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Summary for Patent: 7,354,712
Title:Estrogen receptor alleles that are predictive of increased susceptibility to bone fracture
Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of determining susceptibility to bone fracture in a mammalian subject, wherein the methods comprise analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the mammalian subject to determine which of the P, p X, and x alleles of the estrogen receptor .alpha. gene are present, wherein the presence of a haplotype comprising the p and x alleles is indicative of an increased susceptibility to bone fracture. The present invention also provides kits for determining susceptibility to bone fracture in a mammalian subject.
Inventor(s): Uitterlinden; Andreas Gerardus (Poortugaal, NL), Van Leeuwen; Johannes Petrus Thomas Maria (Amstelveen, NL), Pols; Huibert Adriaan Pieter (Papendrecht, NL)
Assignee: Century Technology, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Application Number:10/601,345
Patent Claims:1. A method of determining susceptibility to vertebral bone mineral density (BMD)-independent fracture in a Caucasian female subject, the subject comprising: (i) at least one estrogen receptor .alpha. gene comprising a PvuII site and a XbaI site, wherein the PvuII site can exist as a P or p allelic form, and the XbaI site can exist as an X or x allelic form; and (ii) a vitamin D receptor gene, wherein the vitamin D receptor gene comprises a BsmI site, an ApaI site and a TaqI site, wherein the BsmI site can exist as a B or b allelic form, the ApaI site can exist as an A or a allelic form, and the TaqI site can exist as a T or t allelic form, said method comprising analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject to determine which of the P, p, X, and x alleles of the estrogen receptor .alpha. gene are present, and further comprising determining the copy number of a member of the group consisting of the B, b, A, a, T and t alleles of the vitamin D receptor gene, wherein the presence of a haplotype comprising the p and x alleles of the estrogen receptor a gene and a homozygous haplotype comprising the baT alleles of the vitamin D receptor gene is indicative of an increased susceptibility to vertebral BMD-independent fracture.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said method is performed on a blood or tissue sample of the subject.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the subject is suffering from low bone mineral density.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the subject has a normal level of bone mineral density.

5. A method of treating a Caucasian female subject to reduce the risk of vertebral bone mineral density (BMD)-independent fracture, wherein the subject comprises: (i) at least one estrogen receptor .alpha.gene comprising a PvuII site and a XbaI site, wherein the PvuII site can exist as a P or p allelic form, and the XbaI site can exist as an X or x allelic form; and (ii) a vitamin D receptor gene, wherein the vitamin D receptor gene comprises a BsmI site, an ApaI site and a TaqI site, wherein the BsmI site can exist as a B or b allelic form, the ApaI site can exist as an A or a allelic form, and the TaqI site can exist as a T or t allelic form, wherein the presence of a haplotype comprising the p and x alleles of the estrogen receptor gene and a homozygous haplotype comprising the baT alleles of the vitamin D receptor gene is indicative of an increased susceptibility to vertebral BMD-independent fracture, said method comprising determining whether the px haplotype of the estrogen receptor .alpha. gene and the homozygous baT haplotype of the vitamin D receptor gene are present in said subject, and treating the subject to reduce the risk of vertebral BMD-independent fracture if the subject has both said haplotypes, wherein the treatment comprises at least one treatment selected from the group consisting of modifications to lifestyle, regular exercise, changes in diet and administration of a pharmaceutical preparation effective to reduce the risk of vertebral BMD-independent fracture.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the presence of the px haplotype is determined by amplification of a portion of the first intron of the estrogen receptor .alpha. gene to yield an amplified fragment, followed by restriction enzyme digestion of the amplified fragment.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the presence of the baT haplotype of the vitamin D receptor gene is determined by amplification of a portion of the vitamin D receptor gene between exon 7 and the 3' untranslated region to yield an amplified fragment, followed by restriction enzyme digestion of the amplified fragment.

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