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Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility.

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Angrist, M; Jing, S; Bolk, S; Bentley, K; Nallasamy, S; Halushka, M; Fox, GM; Chakravarti, A
Published in: Genomics
March 1998

Congenital aganglionic megacolon, commonly known as Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), is the most frequent cause of congenital bowel obstruction. Germline mutations in the RET receptor tyrosine kinase have been shown to cause HSCR. Knockout mice for RET and for its ligand, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), exhibit both complete intestinal aganglionosis and renal defects. Recently, GDNF and GFRA1 (GDNF family receptor, also known as GDNFR-alpha), its GPI-linked coreceptor, were demonstrated to be components of a functional ligand for RET. Moreover, GDNF has been implicated in rare cases of HSCR. We have mapped GFRA1 to human chromosome 10q25, isolated human and mouse genomic clones, determined the gene's intron-exon boundaries, isolated a highly polymorphic microsatellite marker adjacent to exon 7, and scanned for GFRA1 mutations in a large panel of HSCR patients. No evidence of linkage was detected in HSCR kindreds, and no sequence variants were found to be in significant excess in patients. These data suggest that GFRA1'S role in enteric neurogenesis in humans remains to be elucidated and that RET signaling in the gut may take place via alternate pathways, such as the recently described GDNF-related molecule neurturin and its GFRA1-like coreceptor, GFRA2.

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Genomics

DOI

EISSN

1089-8646

ISSN

0888-7543

Publication Date

March 1998

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

354 / 362

Related Subject Headings

  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Mutation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Ligands
  • Introns
 

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Angrist, M., Jing, S., Bolk, S., Bentley, K., Nallasamy, S., Halushka, M., … Chakravarti, A. (1998). Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility. Genomics, 48(3), 354–362. https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.1997.5191
Angrist, M., S. Jing, S. Bolk, K. Bentley, S. Nallasamy, M. Halushka, G. M. Fox, and A. Chakravarti. “Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility.Genomics 48, no. 3 (March 1998): 354–62. https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.1997.5191.
Angrist M, Jing S, Bolk S, Bentley K, Nallasamy S, Halushka M, et al. Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility. Genomics. 1998 Mar;48(3):354–62.
Angrist, M., et al. “Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility.Genomics, vol. 48, no. 3, Mar. 1998, pp. 354–62. Epmc, doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5191.
Angrist M, Jing S, Bolk S, Bentley K, Nallasamy S, Halushka M, Fox GM, Chakravarti A. Human GFRA1: cloning, mapping, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate gene for Hirschsprung disease susceptibility. Genomics. 1998 Mar;48(3):354–362.
Journal cover image

Published In

Genomics

DOI

EISSN

1089-8646

ISSN

0888-7543

Publication Date

March 1998

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

354 / 362

Related Subject Headings

  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Mutation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Ligands
  • Introns