Title : Mutations in the LPAR6 and LIPH genes underlie autosomal recessive hypotrichosis\/woolly hair in 17 consanguineous families from Pakistan - Khan_2011_Clin.Exp.Dermatol_36_652 |
Author(s) : Khan S , Habib R , Mir H , Umm e K , Naz G , Ayub M , Shafique S , Yamin T , Ali N , Basit S , Wasif N , Kamran-ul-Hassan Naqvi S , Ali G , Wali A , Ansar M , Ahmad W |
Ref : Clinical & Experimental Dermatologyatol , 36 :652 , 2011 |
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive hypotrichosis/woolly hair is a rare genetic hair loss disorder characterized by sparse scalp hair/woolly hair, sparse to absent eyebrows and eyelashes, sparse axillary and body hair in affected individuals. This form of hair loss results from mutations in either LPAR6 or LIPH gene. AIM: To identify mutations in LPAR6 and LIPH genes in 17 consanguineous Pakistani families showing features of hypotrichosis/woolly hair. METHODS: Genotyping in 17 families was carried out using polymorphic microsatellite markers linked to genes causing autosomal recessive hypotrichosis/woolly hair phenotype. To screen for mutations in LPAR6 and LIPH genes, all of their exons and splice junction sites were amplified by PCR and sequenced using an automated DNA sequencer. RESULTS: Genotyping with polymorphic microsatellite markers showed linkage in eight families to LPAR6 and in nine families to LIPH gene. Sequence analysis revealed four recurrent mutations (p.Phe24HisfsX28; p.Asp63Val; p.Gly146Arg; p.Ile188Phe) in LPAR6 and two recurrent mutations (p.Trp108Arg; p.Ile220ArgfsX29) in LIPH gene. Comparison of the haplotypes generated by typing LPAR6 and LIPH genes linked microsatellite markers in different families suggested common founder natures of the two mutations (c.66_69insCATG and c.659_660delTA). CONCLUSIONS: Mutations identified in the present study extend the body of evidence implicating LPAR6 and LIPH genes in pathogenesis of human hereditary hair loss. |
PubMedSearch : Khan_2011_Clin.Exp.Dermatol_36_652 |
PubMedID: 21426374 |
Gene_locus related to this paper: human-LIPH |
Mutation | W108R_human-LIPH I220RfsX29_human-LIPH |
Gene_locus | human-LIPH |
Disease | Hypotrichosis |
Khan S, Habib R, Mir H, Umm e K, Naz G, Ayub M, Shafique S, Yamin T, Ali N, Basit S, Wasif N, Kamran-ul-Hassan Naqvi S, Ali G, Wali A, Ansar M, Ahmad W (2011)
Mutations in the LPAR6 and LIPH genes underlie autosomal recessive hypotrichosis\/woolly hair in 17 consanguineous families from Pakistan
Clinical & Experimental Dermatologyatol
36 :652
Khan S, Habib R, Mir H, Umm e K, Naz G, Ayub M, Shafique S, Yamin T, Ali N, Basit S, Wasif N, Kamran-ul-Hassan Naqvi S, Ali G, Wali A, Ansar M, Ahmad W (2011)
Clinical & Experimental Dermatologyatol
36 :652