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We studied the linkage of X-linked Nettleship-Falls ocular albinism (OA1) to Xp22.1-Xp22.3 RFLPs at 12 loci in five families, including one in which OA1 cosegregates with a deletion of steroid sulfatase (STS). We found evidence for tight linkage of OA1 to the Xp22.3 loci DXS143, STS, and DXS452. DXS452, a newly described polymorphism detected by the probe E25B1.8, is part of the sequence family "DXS278" (pCRI-S232), but represents a single genetic locus. Every female in this study was heterozygous for the DXS452 RFLP. Thus, this marker will be extremely useful for family studies and genetic counseling. Analysis of individual recombinations suggests that OA1 maps between DXS143 and DXS85. Multipoint linkage analysis was consistent with this localization but was not statistically significant. These data suggest that OA1 lies proximal to the deletion in a previously described family with OA1 and STS deletion, but maps within the Xp22.3-Xp22.2 region.
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PMID:Linkage analysis in X-linked ocular albinism. 167 24

pCRI-S232 (DXS278) is a 7-kb genomic sequence that hybridizes to multiple polymorphic X-linked restriction fragments on standard Southern analysis. Physical mapping of pCRI-S232 by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) suggests that a sequence in S232 is repeated in multiple X-chromosomal regions in normal individuals. Steroid sulfatase (STS) and DXS237 each hybridize to two of six X-linked SfiI fragments detected by S232. Two independent familial STS deletions, one of which is associated with a phenotype of ichthyosis plus ocular albinism (XI/OA1) and the other with nystagmus plus Rud syndrome, lack some but not all of the normal S232 PFGE fragments. We isolated a DNA fragment, E25B1.8, from a cosmid that contains S232. E25B1.8 detects a subset of the S232 polymorphic fragments on standard Southern blots plus new constant fragments; some, but not all, of the E25B1.8-hybridizing fragments are deleted in the XI/OA1 and Rud syndrome/nystagmus males. The simpler, but highly informative, polymorphism detected by E25B1.8 (DXS452) also eliminates an "intralocus" recombination seen with S232. We conclude that (1) males with STS deletions and complex phenotypes are partially deleted for DXS278, (2) DXS237 and part of DXS278 lie within 800 kb of STS, and (3) a repeat sequence within or around pCRI-S232 is probably located in multiple X-chromosomal locations spanning at least 2-3 Mb.
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PMID:Partial deletions of a sequence family ("DXS278") and its physical linkage to steroid sulfatase as detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. 197 48

Ocular albinism of the Nettleship-Falls type (OA1) and X-linked ichthyosis (XI) due to steroid sulfatase (STS) deficiency are cosegregating in three cytogenetically normal half-brothers. The mother has patchy fundal hypopigmentation consistent with random X inactivation in an OA1 carrier. Additional phenotypic abnormalities that have been observed in other STS "deletion syndromes" are not present in this family. STS is entirely deleted on Southern blot in the affected males, but the loci MIC2X, DXS31, DXS143, DXS85, DXS43, DXS9, and DXS41 are not deleted. At least part of DXS278 is retained. Flow cytometric analysis of cultured lymphoblasts from one of the XI/OA1 males and his mother detected a deletion of about 3.5 million bp or about 2% of the X chromosome. Southern blot and RFLP analysis in the XI/OA1 family support the order tel-[STS-OA1-DXS278]-DXS9-DXS41-cen. An unrelated patient with the karyotype 46,X,t(X;Y) (p22;q11) retains the DXS143 locus on the derivative X chromosome but loses DXS278, suggesting that DXS278 is the more distal locus and is close to an XI/OA1 deletion boundary. If a contiguous gene deletion is responsible for the observed XI/OA1 phenotype, it localizes OA1 to the Xp22.3 region.
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PMID:An Xp22 microdeletion associated with ocular albinism and ichthyosis: approximation of breakpoints and estimation of deletion size by using cloned DNA probes and flow cytometry. 257 75