ISSN 1392-0146
ISSN 2029-0578 (online)
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2007 m. Nr. 1
Are TGFA, TGFB3, GABRB3, RARA and BCL3 loci
associated with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts?
A Lithuanian study
A.MORKORKŪNIENĖ, D.STEPONAVIČIŪTĖ, L.AMBROZAITYTĖ, A.UTKUS,L.LINKEVIČIENĖ, V.KUČINSKAS
Nonsyndromic orofacial clefting (NS-OFC) is a common complex multifactorial trait with a considerable genetic component and a number of candidate genes suggested by different approaches, but the question of the contribution of their sequence variation to the risk of NS-OFC is still open. A set of 21 biallelic and microsatellite DNA markers in the strong candidate loci TGFA, TGFB3, GABRB3, RARA, and BCL3 were analysed for allelic association with the NS-OFC phenotype in 112 nuclear families (child affected with NSOFC poband + both parents) from Lithuania using the transmission disequilibrium test (TDT). Association was found between the TGFA gene marker rs2166975 and nonsyndromic clef palate (CPO) phenotype (P = 0.0455 [df 1]) as well as between the D2S292 marker and isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) phenotype in allele-wise TDT (P = 0.0053 [df 9]) and genotype-wise TDT (P = 0.0206 [df 24]). A weak association (P = 0.0850 [df 3]) of the BCL3 marker (BCL3 gene) with the risk of CPO was also shown. Thus, our initial results support the contribution of TGFA locus allelic variation in the etiology of CL/P in the population of Lithuania, but do not point to TGFA as a major causal gene. Different roles for the TGFA and BCL3 genes in the susceptibility to NS-OFC phenotypes are suggested.
Keywords: allelic association, candidate genes, nonsyndromic orofacial clefts, transmission disequilibrium test, TDT
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