BACKGROUND: Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib (PHPIb) results from abnormal imprinting of GNAS. Familial and sporadic forms of PHPIb have distinct GNAS imprinting patterns: familial PHPIb patients have an exon A/B-only imprinting defect and an intragenic STX16 deletion, whereas sporadic PHPIb cases have abnormal imprinting of the three differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in GNAS without the STX16 deletion. Overall GNAS methylation defects have recently been detected in some PHPIa patients. METHODS: This study describes the first quantitative methylation analysis of multiple CpG sites for three different GNAS DMRs using the Sequenom EpiTYPER in 35 controls, 12 PHPIb patients, 2 PHPIa patients and 2 patients without parathormone (PTH) resistance but having only hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. RESULTS: All patients have GNAS methylation defects typically with NESP hypermethylation versus XL and exon A/B hypomethylation while the imprinting of SNURF/SNRPN was normal. PHPIa patients showed an abnormal methylation in the three DMRs of GNAS. For the first time, a marked abnormal GNAS methylation was also found in 2 patients without PTH resistance but having hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. CONCLUSIONS: The Sequenom EpiTYPER proves to be very sensitive in detecting DNA methylation changes. Our analysis also suggests that GNAS imprinting defects might be more frequent and diverse than previously thought.
BACKGROUND:Pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib (PHPIb) results from abnormal imprinting of GNAS. Familial and sporadic forms of PHPIb have distinct GNAS imprinting patterns: familial PHPIb patients have an exon A/B-only imprinting defect and an intragenic STX16 deletion, whereas sporadic PHPIb cases have abnormal imprinting of the three differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in GNAS without the STX16 deletion. Overall GNAS methylation defects have recently been detected in some PHPIa patients. METHODS: This study describes the first quantitative methylation analysis of multiple CpG sites for three different GNASDMRs using the Sequenom EpiTYPER in 35 controls, 12 PHPIb patients, 2 PHPIa patients and 2 patients without parathormone (PTH) resistance but having only hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. RESULTS: All patients have GNAS methylation defects typically with NESP hypermethylation versus XL and exon A/B hypomethylation while the imprinting of SNURF/SNRPN was normal. PHPIa patients showed an abnormal methylation in the three DMRs of GNAS. For the first time, a marked abnormal GNAS methylation was also found in 2 patients without PTH resistance but having hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. CONCLUSIONS: The Sequenom EpiTYPER proves to be very sensitive in detecting DNA methylation changes. Our analysis also suggests that GNAS imprinting defects might be more frequent and diverse than previously thought.
Authors: Benedetta Izzi; Inge Francois; Veerle Labarque; Chantal Thys; Christine Wittevrongel; Koen Devriendt; Eric Legius; Annick Van den Bruel; Marc D'Hooghe; Diether Lambrechts; Francis de Zegher; Chris Van Geet; Kathleen Freson Journal: PLoS One Date: 2012-06-05 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Fabrizia Noro; Francesco Gianfagna; Alessandro Gialluisi; Amalia De Curtis; Augusto Di Castelnuovo; Emanuela Napoleone; Chiara Cerletti; Maria Benedetta Donati; Giovanni de Gaetano; Marc F Hoylaerts; Licia Iacoviello; Benedetta Izzi Journal: Clin Epigenetics Date: 2019-05-10 Impact factor: 6.551