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Rosenberg JB, De BP, Greco A, Gorman N, Kooner V, Chen A, Yost-Bido M, Munoz-Zuluaga C, Kaminsky SM, Rostami M, Monette S, Crystal RG, Sondhi D. Safety of Intravenous Administration of an AAV8 Vector Coding for an Oxidation-Resistant Human α1-Antitrypsin for the Treatment of α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency. Hum Gene Ther 2023; 34:139-149. [PMID: 36606685 PMCID: PMC9963503 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2022.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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α1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a common autosomal recessive hereditary disorder, with a high risk for the development of early-onset panacinar emphysema. AAT, produced primarily in the liver, functions to protect the lung from neutrophil protease; with AAT deficiency, unimpeded neutrophil proteases destroy the lung parenchyma. AAT is susceptible to oxidative damage resulting in an inability to inhibit its target proteases, neutrophil elastase, and cathepsin G. The major sites of oxidative modification on the AAT molecule are methionine residues 351 and 358. We have previously demonstrated that an engineered variant of AAT that resists oxidation by modifying both protein surface methionines (M351V and M358L) provides antiprotease protection, despite oxidative stress. In mice, intravenous delivery of the modified AAT(AVL) variant by AAV serotype 8, AAV8hAAT(AVL), primarily to the liver resulted in long-term expression of an AAT that resists oxidative inactivation. In this study, we evaluated the safety of intravenous administration of AAV8hAAT(AVL) in a dose-escalating, blinded, placebo-controlled toxicology study in wild-type mice. The study assessed organ histology and clinical pathology findings of mice, intravenously administered AAV8hAAT(AVL) at three doses (5.0 × 1011, 5.0 × 1012, and 5.0 × 1013 genome copies [gc]/kg), compared to control mice injected intravenously with phosphate-buffered saline. As previously demonstrated, administration of AAV8hAAT(AVL) resulted in dose-dependent expression of high, potentially therapeutic, levels of serum human AAT protein that persist for at least 6 months. Antibodies against the AAV8 capsid were elicited as expected, but there was no antibody detected against the AAT(AVL) protein generated by the AAV8hAAT(AVL) vector. There was no morbidity or mortality observed in the study. The data demonstrate that intravenous administration of AAV8hAAT(AVL) is safe with no significant adverse effect attributed to AAV8hAAT(AVL) vector at any dose. This study demonstrates that AAV8hAAT(AVL) has a safety profile consistent with the requirements for proceeding to a clinical study.
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Sosulski ML, Stiles KM, Frenk EZ, Hart FM, Matsumura Y, De BP, Kaminsky SM, Crystal RG. Gene therapy for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency with an oxidant-resistant human alpha 1-antitrypsin. JCI Insight 2020; 5:135951. [PMID: 32759494 PMCID: PMC7455074 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.135951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, a hereditary disorder characterized by low serum levels of functional AAT, is associated with early development of panacinar emphysema. AAT inhibits serine proteases, including neutrophil elastase, protecting the lung from proteolytic destruction. Cigarette smoke, pollution, and inflammatory cell–mediated oxidation of methionine (M) 351 and 358 inactivates AAT, limiting lung protection. In vitro studies using amino acid substitutions demonstrated that replacing M351 with valine (V) and M358 with leucine (L) on a normal M1 alanine (A) 213 background provided maximum antiprotease protection despite oxidant stress. We hypothesized that a onetime administration of a serotype 8 adeno-associated virus (AAV8) gene transfer vector coding for the oxidation-resistant variant AAT (A213/V351/L358; 8/AVL) would maintain antiprotease activity under oxidant stress compared with normal AAT (A213/M351/M358; 8/AMM). 8/AVL was administered via intravenous (IV) and intrapleural (IPL) routes to C57BL/6 mice. High, dose-dependent AAT levels were found in the serum and lung epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of mice administered 8/AVL or 8/AMM by IV or IPL. 8/AVL serum and ELF retained serine protease–inhibitory activity despite oxidant stress while 8/AMM function was abolished. 8/AVL represents a second-generation gene therapy for AAT deficiency providing effective antiprotease protection even with oxidant stress. A gene transfer-based therapeutic to deliver oxidant-resistant alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) protects mice with AAT deficiency from lung destruction.
