Elsevier

Genomics

Volume 62, Issue 3, 15 December 1999, Pages 325-331
Genomics

Regular Article
Autistic Disorder and Chromosome 15q11–q13: Construction and Analysis of a BAC/PAC Contig

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Abstract

Autistic disorder (AD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects approximately 2–10/10,000 individuals. Chromosome 15q11–q13 has been implicated in the genetic etiology of AD based on (1) cytogenetic abnormalities; (2) increased recombination frequency in this region in AD versus non-AD families; (3) suggested linkage with markers D15S156, D15S219, and D15S217; and (4) evidence for significant association with polymorphisms in the γ-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit B3 gene (GABRB3). To isolate the putative 15q11–q13 candidate AD gene, a genomic contig and physical map of the approximately 1.2-Mb region from the GABA receptor gene cluster to the OCA2 locus was generated. Twenty-one bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones, 32 P1-derived artificial chromosome (PAC) clones, and 2 P1 clones have been isolated using the markers D15S540, GABRB3, GABRA5, GABRG3, D15S822, and D15S217, as well as 34 novel markers developed from the end sequences of BAC/PAC clones. In contrast to previous findings, the markers D15S822 and D15S975 have been localized within the GABRG3 gene, which we have shown to be approximately 250 kb in size. NotI and numerous EagI restriction enzyme cut sites were identified in this region. The BAC/PAC genomic contig can be utilized for the study of genomic structure and the identification and characterization of genes and their methylation status in this autism candidate gene region on human chromosome 15q11–q13.

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