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Fu R, Jinnah HA. Genotype-phenotype correlations in Lesch-Nyhan disease: moving beyond the gene. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:2997-3008. [PMID: 22157001 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.317701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lesch-Nyhan disease and its attenuated variants are caused by mutations in the HPRT1 gene, which encodes the purine recycling enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. The mutations are heterogeneous, with more than 400 different mutations already documented. Prior efforts to correlate variations in the clinical phenotype with different mutations have suggested that milder phenotypes typically are associated with mutants that permit some residual enzyme function, whereas the most severe phenotype is associated with null mutants. However, multiple exceptions to this concept have been reported. In the current studies 44 HPRT1 mutations associated with a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes were reconstructed by site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant enzymes were expressed in vitro and purified, and their kinetic properties were examined toward their substrates hypoxanthine, guanine, and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. The results provide strong evidence for a correlation between disease severity and residual catalytic activity of the enzyme (k(cat)) toward each of its substrates as well as several mechanisms that result in exceptions to this correlation. There was no correlation between disease severity and the affinity of the enzyme for its substrates (K(m)). These studies provide a valuable model for understanding general principles of genotype-phenotype correlations in human disease, as the mechanisms involved are applicable to many other disorders.
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- Rong Fu
- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Dussol B, Ceballos-Picot I, Aral B, Castera V, Philip N, Berland Y. Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome due to a new variant of the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (I136T) encoding gene (HPRT Marseille). J Inherit Metab Dis 2004; 27:543-5. [PMID: 15334740 DOI: 10.1023/b:boli.0000037399.72152.a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A patient with hyperuricaemia and gouty arthritis due to a new variant of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase is described. The mutation (I136T, HPRT Marseille) is in the phosphoribosylpyrophosphate-binding region of the gene and leads to almost total loss of enzyme activity in erythrocytes, with 5% in lymphocytes. Nevertheless, the patient showed no neurological abnormality.
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- B Dussol
- Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital de la Conception, 147 Bd Baille, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
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Zoref-Shani E, Bromberg Y, Hirsch J, Feinstein S, Frishberg Y, Sperling O. A novel point mutation (I137T) in the conserved 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate binding motif of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRTJerusalem) in a variant of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Mol Genet Metab 2003; 78:158-61. [PMID: 12618088 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(03)00002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We identified a novel point mutation (I137T) in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; EC 2.4.2.8) encoding gene, in a patient with partial deficiency of the enzyme (variant of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome). The mutation, ATT to ACT, resulting in substitution of isoleucine to threonine, occurred at codon 137 (exon 6), which is within the region encoding the binding site for 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP). We suggest the mechanism by which the mutation-induced structural alteration of HPRT reduced the affinity of the enzyme for PRPP.
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- Esther Zoref-Shani
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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Micheli V, Gathof BS, Rocchigiani M, Jacomelli G, Sestini S, Peruzzi L, Notarantonio L, Cerboni B, Hayek G, Pompucci G. Biochemical and molecular study of mentally retarded patient with partial deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1587:45-52. [PMID: 12009423 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(02)00053-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Nucleotide metabolism was studied in erythrocytes of a mentally retarded child and family members. Partial hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficiency was found in the propositus and an asymptomatic maternal uncle. Studies in crude lysates demonstrated decreased apparent V(max) and slightly decreased apparent K(m) for hypoxanthine in both HPRT-deficient subjects. Genomic DNA analysis revealed a single nucleotide change with leucine-147 to phenylalanine substitution in both subjects; mother and grandmother were heterozygous carriers of the same defect. This new variant has been termed HPRT(Potenza). Increased erythrocyte concentration of NAD and rate of synthesis by intact erythrocytes were found in the patient; increased activities of nicotinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (NAPRT) and NAD synthetase (NADs) were demonstrated in erythrocyte lysates, with normal apparent K(m) for their substrates and increased V(max). These alterations were not found in any member of the family, including the HPRT-deficient uncle. These findings show multiple derangement of nucleotide metabolism associated with partial HPRT deficiency. The enzyme alteration was presumably not the cause of neurological impairment since no neurological symptoms were found in the HPRT-deficient uncle, whereas they were present in the propositus' elder brother who had normal HPRT activity.
