X-linked liver glycogenosis: From patient to gene
- Univ. of Antwert (Belgium)
X-linked liver glycogenosis (XLG) is the most frequent glycogen storage disorder. Studying a collection of more than 50 XLG families, we have subdivided XLG into XLG I which shows a clear deficiency of phosphorylase kinase (PHK), and XLG II in which no enzyme deficiency has yet been found. However, the clinical pictures of XLG I and XLG II with hepatormegaly and growth retardation are indistinguishable. We have localized the XLG I and the XLG II gene by linkage analysis in multiple large families to the same chromosomal region in Xp22. Multipoint linkage analysis gave lod scores of above 15 in XLG I and above 4.5 in XLG II with Xp22 markers, whereas analysis of key recombinants located both disease genes between DXS143 and DXS989. Therefore, XLG I and XLG II might be due to allelic mutations in the same gene. To clone the disease gene, we searched for PHK subunit genes and isolated genomic and cDNA clones from a liver alpha subunit gene (PHKA2). As PHKA2 could be mapped by FISH and radiation hybrids to Xp22, it is a candidate gene for XLG. To prove that PHKA2 harbours the mutations responsible for XLG I and XLG II, we studied different XLG I and XLG II patients with Southern blot analysis and genomic SSCP scanning. Several mutations (nonsense mutations, splice site mutations) were identified indicating that PHKA2 is the XLG gene.
- OSTI ID:
- 133280
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0007
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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