Autism spectrum disorder, anxiety and severe depression in a male patient with deletion and duplication in the 21q22.3 region: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Sandro Orru
    • Ioannis Papoulidis
    • Elisavet Siomou
    • Dimitrios T. Papadimitriou
    • Sotirios Sotiriou
    • Petros Nikolaidis
    • Makarios Eleftheriades
    • Evaggelos Papanikolaou
    • Loretta Thomaidis
    • Emmanouil Manolakos
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  • Published online on: May 13, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2019.1210
  • Pages: 354-358
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Abstract

In this report, a patient carrying a 650 kb deletion and a 759 kb duplication of chromosomal 21q22.3 region was described. Facial dysmorphic features, hypotonia, short stature, learning impairment, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety and depression were observed clinical characteristics. Mentioned copy number variants were the shortest in length reported so far. The current study hypothesized that the presence of a susceptibility locus for autism spectrum disorder associated with depression and anxiety may be located in a 200 kb region between the PCNT and PRMT2 genes. The current study aimed to provide insight into the human genome morbidity map of chromosome 21.

Introduction

Chromosomal imbalances are frequently associated with dysmorphism, congenital malformations and psychomotor impairment (1). Aneuploidies involving human chromosome 21 (Hsa21) are the most prevalent chromosomal abnormalities in humans, with down syndrome (DS) describing the presence of an extra copy of Hsa21, occurring in ~1 of 733 live births (2), and monosomy 21 being very rare (<0.01%) resulting in mortality in utero or shortly following birth (3). Partial monosomy and trisomy are difficult to detect with conventional cytogenetic techniques (1). Novel technologies, including high-resolution microarray comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) allow identifying chromosomal imbalances and aid correlating geno- and phenotypes in patients (1). This information may be used in genetic counseling, which is an aim of the present study.

Partial deletion of Hsa21 is more frequent than complete monosomy and patients have increased survival expectancy and are heterogeneous regarding their phenotypic severity depending on the position and size of the deleted region (4-7). There are >45 cases reported in literature. Lyle et al (6) differentiate three regions associated with various levels of clinical severity, ranging from moderate to not compatible with life. The deleted region described in this study was consistent with that Roberson et al (7) reported as the most frequently altered and with the mildest phenotypic expression.

The occurrence of segmental trisomy 21, with or without association to DS, was first reported by Ilbery et al (8) in 1961. Approximately 200 cases have been reported in literature until 2016 compared with an estimated 5.8 million patients with DS worldwide (9). It has been demonstrated that only part of the Hsa21 is involved in the pathogenesis of DS (9). Pelleri et al (9) reported a highly restricted DS critical region of 34 kb, with no known genes located in it and it was identified as the minimal region duplicated patients with DS and absent healthy subjects.

The present study described a patient carrying a 21q22.3 deletion and duplication as detected by aCGH array. Symptoms included facial dysmorphism, hypotonia, short stature, clinodactyly, learning impairment, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), anxiety and depression. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case reporting these two copy number variants (CNVs) to occur simultaneously and these regions were the shortest described so far. The analysis of these partial aneuploidies aimed to correlate clinical features of the phenotype to this specific Hsa21 region.

Clinical report

Patient details

A full-term male born to unrelated, healthy parents following an uncomplicated pregnancy was reported. The patient first presented at the Developmental Assessment Unit of the 2nd Department of Pediatrics, ‘P. & A. Kyriakou’ Children's Hospital (Athens, Greece) in October 2015. The patient was 10 years at the time of recruitment and he was the first child of the family. The patient was delivered by cesarean section with 3,150 g birth weight (25th percentile), 50 cm length (50th percentile) and 34 cm head circumference (HC; 25th percentile). No abnormalities or complications were recorded in the perinatal history. Developmental milestones were reported normal; the patient sat unsupported at 7 months, walked unaided at 14 months and started speaking at 13 months.

At 10 years old, the patient was referred for full developmental assessment due to learning difficulties and behavioral problems at school, affecting social relationships with peers. Between 10-12 years, the patient received psychological treatment. The patient exhibited a shy demeanor, short statue, microcephaly and minor dysmorphic facial and body features, including long philtrum, frontal bossing, almond shaped eyes, auricle abnormalities, nipples widely spaced and clinodactyly of the fifth finger. At the time of recruitment, the following details were recorded: Height, 130 cm (3rd percentile); weight, 33 kg (25th percentile); and HC, 51 cm (<3rd percentile). The intellectual abilities were tested using the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC III) (10) and a difference between verbal and performance skills was determined. The verbal score was at upper limit (verbal IQ=111) and the performance score was at lower end (performance IQ=83) of the mean IQ range (IQ, 80-119) (10). Child psychiatric evaluation exhibited severe anxiety and depression levels.

