MtC Block 3 Flashcards
Progeria
Premature aging, associated with shortened telomeres
Maternal non-disjunction causes _________.
Down-Syndrome - Trisomy 21
Mosaic down syndrome can be caused by
Mitotic non-disjunction - affections phenotype
Trisomy 13 - Patau syndrome
Heart defects, midline defects, malfomred forbrain - cyclops - longterm survival rare
Trisomy 18 - Edwards syndrome
Severe heart defects, profound developmental delay, overlapping digits - differnet CNS wiring - most lost before term
Telomerase is active in
Germ and cancer cells
Nearly all microscopically visible autosomal aneuploidy is _________
Deliterious
Turners Syndrome (XO)
Short, streak ovaries, heart defects, normal intellect, infertile, 99% lost before term
Turner’s syndrome is often due to
Loss of male Y
Klinefelter’s XXY
Feminized, low androgen, small testes, normal IQ, - difficulty w/ relationships, infertile - sperm don’t mature
XIST
All females have one fuctioning X - dosage comp - a few escape
47XYY
Tall, fertile, sub-average IQ, impulsive, low confidence/anxiety - CNS hardwiring change
Male determining locus - SRY
One gene on Y that determines maleness - causes problems with two - 47XYY
3 types of prenatal genetic testing
Amniocentesis > 16 weeks
Chorionic villus > 9 weeks - more invasive
Non-invasive prenatal testing - 5-15% fetal DNA recoverd from blood sample from mother
Most structural rearrangements occur from
Double-standed breaks
Results of deleterious mutations of autosomal chromosomes (2)
- Haplo-insufficiency
- Expression of recessive gene
Ex. cri-du-chat
Repairs of DS breaks can result in (3)
- Ring
- Inversion
- Translocation between non-homologous chromosomes
Pedigree analysis applies most to
Monogenic disorders
Characteristics of monogenic (Mendelian) disorders (3)
- Determined by a single mutant gene - very speicific point mutation in coding region usually
- Rare
- Show specific patterns of inheritance
Characteristics of complex disorders (4)
- Polygeneic inheritance - more than one gene locus
- Multifactorial inheritance - combo of genetic and environmental factors
- Major group of human disease
- No specific patterns of inhericance - familial clustering
Principle of Segregation
Alleles segregate so that each gamete is equally likely to contain either member of the pair
Principle of Independent Assortment
During gamete formation, segregating pairs of alleles assort independently of eachother
Pedigree
Graphic representation of family’s interrelationhsips and health problems - focused
Three other important things to gather for a pedigree
- Ethnicity
- Religious heritage
- Country of origin
Two reasons to use a pedigree
- Quantify risk of developing disease for family members - family planning
- Analysis to obtain mode of inheritance
In a pedigree a male is represented by a _______ and a female by a __________
- Square
2. Circle
An autosomal dominant disase will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree (4)
- Each affected individual has an affected parent - does not skip
- Normal offspring will have normal offspring
- Males and females affected equally
- Each generation tends to have an affected individual
An autosomal recessive disease will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree (4)
- Can skip generations - carriers
- Males and females affected equally
- Normal parents can only have an affected offspring if both are carriers
- The less frequent the allele in the population - the more likely the individuals are a product of a cosanguineous marriage
An X-linked dominant disease will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree (3)
- Trait is never passed from father to son
- All daughers of an affected male and normal female are affected
- Females are more likely to be affected than males
An X-liniked recessive disease will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree (3)
- Never passed from father to son
- Passed from affected grandfather to carrier daughter to all of her sons??
- Males more likely to be affected than females
Ex. Colorblindness
A Y-linked disease will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree (2)
- Always in males
2. Passed from father to son
A mitochondrial disorder will have what distinguishing characteristics on a pedigree
- If the male is affected none of the children get it
2. If the female is affected they all do
What two things must you know to use a Punnett square
- Mode of inheritance
2. Parental phenotypes
What are two problems with obtaining an accurate pedigree analysis
- Variable expressivity - varying severity - trouble assigning disease to family members
- Incomplete penetrance - person with genotype does not express diesase
Genetic anticipation
Members exhibit progressivley earlier age of onset and increased severity w/ each generation
-Seen in disorders involving multiple repeats
Mosaicism
Mutation originated as a somatic mutation during embryogenesis of one of the parents
Considerations for mosaicism in a pedigree
- Risk to future offspring could be the same as from an affected parent
- Shows features of both recessive and dominant
- Consider a parent mosaic for a dominant allele before deciding its recessive
De novo mutation
Spontaneously originated in parental gamete - presents as recessive - may show dominnat inheritance in next generation
Genetic (locus) heterogeneity
Existance of multiple genes when mutated cause same phenotype
Lethality (2)
- Recessive lethal - embryonic lethal
2. X-linked dominant disorders - male lethality
Linkage analysis
Statistical method used to ID position of human disease genes relative to known genetic markers
Syntenic genes
Two genes on the same chromosome - close enough that they don’t segregate independently
Lod Score Method
- Log (Probablity assuming linked)/(Probability assuming not linked) >3 indicates linkage > -2 indicates not linked
________________ works better in conjucntion with linkage analysis.
Whole genome appraoch. Better if you have genomes from multiple family members
Personalized medicine can (3)
- Help with genetic predisposition, early diagnosis
- Pharmacogenetics - drug dosages
- Predict outcomes
On average human DNA differs between individuals by ____?
