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Indian Journal of Human Genetics
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Society of Human Genetics
ISSN: 0971-6866
EISSN: 0971-6866
Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009, pp. 54-59
Bioline Code: hg09014
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Indian Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2009, pp. 54-59

 en Linkage analysis of three families with arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in India
Dokuparthi, Maithili V N; Pamuru, Pranathi R; Oruganti, Sai S; Calambur, Narsimhan & Nallari, Pratibha

Abstract

Background: Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a primary myocardial disorder morphologically characterized by subtle to severe replacement of the right ventricular myocardium by fatty and fibrous tissue. ARVC is known to be highly prevalent in European population with recent reports implicating it to be a major cause of sudden death in young individuals even from American and Asian population.
Aim: To implicate or exclude TMEM43 (ARVC-5), DSP(ARVC-8) genes and the yet to be identified gene at ARVC-6 locus in the pathogenesis in three families affected with ARVC from India.
Materials and Methods: Three families comprising of 42 affected/unaffected members were included in the study. Three microsatellite markers, D3S3613 (ARVC5) D10S1664 (ARVC6), D6S309 (ARVC8) were genotyped by PCR-based native PAGE. Two-point Linkage analysis was performed using LINKAGE program version 5.2
. Results and Discussion: LOD scores from linkage analysis for the microsatellite marker D10S1664 (ARVC-6) in families KS and REV have shown positive value hinting the involvement of this locus in the etiology of ARVC, while linkage analysis in the SB family ruled out involvement of DSP, TMEM43 and ARVC-6, as negative LOD scores were obtained with all three loci. Therefore, linkage analysis carried out in the present study indicates that ARVC-6 (cumulative LOD score is equal to plus 1.203376 at q is equal to 0.05) could be the locus harboring the mutated gene in two out of three families.

Keywords
Arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, linkage analysis, LOD, sudden death

 
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