Abstract |
Pretibial epidermolysis bullosa (PEB) is a rare form of localized epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica (EBD), a heterogeneous group of inherited, blistering diseases characterized by scarring, loss of dermal-epidermal adhesion and altered anchoring fibrils (AF). Mutations in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) underlie EBD and in a dominant PEB family a glycine substitution mutation has been identified. We report a 33-year-old man affected by PEB showing abnormal AF and reduced immunostaining for type VII collagen. Mutation search in the COL7A1 gene revealed a 14 bp deletion in the 115 exon-intron boundary (33563del14), which resulted in the in-frame skipping of exon 115 with elimination of 29 amino acids from the pro-alpha1(VII) polypeptide chain. As a consequence, procollagen VII failed to be processed to mature collagen VII and accumulated at the dermal-epidermal junction, as revealed by immunofluorescence staining using a NC-2 domain-specific antibody. The proband's father was a clinically unaffected heterozygous carrier of mutation 33563del14, whereas the maternal pathogenetic mutation has still not been identified. This represents the first report of a recessive deletion mutation in PEB and extends the range of EBD phenotypes associated with mutation 33563del14.
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Authors | C M Betts, P Posteraro, A M Costa, C Varotti, M Schubert, L Bruckner-Tuderman, D Castiglia |
Journal | The British journal of dermatology
(Br J Dermatol)
Vol. 141
Issue 5
Pg. 833-9
(Nov 1999)
ISSN: 0007-0963 [Print] England |
PMID | 10583163
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Collagen
(genetics)
- Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
(genetics, pathology)
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Procollagen
(metabolism)
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Skin
(ultrastructure)
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