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Banta-Wright SA, Shelton KC, Bennett MJ. Disorders of Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Era of Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Newborn Screening. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tolwani RJ, Farmer SC, Johnson KR, Davisson MT, Kurtz DM, Hinsdale ME, Cresci S, Kelly DP, Wood PA. Structure and chromosomal location of the mouse medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase-encoding gene and its promoter. Gene 1996; 170:165-71. [PMID: 8666240 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00882-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD; mouse gene Acadm; human gene ACADM) catalyzes the initial step of fatty acid beta-oxidation in mitochondria. Inherited MCAD deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder that occurs at high frequency in humans and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. We have cloned and characterized mouse Acadm which spans approximately 25 kb and contains 12 exons. The promoter region does not contain TATA or CAAT boxes and is G + C-rich (60%) within 200 bp of the cap site. A CpG island extends from 5' of the transcription start point into intron 1. The 5' regulatory region and a portion of intron 1 contain several Sp1 consensus sites and three regions containing hexamer DNA sequences that match the binding consensus for steroid/thyroid nuclear receptors. These putative nuclear receptor response elements (NRRE) share DNA sequence homology and electrophoretic mobility shift characteristics with known NRRE in the human ACADM promoter [Carter et al., J. Biol. Chem. 268 (1993) 13805-13810]. We have mapped mouse Acadm to the distal end of chromosome 3. Sequences previously localized to chromosome 8 are shown to be a pseudogene, and an additional pseudogene was identified on chromosome 11.
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- R J Tolwani
- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0019, USA.
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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder which is known to cause Reye-like syndrome in children and sudden infant death. A point mutation of lysine329-to-glutamic acid329 substitution in the MCAD gene was recently identified as the most common mutation in patients with MCAD deficiency. This mutation is responsible for about 90% of mutant MCAD alleles in Caucasians. Patients with this type of mutation have a variety of symptoms, indicating that the clinical heterogeneity of MCAD deficiency may not be caused entirely by genetic heterogeneity. Screening for the mutation among newborns in England, Australia, and United States of America indicates the prevalence of carriers to be 1 in 40-107, suggesting the high incidence of the mutation. Since presymptomatic diagnosis and appropriate dietary management are important in MCAD deficiency to prevent life-threatening complications, the relatively high incidence of this disorder may warrant population screening. The most common MCAD mutation can now be detected by DNA diagnostic methods using Guthrie cards. This makes it possible to screen a population efficiently for this potentially fatal disorder.
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- Y Matsubara
- Department of Biochemical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Zhang ZF, Kelly DP, Kim JJ, Zhou YQ, Ogden ML, Whelan AJ, Strauss AW. Structural organization and regulatory regions of the human medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene. Biochemistry 1992; 31:81-9. [PMID: 1731887 DOI: 10.1021/bi00116a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) is a highly regulated mitochondrial flavo-enzyme that catalyzes the initial reaction in fatty acid beta-oxidation. Deficiency of MCAD is a common inherited defect in energy metabolism. We have previously shown that the mRNA encoding MCAD in an MCAD-deficient child is homozygous for the point mutation A985 to G [Kelly et al. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 9236-9420]. To define the molecular basis of MCAD deficiency and as an initial step in the study of the regulation of MCAD gene expression, we determined the structure and organization of the human MCAD gene. The gene is comprised of 12 exons which span 44 kb of DNA. Comparison of the MCAD gene to MCAD mRNAs from the MCAD-deficient child revealed that missplicing was common, resulting in a variety of exon deletions and intron insertions. The MCAD gene promoter region is extremely GC-rich and lacks prototypical TATA and CAAT boxes. Several regions upstream of the promoter are homologous with mitochondrial enhancers purportedly involved in coordinate expression of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Transfection of chimeric plasmid constructs with 299 bp of upstream sequence into HepG2 cells revealed high-level transcriptional activity. We conclude that the precursor MCAD mRNA is misspliced to a high degree and complexity in association with the G985 mutation and the MCAD gene contains a strong promoter which shares some structural features with other "housekeeping" genes encoding mitochondrial proteins.
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- Z F Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226
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Kelly DP, Hale DE, Rutledge SL, Ogden ML, Whelan AJ, Zhang Z, Strauss AW. Molecular basis of inherited medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency causing sudden child death. J Inherit Metab Dis 1992; 15:171-80. [PMID: 1356169 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Deficiency of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) is an important cause of sudden death in children. The majority of surviving individuals with MCAD deficiency studied to date are homozygous for a single point mutation at bp 985 of the MCAD mRNA (A985G). We have now identified a four-base-pair deletion in exon 11 of one allele of the MCAD gene in an American child who died of MCAD deficiency. The deletion mutation results in a frameshift and premature termination codon in the mutant MCAD mRNA. The second mutant allele contained the common point mutation A985G, and thus the proband was a compound heterozygote. Protein immunoblot analysis of the child's liver proteins revealed that the mutant MCAD proteins were barely detectable. Allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization analysis performed on amplified exon 11 of the child's MCAD gene clearly identified both mutations. MCAD RFLP analysis of the patient's DNA revealed heterozygosity at the Taq I MCAD RFLP site, thus, the two mutations are associated with different haplotypes. Therefore, we have identified a new mutation in the MCAD gene and have developed a nucleic-acid-based screening approach which allows the post mortem identification of MCAD deficiency.
