Abstract
Incontinentia Pigmenti 2 (IP2) is an X-linked dominant disorder with male lethality. Affected females display a characteristic skin eruption that evolves through four classic stages, frequently accompanied by dental and retinal abnormalities. Non-random (skewed) X-inactivation in peripheral blood leukocytes and in fibroblasts has been observed in females with IP2; however, sample sizes have been small and methods of analysis varied. We have examined X-inactivation in a large group of multigenerational IP2 families, in smaller families, and in isolated cases. Ninety-eight percent of affected females in multigenerational IP2 pedigrees show completely skewed patterns of X-inactivation, while only ~10% of a normal control population is skewed. Results both in small families and in new mutation cases with subsequent segregation consistent with Xq28 linkage are similar. Isolated cases show a lower percentage (85%) of skewed affected individuals; this difference may be due to inaccurate clinical ascertainment. The parent of origin of new mutations could be determined in 15 families; paternal new mutations were twice as common as maternal. Fibroblast subclones from a biopsy at the boundary of a skin lesion in a newborn IP2 patient were isolated, and clones with either one or the other X active were identified. demonstrating that cells with the active disease-bearing X chromosome are still present in stage I skin lesions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1777-1783 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Human molecular genetics |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)