title: Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E: a case report.
abstract: A 5-year-old female Japanese patient with mild symptoms of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), XP7OTO, was assigned to complementation group E following cell hybridization. XP7OTO showed lowered minimal erythema doses compared with those of normal Japanese and XP group A subjects at 290 and 300 nm of monochromatic ultraviolet (UV) light. The delayed peak reaction of UV erythema was characteristically observed in this particular group E patient. 254 nm UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis of XP7OTO skin fibroblasts was reduced to a level of 55% of normal. XP7OTO cells exhibited a twice higher sensitivity to 254 nm UV killing (n (extrapolation number) = 1.2, Do (mean lethal dose) = 2.2 J/m2) than did normal cells (n = 1.5, Do = 5.0 J/m2). The patient has, as yet, developed neither skin malignancies nor neurological abnormalities.
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004260:DNA Repair; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000528:radiation effects; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*