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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A new American kindred with amyloidosis was found by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis to have a mutation in the fibrinogen A alpha chain gene. Affected members in this kindred have autosomal dominant amyloid nephropathy. DNA sequencing showed a single nucleotide deletion at the third base of codon 524 of the fibrinogen A alpha chain genes (4904delG) that resulted in a frame shift and premature termination of the protein at codon 548. Antiserum was produced to a portion of the abnormal peptide predicted by the DNA sequence and amyloid deposits were immuno-histologically proven to contain this abnormal peptide. Two of the propositus' 4 children were positive for the mutant fibrinogen A alpha chain gene by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis based on polymerase chain reaction. These two mutant gene carriers now in the second decade of life show no clinical symptoms of amyloidosis as yet but have lower plasma fibrinogen concentrations when compared with their normal siblings. This the first description of a kindred with renal amyloidosis and low plasma fibrinogen and also the first report of amyloidosis caused by a frame shift mutation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4197-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Amyloidosis, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Fatal Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Frameshift Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Kidney Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8639778-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
A frame shift mutation in the fibrinogen A alpha chain gene in a kindred with renal amyloidosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't