Molecular studies in osteogenesis imperfecta [OI] II. Evaluation of intragenic polymorphic sites in COL1A1 and COL1A2 loci

The goal of the study was to evaluate intragenic polymorphic sites in COL1A1 and COL1A2 loci. For COL1A1 the following intragenic markers were used: PCR-RFLP (COL1A1), G/A polymorphism in exon 45 of COL1A1 and C/T polymorphism in +88 position of COL1A1 non-translatable 3’ end. For COL1A2 PCR-VNTR was analyzed. 17 families were examined (6 of the "simplex" type and 11 of the "multiple" type). In 8 out of 11 "multiplex" families the segregation of the markers revealed correlation with OI, whereas the other 3 were non-informative. The method was not useful in "simplex" families.