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A maternal hypomethylation syndrome presenting as transient neonatal diabetes mellitus

A maternal hypomethylation syndrome presenting as transient neonatal diabetes mellitus
A maternal hypomethylation syndrome presenting as transient neonatal diabetes mellitus
The expression of imprinted genes is mediated by allele-specific epigenetic modification of genomic DNA and chromatin, including parent of origin-specific DNA methylation. Dysregulation of these genes causes a range of disorders affecting pre- and post-natal growth and neurological function. We investigated a cohort of 12 patients with transient neonatal diabetes whose disease was caused by loss of maternal methylation at the TNDM locus. We found that six of these patients showed a spectrum of methylation loss, mosaic with respect to the extent of the methylation loss, the tissues affected and the genetic loci involved. Five maternally methylated loci were affected, while one maternally methylated and two paternally methylated loci were spared. These patients had higher birth weight and were more phenotypically diverse than other TNDM patients with different aetiologies, presumably reflecting the influence of dysregulation of multiple imprinted genes. We propose the existence of a maternal hypomethylation syndrome, and therefore suggest that any patient with methylation loss at one maternally-methylated locus may also manifest methylation loss at other loci, potentially complicating or even confounding the clinical presentation.
0340-6717
262-269
Mackay, D.J.G.
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Boonen, S.E.
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Kant, S.G.
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Shield, J.P.H.
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White, H.E.
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Temple, I.K.
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Goodship, J.
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Hahnemann, J.M.D.
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Kant, S.G.
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Njølstad, P.R.
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Robin, N.H.
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Robinson, D.O.
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Siebert, R.
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Shield, J.P.H.
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White, H.E.
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Temple, I.K.
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Mackay, D.J.G., Boonen, S.E., Clayton-Smith, J., Goodship, J., Hahnemann, J.M.D., Kant, S.G., Njølstad, P.R., Robin, N.H., Robinson, D.O., Siebert, R., Shield, J.P.H., White, H.E. and Temple, I.K. (2006) A maternal hypomethylation syndrome presenting as transient neonatal diabetes mellitus. Human Genetics, 120 (2), 262-269. (doi:10.1007/s00439-006-0205-2).

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The expression of imprinted genes is mediated by allele-specific epigenetic modification of genomic DNA and chromatin, including parent of origin-specific DNA methylation. Dysregulation of these genes causes a range of disorders affecting pre- and post-natal growth and neurological function. We investigated a cohort of 12 patients with transient neonatal diabetes whose disease was caused by loss of maternal methylation at the TNDM locus. We found that six of these patients showed a spectrum of methylation loss, mosaic with respect to the extent of the methylation loss, the tissues affected and the genetic loci involved. Five maternally methylated loci were affected, while one maternally methylated and two paternally methylated loci were spared. These patients had higher birth weight and were more phenotypically diverse than other TNDM patients with different aetiologies, presumably reflecting the influence of dysregulation of multiple imprinted genes. We propose the existence of a maternal hypomethylation syndrome, and therefore suggest that any patient with methylation loss at one maternally-methylated locus may also manifest methylation loss at other loci, potentially complicating or even confounding the clinical presentation.

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Published date: September 2006
Organisations: Human Genetics, Medicine

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Local EPrints ID: 44327
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/44327
ISSN: 0340-6717
PURE UUID: bd5e3a98-9b2c-48e0-a550-cd1527d32aeb
ORCID for D.J.G. Mackay: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-4401
ORCID for I.K. Temple: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6045-1781

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Date deposited: 26 Feb 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:05

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Author: D.J.G. Mackay ORCID iD
Author: S.E. Boonen
Author: J. Clayton-Smith
Author: J. Goodship
Author: J.M.D. Hahnemann
Author: S.G. Kant
Author: P.R. Njølstad
Author: N.H. Robin
Author: D.O. Robinson
Author: R. Siebert
Author: J.P.H. Shield
Author: H.E. White
Author: I.K. Temple ORCID iD

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