Rearrangements in the LDL receptor gene in Dutch familial hypercholesterolemic patients
and the presence of a common 4kb deletion
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DNA samples from 53 unrelated Dutch patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) were screened for rearrangements in the gene for the LDL receptor (LDLR) by Southern analysis. Four different mutations have been detected by hybridisation of BglII digested genomic DNA with an exon 10–14 containing cDNA probe. The mutations are defined by a 7 kb insertion near exon 11, a partial gene duplication encompassing exons 9–12, a 4 kb deletion of exons 7 and 8 and an 0.4 kb deletion comprising the 5′-part of exon 16. These four different rearrangements in the LDLR gene account for 17% of the mutations in the Dutch FH population sample. Interestingly, the 4 kb deletion was detected in 5 unrelated FH patients (9.5%) and appeared to be identical to the deletion previously described (Russell, D.W. et al., Arteriosclerosis, 9 (Suppl. 1) (1989) 1–8; Russell, D.W. et al., Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol., 51 (1987) 401). in an FH patient of Dutch origin. This suggests that the 4 kb deletion is a common mutation in the Dutch FH population.
TNO Identifier
243492
Source
Atherosclerosis, 83(2-3), pp. 127-136.
Pages
127-136
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