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SNP genome scanning localizes oto-dental syndrome to chromosome 11q13 and microdeletions at this locus implicate FGF3 in dental and inner-ear disease and FADD in ocular coloboma

Authors
Gregory-Evans, C.Y., Moosajee, M., Hodges, M.D., Mackay, D.S., Game, L., Vargesson, N., Bloch-Zupan, A., Rüschendorf, F., Santos-Pinto, L., Wackens, G., and Gregory-Evans, K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-070806-17
Date
2007
Source
Human molecular genetics   16(20): 2482-2493 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
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MeSH Terms
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 3/genetics*
  • Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein/genetics*
  • Gene Deletion
  • Syndrome
  • Male
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Organogenesis/genetics
  • Animals
  • Coloboma/genetics*
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Female
  • Pedigree
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities/genetics
  • Eye/embryology
  • Chromosome Mapping*
  • Stomatognathic Diseases/congenital*
  • Stomatognathic Diseases/genetics*
  • Loss of Heterozygosity
  • Labyrinth Diseases/congenital
  • Labyrinth Diseases/genetics*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Humans
PubMed
17656375 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Abstract
We ascertained three different families affected with oto-dental syndrome, a rare but severe autosomal dominant craniofacial anomaly. All affected patients had the unique phenotype of grossly enlarged molar teeth (globodontia) segregating with a high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. In addition, ocular coloboma segregated with disease in one family (oculo-oto-dental syndrome). A genome-wide scan was performed using the Affymetrix GeneChip10K 2.0 Array. Parametric linkage analysis gave a single LOD score peak of 3.9 identifying linkage to chromosome 11q13. Haplotype analysis revealed three obligatory recombination events defining a 4.8 Mb linked interval between D11S1889 and SNP rs2077955. Higher resolution mapping and Southern blot analysis in each family identified overlapping hemizygous microdeletions. SNP expression analysis and real-time qRT-PCR in patient lymphoblast cell lines excluded a position effect on the flanking genes ORAOV1, PPFIA1 and CTTN. The smallest 43 kb deletion resulted in the loss of only one gene, FGF3, which was also deleted in all other otodental families. These data suggest that FGF3 haploinsufficiency is likely to be the cause of otodental syndrome. In addition, the Fas-associated death domain gene (FADD) was also deleted in the one family segregating ocular coloboma. Spatiotemporal in situ hybridisation in zebrafish embryos established for the first time that fadd is expressed during eye development. We therefore propose that FADD haploinsufficiency is likely to be responsible for ocular coloboma in this family. This study therefore implicates FGF3 and FADD in human craniofacial disease.
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