title: A disease locus for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy maps to chromosome 1q3.
abstract: Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is caused by missense mutations in the beta cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene in less than half of affected individuals. To identify the location of another gene involved in this disorder, a large family with FHC not linked to the beta MHC gene was studied. Linkage was detected between the disease in this family and a locus on chromosome 1q3 (maximum multipoint lod score = 8.47). Analyses in other families with FHC not linked to the beta MHC gene, revealed linkage to the chromosome 1 locus in two and excluded linkage in six. Thus mutations in at least three genetic loci can cause FHC. Three sarcomeric contractile proteins--troponin I, tropomyosin and actin--are strong candidate FHC genes at the chromosome 1 locus.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacRae
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thierfelder
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frenneaux
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Seidman
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000367:Age Factors; D001483:Base Sequence; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D017354:Point Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011336:Probability; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014335:Tropomyosin / Q000235:genetics; D014336:Troponin / Q000235:genetics; D019210:Troponin I
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014335:Tropomyosin; D014336:Troponin; D019210:Troponin I; D009218:Myosins