At 12 years, a psychiatric evaluation diagnosed autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) according to diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM)-5 criteria (11). Combined educational and pharmaceutical treatment followed (risperidone, 0.25 mg twice daily). Clinical neurological examination revealed global hypotonia without focal neurological signs and microcephaly. Laboratory investigations, including audiological, visual, biochemical, metabolic, endocrine (thyroid, growth hormone, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone and prolactin), bone age, kidney/liver ultra sound, triplex ultrasound, brain magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalogram were normal.

Materials and methods

Metaphase chromosomes were obtained from phytohemagglutinin-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes and high-resolution (thymidine treatment) G-banding karyotype analysis was performed using standard procedures (12).

aCGH was performed by normalizing the sample against a male human reference commercial DNA sample using an aCGH platform that includes 60,000 oligonucleotides as described elsewhere (9), distributed across the entire genome (cat. no. 5190-3796; Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA). Statistical analyses estimating the number of copies were performed using Cytogenomics v4.0 (Agilent Technologies, Inc.) with a window of 0.5 Mb and A=6. If copy number changes affected ≥5 consecutive probes with identically oriented change, these were considered as CNVs. For the majority of the genome, the mean genomic power of resolution was 200 kb. The genomic coordinates were listed according to genomic build GRCh37/hg19 (genome.ucsc.edu).

Results

The cytogenetic analysis revealed a normal male karyotype (46,XY). aCGH analysis detected the loss of ~650 kb and a copy number gain of ~760 kb in the 21q22.3 region (Fig. 1). These alterations affected 13 and 11 genes, respectively. The deleted segment was mapped at the chr21:47,439,416-48,090,317 region and the duplicated segment was mapped at the chr21:42,710,862-43,473,699 region. The deletion spanned ten OMIM genes and was one of the shortest described in the literature so far (Table I). The duplicated region described in the present study covers the proximal ~760 kb of the 21q22.3 region and includes eight online Mendelian inheritance in man (OMIM) genes (Table II).

Table I

Deleted OMIM genes determined for the 10-year-old male patient.

Table I

Deleted OMIM genes determined for the 10-year-old male patient.

GeneOMIM reference
COL26A2120240
FTCD606806
C21orf56612412
LSS600909
MCM3AP603294
YBEY617461
PCNT605925
DIP2A607711
S100B176990
HRMT1L601961

[i] Determined using genome browser, hg19. OMIM, online Mendelian inheritance in man.

Table II

Duplicated OMIM genes determined for the 10-year-old male patient.

Table II

Duplicated OMIM genes determined for the 10-year-old male patient.

GeneOMIM reference
FAM3B608617
MX2147890
MX1147150
TMPRSS2602060
RIPK4605706
PRDM15617692
C2CD2617581
ZBTB21616485

[i] Determined using genome browser, hg19. OMIM, online Mendelian inheritance in man.

Discussion

The study of chromosomal abnormalities is the most commonly used tool for the definition of the morbidity map of the human genome (1). In this respect, it is of fundamental importance to study small deletions/duplications (<1 Mb), which may be characterized with high accuracy due to the introduction of aCGH (13).

The current study presented the case of a 12-year old male patient with normal perinatal and infant development. By 10 years, the patient exhibited learning difficulties and behavioral problems, resulting in a referral for full developmental assessment that revealed short stature, microcephaly, hypotonia and minor facial and trunk dysmorphic features. At 10 years, a psychiatric evaluation suggested severe anxiety and depression that strongly conditioned social relations. On an intellectual level, there was a discrepancy between verbal and performance skills. At 12 years, a psychiatric evaluation diagnosed ASD according to DSM-V criteria. Using aCGH, a duplication of ~760 kb and a deletion of ~650 kb in the 21q22.3 region were identified.

Although DS is the most common chromosomal abnormality, 125 cases describing segmental trisomy of Hsa21 have been published in the literature so far (9). Few studies identified the chromosomal region of interest as 21q22 (6,9). Over forty cases of partial trisomy of Hsa21 that include the 21q22.3 region have been described in the literature to date (4-7). A comparison between the present study and the literature has proven difficult due to variations in the size of the duplication and the presence of other chromosomal aberrations. Additionally, certain clinical characteristics described in the present study, including short stature, microcephaly, hypotonia and clinodactyly of fifth finger are associated with DS, but are also common to other chromosomal abnormalities. Therefore, it was not possible to attribute the characteristics specifically to the partial trisomy 21.

There is growing evidence that trisomy of the 21q22.3 segment exhibits no clinical significance (14). A terminal duplication of ~5 Mb of the 21q22.3 region was observed in a 2-year-old male exhibiting no pathological phenotype (15). An interstitial duplication of 4.4 Mb of the 21q22-22.3 region was detected in a 2-year-old healthy female and her 37-year-old healthy mother (16). In a large subtelomere FISH analysis, two cases presented with a 21q deletion and exhibited no clinical signs of disease (17). Therefore, the pathological characteristics observed in the patient of the present study were suggested to be attributed to a combination of the partial trisomy and the terminal deletion of the distal region of 21q22.3. Comparable combinations of an inverted duplication adjacent to a terminal deletion have been described for chromosome arms 2q, 4p, 5p, 6q, 8p, 9p, 10q, 13q, 15q, 18p, 18q and 22q (18). The mechanisms proposed for the complex rearrangement are based on non-allelic homologous recombination, U-type exchange and telomere capture (18,19). For the present case, the underlying mechanisms were not identified and it remains to be investigated whether the duplication is inverted. Future studies may include the use of FISH aiding to identify a potential inversion, and sequencing of the regions in proximity to the breakpoints may reveal the mechanisms of rearrangement.

