title: Disruption of a novel imprinted zinc-finger gene, ZNF215, in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
abstract: The genetics of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is complex and is thought to involve multiple genes. It is known that three regions on chromosome 11p15 (BWSCR1, BWSCR2, and BWSCR3) may play a role in the development of BWS. BWSCR2 is defined by two BWS breakpoints. Here we describe the cloning and sequence analysis of 73 kb containing BWSCR2. Within this region, we detected a novel zinc-finger gene, ZNF215. We show that two of its five alternatively spliced transcripts are disrupted by both BWSCR2 breakpoints. Parts of the 3' end of these splice forms are transcribed from the antisense strand of a second zinc-finger gene, ZNF214. We show that ZNF215 is imprinted in a tissue-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics and Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alders
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bliek
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Privitera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Westerveld
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mannens
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D001506:Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D019457:Chromosome Breakage / Q000235:genetics*; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020451:Contig Mapping; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D018392:Genomic Imprinting / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016372:RNA, Antisense; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C409745:ZNF214 protein, human; C409744:ZNF215 protein, human