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Hazari YM, Bashir A, Habib M, Bashir S, Habib H, Qasim MA, Shah NN, Haq E, Teckman J, Fazili KM. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: Genetic variations, clinical manifestations and therapeutic interventions. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2017; 773:14-25. [PMID: 28927525 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) is an acute phase secretory glycoprotein that inhibits neutrophil proteases like elastase and is considered as the archetype of a family of structurally related serine-protease inhibitors termed serpins. Serum AAT predominantly originates from liver and increases three to five fold during host response to tissue injury and inflammation. The AAT deficiency is unique among the protein-misfolding diseases in that it causes target organ injury by both loss-of-function and gain-of-toxic function mechanisms. Lack of its antiprotease activity is associated with premature development of pulmonary emphysema and loss-of-function due to accumulation of resultant aggregates in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This' in turn' markedly reduces the amount of AAT that is available to protect lungs against proteolytic attack by the enzyme neutrophil elastase. The coalescence of AAT deficiency, its reduced efficacy, and cigarette smoking or poor ventilation conditions have devastating effect on lung function. On the other hand, the accumulation of retained mutant proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes in a polymerized form rather than secreted into the blood in its monomeric form is associated with chronic liver disease and predisposition to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by gain- of- toxic function. Liver injury resulting from this gain-of-toxic function mechanism in which mutant AAT retained in the ER initiates a series of pathologic events, eventually culminating at liver cirrhosis and HCC. Here in this review, we underline the structural, genetic, polymorphic, biochemical and pathological advances made in the field of AAT deficiency and further comprehensively emphasize on the therapeutic interventions available for the patient.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- The Islamia College of Science & Commerce, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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- Department of Chest Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Class I-restricted T-cell responses to a polymorphic peptide in a gene therapy clinical trial for α-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:1655-1659. [PMID: 28137880 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617726114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated gene therapy is currently being pursued as a treatment for the monogenic disorder α-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. Results from phase I and II studies have shown relatively stable and dose-dependent increases in transgene-derived wild-type AAT after local intramuscular vector administration. In this report we describe the appearance of transgene-specific T-cell responses in two subjects that were part of the phase II trial. The patient with the more robust T-cell response, which was associated with a reduction in transgene expression, was characterized more thoroughly in this study. We learned that the AAT-specific T cells in this patient were cytolytic in phenotype, mapped to a peptide in the endogenous mutant AAT protein that contained a common polymorphism not incorporated into the transgene, and were restricted by a rare HLA class I C alleles present only in this patient. These human studies illustrate the genetic influence of the endogenous gene and HLA haplotype on the outcome of gene therapy.
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Historical role of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in respiratory and hepatic complications. Gene 2016; 589:118-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Chiuchiolo MJ, Crystal RG. Gene Therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Lung Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2016; 13 Suppl 4:S352-69. [PMID: 27564673 PMCID: PMC5059492 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201506-344kv] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, characterized by low plasma levels of the serine protease inhibitor AAT, is associated with emphysema secondary to insufficient protection of the lung from neutrophil proteases. Although AAT augmentation therapy with purified AAT protein is efficacious, it requires weekly to monthly intravenous infusion of AAT purified from pooled human plasma, has the risk of viral contamination and allergic reactions, and is costly. As an alternative, gene therapy offers the advantage of single administration, eliminating the burden of protein infusion, and reduced risks and costs. The focus of this review is to describe the various strategies for AAT gene therapy for the pulmonary manifestations of AAT deficiency and the state of the art in bringing AAT gene therapy to the bedside.
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- Maria J Chiuchiolo
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Chiuchiolo MJ, Kaminsky SM, Sondhi D, Hackett NR, Rosenberg JB, Frenk EZ, Hwang Y, Van de Graaf BG, Hutt JA, Wang G, Benson J, Crystal RG. Intrapleural Administration of an AAVrh.10 Vector Coding for Human α1-Antitrypsin for the Treatment of α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency. HUM GENE THER CL DEV 2013; 24:161-73. [DOI: 10.1089/humc.2013.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Maria J. Chiuchiolo
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127
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- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127
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- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065
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Chen Y, Snyder MR, Zhu Y, Tostrud LJ, Benson LM, Katzmann JA, Bergen HR. Simultaneous phenotyping and quantification of α-1-antitrypsin by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Chem 2011; 57:1161-8. [PMID: 21636698 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.163006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND α-1-Antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency results from a genetic disorder at 2 common loci. Diagnosis requires quantification of A1AT and subsequent identification of the specific variant. The current algorithm of laboratory testing for the diagnosis of A1AT deficiency uses a combination of quantification (nephelometry), genotyping, and/or phenotyping. We developed a multiple reaction monitoring liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for simultaneous quantification of A1AT and identification of the 2 most common deficiency alleles present in 95% of the patients with A1AT deficiency. METHODS Serum samples (n = 40) were digested with trypsin, and appropriate ¹³C/¹⁵N-labeled standard peptides were added. We performed LC-MS/MS analysis with a 0.5- by 150-mm C18 column and H₂O:acetonitrile:n-propanol:formic acid (A:98:1:1:0.2 and B:10:80:10:0.2; flow 12 μL/min) mobile phase in positive ion mode on a TSQ Quantum triple quadrupole MS system. We measured the A1AT concentration by comparison to a calibration curve and determined the phenotype by the presence or absence of variant peptides. We compared the results to the current phenotyping assay by isoelectric focusing (IEF) and the immunonephelometry quantitative assay. RESULTS For A1AT allele detection, in 39 of 40 samples the LC-MS/MS results were identical to those obtained by IEF gel electrophoresis. The single discrepant result was rerun by IEF at a lower dilution, and the results were in concordance. The A1AT quantification by LC-MS/MS also compared favorably with nephelometry. CONCLUSIONS The LC-MS/MS method correlates well with current phenotyping and nephelometric assays and has the potential to improve the laboratory diagnosis of genetic A1AT deficiency.