.1% - majority are single base changes
SNP
Single nucleotide polymorphsim
_____ is the most common variation in human genome
SNP
- inversino/deletion
- block
- copy number - identical sequences repeated on some chromosomes, not others
Genetic markers
Identified physical location on a chromosome whose inhericance can be monitored
A genetic marker can distinguish between ____________ and determine which ____________.
2 copies of alleles; allele is inherited from parent to child
A __________ can ID regions that harbor disease causing mutations
genetic marker
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
Cut the DNA with a restriction enzyme - Southern Blot - look at size of chunks
Short sequence length polymorphism
Short repeats of 2, 3, or 4 nucleotides - randomly disbursed thorughout genome - PCR - Southern Blot - See size variations
SNPs occur on average _______ and are _________.
1/1000bp; bialleleic
Most ____ are distribued across entire gneome and have no discernable function
SNPs
Types of SNPs (4)
- Coding -synonymous - no change in aa sequence
- Coding - non-synonymous - change aa sequence
- Promoter - alter gene expression
- Splice site SNP - alter RNA processing
Copy number variants
Relatively large duplications/deletions of specific regions 50-1Mbp
On average there are ____ CNV/individual
12
High throughput platforms allow you to…
…analyze large numbers of SNPs (300k - 1M)
Reverse genetics
ID a gene by positional cloning based on its molecular properties (Phenotype - gene)
Positional cloning
Finding a gnene of unkown function by mapping them relative to a gene/marker you can clone and walking down chromosome
Single gene disorder
Mutation of single gene is necessary and sufficient to cause the diseae - severity due to modifier gene
Triplet expansion disease
Threshold of repeats before disease occurs
HD, Fragile X syndrome, Kennedy syndrome, Myotonic dystrophy
Cystic fibrosis
Deterioration of lungs, Autosomal recessive, IDed gene thru linkage analysis - RFLP to ch7
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Codes chloride channel responsible for salt balance - salty cellular secretions promotes bacteria build up
Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease
Degenerative disorder of the brain with progressive dementia and uncontrolled movement
-no symptoms til puberty or middle age
Pedigree of Huntintons disease
Autosomal dominant w/ modifier genes,
genomic imprinting & anticipation
-when inherited from the father earlier onset and greater repeat expansion
Hungtintin gene
180 kb, 67 exons, protein s 3150aa
Repeats of CAG in coding region (microsatellite in coding region)
9-36 normal and 37-100 in diseased - higher repeats, the earlier age of onset
Epigenetics
Heritable changes affecting gene expression that do no result from alterations in DNA sequence
Genomic Imprinting
Epigenetic phenomenon in which the sex of the transmitting apretn determines whether particular genes are expressed in offspring or not
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Methylation of imprinting control region of both gametes - turns off H19/turns on IGF2 - fetal overgrowth
Silver-Russell Syndrome
No methylation of ICR in either gamete - turns on H19/turns off IGF2 - fetal growth retardation
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Missing genes from dad - low muscle tone, short stature, cognitive disabilities - uniparental disomy (2 copies from mom) - epigenetically silenced gene from father - deletion of 15q11
Angelman Syndrome
Missing genes from mom - Neuro-genetic disorder w/ severe intellectual/developmental disability, sleep disturbance, seizure, usually happy demeanor - Uniparental disomy from dad - deletion of 15q11
What is the difference between a mutation and a SNP?
A mutation occurs in 1%
Transition
One purine or pyrimidine swapped for another
Transversion
Purine for pyrimidine - higher chance for damage
Each gamete has ______ de novo mutation
~75
Why do most mutations disappear?
Most are not in the germline and aren’t passed down to offspring
Genetic drift
Random process by which some mutations rise in the population and others disappears - how most mutations become SNPs
Selection
Occurs if a mutations affects the reproductive fitness of an individual - positive helps - negative hurts reproductive success
Migration
Mating between two sub-populations - depends size of population over successive generations
_________ has lead to unique polymorphisms to different ethnic/regional gropus
Human migration
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Describes and predicts genotype and allele frequencies in a non-evolving population - if no evolution is occuring allele freq will remain in equilibruim
Assumptions of Hardy-Weinburg (5)
- No mutation must occur - no new alleles
- No gene flow can occur - no migration
- Random mating
- Population must be large - no genetic drift influencing fruqency
- No selection can occur
Why did Sickle Cell Anemia depart from Hardy-Weinburg?
It conveyed some defense against malaria - postive selection
Linkage disequilibrium
Non-random assortment due to proximity of two SNPs
Haplotype
Patterns of SNP alleles on a single chromosome (haploid)
Does a high LD correlate to a high or low number of haplotypes?
