Genetic Screening of the Canine Transcription Factor AP-2 Beta(TFAP2B) Gene in Dogs with Patent Ductus Arteriosus(PDA)

동맥관 개존증(PDA)에 이환된 개에서의 전사 인자 AP-2 beta(TFAP2B) 유전자 스크리닝

  • Nam, So-Jeong (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Hyun, Chang-Baig (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
  • 남소정 (강원대학교 수의(학부)대학 소동물 내과교실) ;
  • 현창백 (강원대학교 수의(학부)대학 소동물 내과교실)
  • Published : 2009.04.30

Abstract

Patent ductus arteriosus(PDA) is an abnormal shunt between the descending aorta and pulmonary artery through the incompletely closed ductus arteriosus and is the most common congenital heart defect in dogs. Recent human genetic studies found that a the gene mutation in transcription factor AP-2 beta(TFAP2B) was responsible for syndromic cases of PDA. Mutations in the TFAP2B gene are associated with certain congenital cardiac defects in humans that include PDA. In this study, we isolated the entire coding exons of canine TFAP2B gene for genetic screening in dogs with PDA. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence suggested that the canine TFAP2B are phylogenetically closer to the human TFAP2B(100% identity in amino acid sequence) than mouse and rat. In cTFAP2B gene screening, one single c.936+203G>A base change was found in affected Maltese dogs with PDA. However, further screening found the same base change in one unaffected control dog, suggesting this base change might be polymorphism. No other base changes were found in other dog breeds enrolled in this study. Because the base change was located in the intronic region and found in an unaffected control dog, TFAP2B might not be responsible for familial PDA in Malteses and sporadic cases of other dog breeds, although the gene promoter region should be investigated before reaching to this conclusion. A future study that may take this study further would be to collect more samples and to screen TFAP2B in various breeds of dogs with PDA and other various congenital heart defects.

동맥관 개존증(PDA)은 동맥관의 불완전한 폐쇄로 인해 하행 대동맥과 폐동맥 사이에 비정상적인 단락이 형성된 것이다. 최근 인간의 유전자 연구에서 전사인자 AP-2 beta(TFAP2B)의 유전자 변이가 PDA 증후적 사례를 초래함을 발견하였다. TFAP2B 유전자의 변이는 사람의 PDA와 같은 특정 선천성 심장 기형과 관련되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 PDA에 이환된 개의 유전자 스크리닝을 하기 위해 개 TFAP2B유전자의 전체 exon 부위를 분리하였다. 개 TFAP2B유전자는 사람의 TFAP2B와 아미노산 서열이 매우 유사하였다. PDA에 이환된 말티즈견의 TFAP2B유전자 스크리닝에서 단일 c.936+203G>A 염기 변화가 발견되었다. 그러나 대조군의 유전자 스크리닝에서도 동일한 염기 변화가 발견되었다. 이 염기의 변화는 인트론 지역에 위치해 있었으며 이환되지 않은 대조군 개에서 발견된 것으로 보아 TFAP2B는 말티즈 견의 유전성 PDA와 다른 종의 PDA 환자를 초래하지 않을 것으로 보인다. 향후 더 많은 샘플을 모으고 PDA에 이환된 다양한 종과 다른 선천성 심장 기형을 가진 환축에서 TFAP2B를 스크리닝하는 연구가 필요하다.

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