Premature centromere division: a mechanism of non-disjunction causing X chromosome aneuploidy in somatic cells of man.

Annals of Human Genetics
P H FitzgeraldP M Miethke

Abstract

Apparent acentric fragments which replaced a C-group chromosome in cultured blood lymphocytes from a woman patient were shown by autoradiography, G-banding and C-banding to be complete X chromosomes in which the centromere had divided prematurely in relation to the centromeres of other chromosomes in the same metaphase. Metaphases with multiple 'fragments' suggested that non-disjunction of the 'fragments' had occurred. This anomaly of the X chromosome was associated with increased aneuploidy of a C-group chromosome, presumed to be X. Premature centromere division of the X chromosome (PCD, X) appeared to be a mechanism of non-disjunction which caused significant monosomy and trisomy of the X chromosome in blood cells and skin fibroblasts. The frequency of cells with multiple fragments and the extent of the aneuploidy in 48 hr. blood cultures indicated that this mechanism of non-disjunction operated during mitosis both in vivo and in vitro. Premature centromere division occurred at a lower frequency in normal women donors, and was age-related, being four times more frequent in women 60 years and older than in women under 40. Associated with the higher frequency of PCD, the older women also showed evidence of increased X chromosom...Continue Reading

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