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A novel third type of recurrent NF1 microdeletion mediated by nonallelic homologous recombination between LRRC37B-containing low-copy repeats in 17q11.2

Bengesser, Kathrin, Cooper, David Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484, Steinmann, Katharina, Kluwe, Lan, Chuzhanova, Nadia A., Wimmer, Katharina, Tatagiba, Marcos, Tinschert, Sigrid, Mautner, Victor-Felix and Kehrer-Sawatzki, Hildegard 2010. A novel third type of recurrent NF1 microdeletion mediated by nonallelic homologous recombination between LRRC37B-containing low-copy repeats in 17q11.2. Human Mutation 31 (6) , pp. 742-751. 10.1002/humu.21254

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Abstract

Large microdeletions encompassing the neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1) gene and its flanking regions at 17q11.2 belong to the group of genomic disorders caused by aberrant recombination between segmental duplications. The most common NF1 microdeletions (type-1) span 1.4-Mb and have breakpoints located within NF1-REPs A and C, low-copy repeats (LCRs) containing LRRC37-core duplicons. We have identified a novel type of recurrent NF1 deletion mediated by nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR) between the highly homologous NF1-REPs B and C. The breakpoints of these ∼1.0-Mb (“type-3”) NF1 deletions were characterized at the DNA sequence level in three unrelated patients. Recombination regions, spanning 275, 180, and 109-bp, respectively, were identified within the LRRC37B-P paralogues of NF1-REPs B and C, and were found to contain sequences capable of non-B DNA formation. Both LCRs contain LRRC37-core duplicons, abundant and highly dynamic sequences in the human genome. NAHR between LRRC37-containing LCRs at 17q21.31 is known to have mediated the 970-kb polymorphic inversions of the MAPT-locus that occurred independently in different primate species, but also underlies the syndromes associated with recurrent 17q21.31 microdeletions and reciprocal microduplications. The novel NF1 microdeletions reported here provide further evidence for the unusually high recombinogenic potential of LRRC37-containing LCRs in the human genome.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Genomic disorders ; NAHR ; Microdeletions ; Neurofibromatosis type-1 ; NF1 ; Nonallelic homologous recombination ; 17q11.2
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISSN: 1059-7794
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2022 09:58
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22795

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