Background Analbuminaemia (OMIM #103600) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder manifested by the absence or severe reduction of circulating serum albumin in homozygous or compound heterozygous subjects. The trait is caused by a variety of mutations within the albumin gene. Design We report here the clinical and molecular characterization of a new case of congenital analbuminaemia in a 4-year-old Italian girl diagnosed on the basis of the low level of circulating albumin (= 10Æ0 g L)1). The albumin gene was screened by single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis and the mutated region submitted to DNA sequencing. Results The proband was found to be homozygous, and both parents heterozygous, for a novel deletion in exon 8 (c.920delT). The subsequent frame-shift should have given rise to a putative polypeptide chain of 304 amino acid residues, which we could not identify in the proband’s serum. Conclusions A novel analbuminaemia causing mutation was identified and characterized at the clinical level in a child. The molecular diagnosis of the trait is based on the rapid localization of the mutation within the albumin gene by single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis, followed by DNA sequencing of the mutated region.

A novel frame-shift deletion causing analbuminaemia in an Italian paediatric patient.

CAMPAGNOLI, MONICA;GALLIANO, MONICA;MINCHIOTTI, LORENZO
2010-01-01

Abstract

Background Analbuminaemia (OMIM #103600) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder manifested by the absence or severe reduction of circulating serum albumin in homozygous or compound heterozygous subjects. The trait is caused by a variety of mutations within the albumin gene. Design We report here the clinical and molecular characterization of a new case of congenital analbuminaemia in a 4-year-old Italian girl diagnosed on the basis of the low level of circulating albumin (= 10Æ0 g L)1). The albumin gene was screened by single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis and the mutated region submitted to DNA sequencing. Results The proband was found to be homozygous, and both parents heterozygous, for a novel deletion in exon 8 (c.920delT). The subsequent frame-shift should have given rise to a putative polypeptide chain of 304 amino acid residues, which we could not identify in the proband’s serum. Conclusions A novel analbuminaemia causing mutation was identified and characterized at the clinical level in a child. The molecular diagnosis of the trait is based on the rapid localization of the mutation within the albumin gene by single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis, followed by DNA sequencing of the mutated region.
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