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- Vanna Micheli
- Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Sez. Chimica Biologica, Università di Siena, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Italy.
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Zoref-Shani E, Feinstein S, Frishberg Y, Bromberg Y, Sperling O. Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome due to a unique variant of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase: reduced affinity for 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate manifested only at low, physiological substrate concentrations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1500:197-203. [PMID: 10657589 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(99)00103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A male child, who presented at the age of 3.5 years with acute renal failure, was diagnosed as having partial deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; EC 2.4.2.8). The underlying HPRT mutation was unique in that the specific activity of HPRT in erythrocyte and in fibroblast lysates was normal, but the rate of uptake of hypoxanthine into nucleotides of intact cultured fibroblasts was markedly reduced (23% of normal). The low functioning of HPRT in the intact fibroblasts was associated with decreased utilization of endogenously generated hypoxanthine and with decreased utilization of the cosubstrate 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP). The non-utilized hypoxanthine was excreted into the incubation medium. The accumulation of PRPP was indicated by the 2.3-fold increase in the rate of uptake of adenine into intact cell nucleotides and by the 7. 5-fold enhancement of the rate of de novo purine synthesis. Kinetic studies of HPRT activity in fibroblast lysates revealed reduced affinity of the enzyme for PRPP (apparent K(m) 500 microM in comparison to 25 microM in control lysates), manifested in low activity at low (physiological), but not at high PRPP concentrations. The apparent K(m) for hypoxanthine was normal (23 microM in comparison to 14.2 microM in control lysates). With allopurinol treatment, our patient has had no problems since presentation, and is developing normally at 5 years of age.
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- E Zoref-Shani
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Wu CL, Melton DW. Production of a model for Lesch-Nyhan syndrome in hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase-deficient mice. Nat Genet 1993; 3:235-40. [PMID: 8485579 DOI: 10.1038/ng0393-235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The inherited disease Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, which is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT), is characterized by behavioural alterations, including self-injurious behaviour and mental retardation. Although HPRT-deficient mice have been generated using the embryonic stem cell system, no spontaneous behavioural abnormalities had been reported. We examined whether mice were more tolerant of HPRT deficiency because they were more reliant on adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) than HPRT for their purine salvage. The administration of an APRT inhibitor to HPRT-deficient mice induced persistent self-injurious behaviour. This combined genetic and biochemical model will facilitate the study of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and the evaluation of novel therapies.
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- C L Wu
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, Scotland
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Keough DT, Emmerson BT, de Jersey J. Localization of the 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribosyl-1-pyrophosphate binding site of human hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1096:95-100. [PMID: 1705826 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(91)90045-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human erythrocyte hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) is inactivated by iodoacetate in the absence, but not in the presence, of the substrate, 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRib-PP). Treatment of HPRT with [14C]iodoacetate followed by tryptic digestion, peptide separation and sequencing has shown that Cys-22 reacts with iodoacetate only in the absence of PRib-PP; this strongly suggests that Cys-22 is in or near the PRib-PP binding site. In contrast, Cys-105 reacts with [14C]iodoacetate both in the presence and absence of PRib-PP. Carboxymethylation of Cys-22 resulted in an increase in the Km for PRib-PP, but no change in Vmax. Storage of HPRT also resulted in an increase in the Km for PRib-PP and a decrease in its susceptibility to inactivation by iodoacetate. Dialysis of stored enzyme against 1 mM dithiothreitol resulted in a marked decrease in Km for PRib-PP. The stoichiometry of the reaction of [14C]iodoacetate with Cys-22 in HPRT leading to inactivation (approx. 1 residue modified per tetramer) showed that, in this preparation of HPRT purified from erythrocytes, only about 25% of the Cys-22 side chains were present as free and accessible thiols. Titration of thiol groups [with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)] and the effect of dithiothreitol on Km for PRib-PP indicate that oxidation of thiol groups occurs on storage of HPRT, even in the presence of 1 mM beta-mercaptoethanol.
