A novel locus for maternally inherited human gingival fibromatosis at chromosome 11p15
- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Human Genetics
- Vol. 121 (1), 113-123
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-006-0283-1
Abstract
Human isolated gingival fibromatosis is an oral disorder characterized by a slowly progressive benign enlargement of gingival tissues. The most common genetic form, hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF), is usually transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. We report here for the first time a newly identified maternally inherited gingival fibromatosis in two unrelated Chinese families and mapped this disease locus to human chromosome 11p15 with a maximum two point LOD score of 8.70 at D11S4046 (θ = 0) for family 1 and of 6.02 at D11S1318 for family 2. Haplotype analysis placed the critical region in the interval defined by D11S1984 and D11S1338. A cluster of maternally expressed genes is within this critical region. We screened individuals in these two families for mutations for all known maternally expressed genes within this region. None was found either within the coding sequence or at the intron–exon boundary of these genes. Neither did we detect any loss of imprinting in three informative imprinted genes including H19, KCNQ1 downstream neighbor (KCNQ1DN) and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1C (CDKN1C). However, gene expression profile analysis revealed reduced expression of hemoglobin beta (HBB), hemoglobin delta (HBD), hemoglobin gamma A (HBG1) and hemoglobin gamma G (HBG2) genes at disease locus in HGF patients. This study suggests that genome imprinting might affect the development of HGF.Keywords
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