Objective Hemizygosity for a region of chromosome 22q11 causes a wide range of congenital defects including Digeorge syndrome, Shprintzen (velo-cardiofacial syndrome) and congenital heart disease. There are now several well characterised DNA probes that can detect these deletions, and the saturation cloning of the region is proceeding. The aim of this proposal is to conduct a multi-center analysis of this group of birth defects. The project has several goals. We wish to determine the range of birth defect and phenotypic variability associated with deletions of chromosome 22q11. With specific abnormalities, such as congenital heart defects, we will estimate the proportion of cases in which hemizygosity within 22q11 is causative. On the basis of our current data we predict that congenital heart defect will be the major cause of morbidity and mortality secondary to this chromosome abnormality. These experiments will allow us to refine our shortest region of overlap map for the genes which have a haploinsufficient phenotype, and detect any correlation between size/position of deletion and resulting phenotype. This will facilitate efforts to isolate candidate cDNAs. The deletion screening experiments will identify those patients with no apparent chromosome 22 abnormality who would be candidates for having intragenic mutations. Appropriate candidate genes will be screened for such mutations. Subsiduary goals include comparative mapping between mouse and man, and mapping of chromosome deletion breakpoints. The main experimental tasks will be the identification of patients and their deletion analysis using fluoresence in situ hybridization and quantitative Southern hybridization. The consortium established to conduct this programme consists of groups with an established interest and experience in chromosome 22q11 haploinsufficiencies or in mutation screening. The laboratories involved have a strong tradition of collaboration having already Worked together on Digeorge syndrome and/or cystic fibrosis. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinecardiologypaediatric cardiologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticschromosomes Programme(s) FP3-BIOMED 1 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of biomedicine and health, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Institute of Child Health EU contribution No data Address 30 Guildford Street WC1N 1EH London United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 3000 DR Rotterdam See on map Total cost No data Hospital Duran I Reynals Spain EU contribution No data Address Ctra. Castelldefels K.M. 2.7 08907 Barcelona See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT CURIE France EU contribution No data Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Jean Moulin 13385 Marseille See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Claremont Place 19-20 NE2 4AA Newcastle - Upon Tyne See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Tor Vergata 135 00133 ROMA See on map Total cost No data
