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Identification of CpG islands around the DXS178 locus in the region of the X-linked agammaglobulinaemia gene locus in Xq22
Authors:Marie-Anne J O'Reilly  Lesley A Alterman  Sue Malcolm  Roland J Levinsky  Christine Kinnon
Institution:(1) Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH London, UK
Abstract:The X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) gene locus has previously been mapped to Xq22. Genetic linkage analysis has shown tight linkage between the disease and the DXS178 locus and that DXS3 and DXS94 are the closest proximal and distal flanking markers, respectively, separated by a genetic distance of 10–12 cM. We attempted to construct a physical map of Xq22 using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and rare-cutting restriction enzymes in order to obtain a finite physical value for the distance between DXS3 and DXS94. However, these attempts were hampered by the large number of rare-cutting restriction enzyme sites around the DXS178 locus, indicative of the presence of CpG rich regions of DNA. We were able to construct a physical map of the sites close to DXS178 that suggests the presence of at least three, and perhaps as many as five, CpG islands. These are arranged on either side of DXS178, extending over about 550kb of genomic DNA. Each of these regions must be considered as being associated with a potential ldquocandidaterdquo gene sequence for the XLA gene and we have initiated a chromosome walk from DXS178 to the nearest of these islands.
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