Abstract |
Laminin 5 and laminin 6 are basement membrane proteins synthesized by the basal cells of stratifying squamous epithelia. Altered expression of laminin 5 has been associated with Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (H-JEB), a severe epidermal blistering disorder inherited as an autosomal recessive disease. We have isolated cDNA clones encoding the alpha 3 chain of laminin 5 and searched for mutations in the LAMA3 gene in H-JEB patients. In one H-JEB family, an affected individual exhibited drastically reduced immunoreactivity to antibodies directed against the alpha 3 chain of laminin 5 and an impaired expression of the corresponding mRNA transcripts. RT-PCR analysis of mRNA extracted from the proband's keratinocytes identified a homozygous single basepair deletion in the transcripts encoding the laminin alpha 3A and alpha 3B isoforms. The mutation causes a frameshift and premature termination codon in both alleles of the LAMA3 gene. Inheritance of the clinical H-JEB phenotype was consistent with the segregation of the mutated allele in the family. We also report the identity of the alpha chains of laminin 5 and epiligrin and provide evidence that LAMA3 transcripts are distinct from the laminin 6 alpha chain mRNA.
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Authors | F Vidal, C Baudoin, C Miquel, M F Galliano, A M Christiano, J Uitto, J P Ortonne, G Meneguzzi |
Journal | Genomics
(Genomics)
Vol. 30
Issue 2
Pg. 273-80
(Nov 20 1995)
ISSN: 0888-7543 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8586427
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA, Complementary
- Laminin
- kalinin
- laminin alpha 3
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Topics |
- 3T3 Cells
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
(genetics)
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA, Complementary
- Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional
(genetics, immunology)
- Female
- Frameshift Mutation
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Laminin
(genetics, immunology)
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pedigree
- Sequence Deletion
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