分析1例骨斑点症患者的临床特点并检测LAP2-emerin-MAN1 domain-containing protein 3(LEMD3)基因突变,结合文献探讨骨斑点症的发病机制、临床表现、病理特征及影像学特点。患者,女性,37岁,汉族,因体检X线胸片发现肩关节异常就诊。父母...分析1例骨斑点症患者的临床特点并检测LAP2-emerin-MAN1 domain-containing protein 3(LEMD3)基因突变,结合文献探讨骨斑点症的发病机制、临床表现、病理特征及影像学特点。患者,女性,37岁,汉族,因体检X线胸片发现肩关节异常就诊。父母非近亲结婚,家族中无类似病史。体格检查示四肢关节活动自如,无压痛。X线片检查发现肱骨、锁骨、肩胛骨及部分肋骨、骨盆、双膝关节和双踝关节骨内多发边缘清晰、密度均匀的圆形或卵圆形钙化点。实验室生化检查未见异常。基因组DNA进行LEMD3基因突变检测,结果显示在12号外显子上存在1个杂合错义突变,即c. 2569G>A,导致p. Gly858Arg。骨斑点症是一种罕见的良性骨质硬化性疾病,临床症状常不明显。临床上对骨斑点症应常规检测LEMD3基因突变。展开更多
Ear size exhibits remarkable diversity in pig breeds. LEM domain-containing 3 （LEMD3） on chromosome 5 is considered as an important candidate for porcine ear size. This is the first study on cloning and characteriza...Ear size exhibits remarkable diversity in pig breeds. LEM domain-containing 3 （LEMD3） on chromosome 5 is considered as an important candidate for porcine ear size. This is the first study on cloning and characterization of LEMD3 cDNA. The complete cDNA contains 4 843 bp, including a 2 736-bp open reading frame （ORF）, a 37-bp 5＂-untranslated region （UTR） and a 2070-bp 3＂-UTR. The complete LEMD3 gene is 126241-bp and contains 13 exons and 12 introns. The ORF encodes a deduced LEMD3 protein of 911 amino acids, which shares 82-94% nucleic acid and 51-96% amino acid identity with other species. A phylogenetic tree constructed based on the amino acid sequences revealed that the porcine LEMD3 protein was closely related with cattle LEMD3. Resequencing of the ORF and promoter of LEMD3 from Minzhu pig and Large White revealed three single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs）： L964C〉A in the complete coding region, L4625A〉G in the 3＂ UTR, and L-394T〉C in the promoter region. Genome-wide association study （GWAS） revealed that all of SNPs were shown significant association with ear size in Large WhitexMinzhu pig intercross population. With conditional GWAS, -Iogl0（P-value） decreased by more than 80% when each of three SNPs was included as a fixed effect. These results suggested direct involvement of LEMD3 or close linkage to the causative mutation for ear size. The findings of this study might form the basis for understanding the genetic mechanism of ear size variation in pigs and provide potential molecular markers for screening ear size diversity in pig breeds.展开更多
基金supported by the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, China (ASTIPIAS02)the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2011BAD28B01)the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System of China, and foundation from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2014ZL006)
文摘Ear size exhibits remarkable diversity in pig breeds. LEM domain-containing 3 （LEMD3） on chromosome 5 is considered as an important candidate for porcine ear size. This is the first study on cloning and characterization of LEMD3 cDNA. The complete cDNA contains 4 843 bp, including a 2 736-bp open reading frame （ORF）, a 37-bp 5＂-untranslated region （UTR） and a 2070-bp 3＂-UTR. The complete LEMD3 gene is 126241-bp and contains 13 exons and 12 introns. The ORF encodes a deduced LEMD3 protein of 911 amino acids, which shares 82-94% nucleic acid and 51-96% amino acid identity with other species. A phylogenetic tree constructed based on the amino acid sequences revealed that the porcine LEMD3 protein was closely related with cattle LEMD3. Resequencing of the ORF and promoter of LEMD3 from Minzhu pig and Large White revealed three single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs）： L964C〉A in the complete coding region, L4625A〉G in the 3＂ UTR, and L-394T〉C in the promoter region. Genome-wide association study （GWAS） revealed that all of SNPs were shown significant association with ear size in Large WhitexMinzhu pig intercross population. With conditional GWAS, -Iogl0（P-value） decreased by more than 80% when each of three SNPs was included as a fixed effect. These results suggested direct involvement of LEMD3 or close linkage to the causative mutation for ear size. The findings of this study might form the basis for understanding the genetic mechanism of ear size variation in pigs and provide potential molecular markers for screening ear size diversity in pig breeds.
