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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-31
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Seckel syndrome (OMIM 210600) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, dwarfism, microcephaly and mental retardation. Clinically, Seckel syndrome shares features in common with disorders involving impaired DNA-damage responses, such as Nijmegen breakage syndrome (OMIM 251260) and LIG4 syndrome (OMIM 606593). We previously mapped a locus associated with Seckel syndrome to chromosome 3q22.1-q24 in two consanguineous Pakistani families. Further marker analysis in the families, including a recently born unaffected child with a recombination in the critical region, narrowed the region to an interval of 5 Mbp between markers D3S1316 and D3S1557 (145.29 Mbp and 150.37 Mbp). The gene encoding ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) maps to this region. A fibroblast cell line derived from an affected individual displays a defective DNA damage response caused by impaired ATR function. We identified a synonymous mutation in affected individuals that alters ATR splicing. The mutation confers a phenotype including marked microcephaly (head circumference 12 s.d. below the mean) and dwarfism (5 s.d. below the mean). Our analysis shows that UV-induced ATR activation can occur in non-replicating cells following processing by nucleotide excision repair.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
497-501
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Mitomycin, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12640452-Ultraviolet Rays
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A splicing mutation affecting expression of ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) results in Seckel syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, East Sussex, BN1 9RQ, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't