A carcinoembryonic antigen polynucleotide vaccine for human clinical use |
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Authors: | RM Conry AF LoBuglio F Loechel SE Moore LA Sumerel DL Barlow J Pike DT Curiel |
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Affiliation: | University Institute of Medical Biochemistry & Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics B24.4, Danish Centre for Genome Research, Copenhagen. |
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Abstract: | Congenital cataract, type Volkmann (McKusick no 115665, gene symbol CCV) is an autosomal dominant eye disease. The disease is characterized by a progressive, central and zonular cataract, with opacities both in the embryonic, fetal and juvenile nucleus and around the anterior and posterior Y-suture. We examined blood samples from 91 members of a Danish pedigree comprising 426 members, by using highly informative short tandem repeat polymorphisms and found the closest linkage of the disease gene (CCV) to a (CA)n dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at locus D1S243 (Zmax = 14.04 at theta M = 0.025 theta F = 0.000), at a penetrance of 0.90. Using two additional chromosome 1 markers, we were able to map the CCV gene in the sequence 1pter-(CCV, D1S243)-D1S468-D1S214. The (enolase 1) gene has been mapped to this area; however, a mutation described in this gene did not give eye disease. |
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