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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited disorder of the elastic tissue with characteristic progressive calcification of elastic fibers in skin, eye, and the cardiovascular system. Recently mutations in the ABCC6 gene, encoding a transmembrane transporter protein, were identified as cause of the disease. Surprisingly, sequence and RFLP analysis for exon 9 with primers corresponding to flanking intronic sequence in diseased and haplotype negative members from all of our families and in a control population revealed either a homozygous or heterozygous state for the Q378X (1132C-->T) nonsense mutation in all individuals. With the publication of the genomic structure of the PXE locus we had identified the starting point of a large genomic segmental duplication within the locus in the cytogenetic interval defined by the Cy19 and Cy185 somatic cell hybrid breakpoints on chromosome 16p13.1. By means of somatic cell hybrid mapping we located this starting point telomeric to exon 10 of ABCC6. The duplication, however, does not include exon 10, but exons 1-9. These findings suggest that one or several copies of an ABCC6 pseudogene (psiABCC6) lie within this large segmental duplication. At least one copy contains exons 1-9 and maps to the chromosomal interval defined by the Cy163 and Cy11 breakpoints. Either this copy and/or an additional copy of psiABCC6 within Cy19-Cy183 carries the Q378X mutation that masks the correct identification of this nonsense mutation as being causative in pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Long-range PCR of exon 9 starting from sequence outside the genomic replication circumvents interference from the psiABCC6 DNA sequences and demonstrates that the Q378X mutation in the ABCC6 gene is associated with PXE in some families. These findings lead us to propose that gene conversion mechanisms from psiABCC6 to ABCC6 play a functional role in mutations causing PXE.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0946-2716
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
536-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Gene Conversion, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Hybrid Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Pseudogenes, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11692167-Sequence Analysis, DNA
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel Q378X mutation exists in the transmembrane transporter protein ABCC6 and its pseudogene: implications for mutation analysis in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
pubmed:affiliation
Endocrinology and Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't