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- Yuhong Chen
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Calapoğlu M, Değer O, Balaban F, Sahin Calapoğlu N, Bülbül Y, Burling K. Analysis of the alpha-1-antitrypsin deficient alleles M3S, MZ, and ZZ by biochemical and molecular methods: a family study. Biochem Genet 2008; 47:33-41. [PMID: 19083091 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-008-9204-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Deficiency of alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha(1)-AT, a major protease inhibitor controlling tissue degradation) is a genetic disorder transmitted in a codominant autosomal form. It has more than 100 genetically determined variants. This study attempted to determine the degree of association between serum alpha(1)-AT levels and phenotypes and to provide a strategy for reliable laboratory evaluation of deficiencies. The study group consisted of a 38-year-old male proband with clinical features of emphysema, his first-degree relatives, and healthy controls. Family history revealed a four-generation pedigree. Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood leukocytes. Alpha-1-AT levels were determined from human serum by immunonephelometry. Phenotypes were determined by isoelectric focusing of blood samples. DNA sequences of coding exons were analyzed by the amplification DNA technique and direct sequencing. Inheritance and plasma levels of the ZZ, MM, M3S, and MZ phenotypes were confirmed by the family study. In the family members with deficiencies, plasma concentrations were 22.55% +/- 5.15 (ZZ), 84.18% +/- 5.18 (M3S), and 61.06% +/- 7.15 (MZ) of the normal MM level. We found a close association between alpha(1)-AT level and genotype. A combination of genotyping, quantification, and phenotyping is the optimal strategy for the laboratory evaluation of alpha(1)-AT deficiency.
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- Mustafa Calapoğlu
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
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Cruz PE, Mueller C, Flotte TR. The promise of gene therapy for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Pharmacogenomics 2008; 8:1191-8. [PMID: 17924834 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.8.9.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the last 13 years, three gene therapy trials for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency have been conducted. The first trial delivered plasmid encoding the alpha-1 antitrypsin cDNA to the nasal epithelium using cationic liposomes. The last two trials delivered recombinant adeno-associated vectors encoding the alpha-1 antitrypsin cDNA by intramuscular injection. In this review, the progress of ongoing clinical trials and new gene therapy technologies is discussed.
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- Pedro E Cruz
- University of Florida, Nephrology Division, College of Medicine, FL, USA
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Liu C, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Wang N, Miethke A, Mourya R, Bezerra JA. Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis. Gastroenterology 2007; 132:119-26. [PMID: 17241866 PMCID: PMC2190109 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/05/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis commonly result from mutations in the genes SERPINA1 (alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency), JAG1 (Alagille syndrome), ATP8B1 (progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 [PFIC1]), ABCB11 (PFIC2), and ABCB4 (PFIC3). However, the large gene sizes and lack of mutational hotspots make it difficult to survey for disease-causing mutations in clinical practice. Here, we aimed to develop a technological tool that reads out the nucleotide sequence of these genes rapidly and accurately. METHODS 25-mer nucleotide probes were designed to identify each base for all exons, 10 bases of intronic sequence bordering exons, 280-500 bases upstream from the first exon for each gene, and 350 bases of the second intron of the JAG1 gene and tiled using the Affymetrix resequencing platform. We then developed high-fidelity polymerase chain reactions to produce amplicons using 1 mL of blood from each subject; amplicons were hybridized to the chip, and nucleotide calls were validated by standard capillary sequencing methods. RESULTS Hybridization of amplicons with the chip produced a high nucleotide sequence readout for all 5 genes in a single assay, with an automated call rate of 93.5% (range, 90.3%-95.7%). The accuracy of nucleotide calls was 99.99% when compared with capillary sequencing. Testing the chip on subjects with cholestatic syndromes identified disease-causing mutations in SERPINA1, JAG1, ATP8B1, ABCB11, or ABCB4. CONCLUSIONS The resequencing chip efficiently reads SERPINA1, JAG1, ATP8B1, ABCB11, and ABCB4 with a high call rate and accuracy in one assay and identifies disease-causing mutations.
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- Cong Liu
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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Snyder MR, Katzmann JA, Butz ML, Wiley C, Yang P, Dawson DB, Halling KC, Highsmith WE, Thibodeau SN. Diagnosis of α-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: An Algorithm of Quantification, Genotyping, and Phenotyping. Clin Chem 2006; 52:2236-42. [PMID: 17053153 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.072991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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AbstractBackground: Laboratory testing in suspected α-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency involves analysis of A1AT concentrations and identification of specific alleles by genotyping or phenotyping. The purpose of this study was to define and evaluate a strategy that provides reliable laboratory evaluation of A1AT deficiency.Methods: Samples from 512 individuals referred for A1AT phenotype analysis were analyzed by quantification, phenotype, and genotype. A1AT concentrations were measured by nephelometry. Phenotype analysis was performed by isoelectric focusing electrophoresis. The genotype assay detected the S and Z deficiency alleles by a melting curve analysis.Results: Of the 512 samples analyzed, 2% of the phenotype and genotype results were discordant. Among these 10 discordant results, 7 were attributed to phenotyping errors. On the basis of these data we formulated an algorithm, according to which we analyzed samples by genotyping and quantification assays, with a reflex to phenotyping when the genotype and quantification results were not concordant. Retrospective analyses demonstrated that 4% of samples submitted for genotype and quantitative analysis were reflexed to phenotyping. Of the reflexed samples, phenotyping confirmed the genotype result in 85% of cases. In the remaining 15%, phenotyping provided further information, including identifying rare deficiency alleles and suggesting the presence of a null allele, and allowed for a more definitive interpretation of the genotype result.Conclusions: The combination of genotyping and quantification, with a reflex to phenotyping, is the optimal strategy for the laboratory evaluation of A1AT deficiency.