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- D T Keough
- Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia
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Gordon RB, Sculley DG, Dawson PA, Beacham IR, Emmerson BT. Identification of a single nucleotide substitution in the coding sequence of in vitro amplified cDNA from a patient with partial HPRT deficiency (HPRTBRISBANE). J Inherit Metab Dis 1990; 13:692-700. [PMID: 2246854 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The change in genomic DNA responsible for HPRT deficiency has been determined in a patient with urate overproduction and gout. In erythrocyte cell lysates, this patient had approximately 10% of normal HPRT enzyme activity and 26% of immunoidentical HPRT protein. Cultured lymphoblasts derived from this patient were used to extract mRNA. This was reverse transcribed to cDNA, which was then amplified using the polymerase chain reaction. The resulting DNA was cloned and the nucleotide sequence determined. In addition a portion of the sequence was derived from cloned double-stranded cDNA prepared by conventional first and second strand synthesis. A single nucleotide base change (a C----T transition) was detected, which predicts an amino acid substitution of isoleucine for threonine at amino acid 168 of the HPRT protein. The nucleotide substitution creates a BamHI site, confirming a restriction fragment length polymorphism previously reported in this patient.
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- R B Gordon
- Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Snyder FF, Joyce JE, Carter-Edwards T, Joshi R, Rylance HL, Wallace RC, Nuki G. Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency in three brothers with gout: characterization of a variant, HPRTEdinburgh, having altered isoelectric point, increased thermal lability and normal levels of messenger RNA. J Inherit Metab Dis 1989; 12:390-402. [PMID: 2516172 DOI: 10.1007/bf01802034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Three brothers who developed acute gouty arthritis at ages 16, 20 and 26 years were found to have increased plasma urate. Erythrocyte hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activity was less than 1% of normal and adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) activity was increased 2-3-fold. This variant, HPRTEdinburgh, was further studied using lymphoblast lines established from these patients and the following observations are consistent with a mutation involving a single amino acid substitution. Lymphoblasts from these patients had 0.9-1.6% of control HPRT activity which was 8-fold more labile than control activity at 75 degrees C. Isoelectric focusing of the variant protein in polyacrylamide gels indicated a pI of 6.5-6.7 which is more basic than normal HPRT, pI 6.0-6.3. The Michaelis constants were increased: 10-fold for hypoxanthine from 1.3 to 13 mumol/L, and 5-fold for PP-ribose-P from 6 to 30 mumol/L, for control and variant respectively. The Ki for product inhibition by GMP was marginally increased in the variant. Northern blot analysis of variant lymphoblast RNA indicated normal amounts of the expected 1.6 kilobase messenger RNA.
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- F F Snyder
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Gordon RB, Keough DT, Sculley DG, de Jersey J, Emmerson BT, Beacham IR. Characterization of genomic DNA, mRNA and enzyme protein in cases of HPRT-deficiency. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1989; 253A:151-4. [PMID: 2576180 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5673-8_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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1. Immunological quantitation of the HPRT proteins, together with DNA and RNA studies have defined further the heterogeneous nature of HPRT-deficiency in our patients. 2. These studies have dictated possible approaches for further characterisation of the HPRT enzyme in our patients. In the two Lesch-Nyhan patients, both the protein and the usual cDNA approach would appear difficult. 3. A BamHI polymorphism has been detected in Patient A. 4. Sequence data confirmed the creation of this BamHI site by a single C----T transition at position 602 in the coding sequence. 5. Sequencing of other patients is proceeding and use is being made of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)10 for amplification of specific segments of HPRT coding sequence.
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- R B Gordon
- Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Keough DT, Gordon RB, de Jersey J, Emmerson BT. Is HPRT-like protein present in Lesch-Nyhan patients? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1989; 253A:155-8. [PMID: 2516407 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5673-8_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- D T Keough
- University of Queensland, Department of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia
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