Abstract |
Norrie disease is a rare disease of newborn males caused by prenatal or perinatal retinal detachment, which may be associated with mental retardation, psychosis, and/or hearing loss. DXS7 (L1.28) and MAO A and B loci have been linked to the ND locus on the short arm of the X chromosome. Sequences homologous to OAT also have been mapped to the short arm of the X chromosome. We performed linkage analyses between the ND locus and one of the OAT-like clusters of sequences on the X chromosome (OATL1), using a ScaI RFLP in a ND family, and increased the previously calculated lod score (z) to over 3 (3.38; theta = 0.05). Similarly, we calculated a lod score of 4.06 (theta = 0.01) between the OATL1 and DXS7 loci. Alone, the OATL1 ScaI RFLP system is expected to be informative in 48% of females. If this system were used in combination with the DXS7 TaqI polymorphism, 71% of females would be informative for at least one of the markers and 21% would be informative for both. Because the OATL1 ScaI RFLP is a relatively common polymorphism, this system should be useful for the identification of ND carriers and affected male fetuses and newborns.
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Authors | J B Bateman, T L Kojis, R M Cantor, C Heinzmann, J T Ngo, M A Spence, G Inana, J D Kivlin, D Curtis, R S Sparkes |
Journal | Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society
(Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc)
Vol. 91
Pg. 299-307; discussion 307-8
( 1993)
ISSN: 0065-9533 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7908152
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- DNA Probes
- DNA
- Ornithine-Oxo-Acid Transaminase
- endodeoxyribonuclease ScaI
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
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Topics |
- DNA
(analysis)
- DNA Probes
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
- Ornithine-Oxo-Acid Transaminase
(genetics)
- Pedigree
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Retina
(abnormalities)
- Retinal Detachment
(genetics)
- X Chromosome
(enzymology)
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