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- Melissa R Snyder
- Division of Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Louie SG, Sclar DA, Gill MA. Aralast: a new alpha1-protease inhibitor for treatment of alpha-antitrypsin deficiency. Ann Pharmacother 2005; 39:1861-9. [PMID: 16219903 DOI: 10.1345/aph.1e061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management of patients with alpha-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency syndrome and compare Aralast with Prolastin, 2 of the 3 available human plasma-derived AAT agents. DATA SOURCES Articles were identified using a MEDLINE (1966-September 2005) search with MESH headings that included alpha-antitrypsin and emphysema. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION All papers from peer-reviewed journals on the laboratory or clinical efficacy of plasma-derived AAT (eg, Prolastin, Aralast) for patients with this autosomal recessive disorder were reviewed. DATA SYNTHESIS Clinical trials found that AAT augmentation prevents progression of AAT-deficient emphysema and thus its associated morbidity and mortality. Treatment with Aralast has been shown to be safe and well tolerated, with a low incidence of mild to moderate adverse events. Pharmacoeconomics studies of AAT augmentation demonstrated that the use of Aralast was cost-effective as lifelong augmentation therapy for AAT-deficient emphysema. CONCLUSIONS Because of its effectiveness and extra safety measure compared with Prolastin, Aralast should be recommended for formulary inclusion.
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- Stan Gee Louie
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121, USA.
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de Serres FJ, Blanco I, Fernández-Bustillo E. Health implications of α1-antitrypsin deficiency in Sub-Sahara African countries and their emigrants in Europe and the New World. Genet Med 2005; 7:175-84. [PMID: 15775753 DOI: 10.1097/01.gim.0000156533.06057.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the frequencies of the protease inhibitor (PI) deficiency alleles of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (AAT Deficiency) in indigenous populations in 12 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa because of their potential impact on the health in these populations with regard to the high risk for development of liver and lung disease. In addition, to discuss the unique susceptibility of these populations and emigrants to Europe and the New World to the adverse health effects associated with exposure to environmental microbes, chemicals, and particulates. METHODS Detailed statistical analysis of the 24 control cohort databases from genetic epidemiological studies by others were used to estimate the allele frequencies and prevalence for the two most common deficiency alleles PIS and PIZ and to estimate the numbers at risk in each of the local Sub-Sahara populations as well as those who have emigrated from these countries to Europe and the New World. RESULTS The present study has provided evidence for the presence of both PIS and PIZ in the general populations of Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, and Somalia, the PIS allele in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Namibia, and the Republic of Congo, and only the PIZ allele in Mali. CONCLUSION AAT Deficiency is found in both the Black and "Colored" populations in many of the Sub-Sahara countries in Africa, providing evidence for the presence of AAT Deficiency in such populations in Europe and in the New World. Such populations should be screened for AAT Deficiency and made aware of their unique susceptibility to exposure to chemical and particulate agents in the environment.
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- Frederick J de Serres
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233, USA
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de Serres FJ, Blanco I, Fernández-Bustillo E. Genetic epidemiology of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in North America and Australia/New Zealand: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. Clin Genet 2004; 64:382-97. [PMID: 14616761 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AAT deficiency) is one of the most common serious hereditary disorders in the world, as its affects all major racial subgroups worldwide, and there are an estimated 120.5 million carriers and deficient subjects worldwide. This genetic disease is related to susceptibility for development of jaundice in infants, liver disease in children and adults and pulmonary emphysema in adults. Moreover, AAT deficiency carrier phenotypes (PiMS and PiMZ) and deficiency allele phenotypes (PiSS, PiSZ and PiZZ) are suspected to predispose subjects to a variety of other adverse health effects. Because there is a limited database on the number of individuals affected by this disease worldwide, we have collected data on control cohorts in genetic epidemiological studies published on case-control studies in the peer-reviewed literature worldwide. Based on these data, we estimated the numbers of carriers and deficiency allele combinations for the two most common defective alleles, namely PiS and PiZ in 58 countries worldwide. The present paper focuses on the distribution of the PiS and PiZ deficiency alleles in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. A total of 31,042,232 individuals at risk for adverse health effects have been calculated in these four countries: 2,144,158 in Australia, 3,258,564 in Canada, 430,922 in New Zealand and 24,909,548 in the United States of America. The prevalences for all five phenotypic classes of AAT deficiency in each of these countries is as follows: Australia 1 out of 8.9, Canada 1 out of 9.8, New Zealand 1 out of 8.5 and the United States of America 1 out of 11.3. The geographical distribution of individual control cohorts and estimates of the numbers of carriers and deficiency allele phenotypes in each of these four countries are given in individual tables.
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- F J de Serres
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, PO Box 12233, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA 27709-2233, USA.
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Coni P, Pili E, Convertino G, Pichiri G, Balestrino A, Delmastro M, Donner CF, Faa G, Balbi B. MVarallo: A New MLike Alpha 1-Antitrypsin-Deficient Allele. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 12:237-9. [PMID: 14639110 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200312000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A 73-year-old never-smoker woman with chronic bronchitis, increasing dyspnoea, and airflow limitation with a FEV1 of 49% of predicted value had low serum level of alpha-1-antitrypsin (69 mg/dL, normal range 150-350). Isoelectric focusing showed an Mlike pattern. Direct sequencing showed, in the second exon, a particular DNA alteration localized between codon 41 and codon 51: a region of 30 base pairs (bp) was completely deleted and substituted by a 22-bp sequence. The resulting loss of 8 bp yields, in the second exon, a 70-71 stop codon. This new Mlike variant was denominated MVarallo from the site where it was discovered.
