A prospective evaluation of the transthyretin Ile122 allele frequency in an African-American population

Transthyretin Val122Ile is one of greater than 80 mutations in transthyretin (TTR) that are associated with hereditary amyloidosis. Retrospective studies have shown a prevalence of this mutation as high as 3.9% in African-Americans. The present study was undertaken to determine in a prospective fash...

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Published in:Amyloid 2005-06, Vol.12 (2), p.127-130
Main Authors: Yamashita, Taro, Asl, Kamran Hamidi, Yazaki, Masahide, Benson, Merrill D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African-American
Alleles
amyloid
Base Sequence
Black or African American
Black People - genetics
DNA Primers
Gene Frequency
Hereditary
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Isoleucine - genetics
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Prealbumin - chemistry
Prealbumin - genetics
Prospective Studies
transthyretin
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Summary:Transthyretin Val122Ile is one of greater than 80 mutations in transthyretin (TTR) that are associated with hereditary amyloidosis. Retrospective studies have shown a prevalence of this mutation as high as 3.9% in African-Americans. The present study was undertaken to determine in a prospective fashion the prevalence of the TTR Val122Ile allele in African-Americans in a Midwestern American city. DNA was isolated from cord bloods collected at the time of birth in the County hospital of Indianapolis, Indiana. Samples were identified only as to ethnic origin of the mother. Analysis was performed by PCR amplification of TTR exon 4 followed by SSCP and RFLP. Cord bloods from 1,973 children born at the County hospital were analyzed. Thirty of 1,000 DNA samples from African-American newborns were positive for TTR Val122Ile (3%). Two of 453 DNA samples from Caucasian newborns were positive (0.44%). Zero of 490 DNA samples from newborns of Hispanic mothers and 0 of 30 from newborns with mothers classified as other (including Asian) were positive. This prospective study demonstrates that 3% of newborns of African-American women in an urban population have the TTR Val122Ile mutation which is associated with late-onset cardiomyopathy. The degree of penetrance of this mutation at the clinical level has not yet been determined.
ISSN:1350-6129
1744-2818
DOI:10.1080/13506120500107162