Lyle et al (6) proposed the classification of partial 21q monosomy into three groups: i) Deletions starting from the centromere up to 32.3 Mb; ii) deletions in the 32.2-37.1 Mb region; and iii) deletions from 37 Mb to the telomere. The first two groups of 21q monosomy are associated with clinically severe phenotypes, while the third group exhibits moderate phenotypes (6). Clinical characteristics observed in the present patient frequently reported in the literature for partial Hsa21q monosomy included microcephaly and short stature with growth delay.

A chromosome 21 ring carrying a deletion that includes the genes COL6A2 and S100B is propagated in a family. Four individuals from three generations with monosomy were described and patients were diagnosed with a medium to severe growth retardation, short stature and microcephaly (20). McGinniss et al (21) described 13 patients with Hsa21 rings; five were clinically healthy and had a deletion with two breakpoints between COL6A1 and S100B. Mental retardation of mild grade, growth retardation, short stature and microcephaly were observed in a patient with a longer deletion including the COL6A1 gene. Roberson et al (7) presented ten novel cases of partial 21q monosomy, including a 4-year-old male with a de novo 5.68 Mb 21q22.3 terminal deletion presenting moderate mental retardation, strabismus, normal growth and an absence of dysmorphism. The Hsa21 monosomal region observed in the present case included 10 OMIM genes and to date no genes with pathological phenotype have been mapped in this region.

The patient of the present study exhibited anxiety and severe depression that affected academic performance and relationships with peers at 10 years. The difference between verbal and performance skills evaluated using the WISC-III test was attributed to these symptoms. At 12 years, a psychiatric evaluation diagnosed ASD according to DSM-V criteria. Other family members were not diagnosed with mood disorders. Anxiety and depression are clinical signs rarely reported in patients with chromosomal abnormalities. This may be due to geneticists consulting on pediatric cases and follow-up to when psychiatric disorders manifest are rare. Psychiatrists often do not consider genetic syndromes in the diagnosis of their patients (22). However, depression is difficult to diagnose during childhood as it may be masked by major phenotypes, including even mild mental retardation (23). Therefore, anxiety and depression may be underestimated with respect to actual prevalence. A recent study has suggested that occurrence of depression and anxiety is frequent (20%) in individuals with ASD and is associated with higher IQs and fewer ASD symptoms (24). Two associated studies have highlighted a susceptibility locus for bipolar depression, which maps to the 21q22 region (25,26). Major depression was observed in 16- and 18-year-old brothers with a terminal deletion of ~200 kb in the 21q22.3 region. Further analysis of the deletion revealed monosomy of the PCNT, DIP2A, S100B and PRMT2 genes (27). Of interest, certain SNPs of PCNT located in this 200 kb region have been associated with schizophrenia (28) and major depressive disorder (29). The second candidate gene in the etiology of major mood disorders is S100B, encoding S100 calcium-binding protein B, which has been associated with the etiology of schizophrenia (30), bipolar depression (31,32) and autism (33). However, these studies predominantly refer to protein overexpression compared with levels observed for healthy controls. In the current case, a downregulation of S100B would be expected due to the haploinsufficiency of the examined region; however, further experiments are required to support this hypothesis. Furthermore, CNVs in the 21q22.3 region, including DIP2A and S100B, have been associated with ASD (34). A frame shift mutation and a splice site variant of DIP2A were observed in two families with an ASD affected member each (35,36). Furthermore, DIP2A has been associated with the onset of dyslexia (37), a clinical characteristic missing in the patient presented in the current study, but described for patients with monosomy of the 21q22.3 region (37). DIP2A was suggested to be a fragile X mental retardation 1 translation regulator target in nervous cells (38).

In conclusion, the present study described the case of a 10-year old male, where aCGH analysis identified one of the shortest deletion/duplication of the 21q22.3 region reported to date. This information may guide genetic counseling in the future. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that the presence of a susceptibility locus for ASD may be associated with depression and anxiety; this locus was mapped in a 200 kb region between PCNT and PRMT2.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contribution

SO, IP, LT, EM and EP conceived and designed the study. ES, DTP, SS, PN, ME acquired and analyzed the data. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Written informed written consent was obtained from the patients' parents and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the ‘P. & A. Kyriakou’ Children's Hospital (Athens, Greece).

Patient consent for publication

The family of the patient gave a written consent for the publication.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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