A missense mutation in the vasopressin-neurophysin precursor gene cosegregates with human autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.
AUTOR(ES)
Bahnsen, U
RESUMO
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus in humans is a rare disease transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. Affected individuals have very low or undetectable levels of circulating vasopressin and suffer from polydipsia and polyuria. An obvious candidate gene for the disease is the vasopressin-neurophysin (AVP-NP) precursor gene on human chromosome 20. The 2 kb gene with three exons encodes a composite precursor protein consisting of the neuropeptide vasopressin and two associated proteins, neurophysin and a glycopeptide. Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of both alleles of the AVP-NP gene present in a Dutch ADNDI family reveals a point mutation in one allele of the affected family members. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences shows a G----T transversion within the neurophysin-encoding exon B. This missense mutation converts a highly conserved glycine (Gly17 of neurophysin) to a valine residue. RFLP analysis of six related family members indicates cosegregation of the mutant allele with the DI phenotype. The mutation is not present in 96 chromosomes of an unrelated control group. These data suggest that a single amino acid exchange within a highly conserved domain of the human vasopressin-associated neurophysin is the primary cause of one form of ADNDI.
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