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JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 65-72Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0115-2
Keywords
recombination; deletion; chi-like sequence; minisatellite consensus sequence; chimera; RCCX module; C4-CYP21 repeat module; CYP21; CAH
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The chimeric CYP21P/CYP21 gene is a consequence of a 26- or 32-kb deletion in the C4-CYP21 repeat module of CYP21P, tenascin A (XA), serine/threonine nuclear protein kinase (RP2), and the C4B and CYP21 genes in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) with steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency. To date, there have been three distinct chimeras found in CAH patients in ethnic Chinese. Initiation for production of these molecules is proposed to be chi-like sequences and a minisatellite consensus existing in several noncoding regions in CYP21 genes. These molecules have the 5' end of the CYP21P-specific sequence in common but differ in the 3' end of CYP21-specific genes. In addition, there appears to be a 3.2-kb fragment generated by Taq I digestion, which leads to allele dropout in PCR amplification for detecting the aberrant splicing site of the IVS2 -12A/C>G mutation at nucleotide (nt) 655 in the CYP21 gene. Therefore, the chimeric CYP21P/CYP21 cannot be detected by conventional methods. It has been demonstrated that a PCR product amplified with allele-specific primers covering tenascin B (TNXB) to the 5' end of the CYP21 gene combined with Southern analysis by Ase I and Nde I digestion may be used for identifying the chimera in the CYP21 gene.
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