Passos-Bueno M R, Richard I, Vainzof M, Fougerousse F, Weissenbach J, Broux O, Cohen D, Akiyama J, Marie S K, Carvalho A A
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
J Med Genet. 1993 May;30(5):385-7. doi: 10.1136/jmg.30.5.385.
The autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) represent a heterogeneous group of diseases which may be characterised by one or more autosomal loci. A gene at 15q has recently been found to be responsible for a mild form of LGMD in a group of families from the isolated island of Réunion, now classified as LGMD2. Based on results of eight out of 11 large Brazilian LGMD families of different racial background (which were informative for the closest available probe to the LGMD2 gene), we confirmed linkage to the LGMD2 gene at 15q in two of these families and exclusion in six others. These data provide the first evidence of genetic heterogeneity for the autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies.
常染色体隐性遗传性肢带型肌营养不良症(LGMD)是一组具有异质性的疾病,其特征可能为一个或多个常染色体位点。最近发现,来自留尼汪岛孤立岛屿的一组家庭中,15号染色体上的一个基因导致了一种轻度形式的LGMD,现被归类为LGMD2。基于11个不同种族背景的巴西大型LGMD家庭中的8个家庭的结果(这些家庭对LGMD2基因最接近的可用探针具有信息性),我们在其中两个家庭中证实了与15号染色体上LGMD2基因的连锁,并在其他6个家庭中排除了该连锁。这些数据为常染色体隐性遗传性肢带型肌营养不良症的遗传异质性提供了首个证据。