Physical and genetic mapping of the serpin gene cluster at 14q32. 1: Allelic association and a unique haplotype associated with [alpha][sub 1]-antitrypsin deficiency
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
The [alpha][sub 1]-antitrypsin (PI) gene is part of a cluster of structurally related serine protease inhibitor genes localized at chromosome 14q32, a cluster that includes the [alpha][sub 1]-anticymotrypsin (AACT), protein C inhibitor (PCI), and corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) genes and the [alpha][sub 1]-antitrypsin-like pseudogene (PIL). The order of the genes is refined here by genetic mapping using simple tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs) and by physical mapping in YACs. The order of the genes is (cetromere)-CBG-PIL-PI-PCI-AACT-(telomere). Analysis of DNA haplotypes comprising STRP and RFLP markers in the serpin genes reveals considerable allelic association throughout the cluster. Furthermore, the common [alpha][sub 1]-antitrypsin deficiency allele, PI[sup *]Z, has a unique DNA haplotype at the CBG, PIL, and PI loci, which extends over 60 kb in 97% of cases and in 44% of cases includes the PCI and AACT loci. This unique haplotype will be of use in examining a number of other diseases, particularly those with an inflammatory component, thought to be associated with [alpha][sub 1]-antitrypsin deficiency or partial deficiency. 23 refs., 6 figs., 4 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 6788980
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States), Vol. 55:1; ISSN 0002-9297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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