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- Pierpaolo Coni
- Sardinian Regional Center of Alpha 1 Antitripsin Deficiency, Department of Cytomorfology, Division of Pathology, University of Cagliari, Italy
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Hayes VM. Genetic diversity of the alpha-1-antitrypsin gene in Africans identified using a novel genotyping assay. Hum Mutat 2003; 22:59-66. [PMID: 12815594 DOI: 10.1002/humu.10231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The highly polymorphic human alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) gene, more recently named SERPINA1, codes for the most abundant circulating plasma serine protease inhibitor, protease inhibitor 1 (PI). Most studies determining AAT haplotype frequencies have been restricted first by the limited accuracy of the phenotypic method used and secondly by the analysis of predominantly Caucasian populations. Limited studies have been performed on African-based populations. Here a new comprehensive assay for genotyping the entire coding region, including splice junctions, of the AAT gene was designed. This assay, based on denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), allows for the complete analysis of a single individual in two lanes on a gel. Application of the assay resulted in the identification of nine known AAT variants as well as 13 novel sequence variants, five of which are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), occurring exclusively in the African-based populations. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the genetic diversity of the AAT gene in a cohort from sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Vanessa M Hayes
- Genetics Laboratory, Department of Urology, University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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de Serres FJ, Blanco I, Fernández-Bustillo E. Genetic epidemiology of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in southern Europe: France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Clin Genet 2003; 63:490-509. [PMID: 12786756 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AAT deficiency) is one of the most common serious hereditary disorders in the world because it affects all major racial subgroups worldwide and there are at least 120.5 million carriers and deficient subjects worldwide. This genetic disease is related to a high risk for development of jaundice in infants, liver disease in children and adults, and pulmonary emphysema in adults. Moreover, AAT-deficiency carrier phenotypes (PiMS and PiMZ) and deficiency-allele phenotypes (PiSS, PiSZ, and PiZZ) are suspected to make subjects susceptible to a variety of other adverse health effects. As there is a limited database on the number of individuals affected by this disease worldwide, the authors of the present report collected data on control cohorts in genetic epidemiological studies published in the peer-reviewed literature worldwide. The data collected were used to estimate the numbers of carriers and deficiency-allele combinations for the two most common defective alleles, namely PiS and PiZ, in over 58 countries worldwide. The present report focuses on the distribution of the PiS and PiZ deficiency alleles in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The total number of individuals at risk for adverse health effects were as follows: 9, 101, 739 in France; 4, 289, 566 in Italy; 2, 659, 241 in Portugal; and 8, 903, 773 in Spain. The geographical distribution of individual control cohorts and estimates of the numbers of carriers and deficiency-allele phenotypes in each of these four southern European countries are shown in individual tables and maps. This report will be followed by other reports on the remaining countries in Europe, as well as worldwide.
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- F J de Serres
- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233, USA.
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Sansom ME, Ferry BL, Sherrell ZPMC, Chapel HM. A preliminary assessment of alpha-1 antitrypsin S and Z deficiency allele frequencies in common variable immunodeficiency patients with and without bronchiectasis. Clin Exp Immunol 2002; 130:489-94. [PMID: 12452840 PMCID: PMC1906549 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01995.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2002] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the name given to a clinically heterogeneous group of hypogammaglobulinaemic immunodeficiency states. Bronchiectasis is a feature of this disease and is believed to be the result of recurrent bacterial infection affecting the respiratory tract. Bronchiectasis is also a feature associated with emphysematous changes of the lung in alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, a serious and relatively common disease, affecting 1 : 2000 in the United Kingdom. This has been demonstrated to result from possession of deficiency alleles, the most clinically important alleles being PI*Z and PI*S. Isolated reports of families with antibody deficiency and AAT deficiency have been published but to date no study has been performed to specifically investigate if AAT deficiency is associated with the lung damage seen in CVID patients. We have developed a PCR genotyping assay that identifies S and Z deficiency alleles and we have used this assay in a preliminary study to investigate the occurrence of these deficiency alleles of AAT in 43 CVID patients. Results of this preliminary study suggest that CVID patients did not have an altered distribution of AAT genes when compared to 70 normal controls. Subgrouping of CVID patients into those with and without bronchiectasis demonstrated a Z allele frequency of 0.077 in those patients with bronchiectasis, which is higher than found in normal controls, namely 0.029 (P < 0.15). Due to the relatively small numbers studied, these results are inconclusive in determining whether AAT deficiency may exacerbate lung damage in some CVID patient, the data does however, indicate that a larger multi-centre study involving many more CVID patients may be useful.
