The common NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO) gene rearrangement in Korean patients with incontinentia pigmenti.
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant disorder characterized by highly variable abnormalities of the skin, eyes and central nervous system. A mutation of the nuclear factor-κB essential modulator (NEMO) located at Xq28 is believed to play a role in pathogenesis and the mutation occurs mostly in female patients due to fatal consequence of the mutation in males in utero. This study was designed to identify the common NEMO rearrangement in four Korean patients with IP. Deletion of exons 4 to 10 in the NEMO, the most common mutation in IP patients, was detected in all of the patients by the use of long-range PCR analysis. This method enabled us to discriminate between NEMO and pseudogene rearrangements. Furthermore, all of the patients showed skewed XCI patterns, indicating pathogenicity of IP was due to cells carrying the mutant X chromosome. This is the first report of genetically confirmed cases of IP in Korea.
Song
Min-Jung
MJ
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Chae
Jong-Hee
JH
Park
Eun-Ae
EA
Ki
Chang-Seok
CS
D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D007184:Incontinentia Pigmenti / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017384:Sequence Deletion
C491731:IKBKG protein, human; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase