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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we describe a new dominant point mutation in COL1A1 causing a lethal form of Osteogenesis imperfecta (type II B). Dermal cultured fibroblasts from the proband were shown to produce both normal and heavily overmodified type-I collagen. The mutation introduced a local conformational perturbation, which causes abnormal exposure of arginine residues; the triple helical domain was susceptible to trypsin digestion even at 30 degrees C. The chains bearing the point mutation were poorly secreted and short-term pulse experiments showed that the extensive intracellular retention of mutant trimers also impaired the secretion of normal chains. The molecular defect was localized in a COL1A1 allele by cloning and sequencing a cDNA region corresponding to the CB6 peptide. A G to C transversion which causes the substitution in the triple helical region of Gly910 with alanine was found. The mutation also causes the disappearance of a MspI-recognition site at nucleotide 3263 of the pro alpha 1 (I) coding sequence. Restriction analysis, along with the biochemical screening of collagens, allowed us to perform prenatal diagnosis on cells from chorionic-villus sampling and to exclude the recurrence of the mutation in the sibling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
211
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
415-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Osteogenesis imperfecta and type-I collagen mutations. A lethal variant caused by a Gly910-->Ala substitution in the alpha 1 (I) chain.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Biochimica, Università di Pavia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't