpanzee chromosome 22. Finally, we extracted syntenic genome 30 Mb of human chromosome 21 with chimpanzee chromosome 22, and then identified genomic rearrangements (deletions and insertions ranging h size from 0.3 to 200 kb). Our experiment shows that all jnsertion/deletion (indel) events in excess of 300 bp within chimpanzee chromosome 22 and human chromosome 21 alignments in order to identify new insertions that had occurred over the last 7 million years of evolution. Finally we also discussed evolutionary features throughout comparative analyses of Ka/ks (non-synonymous / synonymous substitutions) rate in orthologous 119 genes of chromosome 21 and 53 genes of MHC-I class in human and chimpanzee genome.

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A Vertical Transmission, de novo, and Expansion of Y chromosome Microdeletion in Male Fetuses Pregnant after Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (미세정자주입술로 임신이 된 남자태아의 Y 염색체 미세결실의 Vertical Transmission, de novo, 그리고 Expansion의 연구)

  • Kim, Huyn-Ah;Lee, Sook-Hwan;Cho, Sung-Won;Jeong, Hye-Jin;Son, Soo-Min;Kang, Soo-Jin;Bae, Seong-Keun;Kim, Soo-Hee;Yoon, Tae-Ki
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2004
  • Objectives: Despite severe oligospermia, males with Y chromosome microdeletion can achieve conception through ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection). However, ICSI may not only result in the transmission of microdeletions but also the expansion of deletion to the offspring. The purpose of this study was to screen vertical transmission, expansion of microdeletions and de novo deletion in male fetuses conceived by ICSI. Materials and Methods: A total of 32 ICSI treated patients with their 33 (a case of twin) male fetuses conceived by ICSI were used to make this study group. Sequence-tagged sites (STSs)-based PCR analyses were performed on genomic DNA isolated from peripheral blood of fathers and from the amniocytes of male fetuses. Ten primer pairs namely, sY134, sY138, MK5, sY152, sY147, sY254, sY255, SPGY1, sY269 and sY158 were used. The samples with deletions were verified at least three times. Results: We detected a frequency of 12.5% (4 of the 32 patients) of microdeletions in ICSI patients. In 4 patients with detected deletions, two patients have proven deletions on single STS marker and their male fetuses have the identical deletion in this region. Another two patients have two and three deletions, but their male fetuses have more than 3 deletions which include deletions to their father's. Meanwhile, seven male fetuses, whose fathers were analyzed to have all 10 STS markers present, have deletions present in at least one or more of the markers. Conclusions: Although the majority of deletions on the Y chromosome are believed to arise de novo, in some cases a deletion has been transmitted from the fertile father to the infertile patient. In other cases the deletion was transmitted through ICSI treatment, it is likely that one sperm cell is injected through the oocyte's cytoplasm and fertilization can be obtained from spermatozoa. Our tests for deletion were determined by PCR and our results show that the ICSI treatment may lead to vertical transmission, expansion and de novo Y chromosome microdeletions in male fetuses. Because the sample group was relatively small, one should be cautious in analyzing these data. However, it is important to counsel infertile couples contemplating ICSI if the male carries Y chromosomal microdeletions.

Hypersensitivity of Somatic Mutations and Mitotic Recombinations Induced by Mutagens in Transgenic Drosophila bearing Rat DNA Polymerase $\beta$ (Rat의 DNA Polymerase$\beta$ cDNA가 도입된 Transgenic Drosophila의 체세포 돌연변이 유발에 관한 연구)

  • 최영현;유미애;이원호
    • Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.100-105
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    • 1995
  • The effects of DNA polymerase $\beta$ on the somatic chromosome mutations and mitotic recombinations were investigated using the transgenic Drosophila beating chimetic gene consisting of a promoter region of Drosophila actin 5C gene and rat DNA polymerase $\beta$. For detecting the somatic chromosome mutations and mitotic recombinations, the heterozygous (mwh/+) strains possessing or lacking transgene poi 13 were used. The spontaneous frequency of small mwh spots, due to deletion or nondisjunction etc., in the non-transgenic w strain and the transgenic p[pol $\beta$]-130 strain was 0.351 and 0.606, respectively. The spontaneous frequency (0.063) of large mwh spots, arises mostly from somatic recombination between the centromere and the locus mwh, in the transgenic p[pol $\beta$]-130 strain was about three times higher than that (0.021) of the non-transgenic w strain. The mutant clone frequencies of small and large mwh spots induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and ethyl methanesulfonate in the transformant p[pol $\beta$]-130 were higher than those in the host strain w. The present results suggest that rat DNA polymerase $\beta$ participate at least in the somatic chromosome mutations and mitotic recombination processes.

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Construction and Characterization of a Burkholderia pseudomallei wzm Deletion Mutant

  • Yuen, Chee-Wah;Ong, Eugene Boon Beng;Mohamad, Suriani;Manaf, Uyub Abdul;Najimudin, Nazalan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.22 no.10
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    • pp.1336-1342
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    • 2012
  • In Burkholderia pseudomallei, the pathogen that causes melioidosis, the gene cluster encoding the capsular polysaccharide, is located on chromosome 1. Among the 19 capsular genes in this cluster, wzm has not been thoroughly studied. To study the function of wzm, we generated a deletion mutant and compared it with the wild-type strain. The mutant produced less biofilm in minimal media and was more sensitive to desiccation and oxidative stress compared with the wild-type strain, indicating that wzm is involved in biofilm formation and membrane integrity. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the bacterial cells of the mutant strain have more defined surfaces with indentations, whereas cells of the wild-type strain do not.