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The use of a highly informative CA repeat polymorphism within the abetalipoproteinaemia locus (4q22–24)
Author(s) -
Heath Karen E.,
Luong Leahn,
Leonard James V.,
Chester Ann,
Shoulders Carol C.,
Scott James,
MiddletonPrice Helen R.,
Humphries Steve E.,
Talmud Philippa J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199712)17:12<1181::aid-pd205>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - genetics , exon , locus (genetics) , intron , biology , gene duplication , prenatal diagnosis , apolipoprotein b , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , microsomal triglyceride transfer protein , lipoprotein , biochemistry , pregnancy , fetus , cholesterol , very low density lipoprotein
Abetalipoproteinaemia is a rare autosomal‐recessive disorder caused by a defect in the large subunit of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) which is required for the assembly and secretion of apolipoprotein B‐containing lipoproteins. We report here the use of a polymorphic CA dinucleotide repeat in intron 10, MTPIVS10, of the large subunit of the human MTP protein in the analysis of a pregnancy in a consanguineous family, in which abetalipoproteinaemia was suspected, although prenatal diagnosis was subsequently refused. The mutation in the family has been identified as a novel four‐nucleotide insertion/duplication of exon 17 between nucleotides 2349 and 2350 of the cDNA sequence of the MTP gene. However, the marker, MTPIVS10, can be used as an alternative to the time‐consuming mutation detection techniques. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.