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Arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency-associated mutations: Population studies and identification of a novel haplotype

✍ Scribed by Ricketts, Michael H.; Goldman, David; Long, Jeffrey C.; Manowitz, Paul

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 689 KB
Volume: 67
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960726)67:4<387::aid-ajmg12>3.0.co;2-f

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✦ Synopsis

Pseudodeficiency of arylsulfatase A is characterized by reduction of arylsulfatase A activity without neurodegeneration, making it an important complication when diagnosing metachromatic leukodystrophy. Two DNA substitutions are associated with arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency. One, 1788A+G, results in the loss of an N-glycosylated asparagine in the protein, and the second, 2723A+G, removes the polyadenylation signal site of the mRNA. Previously, the polyadenylation signal site variant was observed only in the presence of the N-glycosylation site variant, although the latter has been reported to occur in the absence of the polyadenylation signal site variant. We investigated the frequencies of these alleles and their linkage disequilibrium in a number of populations and in psychiatric patients. While the N-glycosylation site variant had a high frequency in the Bantu-speaking people from Southern Africa (0.44), the San of Southern Africa (0.221, African Americans (0.371, and Cheyenne Indians (0.375), the polyadenylation signal site variant was absent in these groups. The mutated polyadenylation signal site was found only in the Caucasian groups surveyed. Two Caucasian sibs were identified with the pseudodeficiency polyadenylation signal site variant in the absence of the N-glycosylation site variant, indicating that linkage disequilibrium between the two polymorphisms is not perfect.

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