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Linkage studies and mutation analysis of the PDEB gene in 23 families with leber congenital amaurosis

✍ Scribed by Olaf Riess; Bernhard Weber; Anne Noeremolle; Rafig A. Shaikh; Michael R. Hayden; Maria A. Musarella

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 688 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1059-7794
DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380010605

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✦ Synopsis

The phenotype in the rd mouse is similar to the clinical presentation of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) in humans. Recently a nonsense mutation in the beta subunit of the cGMP phosphodiesterase (Pdeb) gene has been defined as the cause for the rd phenotype in the mouse and has raised the question as to whether mutations in the human PDEB gene might cause LCA. We have previously cloned and characterized the human homologue of the mouse Pdeb gene and have mapped it to chromosome 4~16.3. In this study, a total of 23 LCA families of various ethnic backgrounds have been investigated. Linkage analysis using highly polymorphic (CA), microsatellites has excluded the PDEB gene as a cause for LCA in 6 families. In the remaining 17 families, we have searched for mutations in the 22 exons of the PDEB gene using single-strand gel electrophoresis (SSGE). Multiple exonic polymorphisms have been determined. However, no DNA changes in the PDEB gene have been identified in our study population which could be causative for the LCA phenotype.

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