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- M E Sansom
- Department of Immunology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Headington, Oxford, UK
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Scott DA, von Ahsen N, Palmer RM, Wilson RF. Analysis of two common alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency alleles (PI*Z and PI*S) in subjects with periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol 2002; 29:1118-21. [PMID: 12492914 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2002.291212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND pi alpha 1-Antitrypsin deficiency is a genetically determined condition resulting in predisposition to certain inflammatory diseases due to a protease: antiprotease imbalance that is exacerbated by tobacco smoking. Limited evidence suggests that there may be a significant enrichment of mild alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency phenotypes in subjects with chronic inflammatory periodontal disease. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of two common alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency alleles (PI*Z and PI*S) in a UK population of subjects with periodontitis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The prevalence of PI*M, PI*S and PI*Z allele combinations was determined in 31 subjects with periodontitis and compared with 31 healthy control subjects matched for smoking status, ethnicity, age and gender. alpha 1-Antitrypsin genotyping was performed by multiplex real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using DNA extracted from whole blood. RESULTS There was no difference in the proportion of any alpha 1-antitrypsin genotype found in the diseased and control populations. CONCLUSIONS We did not find evidence to support an association between mutant PI* alleles and periodontitis in a small, controlled study. Larger studies will be required to clarify the relationship between alpha1-antitrypsin genotype and susceptibility to inflammatory periodontal disease.
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- D A Scott
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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von Ahsen N, Oellerich M, Schütz E. Use of Two Reporter Dyes without Interference in a Single-Tube Rapid-Cycle PCR: α1-Antitrypsin Genotyping by Multiplex Real-Time Fluorescence PCR with the LightCycler. Clin Chem 2000. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.2.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AbstractBackground: α1-Antitrypsin is the major plasma serine protease inhibitor. Its deficiency is mainly associated with the alleles PI*S and PI*Z and can lead to obstructive lung disease in adults and to liver cirrhosis during childhood.Methods: A multiplex PCR method has been established that uses two sets of primers to amplify the gene regions covering the PI*S or PI*Z mutations sites. Mutation detection was performed on the LightCycler by melting curve analysis of detection probes labeled with two different fluorescent dyes, LC-Red640 and LC-Red705.Results: Unequivocal genotyping results were obtained for all investigated samples in an assay time of ∼30 min. The color compensation procedure greatly improved the readability of the resulting diagnostic melting curves.Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first report of simultaneous detection of two mutations in a single tube by PCR of genomic DNA and the use of two different reporter dyes with the LightCycler color compensation feature. This approach is a rapid, convenient, and economic alternative to other methods described to date for the detection of α1-antitrypsin deficiency alleles.
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- Nicolas von Ahsen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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Ambrose HJ, Chambers SM, Mieli-Vergani G, Ferrie R, Newton CR, Robertson NH. Molecular characterization of a new alpha-1-antitrypsin M variant allele, Mwhitstable: implications for DNA-based diagnosis. DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY : THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, PART B 1999; 8:205-10. [PMID: 10617277 DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199912000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The mother and second child from a family, already with one PI ZZ child, were typed PI MZ by isoelectric focusing and unexpectedly as PI ZZ using a commercial alpha-1-antitrypsin genotyping kit. Both methods typed the father and first child as PI MZ and PI ZZ, respectively. DNA sequence analysis identified a 26-base pair (bp) deletion and 2-bp insertion in intron IV of the normal PI*M allele from both the mother and second child. The majority of the binding site for an amplification primer of the genotyping kit was absent in the variant deletion-insertion allele. The apparent PI*Z/PI*Z genotype of the mother and second child therefore arose from amplification of the PI*Z allele alone. Two hundred random DNA samples were subsequently examined and 5 of these were found to be heterozygous for the same deletion-insertion allele. The authors have designated the previously undescribed PI*M allele that harbors this benign polymorphism PI*Mwhitstable. The genotyping kit has been redesigned and revalidated, and its performance is not affected by the presence of the PI*Mwhitstable allele. The Gen Bank accession number for the nucleotide sequence described is AF159454.
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- H J Ambrose
- AstraZeneca Diagnostics, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
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- R J Mason
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
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AbstractMolecular biology is making a tremendous impact on the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases. Methods such as the polymerase chain reaction are changing the way physicians diagnose and monitor patients with viral hepatitis. Assays based on recombinant protein antigens allow for detection of specific autoantibodies in diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis. The diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases, such as hemochromatosis and Wilson disease, is being revolutionized by discovery of the defective genes involved and the development of methods to rapidly sequence DNA and identify mutations. Treatments and preventive measures are now possible with use of drugs and vaccines produced by recombinant DNA technology. Gene therapy and nucleic acid-based therapeutics are also realistic future treatment options for individuals with liver diseases.
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Braun A, Meyer P, Cleve H, Roscher AA. Rapid and simple diagnosis of the two common alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor deficiency alleles Pi*Z and Pi*S by DNA analysis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY : JOURNAL OF THE FORUM OF EUROPEAN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY SOCIETIES 1996; 34:761-4. [PMID: 8891530 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1996.34.9.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We describe a simple DNA-based method to assign the two common alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1-antitrypsin) deficiency alleles in the Pi-system (Pi*Z and Pi*S). Two sets of mutated primers are used in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by a restriction enzyme digest of the products. The mutated forward primers create a Taq I site only if the wildtype alleles (mostly M or subtypes) are present and not in the presence of the Pi*Z or Pi*S alleles. The reverse primers are mutated for an invariant Taq I site which serves as an internal control site in order to assure the completion of the restriction enzyme digest. The digested PCR products can be clearly resolved by 2.5% MetaPhore-agarose gel electrophoresis. This simple PCR probing of the most common alpha 1-antiproteinase deficiency alleles can be routinely applied either to samples showing quantitatively decreased alpha 1-antiproteinase values in serum or to blood spots of Guthrie cards used for mass screening purposes. In addition, this method may provide the opportunity for a simple, rapid, and reliable prenatal diagnosis of alpha 1-antiproteinase deficiency in special cases.
