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. 2004 Jun 11;94(11):1429-35.
doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000130528.72330.5c. Epub 2004 Apr 29.

Chromosome 1q21.1 contiguous gene deletion is associated with congenital heart disease

Jesse Christiansen  1 , John D Dyck, Basil G Elyas, Margaret Lilley, J Stephen Bamforth, Mark Hicks, Kathleen A Sprysak, Robert Tomaszewski, Shelagh M Haase, Leanne M Vicen-Wyhony, Martin J Somerville
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Chromosome 1q21.1 contiguous gene deletion is associated with congenital heart disease

Jesse Christiansen et al. Circ Res. .

Abstract

Congenital heart disease (CHD), comprising structural or functional abnormalities present at birth, is the most common birth defect in humans. Reduced expression of connexin40 (Cx40) has been found in association with atrial fibrillation, and deletion of Cx40 in a mouse model causes various structural heart abnormalities in 18% of heterozygotes. We screened 505 unrelated CHD cases for deletions or duplications of the Cx40 gene (GJA5) by real-time quantitative PCR, in order to determine whether altered copy number of this gene may be associated with a cardiac phenotype in humans. Dosage of Cx40 flanking genes (ACPL1 and Cx50 gene, GJA8) was determined by real-time PCR for all apparent positive cases. In total, 3 cases were found to carry deletions on chromosome 1q21.1 spanning ACPL1, Cx40, and Cx50 genes. Absence of heterozygosity was observed in all 3 index cases over a 1.5- to 3-Mb region. Samples from the parents of two cases were obtained, and microsatellites across 1q21.1 were genotyped. One of the apparently unaffected parents was found to carry this deletion. All 3 index cases presented with obstruction of the aortic arch as the common structural cardiac malformation, and had no consistent dysmorphic features. Genotyping of 520 unrelated normal controls for this deletion was negative. We hypothesize that this 1q21.1 multigene deletion is associated with a range of cardiac defects, with anomalies of the aortic arch being a particular feature.

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    Baldwin HS. Baldwin HS. Circ Res. 2004 Jun 11;94(11):1401-2. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000133233.38341.17. Circ Res. 2004. PMID: 15192033 No abstract available.

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