Multiple defects in type III collagen synthesis are associated with the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
; 800: 216-28, 1996 Nov 18.
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ABSTRACT
Confluent skin fibroblast cultures were prepared from 40 patients diagnosed with and surgically treated for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. An analysis of secreted type I and type III collagen in the media of these fibroblast preparations revealed reduced secretion of type III collagen from six patients. DNA sequence analysis of the entire coding domain of the pro alpha 1 (III) collagen mRNA in skin fibroblast RNA from these six patients revealed a C to T substitution at nucleotide 607 in one of the probands that would result in the replacement of a leucine residue with phenylalanine in the second position of the first tripeptide repeat in the triple-helical domain of type III collagen. Allele-specific hybridization analysis of genomic DNA from this proband and family members indicated that this non-glycine substitution probably contributed to the aneurysmal phenotype in this patient. No coding sequence mutations were found in the other five patients. It is clear from this study, therefore, that aberrant synthesis of type III collagen, as a consequence of both a coding sequence mutation and other factors contributing to reduced secretion of type III procollagen, will result in the development of an aortic aneurysm in a significant percentage of patients with this disease.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Colágeno
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Mutación Puntual
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Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann N Y Acad Sci
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos