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Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII: characterization of mutations and molecular heterogeneity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1702266     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We identified two different exonic point mutations causing beta-glucuronidase (beta G1) deficiency in two Japanese patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPSVII). Enzyme assay of lysates of the lymphocytes and cultured fibroblasts showed little residual activity. The beta G1-specific mRNA levels were normal, as determined by northern blot analysis. Mutated cDNA clones, including the entire coding sequence, were isolated using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products derived from beta G1-deficient fibroblasts. Sequence analysis of the full-length mutated cDNAs showed C----T transitions, which resulted in a single Ala619----Val change (case 1, a 24-year-old male) and a Arg382----Cys change (case 2, a 7-year-old female). The former change was revealed by a loss of the cleavage site for the Fnu4HI in the mutated cDNA. On the basis of the loss of Fnu4HI restriction site, the patient (case 1) was a homozygote with this mutation. The mutational change in patient 2 was confirmed by direct sequencing and by demonstrating heterozygosity for the mutation in her parents. The Ala619----Val and Arg382----Cys mutations each disrupt a different domain which is highly conserved among human, rat, and Escherichia coli beta G1s. Each of these two amino acid changes reduced the beta G1 activity of the corresponding mutant beta G1 expressed following transfection of COS cells with expression vectors harboring the mutated cDNAs.
Authors:
S Tomatsu; S Fukuda; K Sukegawa; Y Ikedo; S Yamada; Y Yamada; T Sasaki; H Okamoto; T Kuwahara; S Yamaguchi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of human genetics     Volume:  48     ISSN:  0002-9297     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Hum. Genet.     Publication Date:  1991 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-02-05     Completed Date:  1991-02-05     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370475     Medline TA:  Am J Hum Genet     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  89-96     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Cells, Cultured
Child
DNA / genetics
Female
Fibroblasts / enzymology
Genetic Variation*
Glucuronidase / deficiency*,  genetics
Humans
Lymphocytes / enzymology
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mucopolysaccharidoses / genetics*
Mutation*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA / genetics
Transfection
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
63231-63-0/RNA; 9007-49-2/DNA; EC 3.2.1.31/Glucuronidase
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