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- D P Kelly
- Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Tanaka K, Yokota I, Coates PM, Strauss AW, Kelly DP, Zhang Z, Gregersen N, Andresen BS, Matsubara Y, Curtis D. Mutations in the medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) gene. Hum Mutat 1992; 1:271-9. [PMID: 1363805 DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380010402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) catalyzes the first reaction of the beta-oxidation cycle for 4-10-carbon fatty acids. MCAD deficiency is one of the most frequent inborn metabolic disorders in populations of northwestern European origin. In the compilation of data from a worldwide study of 172 unrelated patients each representing an independent pedigree, a total of 8 different mutations have been identified. Among them, a single prevalent mutation, 985A-->G, was found in 90% of 344 variant alleles. 985A-->G causes glutamate substitution for lysine-304 in the mature MCAD subunit, which causes impairment of tetramer assembly and instability of the protein. Three of 7 rarer mutations have been identified in a few unrelated patients, while the remaining 4 have each been found in only a single pedigree. In addition to tabulating the mutations, the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene family, the structure of the MCAD gene and the evolution of 985A-->G mutation are briefly discussed.
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- K Tanaka
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Gregersen N, Blakemore AI, Winter V, Andresen B, Kølvraa S, Bolund L, Curtis D, Engel PC. Specific diagnosis of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency in dried blood spots by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay detecting a point-mutation (G985) in the MCAD gene. Clin Chim Acta 1991; 203:23-34. [PMID: 1769118 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(91)90153-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The discovery of a point-mutation, adenine-to-guanine, at position 985 in the gene coding for MCAD (G985), gave the basis for an easy and specific polymerase chain reaction test. We tested the specificity of such a PCR based assay and detected correctly G985 and A985 in sequence verified cDNA clones. We showed that the G985 mutation is present in genomic DNA from 48 of 50 patients with confirmed MCAD deficiency, originating from various European countries, Australia and the USA. On the basis of this high frequency of the G985 mutation among patients, we improved and optimized the assay with respect to reliability and convenience for routine diagnostic and screening purposes. As little as 2 microliters blood from filter-paper blood-spots (Guthrie spots) is sufficient for the test.
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- N Gregersen
- University Department of Clinical Chemistry, Aarhus Kommunehospital, Denmark
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Bahary N, Zorich G, Pachter JE, Leibel RL, Friedman JM. Molecular genetic linkage maps of mouse chromosomes 4 and 6. Genomics 1991; 11:33-47. [PMID: 1684952 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90099-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have generated a moderate resolution genetic map of mouse chromosomes 4 and 6 utilizing a (C57BL/6J x Mus spretus) F1 x Mus spretus backcross with RFLPs for 31 probes. The map for chromosome 4 covers 77 cM and details a large region of homology to human chromosome 1p. The map establishes the breakpoints in the mouse 4-human 1p region of homology to a 2-cM interval between Ifa and Jun in mouse and to the interval between JUN and ACADM in human. The map for mouse chromosome 6 spans a 65-cM region and contains a large region of homology to human 7q. These maps also provide chromosomal assignment and order for a number of previously unmapped probes. The maps should allow the rapid regional assignment of new markers to mouse chromosomes 4 and 6. In addition, knowledge of the gene order in mouse may prove useful in determining the gene order of the homologous regions in human.
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- N Bahary
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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- A Blakemore
- Sub-department of Medical Genetics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Dracopoli NC, O'Connell P, Elsner TI, Lalouel JM, White RL, Buetow KH, Nishimura DY, Murray JC, Helms C, Mishra SK. The CEPH consortium linkage map of human chromosome 1. Genomics 1991; 9:686-700. [PMID: 2037294 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(91)90362-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This paper describes the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) consortium linkage map of human chromosome 1. The map contains 101 loci defined by genotypes generated from CEPH family DNAs with 146 different contributions from 11 laboratories. A total of 58 loci are uniquely placed on the map with likelihood support of at least 1000:1. The map extends from loci in the terminal bands of both chromosome arms (locus D1Z2 in 1p36.3 and D1S68 in 1q44) and is anchored at the centromere by the D1Z5 alpha-satellite polymorphism. With the exception of a single locus, the remaining loci are arrayed on the fixed map in short intervals and their possible locations are indicated. Multipoint linkage analyses provided estimates that the male, female, and sex-averaged maps extend for 308, 478, and 390 cM, respectively. The sex-averaged map contains only four intervals greater than 15 cM, and the mean genetic distance between the 58 uniquely placed loci is 6.7 cM.
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- N C Dracopoli
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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The human genome has already been the subject of extensive research activity even though the Human Genome Project is only just officially starting. This review and the accompanying wall chart attempt to provide an integrated, quantitative, and detailed summary of the status of knowledge on the human genome in mid-1990. The analysis has highlighted the rudimentary nature of many of the information links needed for the task. While this overview could not be fully comprehensive and required simplifying assumptions, the results have provided estimates of relative progress on a region-by-region basis throughout the genome.
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- J C Stephens
- Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21701
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