The Novel Gene Locus for Agenesis of Permanent Teeth (He-Zhao deficiency) Maps to Chromosome 10q11.2

Abstract

He-Zhao deficiency has been recently characterized with a distinct form of agenesis of permanent teeth that is different from other previously reported disorders of tooth agenesis. This inherited abnormality suggests that some gene(s) associated with the development of permanent teeth may mutate. In this study, we map the gene locus to chromosome 10q11.2. The DNA pooling method combined with two-point and multi-point linkage analysis has been successfully applied. The maximum LOD (Zmax) scores for two-point and multi-point analyses are 13.29 (on marker D10S196) at recombination fraction (θ) = 0 and 18.09 (between markers D10S1772 and D10S1766), respectively. Haplotype analysis confined the locus within an interval of 5.5 cM flanked by markers D10S604 and D10S568. This study has demonstrated a novel gene locus responsible for He-Zhao deficiency and provides a good likelihood for the discovery of one of the genes determining permanent tooth formation and development.

Keywords

agenesis of permanent teeth He-Zhao deficiency DNA pooling linkage analysis 10q11.2

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