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- A Braun
- Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Abteilung für Klinishce Chemie und Biochemie, Germany
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Cook L, Burdon JG, Brenton S, Knight KR, Janus ED. Kinetic characterisation of alpha-1-antitrypsin F as an inhibitor of human neutrophil elastase. Pathology 1996; 28:242-7. [PMID: 8912354 DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Patients homozygous for the Z allele of alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) have very low serum levels and are predisposed to emphysema. There have also been reports of emphysema being associated with the heterozygous phenotype FZ. To investigate whether F alpha 1AT was dysfunctional, the inhibitory activity of F alpha 1AT against human neutrophil elastase (HNE) was compared with that of common alpha 1AT phenotypes. Time-dependent inhibition of HNE by alpha 1AT was used to calculate the association rate constant (k assoc) for M, MZ, FM, FZ, F (partially purified from FZ or FS), Z and S alpha 1AT phenotypes in human sera. The results for k assoc at 25 degrees C were 9.1 (SD 0.9), 9.7 (SD 0.9), 8.0 (SD 0.8), 4.0 (SD 0.4), 4.2 (SD 0.8), 5.1 (SD 0.6) and 8.6 (SD 0.6) x 10(6) M-1s-1 respectively. F was found to have reduced activity much like that of Z, the alpha 1AT most commonly associated with emphysema. MZ (low risk for disease) and FZ heterozygotes had similar intermediate alpha 1AT levels. However the in vivo inhibition time for FZ was almost three times longer than for MZ, indicating greater exposure to proteolytic damage from free elastase for FZ than MZ individuals. In conclusion, F alpha 1AT is expressed in serum at low normal levels but is dysfunctional in its ability to inhibit HNE. Individuals who coinherit the F and a deficiency allele such as Z or Null, are likely to have a high risk for the development of emphysema. The disease risk for F homozygotes remains to be determined.
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- L Cook
- Department of Chemical Pathology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic
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Ciccarelli E, Alonso MA, Cresteil D, Bollen A, Jacobs P, Alvarez F. Intracellular retention and degradation of human mutant variant of a alpha 1-antitrypsin in stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary cell lines. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 213:271-6. [PMID: 8477700 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17759.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Normal (PiM) and mutant (PiZ) variants of human alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) cDNA, cloned into the pTnd eucaryotic expression vector, were used to derive recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cell lines permanently expressing the corresponding proteins. Secretion, accumulation and glycosylation of PiM and PiZ alpha 1-AT proteins were studied in the presence of various transport-impairing drugs. Pulse-chase, followed by immunoprecipitation as well as immunofluorescence experiments showed that the PiZ alpha 1-AT undergoes continuous degradation that was prevented by Brefeldin A but not by incubation of cells at 16 degrees C. Moreover, monensin partially impaired the glycosylation of both PiM and PiZ alpha 1-AT but not their secretion nor the degradation of PiZ alpha 1-AT. Those results suggest that PiZ alpha 1-AT degradation occurs in the cis-Golgi network, a compartment located between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi stack. The process did not apparently involve lysosomes since it was insensitive to chloroquine. In addition, inhibition of PiM and PiZ alpha 1-AT glycosylation and secretion by tunicamycin did not result in the accumulation of the protein, but instead in its rapid lag-free degradation. Treatment of cells with the A23187 ionophore, for a short (60 min) but not a long (24 h) period, improved the secretion of PiZ alpha 1-AT in a similar way as it affects retention of naturally endoplasmic-reticulum-resident proteins, suggesting that the small proportion of PiZ alpha 1-AT which is not degraded or secreted, but accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum, is back transported as a partially glycosylated species from the post endoplasmic reticulum compartment in which degradation takes place.
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- E Ciccarelli
- Department of Applied Genetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Nivelles, Belgium
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Schellenberg GD, Bird TD, Wijsman EM, Orr HT, Anderson L, Nemens E, White JA, Bonnycastle L, Weber JL, Alonso ME. Genetic linkage evidence for a familial Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 14. Science 1992; 258:668-71. [PMID: 1411576 DOI: 10.1126/science.1411576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 577] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Linkage analysis was used to search the genome for chromosomal regions harboring familial Alzheimer's disease genes. Markers on chromosome 14 gave highly significant positive lod scores in early-onset non-Volga German kindreds; a Zmax of 9.15 (theta = 0.01) was obtained with the marker D14S43 at 14q24.3. One early-onset family yielded a lod score of 4.89 (theta = 0.0). When no assumptions were made about age-dependent penetrance, significant results were still obtained (Zmax = 5.94, theta = 0.0), despite the loss of power to detect linkage under these conditions. Results for the Volga German families were either negative or nonsignificant for markers in this region. Thus, evidence indicates a familial Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 14.
