title: The human insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 4 gene maps to chromosome region 17q12-q21.1 and is close to the gene for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer.
abstract: The gene for insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 4 (IGFBP4) codes for a serum protein that binds to the family of insulin-like growth factors and modulates their activity. It has been mapped by in situ hybridization to chromosome region 17q12-q21.1. We have developed a CA-repeat polymorphism from a cosmid clone containing IGFBP4. By linkage analysis, IGFBP4 maps to the chromosome 17q interval THRA1-D17S579. This interval also contains the gene for hereditary breast-ovarian cancer, BRCA1. Genetic recombination between IGFBP4 and BRCA1 places IGFBP4 centromeric to the cancer susceptibility gene and effectively excludes it as a candidate gene for BRCA1. IGFBP4 is, however, one of the closest known centromeric markers for BRCA1; the estimated recombination fraction is 0.015. IGFBP4 and D17S579 together define a 2.8-cM interval that contains BRCA1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ehrenborg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lenoir
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feunteun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zazzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vivier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huynh
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013002:Somatomedins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D013002:Somatomedins