A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response

Background. 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome is a newly defined intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome characterized by microcephaly, moderate intellectual disability, speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features. The PIAS4 gene located in this region plays a crucial role as a transcri...

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Main Authors: Emre Özer, Birsen Karaman, Nilay Güneş, Olcay Evliyaoğlu, Beyhan Tüysüz
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2021-02-01
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author Emre Özer
Birsen Karaman
Nilay Güneş
Olcay Evliyaoğlu
Beyhan Tüysüz
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Birsen Karaman
Nilay Güneş
Olcay Evliyaoğlu
Beyhan Tüysüz
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description Background. 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome is a newly defined intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome characterized by microcephaly, moderate intellectual disability, speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features. The PIAS4 gene located in this region plays a crucial role as a transcriptional co-regulator in various cellular pathways including STAT, p53/TP53 and growth hormone (GH) signaling and mutations in this gene are thought to be responsible for clinical features. Case. We present a 10 year-old girl with intrauterine onset growth retardation, microcephaly, and mild facial dysmorphic features. Treatment with GH was started at 4 years and 9 months of age targeting the severe short stature (-3.65 standard deviation score, SDS) since she had significant IGF-1 response to exogenous GH. Microarray study demonstrated a 19p13.3 microduplication of 4.4 Mb. FISH analyses revealed mosaic extra signals (27.5% on blood lymphocytes, and 47% on buccal epithelium) of 19p13.3 region. At the age of 10, her height was at -2.37 SDS, and she had mild intellectual disability which has been described in 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome. Conclusion. We present here a patient with typical findings of 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome and also with a prominent response to GH treatment, which has not been reported previously in this syndrome.
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spelling doaj-art-66c3a360abe24a6c8c90b38bf09024752025-08-20T03:16:22ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212021-02-0163110.24953/turkjped.2021.01.022A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy responseEmre Özer0Birsen Karaman1Nilay Güneş2Olcay Evliyaoğlu3Beyhan Tüysüz4Divisions of Pediatric Genetics, İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Division of Medical Genetics, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Divisions of Pediatric Genetics, İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Divisions of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.Divisions of Pediatric Genetics, İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. Background. 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome is a newly defined intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome characterized by microcephaly, moderate intellectual disability, speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features. The PIAS4 gene located in this region plays a crucial role as a transcriptional co-regulator in various cellular pathways including STAT, p53/TP53 and growth hormone (GH) signaling and mutations in this gene are thought to be responsible for clinical features. Case. We present a 10 year-old girl with intrauterine onset growth retardation, microcephaly, and mild facial dysmorphic features. Treatment with GH was started at 4 years and 9 months of age targeting the severe short stature (-3.65 standard deviation score, SDS) since she had significant IGF-1 response to exogenous GH. Microarray study demonstrated a 19p13.3 microduplication of 4.4 Mb. FISH analyses revealed mosaic extra signals (27.5% on blood lymphocytes, and 47% on buccal epithelium) of 19p13.3 region. At the age of 10, her height was at -2.37 SDS, and she had mild intellectual disability which has been described in 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome. Conclusion. We present here a patient with typical findings of 19p13.3 microduplication syndrome and also with a prominent response to GH treatment, which has not been reported previously in this syndrome. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/28519p13.3 microduplicationPIAS4growth hormoneintrauterine growth retardationmicrocephaly
spellingShingle Emre Özer
Birsen Karaman
Nilay Güneş
Olcay Evliyaoğlu
Beyhan Tüysüz
A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
19p13.3 microduplication
PIAS4
growth hormone
intrauterine growth retardation
microcephaly
title A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
title_full A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
title_fullStr A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
title_full_unstemmed A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
title_short A rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13.3 microduplication: evaluation of GH/IGF- 1 axis and GH therapy response
title_sort rare intrauterine onset growth retardation syndrome caused by mosaic 19p13 3 microduplication evaluation of gh igf 1 axis and gh therapy response
topic 19p13.3 microduplication
PIAS4
growth hormone
intrauterine growth retardation
microcephaly
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/285
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