Publication: Molecular defect of PKD1 gene resulting in abnormal RNA processing in a Thai family
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2001-09-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.84, No.9 (2001), 1308-1316
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Nanyawan Rungroj, Kriengsak Vareesangthip, Prapon Wilairat, Wanna Thongnoppakhun, Chintana Sirinavin, Pa Thai Yenchitsomanus Molecular defect of PKD1 gene resulting in abnormal RNA processing in a Thai family. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.84, No.9 (2001), 1308-1316. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/26720
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Molecular defect of PKD1 gene resulting in abnormal RNA processing in a Thai family
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common human autosomal disorder caused mainly by mutations of the PKD1 gene. In analysis of PKD1 transcripts by long RT-PCR and nested PCR procedures, we observed PKD1-cDNA fragments from three ADPKD siblings from the same family with a size approximately 250 base pairs (bp) shorter than normal. Further investigations showed that the PKD1 transcripts from these patients had been abnormally processed, the nucleotide sequence of exon 43 containing 291 nt was missing from the transcripts, which would result in an abnormal polycystin-1 with an in-frame deletion of 97 amino acids. This splicing defect did not result from a mutation that disrupted the splice donor or acceptor sites adjacent to exon 43 or the branch sites in flanking introns but was most likely due to 20-bp deletion observed in intron 43. The intronic deletion was present in 8 affected members but absent in 11 unaffected members, corresponding with the results of genetic linkage analysis using 5 polymorphic markers in the PKD1 region. Molecular diagnosis of PKD1 in this family could, therefore, be carried out by genomic DNA amplification to directly detect the PKD1 intronic deletion.
