Two novel frameshift mutations associated with the presence of direct repeats of the LDL receptor gene in familial hypercholesterolemia |
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Authors: | Kimiko Yamakawa-Kobayashi Tsutomu Kobayashi Keijiro Saku Kikuo Arakawa Hideo Hamaguchi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305 Tsukuba, Japan;(2) Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 814-01 Fukuoka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Two novel frameshift mutations were detected in the mutant LDL receptor genes responsible for familial hypercholesterolemia. One was a 5-bp insertion at codon 395 in exon 9, and the other was a one nucleotide deletion at codon 531 in exon 11. Both mutations alter the reading frame and consequently produce a premature stop codon in the region of the mature LDL receptor homologous to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) precursor. With regard to the mechanism responsible for the generation of these frameshift mutations, strand slipped mispairing mediated by short direct repeats is considered to be the most likely. The findings seem to support the hypothesis that a short direct repeat in DNA sequence can have a profound influence on the stability of a given gene and promote human gene mutations. |
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