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Genetic Basis <strong>of</strong> Thoracic <strong>Aortic</strong> Aneurysms 103<br />

FBN1 on chromosome 15 (15q15-32) and FBN2 on chromosome 5 (5q23-31) (8).<br />

These genes encode large, cysteine-rich glycoproteins (approximately 350 kDa)<br />

with a similar repetitive domain structure (9–11). Mutations in FBN1 are the cause<br />

<strong>of</strong> MFS. Numerous FBN1 mutations have been identified in MFS patients<br />

and over 600 mutations have been entered in the international Marfan database<br />

(http://www.umd.be: 2030/). The majority <strong>of</strong> them are missense mutations, many<br />

<strong>of</strong> which involve the most repeated domain in the molecule, the calcium binding<br />

epidermal growth factor life (cbEGF) domains (Fig. 1) (12).<br />

FBN1 mutations have been identified in individuals and families with<br />

isolated features <strong>of</strong> the MFS who do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria <strong>of</strong> the MFS,<br />

including isolated skeletal features and lens dislocation (13,14). TAAD in the<br />

absence <strong>of</strong> other manifestations to fulfill the criteria can occur in individuals<br />

due to FBN1 mutations. Two mutations, D1155N in FBN1 exon 28 and P1837S<br />

in FBN1 exon 44, were identified in two unrelated patients with TAAD and without<br />

typical MFS skeletal and ocular complication (15). The mutation G1127S<br />

in FBN1 exon 27 was found in 9 <strong>of</strong> the 10 members <strong>of</strong> a family in whom the<br />

Figure 1 Domain organization <strong>of</strong> fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2. Boxes designate the structural<br />

domains <strong>of</strong> the fibrillin proteins and are indicated as follows: calcium-binding epidermal<br />

growth factor-like domains (cbEGF, dotted); EGF-like domains that do not bind calcium<br />

(horizontal lines); novel domain containing eight cysteines that is also found in transforming<br />

growth factor beta-binding protein (TGF-bp-like, vertical lines); hybrid domains that are<br />

combinations <strong>of</strong> the cbEGF and TGF-bp-like domain (checkered ); unique amino terminus<br />

(white); glycine-rich and proline-rich motif (diagonal lines); and carboxyl terminus (black).<br />

The domain indicated by diagonal lines is proline-rich in fibrillin-1 and glycine-rich in<br />

fibrillin-2. Each asterisk appearing above the schematic indicates the domain location <strong>of</strong> a<br />

characterized mutation in fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2. Source: From Ref. 57.

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