Williams-Beuren综合征是一类常见的染色体微缺失综合征,早期诊断及干预对患儿及其家庭十分重要。本研究应用染色体核型分析技术(G显带),多重连接依赖探针扩增技术(MLPA)及微阵列比较基因组杂交技术(array-CGH)对4个家系中1例超声异常的胎儿及3例发育异常患儿行染色体核型和基因组DNA分析,为这4个家庭的再生育提供指导,为产前诊断提供依据。研究结果发现1例产前超声异常孕妇羊水及3例发育异常患儿外周血MLPA分析提示染色体7q11.23区域ELN基因探针信号降低,array-CGH检测提示染色体7q11.23区域杂合缺失。4个家系中母亲再次妊娠时取羊水细胞标本行上述检测均未发现异常。研究结果提示MLPA技术及array-CGH技术能够快速、准确地诊断Williams-Beuren综合征,为临床提供更好的遗传咨询服务。

Williams-Beuren syndrome is a common chromosome microdeletion syndrome. Early diagnosis and treatment are very helpful for patients and their families. This study identified the chromosome karyotype in one fetus with ultrasonography abnormalities and three children with developmental disorders from four families. This provided guidance for subsequent pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis by using routine G-banding chromosome karyotyping analysis, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and array comparative genomic hybridization (arrayCGH). In one amniotic fluid sample from a pregnant woman with fetal abnormalities on an ultrasound screen and three peripheral blood samples from three children with developmental disorders, the decreased signal of ELN gene probes at 7q11.23 and heterozygous deletions at 7q11.23 were detected by MLPA and array-CGH analysis. The laboratory genetic tests of amniotic fluid samples were normal when the mothers from the four families became pregnant again. It was concluded that MLPA and array-CGH are rapid and accurate tools for the diagnosis of Williams-Beuren syndrome and can provide more information for clinical genetic counseling.