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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Autosomal recessive mandibuloacral dysplasia [mandibuloacral dysplasia type A (MADA); Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) no. 248370] is caused by a mutation in LMNA encoding lamin A/C. Here we show that this mutation causes accumulation of the lamin A precursor protein, a marked alteration of the nuclear architecture and, hence, chromatin disorganization. Heterochromatin domains are altered or completely lost in MADA nuclei, consistent with the finding that heterochromatin-associated protein HP1beta and histone H3 methylated at lysine 9 and their nuclear envelope partner protein lamin B receptor (LBR) are delocalized and solubilized. Both accumulation of lamin A precursor and chromatin defects become more severe in older patients. These results strongly suggest that altered chromatin remodeling is a key event in the cascade of epigenetic events causing MADA and could be related to the premature-aging phenotype.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1531-2267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
150-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Alterations of nuclear envelope and chromatin organization in mandibuloacral dysplasia, a rare form of laminopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Department of Neuroscience, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't