UNLABELLED: We set out to delineate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a congenital neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the lack of expression of the paternally inherited imprinted genes on chromosome 15q11-13 in 31 Chinese patients. They were genotyped to identify deletions using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis and subsequent methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis. Microsatellite linkage analysis was performed to distinguish maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) from imprinting defect. Clinical manifestations were recorded and compared between patients with paternal 15q11-13 deletion and UPD. Deletions in the 15q11-13 region were present in 26 (83.9 %) patients, and UPD was observed in 5 (16.1 %) patients. The mean maternal age at the time of childbirth for mUPD children (32.8 ± 5.1 years) was significantly higher than that of children with paternal 15q11-13 deletion (27.1±3.2 years, P < 0.05). All patients had neonatal hypotonia, feeding difficulties in infancy, and decreased fetal activity, but only 12.9 % of the patients showed short stature, 54.8 % presented typical facial features, and 35.5 % showed skin picking lesions. CONCLUSION: Significant heterogeneity in clinical phenotypes and genotypes in PWS were observed between Chinese and Western populations in this study. This suggests that ethnic differences may be relevant to the diagnostic criteria for PWS.
UNLABELLED: We set out to delineate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a congenital neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the lack of expression of the paternally inherited imprinted genes on chromosome 15q11-13 in 31 Chinese patients. They were genotyped to identify deletions using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis and subsequent methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analysis. Microsatellite linkage analysis was performed to distinguish maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) from imprinting defect. Clinical manifestations were recorded and compared between patients with paternal 15q11-13 deletion and UPD. Deletions in the 15q11-13 region were present in 26 (83.9 %) patients, and UPD was observed in 5 (16.1 %) patients. The mean maternal age at the time of childbirth for mUPD children (32.8 ± 5.1 years) was significantly higher than that of children with paternal 15q11-13 deletion (27.1±3.2 years, P < 0.05). All patients had neonatal hypotonia, feeding difficulties in infancy, and decreased fetal activity, but only 12.9 % of the patients showed short stature, 54.8 % presented typical facial features, and 35.5 % showed skin picking lesions. CONCLUSION: Significant heterogeneity in clinical phenotypes and genotypes in PWS were observed between Chinese and Western populations in this study. This suggests that ethnic differences may be relevant to the diagnostic criteria for PWS.
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