title: Novel mutation in the gene encoding c-Abl-binding protein SH3BP2 causes cherubism.
abstract: Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant inherited condition caused by mutations in the c-Abl-binding protein SH3BP2. It is characterized by multiple cystic giant cell lesions of the jaw appearing in early childhood with stabilization and remission after puberty. In the present study, we used direct sequence analysis of the SH3BP2 gene of several individuals from a family with cherubism to search for additional SH3BP2 mutations resulting in cherubism. In affected relatives, we found a previously unreported G to A transition in exon 9 leading to a Gly to Arg substitution at amino acid position 420. G420R has been reported previously with a G to C transversion. To date there have been no disease causing mutations outside exon 9. Therefore, the amino acid sequence from positions 415 to 420 may represent a specific protein domain which, when disrupted, leads to the cherubism phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faiyaz-Ul-Haque
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aviv
authors.forename: L-C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: Ahmad S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Teebi
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002636:Cherubism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 / Q000235:genetics; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006257:Head / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020125:Mutation, Missense / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D019683:Penetrance; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C109073:SH3BP2 protein, human