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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
It has been suggested that a deficiency in the expression of type III collagen may play a role in the pathogenesis of cerebral aneurysms. To test this hypothesis in cases of familial cerebral aneurysms, fibroblast cell cultures were established and the expression of collagen types I and III was studied in a patient with three cerebral aneurysms whose mother and sister also had cerebral aneurysms. Cultured skin fibroblasts were labeled with tritiated proline. The collagens and procollagens were precipitated and run on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after reduction to analyze procollagen chains. Control cell lines were analyzed simultaneously. Quantitation of the ratios of type III to type I procollagen synthesis was achieved by integration of the intensities of the pro-alpha 1(III), pro-alpha 1(I), and pro-alpha 2(I) bands on fluorograms of electrophoretic gels of medium proteins. There was no difference in type I and III procollagen levels observed between the cells from the aneurysm patient and those from the control cell lines. These data do not support the hypothesis that familial cerebral aneurysms are caused by a deficiency of type III collagen.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-3085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
837-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Absence of collagen deficiency in familial cerebral aneurysms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't