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Biparental and Androgenetic Somatic Mosaicism with Presentation of Non-Syndromic Severe Neonatal Hyperinsulinemia

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Genome-wide paternal uniparental isodisomy mosaicism (GWpUPIDM) is an extremely rare condition characterized by varying proportions of an androgenetic cell line across different tissues. It is primarily associated with severe congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) stigmata, a high risk (69–79%) of developing neoplasia and, in some cases, additional manifestations of multilocus paternal imprinting disorders (MPIDs). We herein report the first Mexican/Latin American female patient GWpUPIDM presenting with non-syndromic CHI requiring subtotal pancreatectomy and persistent but unexplained asymptomatic diffuse hepatopathy. When she was 8.5 years old, whole-exome sequencing (WES) in blood revealed an unexpectedly high (~92%) proportion of regions of homozygosity. DNA profiling confirmed a single haploid set of paternal chromosomes in both biparental and androgenetic cell lines, with varying proportions of the androgenetic lineage in leukocytes (84%), resected pancreas (74%), buccal cells (47%), and hair follicles (0.7%). Additional WES trio analysis using gDNA from the patient’s buccal cells and blood samples from both parents revealed an allelic frequency of ~75% for the paternally inherited variant NM_000158.4(GBE1):c.555+1G>T [ClinVar:632422; dbSNP:rs759707498]. At age 8.5, the patient exhibited no clinical features of BWS, MPIDs, or neoplasia. However, she presented persistent hepatic abnormalities that warrant further investigation to rule out an unmasked glycogen storage disease type IV (OMIM#232500). Our findings emphasize the critical need for early diagnosis of GWpUPIDM using SNP-based microarray or WES with further confirmation through DNA profiling in patients presenting with CHI, placental mesenchymal dysplasia, BWS stigmata, or other MPID-related conditions, including neoplasia, to facilitate timely cancer surveillance and management.

Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26167985