Absence of significant off-target splicing variation with a U7snRNA vector targeting DMD exon 2 duplications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas wein ◽  
Diane M Dunn ◽  
Megan A Waldrop ◽  
Liubov V Gushchina ◽  
Emma C Frair ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Exon 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Wamsler ◽  
U Zollner ◽  
W Thomas ◽  
E Kunstmann ◽  
P Muschke ◽  
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1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (04) ◽  
pp. 546-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Schwartz ◽  
Albert Békássy ◽  
Mikael Donnér ◽  
Thomas Hertel ◽  
Stefan Hreidarson ◽  
...  

SummaryTwelve different mutations in the WASP gene were found in twelve unrelated families with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) or X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT). Four frameshift, one splice, one nonsense mutation, and one 18-base-pair deletion were detected in seven patients with WAS. Only missense mutations were found in five patients diagnosed as having XLT. One of the nucleotide substitutions in exon 2 (codon 86) results in an Arg to Cys replacement. Two other nucleotide substitutions in this codon, R86L and R86H, have been reported previously, both giving rise to typical WAS symptoms, indicating a mutational hot spot in this codon. The finding of mutations in the WASP gene in both WAS and XLT gives further evidence of these syndromes being allelic. The relatively small size of the WASP gene facilitates the detection of mutations and a reliable diagnosis of both carriers and affected fetuses in families with WAS or XLT.


2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Silvina Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Exon 2 ◽  

El objetivo del trabajo de Tesis Doctoral consistió en estudiar el polimorfismo y el poligenismo de los genes de clase II DRB del Complejo Principal de Histocompatibilidad en Equinos (ELA). La variabilidad genética de las regiones promotoras y de la región de reconocimiento del antígeno (exón 2) se analizó mediante los métodos de PCR-RFLP y PCR-SSCP. Se detectaron tres nuevos alelos del exón 2 definidos por PCR-RFLP, los que se confirmaron por clonado y secuenciación de los productos de amplificación. Además, el número de variantes detectadas en cada animal permitió inferir la presencia de al menos tres copias de genes DRB en los haplotipos equinos analizados. Estos datos se confirmaron a través de análisis filogenético y de segregación. El clonado y secuenciación de la región reguladora (URR) de los genes DRB permitió caracterizar la organización del promotor proximal. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron la presencia en dirección 5´ - 3´ de las cajas conservadas W, X, Y, CCAAT y TATA. Esta estructura es semejante a la reportada en los genes ortólogos de otras especies de mamíferos y evidenciaría que la región analizada corresponde a un gen DRB funcional. Por otra parte, el análisis del polimorfismo del promotor permitió identificar cinco alelos definidos por SSCP. El conjunto de resultados obtenidos mostró que los genes ELA-DRB presentan las principales características descriptas para los genes de Clase II de mamíferos: existencia de copias múltiples, alto grado de polimorfismo, alta tasa de sustituciones no sinónimas en los sitios de reconocimiento del antígeno, y conservación de secuencia y estructura del promotor proximal.


Author(s):  
Antonio Girolami ◽  
Diana Noemi Garcia de Paoletti ◽  
Marcelo Leonardo Nenkies ◽  
Silvia Ferrari ◽  
Hugo Guglielmone

Background: Investigation of rare bleeding disorders in Latin-America. Objective: The report of a new case of FX deficiency due to a compound heterozygosis. Methods: Accepted clotting procedures were used. Sequencing of DNA was carried out by means of Applied Biosystems Instruments. Results: A compound heterozygote due to the association of a new mutation (Gla72Asp) with an already known mutation (Gly154Arg) of the FX gene is reported. The proposita is a 38 year old female who had a moderate bleeding tendency (menorrhagia, epistaxis, easy bruising). The proposita has never received substitution therapy but in the occasion of a uterine biopsy. The mother was asymptomatic but was a heterozygote for the new mutation. The father was asymptomatic but had deserted the family and could not be investigated. After this abandonment the mother of the proposita re-married with an asymptomatic man and she gave birth to a son who was asymptomatic but was also heterozygous for the new mutation (Gla72Asp). As a consequence it has to be assumed that the first husband of the mother of the proposita was heterozygous for the known mutation (Gly154Arg). Conclusion: This is the third case of a new mutation in the FX gene reported, during the past few years, in Argentina.


