Localization of a gene (CMT2A) for autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 to chromosome 1p and evidence of genetic heterogeneity

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Genomics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.1993.1334· OSTI ID:7035457

Othmane, K B; Loprest, L J; Wilkinson, K M ^[1]; Middleton, L T ^[2]

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1. Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States)
2. Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia (Cyprus); and others

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 2 (CMT2) is an inherited peripheral neuropathy characterized by variable age of onset and normal or slightly diminished nerve conduction velocity. CMT2 is pathologically and genetically distinct from CMT type 1 (CMT1). While CMT1 has been shown to be genetically heterogeneous, no chromosomal localization has been established for CMT2. The authors have performed pedigree linkage analysis in six large autosomal dominant CMT2 families and have demonstrated linkage and heterogeneity to a series of microsatellites (D1S160, D1S170, D1S244, D1S228 and D1S199) in the distal region of the short arm of chromosome 1. Significant evidence for heterogeneity was found using admixture analyses and the two-point lod scores. Admixture analyses using the multipoint results for the markers D1S244, D1S228, and D1S199 supported the two-point findings. Three families, DUK662, DUK1241, and 1523 gave posterior probabilities of 1.0, 0.98, and 0.88 of being of the linked type. Multipoint analysis examining the [open quotes]linked[close quotes] families showed that the most favored location for the CMT2A gene is within the interval flanked by D1S244 and D1S228 (odds approximately 70:1 of lying within versus outside that interval). These findings suggest that the CMT2 phenotype is secondary to at least two different genes and demonstrate further heterogeneity in the CMT phenotype.

• OSTI ID: 7035457
• Journal Information: Genomics; (United States), Journal Name: Genomics; (United States) Vol. 17:2; ISSN GNMCEP; ISSN 0888-7543
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CHROMOSOMES
DISEASES
GENETIC MAPPING
HEREDITARY DISEASES
HUMAN CHROMOSOME 1
HUMAN CHROMOSOMES
MAPPING
NERVOUS SYSTEM