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Stickler syndrome (hereditary arthro-ophthalmopathy) is a dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder with ocular, oro-facial, auditory and skeletal manifestations. It is genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous with the majority of families having mutations in the gene encoding type II collagen (COL2A1) and exhibiting a characteristic ‘membranous’ or type 1 vitreous phenotype. More recently a novel mutation in the gene encoding the α1 chain of type XI collagen (COL11A1) was reported in a Stickler syndrome pedigree with a different ‘beaded’ or type 2 vitreous phenotype. In the present study five more families with the type 2 vitreous phenotype were examined for linkage to four candidate genes: COL2A1, COL5A2, COL11A1 and COL11A2. Two families were linked to COL11A1 and sequencing identified mutations resulting in shortened α1(XI) collagen chains, one via exon skipping and the other via a multiexon deletion. One of the families showed weak linkage to COL5A2 but sequencing the open reading frame failed to identify a mutation. In the remaining two families all four loci were excluded by linkage analysis. These data confirm that mutations in COL11A1 cause Stickler syndrome with the type 2 vitreous phenotype and also reveal further locus heterogeneity.
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Martin, S., Richards, A., Yates, J. et al. Stickler syndrome: further mutations in COL11A1 and evidence for additional locus heterogeneity. Eur J Hum Genet 7, 807–814 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200377
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