Three gross rearrangements of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) gene were recognized during a survey of 23 unrelated Italian subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Restriction endonuclease data were obtained by Southern blotting and hybridization with exon-specific probes. Proband FH-29 is heterozygous for a 4-kb deletion, which eliminates exons 13 and 14. This mutation is similar to that previously reported by other investigators in one Italian homozygous and two British and Canadian heterozygous patients. Proband FH-30 is homozygous for a 5.5-kb insertion caused by a duplication of exons 16 and 17 of the LDL-R gene. LDL-R mRNA isolated from skin fibroblasts of FH-30 was found to be larger than normal mRNA (5.6 versus 5.3 kb), in concordance with the insertion of the 236 nucleotides corresponding to exons 16 and 17. Proband FH-44 was found to have greater than 25-kb deletion, which eliminates the first six exons and the promoter region of the gene. This is the first example of a deletion that eliminates the promoter as well as the ligand-binding domain of the LDL-R gene. In the skin fibroblasts of this patient, the level of LDL-R mRNA was approximately half that found in control fibroblasts. We designate the new mutations found in FH-30 and FH-44 as FHviterbo and FHBologna-1, respectively, after the names of the Italian cities where the two patients were born.
Characterization of three mutations of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in Italian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia / Lelli, N; Ghisellini, Margherita; Gualdi, R; Tiozzo, Roberta; CALANDRA BUONAURA, Sebastiano; Gaddi, A; Ciarrocchi, A; Arca, M; Fazio, S; Coviello, Da; Bertolini, S.. - In: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS. - ISSN 1049-8834. - STAMPA. - 11(1991), pp. 234-243.
Data di pubblicazione: | 1991 |
Titolo: | Characterization of three mutations of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in Italian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. |
Autore/i: | Lelli, N; Ghisellini, Margherita; Gualdi, R; Tiozzo, Roberta; CALANDRA BUONAURA, Sebastiano; Gaddi, A; Ciarrocchi, A; Arca, M; Fazio, S; Coviello, Da; Bertolini, S. |
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Volume: | 11 |
Pagina iniziale: | 234 |
Pagina finale: | 243 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:A1991FC06700003 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-0026030939 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 1998642 |
Citazione: | Characterization of three mutations of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in Italian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia / Lelli, N; Ghisellini, Margherita; Gualdi, R; Tiozzo, Roberta; CALANDRA BUONAURA, Sebastiano; Gaddi, A; Ciarrocchi, A; Arca, M; Fazio, S; Coviello, Da; Bertolini, S.. - In: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS. - ISSN 1049-8834. - STAMPA. - 11(1991), pp. 234-243. |
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