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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
Complex phenotypes and genotypes characterize the human disease, Beckwith--Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). Genetic and epigenetic mutations are found in five different genes which all lie within a 1 Mb imprinted domain on human chromosome 11p15. Only two of these genes, p57(KIP2) (CDKN1C) and IGF2, are likely to be functionally involved in this disease. The presence of the additional mutations therefore suggests a role for the regulation of these two genes by distant cis-elements. The mouse Igf2 gene is regulated by enhancers and imprinting elements which lie >120 kb downstream of its promoter. Here we show that key elements for expression of the mouse p57(Kip2) (Cdkn1c) gene also lie at a distance. Enhancers for expression within skeletal muscle and cartilage lie >25 kb downstream of the gene. In addition, we find no evidence for allele-specific expression of p57(Kip2) (Cdkn1c) from our bacterial artificial chromosome transgenes that span 315 kb around the locus. This suggests that a key imprinting element for p57(Kip2) (Cdkn1c) also lies at a distance. Therefore, BWS in humans may result from disruption of appropriate expression of the p57(KIP2) (CDKN1C) gene through mutations that occur at a substantial distance from the gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1601-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Cartilage, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Contig Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Genomic Imprinting, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:11468278-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Distant cis-elements regulate imprinted expression of the mouse p57( Kip2) (Cdkn1c) gene: implications for the human disorder, Beckwith--Wiedemann syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK. rmj22@cus.cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't