Genetic analysis of carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency |
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Authors: | Eric R. Fearon Richard L. Mallonee John A. Phillips III William E. O'Brien Saul W. Brusilow Mark W. Adcock Lorne T. Kirby |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA;(3) Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada;(4) T-2404 Medical Center North, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, 37232 Nashville, TN, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency (CPSD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of ureagenesis characterized by hyperammonemic coma in the neonatal period. To study the genetic basis of CPSD we have performed a molecular analysis of the CPS I genes in CPSD patients from six unrelated families. Using a cDNA probe for the human CPS I gene and restriction endonuclease mapping techniques, we observed no abnormality in the number or size of the hybridizing DNA fragments from the seven affected individuals examined. These findings suggest that no gross alteration affected the CPS I genes. We did detect a frequent restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) at the CPS I locus which we employed as a linkage marker. Our results suggest the polymorphic CPS I restriction fragments cosegregate with the CPSD phenotype, and that linkage disequilibrium exists between the CPSI RFLPs studied and the affected alleles. The RFLPs described may enable prenatal detection of CPSD in families where the coupling phases between CPSD alleles and RFLPs can be determined.A preliminary report of these studies was presented at the Society for Pediatric Research meetings, San Francisco, May 1984 and appeared in abstract form in Pediatric Research 18:296A (1984) |
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