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Age- and gender-dependent obesity in individuals with 16p11.2 deletion |
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| Authors: | Yu Yongguo,Zhu Haitao,Miller David T,Gusella James F,Platt Orah S,Wu Bai-Lin,Shen Yiping Children's Hospital Boston Genotype Phenotype Study Group |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong Universiry, Shanghai 200127. China 2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Children 's Hospital and Instirutes of Biomedical Science, Fudan Universiry, Shanghai 201102, China 3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA 4. Center for Human Genetic Research. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA ;Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA 5. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Children 's Hospital and Instirutes of Biomedical Science, Fudan Universiry, Shanghai 201102, China 6. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Center for Human Genetic Research. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA ; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA ;Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong Universiry, Shanghai 200127. China |
| Abstract: | Recurrent genomic imbalances at 16p11.2 are genetic risk factors of variable penetrance for developmental delay and autism.Recently,16p11.2 (chr16:29.5 Mb-30.1 Mb) deletion has also been detected in individuals with early-onset severe obesity.The penetrance of 16p11.2deletion as a genetic risk factor for obesity is unknown.We evaluated the growth and body mass characteristics of 28 individuals with 16p11.2(chr16:29.5 Mb-30.1 Mb) deletion originally ascertained for their developmental disorders by reviewing their medical records.We found that nine individuals could be classilied as obese and six as overweight.These individuals generally had early feeding and growth difficulties,and started to gain excessive weight around 5-6 years of age.Thirteen out of the 18 deletion carriers aged 5 years and older (72％) were overweight or obese,whereas only two of 10 deletion carriers (20％) younger than five were overweight or obese.Males exhibited more severe obesity than females.Thus,the obesity phenotype of 16p11.2 deletion carriers is of juvenile onset,exhibited an age.and gender-dependent penetrance.16p11.2 deletion appears to predispose individuals to juvenile onset obesity and in this case are similar to the well-described Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).Early detection of this deletion will provide opportunity to prevent obesity. |
| Keywords: | Obesity Chromosome deletion 16p11.2 Developmental delay Autism Spectrum disorders Chromosomal microarray analysis Genetic testing |
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