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The search for the Huntington's disease (HD) gene has prompted construction of a complete long-range restriction map of a 2.5-Mb candidate region, distal to the DNA marker D4S10. To facilitate the procurement of cloned DNA from this candidate region, we have augmented the existing regional mapping panel of somatic cell hybrids with hybrid HHW1071 containing a t(4p16;12) chromosome from a patient with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. This translocation maps between D4S180 and D4S127, subdividing the HD candidate region and setting a proximal limit to the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome region. Using the expanded mapping panel, we have regionally assigned 14 independently cloned cosmids, five proximal to the t(4;12) breakpoint in the same region as D4S10 and nine distal to the breakpoint. By a combination of overlap with previously mapped cosmids and pulsed-field gel analysis, each of these cosmids has been positioned on the long-range restriction map of 4p16.3, increasing the clone coverage of the candidate region to approximately 40%. Single-copy probes from mapped cosmids were used to identify eight new DNA polymorphisms spanning the HD candidate region. These new DNA markers should prove valuable for analysis of recombination and linkage disequilibrium in HD, as well as for preclinical diagnosis of the disorder.
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PMID:New DNA markers in the Huntington's disease gene candidate region. 168 79

Thirty-four random DNA probes from the terminal half of the human chromosome 4 short arm were further localized within 4pter----p15.1. A panel of somatic cell hybrid lines defining six chromosomal regions within 4pter----p15.1 was constructed using human cell lines containing translocation or deletion chromosomes. The vast majority of the DNA sequences, 32 of 34 or 94%, mapped to the three most proximal regions comprising 4p16.1----4p15.1. Only two probes were localized distal to 4p16.1: one in the region 4p16.3----4p16.1 and one in 4p16.3. D4S10, a polymorphic DNA marker linked to the Huntington's disease defect, has previously been mapped to the terminal region of 4p with conflicting assignments to 4p16.1 and 4p16.3. Analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms demonstrated hemizygosity for D4S10 in a patient with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome resulting from an unbalanced translocation t(4;8)(p16.3;p23.1), supporting the 4p16.3 localization. Our panel of somatic cell hybrids provides a rapid method for mapping new probes to the same vicinity as that of D4S10. However, the relative paucity of such DNA segments identified here suggests that a more directed approach may be required to generate additional markers near the HD gene.
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PMID:A somatic cell hybrid panel for localizing DNA segments near the Huntington's disease gene. 288 60

The linked DNA marker for Huntington disease has recently been mapped to the short arm of chromosome 4 by somatic cell hybridization studies. Southern blot analysis of DNA from patients with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) has suggested that the linked marker maps within the terminal 4p16 band. We have now accomplished subregional assignment of G8 (D4S10) to 4p16.1-16.3 using in situ hybridization techniques on two patients with nonoverlapping interstitial deletions of 4p. The mapping of G8 (D4S10) to a region deleted in patients with WHS will allow the application of new strategies for detecting DNA sequences closer to the locus for Huntington disease.
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PMID:Subregional assignment of the linked marker G8 (D4S10) for Huntington disease to chromosome 4p16.1-16.3. 294 29

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive involuntary movements and dementia. The symptoms of the disease, although devastating in severity, do not usually appear until the third to fourth decade of life. The gene defect is highly penetrant, and results in the loss of neurones in the basal ganglia, globus pallidus, and more diffusely in the cortex. A DNA marker, G8 (or D4S10), is tightly linked to Huntington's disease and this gene has been localized to chromosome 4 (ref. 3). The discovery of this linkage marker raises the possibility of developing a presymptomatic test for the disorder, and of eventually isolating the disease gene based on its map position. We have now regionally localized the DNA marker G8 to the terminal band of the short arm of the chromosome, a region representing approximately 0.5% of the total human genome. The assignment was made by examining DNA from patients with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a birth defect resulting from partial heterozygous deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4.
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PMID:Deletion of Huntington's disease-linked G8 (D4S10) locus in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. 299 23