Molecular analysis of a Japanese family with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: identification of mutation and prenatal diagnosis

Clinical Genetics
Y YamadaN Ogasawara

Abstract

Complete deficiency of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) causes Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. We examined the HPRT gene mutation for prenatal diagnosis in a Japanese family. A single nucleotide substitution of C to T in exon 3 was identified by direct sequencing analysis of the HPRT gene of a Lesch-Nyhan patient. This substitution resulted in a nonsense mutation, CGA (Arg) to TGA (stop), at codon 51. Utilizing an Xho I restriction site which was lost in the mutation as an indicator, a family study showed that the mother was heterozygous, but the grandmother normal. By the same method, prenatal genetic diagnosis was performed using chorionic villus samples (CVS), and showed that the fetus had the mutant allele.

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Dec 1, 1996·The Japanese Journal of Human Genetics·Y YamadaN Ogasawara
Jan 22, 2005·Seminars in Nephrology·J Stewart Cameron, H Anne Simmonds

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