This gene encodes the alpha chain of type VII collagen. The type VII collagen fibril, composed of three identical alpha collagen chains, is restricted to the basement zone beneath stratified squamous epithelia. It functions as an anchoring fibril between the external epithelia and the underlying stroma. Mutations in this gene are associated with all forms of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. In the absence of mutations, however, an autoimmune response against type VII collagen can result in an acquired form of this disease called epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.[2]
Type VII collagen is also found in the retina; its function in this organ is unknown.[3]
COL7A1 is located on the short arm of human chromosome 3, in the chromosomal region denoted 3p21.31. The gene is approximately 31,000 base pairs in size and is remarkable for the extreme fragmentation of its coding sequence into 118 exons.[4][5] COL7A1 is transcribed into an mRNA of 9,287 base pairs.[6] In the skin, the type VII collagen protein is synthesized by keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts.[7]
↑Ponsioen TL, van Luyn MJ, van der Worp RJ, van Meurs JC, Hooymans JM, Los LI (September 2008). "Collagen distribution in the human vitreoretinal interface". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49 (9): 4089–95. doi:10.1167/iovs.07-1456. PMID18450587.
↑Christiano AM, Hoffman GG, Chung-Honet LC, Lee S, Cheng W, Uitto J, Greenspan DS (May 1994). "Structural organization of the human type VII collagen gene (COL7A1), composed of more exons than any previously characterized gene". Genomics. 21 (1): 169–79. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1239. PMID8088784.
↑Lapiere JC, Chen JD, Iwasaki T, Hu L, Uitto J, Woodley DT (November 1994). "Type VII collagen specifically binds fibronectin via a unique subdomain within the collagenous triple helix". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 103 (5): 637–41. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12398270. PMID7963647.
↑Chen M, Marinkovich MP, Veis A, Cai X, Rao CN, O'Toole EA, Woodley DT (June 1997). "Interactions of the amino-terminal noncollagenous (NC1) domain of type VII collagen with extracellular matrix components. A potential role in epidermal-dermal adherence in human skin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (23): 14516–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.23.14516. PMID9169408.
Further reading
Mecklenbeck S, Hammami-Hauasli N, Höpfner B, Schumann H, Kramer A, Küster W, Bruckner-Tuderman L (March 1999). "Clustering of COL7A1 mutations in exon 73: implications for mutation analysis in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 112 (3): 398–400. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00518.x. PMID10084325.
Dang N, Klingberg S, Marr P, Murrell DF (June 2007). "Review of collagen VII sequence variants found in Australasian patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa reveals nine novel COL7A1 variants". Journal of Dermatological Science. 46 (3): 169–78. doi:10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.02.006. PMID17425959.
Christiano AM, Rosenbaum LM, Chung-Honet LC, Parente MG, Woodley DT, Pan TC, Zhang RZ, Chu ML, Burgeson RE, Uitto J (October 1992). "The large non-collagenous domain (NC-1) of type VII collagen is amino-terminal and chimeric. Homology to cartilage matrix protein, the type III domains of fibronectin and the A domains of von Willebrand factor". Human Molecular Genetics. 1 (7): 475–81. doi:10.1093/hmg/1.7.475. PMID1307247.
Gammon WR, Abernethy ML, Padilla KM, Prisayanh PS, Cook ME, Wright J, Briggaman RA, Hunt SW (December 1992). "Noncollagenous (NC1) domain of collagen VII resembles multidomain adhesion proteins involved in tissue-specific organization of extracellular matrix". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 99 (6): 691–6. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12614080. PMID1469284.
Tanaka T, Takahashi K, Furukawa F, Imamura S (March 1992). "Molecular cloning and characterization of type VII collagen cDNA". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 183 (3): 958–63. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(05)80283-9. PMID1567409.
Seltzer JL, Eisen AZ, Bauer EA, Morris NP, Glanville RW, Burgeson RE (March 1989). "Cleavage of type VII collagen by interstitial collagenase and type IV collagenase (gelatinase) derived from human skin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264 (7): 3822–6. PMID2537292.
Fine JD, Johnson L, Wright T (May 1989). "Epidermolysis bullosa simplex superficialis. A new variant of epidermolysis bullosa characterized by subcorneal skin cleavage mimicking peeling skin syndrome". Archives of Dermatology. 125 (5): 633–8. doi:10.1001/archderm.125.5.633. PMID2653224.
Bart BJ, Gorlin RJ, Anderson VE, Lynch FW (March 1966). "Congenital localized absence of skin and associated abnormalities resembling epidermolysis bullosa. A new syndrome". Archives of Dermatology. 93 (3): 296–304. doi:10.1001/archderm.93.3.296. PMID5910871.
Tanaka T, Furukawa F, Imamura S (May 1994). "Epitope mapping for epidermolysis bullosa acquisita autoantibody by molecularly cloned cDNA for type VII collagen". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 102 (5): 706–9. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12374333. PMID7513737.
Christiano AM, Morricone A, Paradisi M, Angelo C, Mazzanti C, Cavalieri R, Uitto J (March 1995). "A glycine-to-arginine substitution in the triple-helical domain of type VII collagen in a family with dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 104 (3): 438–40. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12666033. PMID7861014.
Lapiere JC, Chen JD, Iwasaki T, Hu L, Uitto J, Woodley DT (November 1994). "Type VII collagen specifically binds fibronectin via a unique subdomain within the collagenous triple helix". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 103 (5): 637–41. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12398270. PMID7963647.
Christiano AM, Greenspan DS, Lee S, Uitto J (August 1994). "Cloning of human type VII collagen. Complete primary sequence of the alpha 1(VII) chain and identification of intragenic polymorphisms". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (32): 20256–62. PMID8051117.
Greenspan DS, Byers MG, Eddy RL, Hoffman GG, Shows TB (1993). "Localization of the human collagen gene COL7A1 to 3p21.3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 62 (1): 35–6. doi:10.1159/000133440. PMID8422754.
Greenspan DS (March 1993). "The carboxyl-terminal half of type VII collagen, including the non-collagenous NC-2 domain and intron/exon organization of the corresponding region of the COL7A1 gene". Human Molecular Genetics. 2 (3): 273–8. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.3.273. PMID8499916.
Christiano AM, Greenspan DS, Hoffman GG, Zhang X, Tamai Y, Lin AN, Dietz HC, Hovnanian A, Uitto J (May 1993). "A missense mutation in type VII collagen in two affected siblings with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa". Nature Genetics. 4 (1): 62–6. doi:10.1038/ng0593-62. PMID8513326.
Christiano AM, Lee JY, Chen WJ, LaForgia S, Uitto J (September 1995). "Pretibial epidermolysis bullosa: genetic linkage to COL7A1 and identification of a glycine-to-cysteine substitution in the triple-helical domain of type VII collagen". Human Molecular Genetics. 4 (9): 1579–83. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.9.1579. PMID8541842.