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Characterization of three mutations of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in Italian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. 1991

N Lelli, and M Ghisellini, and R Gualdi, and R Tiozzo, and S Calandra, and A Gaddi, and A Ciarrocchi, and M Arca, and S Fazio, and D A Coviello
Istituto di Patologia Generale Università di Modena, Italia.

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007558 Italy A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome. Sardinia
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009693 Nucleic Acid Hybridization Widely used technique which exploits the ability of complementary sequences in single-stranded DNAs or RNAs to pair with each other to form a double helix. Hybridization can take place between two complimentary DNA sequences, between a single-stranded DNA and a complementary RNA, or between two RNA sequences. The technique is used to detect and isolate specific sequences, measure homology, or define other characteristics of one or both strands. (Kendrew, Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994, p503) Genomic Hybridization,Acid Hybridization, Nucleic,Acid Hybridizations, Nucleic,Genomic Hybridizations,Hybridization, Genomic,Hybridization, Nucleic Acid,Hybridizations, Genomic,Hybridizations, Nucleic Acid,Nucleic Acid Hybridizations
D011973 Receptors, LDL Receptors on the plasma membrane of nonhepatic cells that specifically bind LDL. The receptors are localized in specialized regions called coated pits. Hypercholesteremia is caused by an allelic genetic defect of three types: 1, receptors do not bind to LDL; 2, there is reduced binding of LDL; and 3, there is normal binding but no internalization of LDL. In consequence, entry of cholesterol esters into the cell is impaired and the intracellular feedback by cholesterol on 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase is lacking. LDL Receptors,Lipoprotein LDL Receptors,Receptors, Low Density Lipoprotein,LDL Receptor,LDL Receptors, Lipoprotein,Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor,Low Density Lipoprotein Receptors,Receptors, Lipoprotein, LDL,Receptor, LDL,Receptors, Lipoprotein LDL
D002872 Chromosome Deletion Actual loss of portion of a chromosome. Monosomy, Partial,Partial Monosomy,Deletion, Chromosome,Deletions, Chromosome,Monosomies, Partial,Partial Monosomies
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D005260 Female Females
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast

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