Description
The copy number loss of 1q25.2q31.2 involves multiple coding genes across multiple chromosomal bands and is expected to cause phenotypic and/or developmental abnormalities. It includes multiple genes associated with autosomal dominant disorders: LHX4 (OMIM 602146), XPR1 (OMIM 605237), CACNA1E (OMIM 601013), RNASEL (OMIM 180435), IVNS1ABP (OMIM 609209), and HMCN1 (OMIM 608548). Among these, loss-of-function of LHX4 has been associated with autosomal dominant combined pituitary hormone deficiency-4 (OMIM 262700), which causes growth deficiency due to impaired production of growth hormone and one or more anterior pituitary hormones. This deletion interval also overlaps the region of intermediate 1q25-q32 deletion syndrome, which is characterized by pre- and/or postnatal growth retardation, psychomotor retardation, lip and palate anomalies, genital abnormalities, terminal limb defects, cardiac anomalies, microcephaly, and dysmorphic features. The severity of the clinical phenotype seems to be correlated with the size of the deletion (Hu et al., Mol Cytogenet 2013;6(1):30, PMID: 23915434). LHX4 has been suggested as one of the two strongest candidates for growth retardation in the 1q25-q32 region.
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