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C283Y mutation and other C-terminal nucleotide changes in the gamma-sarcoglycan gene in the Bulgarian Gypsy population.

Abstract
Sarcoglycanopathies, affecting the dystrophin-associated sarcoglycan (SG) complex, are a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular disorders. A subgroup of these disorders, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C) is an autosomal recessive disorder, clinically manifested as an early onset, severe Duchenne-like muscular dystrophy. LGMD2C is caused by mutations in the gamma-SG gene, localized on 13q12. Recently, a number of mutations have been described in that gene, among which C283Y, a "private" Gypsy mutation (eight codons before the 3' end of the gene) is detected. In this article, we report on a single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) method for fast C283Y mutation detection, using direct dry blood spot amplification. The method permits a large number of samples to be easily screened. To check heterozygote carriers of C283Y mutation among Gypsy population in Bulgaria, the SSCP analysis was applied on 400 Gypsy newborns from northeast Bulgaria. Our results show 2.25% of heterozygosity, which means that 1 in 50 Gypsies carries the mutation. Moreover, new SSCP migration patterns were detected that revealed two polymorphisms still unavailable in the literature. One of these changes was 984G-->A, leading to substitution of conserved serine at position 287 with asparagine and the second one is 1049C-->G at the 3' UTR (untranslated region). The present data could help the understanding the role of these sequences for the protein function.
AuthorsA Todorova, A Ashikov, O Beltcheva, I Tournev, I Kremensky
JournalHuman mutation (Hum Mutat) Vol. 14 Issue 1 Pg. 40-4 ( 1999) ISSN: 1059-7794 [Print] United States
PMID10447257 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Sarcoglycans
Topics
  • Base Sequence
  • Bulgaria
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins (genetics)
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Membrane Glycoproteins (genetics)
  • Muscular Dystrophies (genetics)
  • Mutation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
  • Roma (genetics)
  • Sarcoglycans

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