Amelogenin has chromosome X (AMELX) and Y (AMELY) homologs that can be differentiated based on the length of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification products. In addition to being useful for gender identification, analysis of amelogenin has utility for monitoring bone marrow engraftment in patients after a sex-mismatched bone marrow transplant, characterizing sex chromosome abnormalities, and for forensic purposes for analyzing mixtures of male and female DNA. Here, we describe two brothers in which PCR analysis demonstrated twofold greater AMELY products compared with AMELX products. Karyotype and X/Y fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis demonstrated a single copy of the X and Y chromosomes without any identifiable abnormalities. Oligonucleotide comparative genomic hybridization array analysis demonstrated a duplication of a portion of chromosome Yp that encompassed a region of at least 2.6 Mb but not greater than 4.0 Mb. The amplified region contains the genes AMELY, transducin (beta)-like 1 protein Y (TBL1Y), and protein kinase Y (PRKY). To our knowledge, duplication of this region has not previously been reported. The family history is unremarkable, and the brothers are without ap-parent dysmorphic features. Although this and other genetic variants involving AMELY are uncommon, one should use caution when using amelogenin for sex chromosome analysis and bone marrow engraftment analysis.

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:Amelogenin具有X染色体(AMELX)和Y染色体(AMELY)同源物,可以根据聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增产物的长度进行区分。除可用于性别识别外,牙釉蛋白的分析还可用于监测性别不匹配的骨髓移植后患者的骨髓植入情况,表征性染色体异常,以及用于法医目的分析男性和女性DNA的混合物。在这里,我们描述了两个兄弟,其中PCR分析显示的AMELY产品是AMELX产品的两倍。核型和X / Y荧光原位杂交分析表明X和Y染色体的单个副本没有任何可识别的异常。寡核苷酸比较基因组杂交阵列分析表明,Yp染色体的一部分重复,该部分包含至少2.6 Mb但不大于4.0 Mb的区域。扩增的区域包含基因AMELY,转导蛋白β-样1蛋白Y(TBL1Y)和蛋白激酶Y(PRKY)。据我们所知,该区域的重复以前没有被报道过。家族史很少,兄弟俩没有明显的畸形特征。尽管这种和其他涉及AMELY的遗传变异并不常见,但在使用amelogenin进行性染色体分析和骨髓植入分析时,应谨慎行事。

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