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. 1998 Apr;152(4):935–941.

Compound heterozygosity for missense (L156P) and nonsense (R554X) mutations in the beta4 integrin gene (ITGB4) underlies mild, nonlethal phenotype of epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia.

L Pulkkinen 1, L Bruckner-Tuderman 1, C August 1, J Uitto 1
PMCID: PMC1858243  PMID: 9546354

Abstract

Mutations in the genes encoding the subunit polypeptides of the alpha6beta4 integrin (ITGA6 and ITGB4, respectively) have been previously demonstrated in patients with a lethal form of epidermolysis bullosa with congenital pyloric atresia (OMIM #226730). In this study, we demonstrate for the first time ITGB4 mutations in nonlethal phenotype of epidermolysis bullosa with congenital pyloric atresia. Specifically, the proband was shown to be a compound heterozygote for a missense mutation (L156P) and a nonsense mutation (R554X). The leucine substitution by proline was shown to affect a residue, which was precisely conserved in different human, rodent, and drosophila integrin-beta polypeptides, and consequently disrupts the alpha-helix formation of the polypeptide segment as determined by Garnier alpha-helicity plot. The nonsense mutation in another allele was accompanied by undetectable levels of the corresponding mRNA transcript, as determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The presence of a missense mutation, when combined with a premature termination codon mutation, may explain the milder blistering tendency of the skin in this patient.

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