1. Split-hand/split-foot malformation 3 (SHFM3) at 10q24, development of rapid diagnostic methods and gene expression from the region.
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Lyle R, Radhakrishna U, Blouin JL, Gagos S, Everman DB, Gehrig C, Delozier-Blanchet C, Solanki JV, Patel UC, Nath SK, Gurrieri F, Neri G, Schwartz CE, and Antonarakis SE
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- Female, Foot Deformities, Congenital epidemiology, Gene Duplication, Hand Deformities, Congenital epidemiology, Humans, India epidemiology, Male, Pedigree, Repressor Proteins genetics, Switzerland epidemiology, beta-Transducin Repeat-Containing Proteins genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 genetics, F-Box Proteins genetics, Foot Deformities, Congenital genetics, Hand Deformities, Congenital genetics, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence methods, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods
- Abstract
Split-hand/split-foot malformation (SHFM, also called ectrodactyly) is a clinically variable and genetically heterogeneous group of limb malformations. Several SHFM loci have been mapped, including SHFM1 (7q21), SHFM2 (Xq26), SHFM3 (10q24), SHFM4 (3q27) and SHFM5 (2q31). To date, mutations in a gene (TP63) have only been identified for SHFM4. SHFM3 has been shown by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to be caused by an approximately 500 kb DNA rearrangement at 10q24. This region contains a number of candidate genes for SHFM3, though which gene(s) is (are) involved in the pathogenesis of SHFM3 is not known. Our aim in this study was to improve the diagnosis of SHFM3, and to begin to understand which genes are involved in SHFM3. Here we show, using two different techniques, FISH and quantitative PCR that SHFM3 is caused by a minimal 325 kb duplication containing only two genes (BTRC and POLL). The data presented provide improved methods for diagnosis and begin to elucidate the pathogenic mechanism of SHFM3. Expression analysis of 13 candidate genes within and flanking the duplicated region shows that BTRC (present in three copies) and SUFU (present in two copies) are overexpressed in SHFM3 patients compared to controls. Our data suggest that SHFM3 may be caused by overexpression of BTRC and SUFU, both of which are involved in beta-catenin signalling., ((c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2006
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