(Circulation. 1997;95:2603-2606.)
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From the Departments of Medicine (J.H.M.), Neurology (A.C.J., T.G.N.), Pediatrics (R.J.B.), and Psychiatry (S.E.H.), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; Columbia University School of Public Health and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY (S.E.H.); and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco (K.C.W.).
Correspondence to Dr Jane H. Morse, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 W 168th St, PH8W-879, New York, NY 10032. E-mail jhm4{at}columbia.edu
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Methods and Results We used microsatellite markers and linkage analysis in a large family with PPH to determine the chromosomal location of their disease gene. We tested a second, ethnically distinct, family for cosegregation of disease with markers from the linked region. We mapped the disease locus PPH1; GDB/HUGO designation (GDB:1381541; July 1996), approved when this work was accepted for publication in abstract form (Circulation. 1996;94[suppl I]:I-49.), in these families to a 27-cM region on chromosome 2q31-q32, with a maximum lod score of 3.87 associated with markers D2S350 and D2S364.
Conclusions Cosegregation of this region with disease in different ethnic groups suggests that we mapped an important locus in familial PPH. Careful study of additional families and sporadic cases will be required to confirm this localization of PPH1 and characterize its overall role.
Key Words: hypertension, pulmonary genetics mapping
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PPH is a rare disease in which distinctive vascular changes elevate pulmonary artery pressure, leading to right ventricular failure and death. Without intervention, median survival is <3 years.1 The pathogenesis of PPH is unknown. Histopathological studies demonstrate extensive vascular remodeling and in situ thrombosis.1 Reported abnormalities in the production and clearance of vasoactive agents, such as endothelin and prostacyclin, have suggested dysregulation of complex endothelial interactions.1 An underlying autoimmune process has been suggested by associations with autoantibodies and specific HLA alleles.2
PPH occurs as both sporadic and familial disease. It has been proposed that the familial form is an autosomal dominant trait with high, but incomplete penetrance,3 although segregation analyses have not been performed. Women are affected twice as often as men.3 Genetic anticipation has been proposed in some families.4 Two families have been reported in which hemoglobin ß-chain mutations appear to cosegregate with PPH,5 6 but no formal linkage study has been done. We performed a study to map the locus causing PPH.
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DNA for genotyping was extracted, through the use of standard protocols, from whole blood or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue.7 Simple-sequence repeat polymorphisms, with mapped sets of genetic markers,8 9 were determined using standard protocols.
For complex diseases with unknown inheritance, using both autosomal
dominant (AD) and autosomal recessive (AR) models increases the power
of a study to detect true linkage.10 We analyzed
the data using three models: Model 1 was AD and considered only
affected members of the families ("affecteds-only"
analysis). Model 2 was AD with disease penetrances assigned
according to age- and gender-related incidence data4
(Table
) and phenocopy rate (penetrance for normal
homozygotes) of 0.000001. The disease allele frequency for both AD
models was set at 0.00001. Model 3 was AR with penetrances that were
age and gender related (Table
) for disease homozygotes, 0.01 for
disease heterozygotes, and 0.000001 for normal homozygotes; disease
allele frequency was set at 0.003. Gene frequencies were chosen to
be consistent with an estimated disease incidence of 1/100,000
to 1/1 million p.a.11 Because there was male-to-male
transmission in both families, we considered only autosomal
inheritance. Marker allele frequencies were based on family data.
Two-point (marker-to-disease) analyses used MLINK from LINKAGE
5.112 and multipoint analyses used
VITESSE.13
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For a genomic screen, we analyzed data from 22 living members of family 1, using 260 evenly distributed autosomal markers. In final analyses, we considered both families, including genotypes from 2 deceased members of family 1, and nine markers in the region of interest (D2S1776, D2S324, D2S350, D2S364, D2S1391, D2S152, D2S318, D2S311, and D2S1384).
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The 22 living members of family 1 were genotyped using 260 polymorphic markers distributed across the autosomes. For each inheritance model, the likelihoods of an observed pattern of genotypes occurring (1) by chance and (2) in the event of linkage between disease and test loci were calculated and compared. A lod score (logarithm of the ratio of these likelihoods) of 3.0 indicates 1000:1 odds in favor of linkage, and a lod score of -2.0 indicates 100:1 odds against linkage. Multipoint analyses, using the conservative affecteds-only approach (model 1), excluded >40% of the genome. The hemoglobin ß-chain gene region5 6 (11p15) and the HLA region2 (6p21.3) were both excluded. Regions with two-point lod scores of >0.5 were investigated using additional markers, and all except one were eliminated from further analysis. Analyses with model 3 (AR inheritance) did not suggest any separate areas of interest.
Final analyses that included all members of both families and
saturated the candidate region with closely spaced markers mapped the
disease locus, PPH1, to a 27-cM region on chromosome
2q31-q32 flanked by recombination events at D2S1776 and D2S1384.
Analysis under the AD disease model reflecting age- and
gender-related penetrances (model 2) led to a maximal pairwise lod
score of 3.21 at D2S1391 and multipoint lod scores of 3.87 at D2S350
and D2S364 (Fig 2
). Using model 1, the maximum
four-point lod score was 2.87 at D2S350, D2S364, and D2S1391; model 3
(AR) also yielded lower scores.
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The PPH1 region on 2q31-q32 contains a number of candidate genes. In
particular, a cluster of immunoglobulin superfamily genes encode
integrin subunits
v,15
4,16 and
ß6.17 The
and ß integrin subunits combine to form
heterodimeric signaling molecules involved in a wide variety of
physiological processes,18 including
angiogenesis, immune regulation, and hemostasis. Abnormalities in the
function or regulation of integrin subunits could clearly play a role
in the vascular remodeling seen in PPH, which is currently thought to
result from dys-regulation of normal endothelial
interactions.1
Identification of the PPH1 locus and the basis of its pathogenicity may provide insight into the etiology of not only sporadic PPH but also secondary pulmonary hypertension. Long-term vasodilator therapy and transplantation have already improved outcome in PPH, but earlier diagnosis and the development of specific therapies could be facilitated by identifying the genetic defect in these families.
Note Added in Proof
Nichols et al recently described linkage of PPH to 2q31-q32
(Nat Genet. 1997;15:277-280). Their dataset apparently
includes some members of family 1. This family, first reported by Morse
et al,2 was originally analyzed for linkage by
Morse et al.19
On routine follow-up of family 2, II.4 has fulfilled diagnostic criteria for PPH, increasing maximal two- and four-point lod scores (for the same markers as previously) to 3.61 and 4.27.
| Acknowledgments |
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Presented in part at the 69th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, La, November 10-13, 1996, and published in abstract form in Circulation. 1996;94(suppl I):I-49.
Received November 25, 1996; revision received February 3, 1997; accepted March 25, 1997.
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