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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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Chromosome Instability 349<br />

Table 1<br />

Common and Rare Fragile Sites<br />

Common fragile sites Rare fragile sites<br />

Mode <strong>of</strong> induction Mode <strong>of</strong> induction<br />

Aphidicolin inducible 1p36.1 3p14.2 7q22 12q24 Folate sensitive 2q11.2<br />

1p32 3q27 7q31.2 13q13.2 2q13<br />

1p31.2 4p16.1 7q32.3 13q21.2 2q22.3<br />

1p31 4p15.2 7q36 14q23 5q35<br />

1p22 4q31.1 8q22.1 14q24.1 6p23<br />

1p21.2 5p14 8q24.1 15q22 7p11.2<br />

1q21 5q15 8q24.3 16q22.1 8q22.3<br />

1q25.1 5q21 9q22.1 16q23.2 9p21<br />

1q31 5q31.1 9q32 17q23.1 9q32<br />

1q44 6p25.1 10q22.1 18q12.2 10q23.3<br />

2p24.2 6p22.2 10q25.2 18q21.3 11q13.3<br />

2p16.2 6q15 10q26.1 20p12.2 11q23.3<br />

2p13 6q21 11p15.1 22q12.2 12q13.1<br />

2q21.3 6q26 11p14.2 Xp22.31 12q24.13<br />

2q31 7p22 11p13 Xq22.1 16p12.3<br />

2q32.1 7p14.2 11q13 Xq27.2 16p13.11<br />

2q33 7p13 11q14.2 19p13<br />

2q37.3 7q11.2 11q23.3 20p11.23<br />

3p24.2 7q21.2 12q21.3 22q13<br />

Xq27.3<br />

5-azacytidine 1q12 Distamycin A inducible 8q24.1<br />

inducible 1q44 11p15.1<br />

9q12 16q22.1<br />

19q13 17p12<br />

10q25.2<br />

5-Bromodeoxyuridine 4q12 6q13 13q21 BrdU requiring 12q24.2<br />

(BrdU) inducible 5p13 9p21<br />

5q15 10q21<br />

Source: Data from refs. 6 and 7.<br />

proposed that delayed DNA replication underlies expression <strong>of</strong> fragile sites and that cytogenetic<br />

manifestation <strong>of</strong> these fragile sites is the result <strong>of</strong> incomplete DNA replication, which leads to a<br />

failure <strong>of</strong> chromatin compaction (10). This becomes more obvious when DNA replication is perturbed<br />

by aphidicolin or folate induction.<br />

<strong>Clinical</strong> Significance<br />

<strong>The</strong> discovery <strong>of</strong> the fragile X syndrome (see Chapter 18) has dramatically stimulated the search<br />

for other fragile sites that might be associated with abnormal phenotypes. It has frequently been<br />

suggested that breakage and recombination at these sites could be mechanistically involved in constitutional<br />

rearrangements or the deletions observed in many tumors. <strong>The</strong> finding <strong>of</strong> a fragile site during<br />

the course <strong>of</strong> chromosome analysis <strong>of</strong>ten raises questions regarding the potential clinical significance<br />

and can create uncertainty regarding patient care. Currently, with the exceptions <strong>of</strong> FRAXA and<br />

FRAXE (two well-known causes <strong>of</strong> familial mental retardation) and possibly FRA11B in relation to<br />

the breakpoint associated with Jacobsen syndrome (11), no other rare fragile site has, to date, been<br />

shown to predispose to any heritable chromosome abnormality or malignancy. In a study <strong>of</strong> 10,492

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