2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Aixin Liang ◽  
Zipeng Li ◽  
Chao Du ◽  
Guohua Hua ◽  
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This Research Communication describes the association between genetic variation within the prolactin (PRL) gene and the milk production traits of Italian Mediterranean river buffalo (Bufala mediterranea Italiana). High resolution melting (HRM) techniques were developed for genotyping 465 buffaloes. The association of genetic polymorphism with milk production traits was performed and subsequently the effects of parity and calving season were evaluated. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified at exons 2 and 5 and at introns 1 and 2. All the SNPs were in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, and statistical analysis showed that the polymorphism of intron1 was significantly (P < 0·05) associated with milk yield, milk protein content and peak milk yield. The average contribution of the intron1 genotype (r2intron1) to total phenotypic variance in milk production traits was 0·09, and the TT genotype showed lower values than CC and CT genotypes. A nonsynonymous SNP was identified in exon 2, which resulted in an amino acid change from arginine to cysteine. Moreover, the polymorphism of exon 2 was associated significantly with milk fat content (P < 0·05), and the buffaloes with TT genotype showed higher total fat content than the buffaloes with CT genotype. These findings provide evidence that polymorphisms of the buffalo PRL gene are associated with milk production traits and PRL can be used as a candidate gene for marker-assisted selection in Italian Mediterranean river buffalo breeding.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3171
Author(s):  
Sandrine M. Caputo ◽  
Dominique Telly ◽  
Adrien Briaux ◽  
Julie Sesen ◽  
Maurizio Ceppi ◽  
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Background: Large genomic rearrangements (LGR) in BRCA1 consisting of deletions/duplications of one or several exons have been found throughout the gene with a large proportion occurring in the 5′ region from the promoter to exon 2. The aim of this study was to better characterize those LGR in French high-risk breast/ovarian cancer families. Methods: DNA from 20 families with one apparent duplication and nine deletions was analyzed with a dedicated comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array, high-resolution BRCA1 Genomic Morse Codes analysis and Sanger sequencing. Results: The apparent duplication was in fact a tandem triplication of exons 1 and 2 and part of intron 2 of BRCA1, fully characterized here for the first time. We calculated a causality score with the multifactorial model from data obtained from six families, classifying this variant as benign. Among the nine deletions detected in this region, eight have never been identified. The breakpoints fell in six recurrent regions and could confirm some specific conformation of the chromatin. Conclusions: Taken together, our results firmly establish that the BRCA1 5′ region is a frequent site of different LGRs and highlight the importance of the segmental duplication and Alu sequences, particularly the very high homologous region, in the mechanism of a recombination event. This also confirmed that those events are not systematically deleterious.


Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Ibrahim Al-Obaide ◽  
Kalkunte S. Srivenugopal

Background: The therapeutically important DNA repair gene O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is silenced by promoter methylation in human brain cancers. The co-players/regulators associated with this process and the subsequent progression of MGMT gene transcription beyond the non-coding exon 1 are unknown. As a follow-up to our recent finding of a predicted second promoter mapped proximal to the exon 2 [Int. J. Mol. Sci.2021, 22(5), 2492], we addressed its significance in MGMT transcription. Methods: RT-PCR, RT q-PCR, and nuclear run-on transcription assays were performed to compare and contrast the transcription rates of exon 1 and exon 2 of the MGMT gene in glioblastoma cells. Results: Bioinformatic characterization of the predicted MGMT exon 2 promoter showed several consensus TATA box and INR motifs and the absence of CpG islands in contrast to the established TATA-less, CpG-rich, and GAF-bindable exon 1 promoter. RT-PCR showed very weak MGMT-E1 expression in MGMT-proficient SF188 and T98G GBM cells, compared to active transcription of MGMT-E2. In the MGMT-deficient SNB-19 cells, the expression of both exons remained weak. The RT q-PCR revealed that MGMT-E2 and MGMT-E5 expression was about 80- to 175-fold higher than that of E1 in SF188 and T98G cells. Nuclear run-on transcription assays using bromo-uridine immunocapture followed by RT q-PCR confirmed the exceptionally lower and higher transcription rates for MGMT-E1 and MGMT-E2, respectively. Conclusions: The results provide the first evidence for transcriptional pausing at the promoter 1- and non-coding exon 1 junction of the human MGMT gene and its activation/elongation through the protein-coding exons 2 through 5, possibly mediated by a second promoter. The findings offer novel insight into the regulation of MGMT transcription in glioma and other cancer types.


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