Loss of kindlin-1, a human homolog of the Caenorhabditis elegans actin-extracellular-matrix linker protein UNC-112, causes Kindler syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2003 Jul;73(1):174-87
Date
06/06/2003Pubmed ID
12789646Pubmed Central ID
PMC1180579DOI
10.1086/376609Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0038389789 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 294 CitationsAbstract
Kindler syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neonatal blistering, sun sensitivity, atrophy, abnormal pigmentation, and fragility of the skin. Linkage and homozygosity analysis in an isolated Panamanian cohort and in additional inbred families mapped the gene to 20p12.3. Loss-of-function mutations were identified in the FLJ20116 gene (renamed "KIND1" [encoding kindlin-1]). Kindlin-1 is a human homolog of the Caenorhabditis elegans protein UNC-112, a membrane-associated structural/signaling protein that has been implicated in linking the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Thus, Kindler syndrome is, to our knowledge, the first skin fragility disorder caused by a defect in actin-ECM linkage, rather than keratin-ECM linkage.
Author List
Siegel DH, Ashton GH, Penagos HG, Lee JV, Feiler HS, Wilhelmsen KC, South AP, Smith FJ, Prescott AR, Wessagowit V, Oyama N, Akiyama M, Al Aboud D, Al Aboud K, Al Githami A, Al Hawsawi K, Al Ismaily A, Al-Suwaid R, Atherton DJ, Caputo R, Fine JD, Frieden IJ, Fuchs E, Haber RM, Harada T, Kitajima Y, Mallory SB, Ogawa H, Sahin S, Shimizu H, Suga Y, Tadini G, Tsuchiya K, Wiebe CB, Wojnarowska F, Zaghloul AB, Hamada T, Mallipeddi R, Eady RA, McLean WH, McGrath JA, Epstein EHMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Abnormalities, MultipleAmino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Caenorhabditis elegans
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
DNA Primers
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Male
Membrane Proteins
Molecular Sequence Data
Neoplasm Proteins
Pedigree
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Syndrome