Low - more linkage - fewer combinations
LD Blocks
LD does not continuously decline with distance - ∃ blocks that inform eachother - highly conserved
Tag SNPs
Minimum SNP set to ID a haplotype - Need ~500K tag SNPs for entire genome
Expect ___ haplotypes when genotyping 1000 individuals from MIlwaukee for X SNPs if in linkage equilibrium
2^x haplotypes
What did the HapMap project do?
Looked at 6 million SNPs and identified tag SNPs in each population - Only need to look at ~ 500k SNPs
Polygeneic disorders
Multiple genes with multiple phenotypes and multiple environmental factors
What are two characteristics of polygeneic disorders?
- Have a genetic disposition - not Mendelian Inheritance
2. Variable due to environmental stresses
Association Studies
Test for assocaition of marker allele with the disease - look at presence of genotype w/ pheontype
Association studies are used to look at what type of diseases
Complex inheritance, common diseases, polygenic - Look at presence of genotype w/ phenotype - ID of associated alleles
Linkage studies are used to lok at what types of diseases?
Mendelian genes with high penetrance - correlate inheritance of genotype with phenotype - ID of linked region
Indirect association
Indirect association of each marker with a quantitative trait - frequency of allele T signficantly correlated w/ higher level of the trait
Common variant-Common disease model
Susceptibility to common disease is conferred by alleles that are commin the population and have modest phenotypic effect - affected indiviudals have an excess
What is the benefit of a genome wide association study?
Allows for search of common variants without any assumptions about their nature
Case control
GWAS selecting individuals from both categoreies and ID frequncy differneces between groups - Analysis by chi-square test
Population based study
Select indiviudals randomly from population and ID phenotypic differnces between genotype group - anlysis by t-test
Problems with candidate gene studies (3)
- Replication
- Selection of candidate genes
- Selection of SNPs - comprehensive analysis better than analysis of individual SNPs
Significance in GWAS
(.05/# of SNPs) P-values must be < .5 X 10^-8
PPAR-γ
Nuclear hormone receptor on chr. 3 - over-expression in mice inhibits insulin release - associated with diabetes
Genotype quality control measures (3)
- Testing sample duplicates - same platform/different platform
- Blank tests - establish specificity distinguishing blanks from non-blanks
- Comparison between observed frequency w/ HW
Heat Shock Serine Protease HTRA 1
Associated with wet from of age-related macular degeneration
Problems in complex disease genetics (4)
- GWAS are difficult and elaborate
- Phenotype/diseases are often heterogeneous - same clinical manifestation - differnt cause
- Differing severity
- Tag SNPs make ID of “true” causal mutations difficult
eQTL Analysis
Have there been changes in DNA that affect expression levels
Inbred strain
Individuals of a particular species which are nearly identical to each other in genotype due to long inbreeding
Quantitive Trait Loci Analysis
Cross inbred diabetes rat w/ normal rat
- F1 is normal
- F2 is combination generation - look at large panel of F2 and level of diabetes - LOD scores
Three structures of sperm
- Flagellum
- Acrosome
- Nucleus
Layers around ovulated oocyte (outside to in)
Zona pellucida, PM, cortex, and cortical granules
Ovulations occurs from the _______. The oocyte is surrounded by __________ and __________.
- Stigma
- Follicular fluid
- Cumulus cells - critical for oocyte pick up
Genetic abnormalities in gametes usually occur during _______________.
Gametogenesis
Ideally, fertilization occurs in the _________.
Ampulla - early part of fallopian tube.
Journey of sperm thru male reproductive tract
Testes, epididymis, vas deferens, urethra
Barriers to sperm in the female (4)
- Low pH
- Sperm antibodies
- Cervical mucosa
- Travel up wrong fallopian tube
Journey of ovulated oocyte
- Oviduct moves up around ovary to capture cumulus mass
2. Oviduct has cilia to move oocyte and peristaltic contraction when it’s in the ampulla
Capaciation
Sperm membrane changes, increased metabolism, hypermotility - sense temp gradient
Acrosome Rx
1st thing that happens right before sperm encounters cumulus mass - fusion btw cell membrane and outer acrosome - vesicles are shed - exposes enzymes
What receptor do sperm bind to?
ZP2 - sperm membrane protein is SED
Sperm-oocyte fusion occurs at the ________ region of sperm.
Equatorial
What proteins does a sperm need to fuse with an oocyte?
Feritlin B, IZUMO
What proteins does an oocyte need to fuse with a sperm?
Integrin, CD9
Polyspermy preventing reactions (3)
- Ca++ Oscillation
- Activates cortical granules - release into perivertellen space
- Cross link zona pellucida proteins
What happens immediately after a sperm enters an oocyte (3)
- Polyspermy preventing reactions
- Resume meiosis of oocyte (MII metaphase)
- M and F pronuceli form metaphase plate - zygote!!
What stage of IVF has the highest risk of failure?
Embryo transfer
At what stage are the embryos transferred to uterus?
The 4-8 cell stage
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Taking away one cell does not inhibit development or damage embryo
What main things happen during the embryonic period? (4)
- Form body plan - 3 layers & 3 axes
- 3 layers create 4 tissues - organs and organ systems
- Segmentation, head, limb and trunk formation
- Embryo folding