MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND CLINICAL NSE OF A POLYMORPHIC TANDEM REPEAT IN AN INTRON OF THE HUMAN ALANINE-GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE GENE

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DANPURE, CJ
BIRDSEY, GM
RUMSBY, G
LUMB, MJ
PURDUE, PE
ALLSOP, J
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[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL, DEPT BIOL, MRC, PROT TRANSLOCAT GRP, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND
[2] UCL, SCH MED, LONDON W1N 8AA, ENGLAND
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10.1007/BF02272842
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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The autosomal recessive disease primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific peroxisomal enzyme alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). This paper concerns the identification, characterization and clinical use of an unusual discretely polymorphic tandem repeat sequence in the fourth intron of the human AGT gene (gene locus designation AGXT). In a random Caucasian population, three alleles could be clearly recognized that consisted of either 12 (type III), 17 (type II) or similar to 38 (type I) tandemly repeated copies of a highly conserved 29/32-bp sequence with frequencies of 33%, 7% and 60%, respectively. In a random Japanese population, the allelic frequencies were markedly different (i.e. 31%, 45% and 19%, respectively). In addition, a fourth allele was identified, consisting of similar to 32 repeats (type IV), with an allelic frequency of similar to 5% in Japanese. The repetitive sequence was similar to previously identified mammalian sequences with homology to the Epstein-Barr virus IR3 repetitive element involving a 12/15-bp region GCA(GGN)GGAGGAGGG within the repeat unit. This IR3-like sequence was interspersed with a 17-bp sequence with no similarity to any currently known repetitive element. The type I and type III alleles were judged to be equivalent to a previously identified TaqI polymorphism. Two polymorphisms previously shown to be associated with the peroxisome-to-mitochondrion mistargeting of AGT in PH1 (a Cl54-->T point substitution in exon 1 and a 74-bp duplication in intron 1) were found to segregate exclusively with the type I intron 4 polymorphism in Caucasians, but not in Japanese. The polymorphic nature of the intron 4 tandem repeats makes them of potential use in the prenatal diagnosis of PH1, especially when coupled with the exon 1 C154-->T substitution or intron 1 duplication polymorphisms. A pill family, in which a fetus had been predicted previously to be either normal or a carrier by AGT enzymic analysis of a fetal liver biopsy, but who had been shown to be only partially informative with respect to the C154-->T/intron 1 polymorphisms, was analysed retrospectively. The family was completely informative for the intron 4 tandem repeat polymorphism and the carrier status of the fetus was confirmed.
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