Localisation of a gene for Darier's disease.
Localisation of a gene for Darier's disease.
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达里尔病基因的定位。
DOI:
10.1093/hmg/2.11.1937
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
T. Strachan
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. Bashir;C. Munro;S. Mason;A. Stephenson;J. Rees;T. Strachan
Darier's disease (keratosis follicularis; MEM 124200) is an autosomal dominant disorder which principally affects the epidermis and adnexal structures (1-3). It has a world-wide distribution, with a UK prevalence of about 1: 50,000. The main lesions are papular keratoses, usually on the head and upper trunk. They first appear in early adult life, sometimes following sunburn, and often become widespread and confluent. Secondary infection is common, producing skin irritation and distressing mal-odour. The disease also causes a characteristic nail dystrophy, palmoplantar pits and keratoses, as well as lesions in the mouth, gastrointestinal tract and salivary ducts. Oral retinoic acid derivatives are partially effective in controlling the rash. Studies of the mode of inheritance in large kindreds have shown complete penetrance in adults (2). However, the incidence of new mutation appears to be high; a third of cases in one large series were reported as having no family history of the disease (1). Variability in phenotype has been observed between different families; in some families the predominant lesions are the plane wart-like keratoses. Various studies have also described evidence for associated mental disorder and epilepsy (1—4). The pathophysiology of Darier's disease is unknown. Ultrastructuraily, lesional keratinocytes show reduced numbers of desmosomes, and in the dyskeratotic cells the tonofilaments are not directed towards the cell membrane but lie clumped in perinuclear rings (5, 6). In immunocytochemical studies the keratins are normal in perilesional skin, but hyperproliferation associated keratins are found in lesional cells (7). Desmosomal proteins which are seen only at the keratinocyte membrane in perilesional skin, are diffusely present throughout the cytoplasm of acantholytic cells, with focal perinuclear accumulation (8). In addition, immunostaining for E-cadherin (uvomorulin), a major component of adherens junctions, is reduced in intensity on the membrane of acantholytic cells, but the epitopes do not appear to be internalised (9).The changes seen in the distribution of tonofilament keratins and desmosomal proteins may be secondary to acantholysis (disruption of the intercellular contacts between keratinocytes); it has been suggested, for example, that an epidermal cell dissociating factor is involved in pathogenesis (10). Additionally, successful oral retinoid therapy can correct acantholysis without altering the reduced number of desmosomes (11). Taken together, however, the evidence suggests that Darier's disease is due to impaired structure, assembly or stability of the components of the desmosome-tonofilament complexes.