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Autosomal-dominant Hypoplastic Form of Amelogenesis Imperfecta Caused by an Enamelin Gene Mutation at the Exon-Intron Boundary

¹ Research Group of Human Gene Therapy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan; and
² Pediatric Dentistry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine N-13, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586,Hokkaido, Japan;

* corresponding author, tada-ari{at}med.hokudai.ac.jp

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is currently classified into 14 distinct subtypes based on various phenotypic criteria; however, the gene responsible for each phenotype has not been defined. We performed molecular genetic studies on a Japanese family with a possible autosomal-dominant form of AI. Previous studies have mapped an autosomal-dominant human AI locus to chromosome 4q11-q21, where two candidate genes, ameloblastin and enamelin, are located. We studied AI patients in this family, focusing on these genes, and found a mutation in the enamelin gene. The mutation detected was a heterozygous, single-G deletion within a series of 7 G residues at the exon 9-intron 9 boundary of the enamelin gene. The mutation was detected only in AI patients in the family and was not detected in other unaffected family members or control individuals. The male proband and his brother showed hypoplastic enamel in both their deciduous and permanent teeth, and their father showed local hypoplastic defects in the enamel of his permanent teeth. The clinical phenotype of these patients is similar to that of the first report of AI caused by an enamelin gene mutation. Thus, heterogeneous mutations in the enamelin gene are responsible for an autosomal-dominant hypoplastic form of AI.

KEY WORDS: amelogenesis imperfecta • autosomal-dominant • enamelin • hypoplastic enamel

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