Marfan syndrome: Absence of type I or III collagen structural defects in 25 patients

V. R. Harley, D. Chan, J. G. Rogers, W. G. Cole

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Abstract

The structure and metabolism of type I and III collagens were studied in fibroblast cultures and dermis from 25 unrelated patients including 23 with typical Marfan syndrome and two infants with a very severe clinical form of this syndrome. Electrophoretic analysis of collagen α-chains, as well as one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis of collagen cyanogen bromide peptides, failed to show any evidence of primary structure defects or overmodification of lysine residues in these collagens. The proportion of hydroxylated prolyl residues in isolated α1(I) chains was also normal. There was a minimal increase in the proportion of type III collagen produced by nine cultures. The findings in this study indicate that the underlying molecular defects in the patients studied are unlikely to involve the structure of the main fibrillar type I and III collagens.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-226
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 1990
Externally publishedYes

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