title: THRA1 and D17S183 flank an interval of < 4 cM for the breast-ovarian cancer gene (BRCA1) on chromosome 17q21.
abstract: In order to pinpoint the locale of the gene for early-onset familial breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1), polymorphisms were developed within the locus for thyroid hormone receptor alpha (THRA1) and for several anonymous sequences at chromosome 17q12-q21. The THRA1 polymorphism is a dinucleotide repeat with 10 alleles and heterozygosity.79. Gene mapping in extended families with inherited, early-onset breast and ovarian cancer indicates that BRCA1 is distal to THRA1 and proximal to D17S183 (SCG43), an interval of < 4 cM. This locale excludes HER2, THRA1, WNT3, HOX2, NGFR, PHB, COLIA1, NME1, and NME2 as candidates for BRCA1 but does not exclude RARA or EDH17B. Resolving the remaining recombination events in these families by new polymorphisms in the THRA1-D17S183 interval will facilitate positional cloning of the breast-ovarian cancer gene on chromosome 17q12-q21.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bowcock
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osborne-Lawrence
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rowell
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D000091402:Prohibitins; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; C000717328:PHB protein, human; D000091402:Prohibitins