A missense mutation of the endothelin-B receptor gene in multigenic Hirschsprung's disease

EG Puffenberger, K Hosoda, SS Washington, K Nakao… - Cell, 1994 - cell.com
EG Puffenberger, K Hosoda, SS Washington, K Nakao, D deWit, M Yanagisawa
Cell, 1994cell.com
Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is characterized by an absence of enteric ganglia in the
distal colon and a failure of innervation in the gastrointestinal tract. We recently mapped a
recessive susceptibility locus (HSCR2) to human chromosome 13q22, which we now
demonstrate to be the endothelin-B receptor gene (EDNRB). We identified in HSCR patients
a GT missense mutation in EDNRB exon 4 that substitutes the highly conserved Trp-276
residue in the fifth transmembrane helix of the G protein-coupled receptor with a Cys residue …
Summary
Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) is characterized by an absence of enteric ganglia in the distal colon and a failure of innervation in the gastrointestinal tract. We recently mapped a recessive susceptibility locus (HSCR2) to human chromosome 13q22, which we now demonstrate to be the endothelin-B receptor gene (EDNRB). We identified in HSCR patients a GT missense mutation in EDNRB exon 4 that substitutes the highly conserved Trp-276 residue in the fifth transmembrane helix of the G protein-coupled receptor with a Cys residue (W276C). The mutant W276C receptor exhibited a partial impairment of ligand-induced Ca*+ transient levels in transfected cells. The mutation is dosage sensitive, in that W276C homozygotes and heterozygotes have a 74% and a 21% risk, respectively, of developing HSCR. Genotype analysis of patients in a Mennonite pedigree shows HSCR to be a multigenic disorder.
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