Linkage Validation of RP25 Using the 10K GeneChip Array and Further Refinement of the Locus by New Linked Families
- 28 May 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Human Genetics
- Vol. 72 (4), 454-462
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00448.x
Abstract
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of retinal dystrophies, characterised by rod photoreceptor cell degeneration with autosomal recessive RP (arRP) as the commonest form worldwide. To date, a total of 26 loci have been reported for arRP, each having a prevalence of 1-5%, except for the RP25 locus which was identified as the genetic cause of 14% of arRP cases in Spain. In order to validate the original linkage of RP25, we undertook a total genome scan using the 10K GeneChip mapping array on three of the previously linked families. The data obtained supported the initial findings of linkage. Additionally, linkage analysis in 18 newly ascertained arRP families was performed using microsatellite markers spanning the chromosome 6p12.1-q15 interval. Five out of the 18 families showed suggestive evidence of linkage to RP25, hence supporting the high prevalence of this locus in the Spanish population. Furthermore, the finding of a crossover in one of these families is likely to have refined the disease interval from the original 16 cM to only a 2.67 cM region between D6S257 and D6S1557.Keywords
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