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Fabbretti G, Sergi C, Consalez G, Consales G, Faa G, Brisigotti M, Romeo G, Callea F. Genetic variants of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT). LIVER 1992; 12:296-301. [PMID: 1447962 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1992.tb01064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This paper reviews the genetic variants of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) which have been sequenced with special emphasis on the s.c. deficiency variants. These result in AAT low plasma levels via three main mechanisms: 1) intracellular storage; 2) intracellular degradation; 3) lack of synthesis. Intracellular storage occurs with the classical Z variant and with a few variants called M-like, because of their isoelectric focusing (IF) pattern. The storage phenomenon causes liver damage and can be demonstrated at both light and electron microscopic level with the help of immunohistochemistry. We report a new deficiency variant of AAT (M-Cagliari) characterized by very low plasma levels, massive storage of AAT and liver cirrhosis. By using immunohistochemical techniques and DNA analysis we could demonstrate that M-Cagliari has antigenic and genetic properties other than the Z AAT.
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- G Fabbretti
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Children's Hospital G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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Weidinger S. Reliable phenotyping of alpha-1-antitrypsin by hybrid isoelectric focusing in an ultranarrow immobilized pH gradient. Electrophoresis 1992; 13:234-9. [PMID: 1378388 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150130148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Genetically determined phenotypes of the highly polymorphic human alpha 1-antitrypsin were examined by hybrid isoelectric focusing in a narrow immobilized pH gradient. The chosen pH range from 4.45 to 4.75 was useful for identification and classification of the common PI M subtypes and a number of PI variants in the microheterogeneous regions of m6, m7, and m8. A high degree of resolution and an improved sharpness of PI bands was achieved with this excellent technique. It allowed the distinction of a new PI M variant, which has been designated M8, or Mingolstadt, according to the PI nomenclature. The pI difference of this mutant to the slightly cathodically located subtype M3 is approximately 0.001 pH unit. In addition, some common as well as rare phenotypes are presented.
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- S Weidinger
- Institut für Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Universität München, Germany
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Le A, Ferrell GA, Dishon DS, Le QQ, Sifers RN. Soluble aggregates of the human PiZ alpha 1-antitrypsin variant are degraded within the endoplasmic reticulum by a mechanism sensitive to inhibitors of protein synthesis. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)48397-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Sankaranarayanan K. Ionizing radiation and genetic risks. I. Epidemiological, population genetic, biochemical and molecular aspects of Mendelian diseases. Mutat Res 1991; 258:3-49. [PMID: 2023599 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(91)90027-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This paper reviews the currently available information on naturally occurring Mendelian diseases in man; it is aimed at providing a background and framework for discussion of experimental data on radiation-induced mutations (papers II and III) and for the estimation of the risk of Mendelian disease in human populations exposed to ionizing radiation (paper IV). Current consensus estimates indicate that a total of about 125 per 10(4) livebirths are directly affected by one or another naturally occurring Mendelian disease (autosomal dominants, 95/10(4); X-linked ones, 5/10(4); and autosomal recessives, 25/10(4). These estimates are conservative and take into account conditions which are very rare and for which prevalence estimates are unavailable. Most, although not all, of the recognized "common" dominants have onset in adult ages while most sex-linked and autosomal recessives have onset at birth or in childhood. Autosomal dominant and X-linked diseases (i.e., the responsible mutant alleles) presumed to be maintained in the population due to a balance between mutation and selection are the ones which may be expected to increase in frequency as a result of radiation exposures. Viewed from this standpoint, the above assumption seems safe only for a small proportion of such diseases; for the remainder, there is no easy way to discriminate between different mechanisms that may be responsible or to rigorously exclude some in favor of some others. Mutations in genes that code for enzymic proteins are more often recessive in contrast to those that code for non-enzymic proteins, which are more often dominant. At the molecular level, with recessives, a wide variety of changes is possible and these include specific types of point mutations, small and large intragenic deletions, multilocus deletions and rearrangements. In the case of dominants, however, the kinds of recoverable point mutations and deletion-type changes are less extensive because of functional constraints. The mutational potential of genes varies, depending on the gene, its size, sequence content and arrangement, location and its normal functions, and can be grouped into three groups: those in which only point mutations have been found to occur, those in which only deletions or other gross changes have been recovered and those in which both kinds of changes are known. Molecular data are available for about 75 Mendelian conditions and these suggest that in approximately 50% of them, the changes categorized to date are point mutations and in the remainder, intragenic deletions or other gross changes; there does not seem to be any fundamental difference between dominants and recessives with respect to the underlying molecular defect.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- K Sankaranarayanan
- MGC Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Sylvius Laboratories, State University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Seyama K, Nukiwa T, Takabe K, Takahashi H, Miyake K, Kira S. Siiyama (serine 53 (TCC) to phenylalanine 53 (TTC)). A new alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient variant with mutation on a predicted conserved residue of the serpin backbone. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98945-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Tanaka N, Sekiya S, Takamizawa H, Kato N, Moriyama Y, Fujimura S. Characterization of a 54 kDa, alpha 1-antitrypsin-like protein isolated from ascitic fluid of an endometrial cancer patient. Jpn J Cancer Res 1991; 82:693-700. [PMID: 1906855 PMCID: PMC5918499 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01905.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A protein factor which stimulated [3H]thymidine uptake into free hepatocytes prepared from normal mouse liver was detected in the ascitic fluid of gynecological cancer patients. The factor was subsequently further purified from the ascitic fluid of an endometrial cancer patient by DEAE-Sephacel, Sephadex G-150 and Phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B column chromatographies, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed a single protein band of 54,000 Da, designated tentatively as 54K ascitic protein (54K-AP). 54K-AP was similar to human alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) in terms of SDS-PAGE and immunological behavior, but was slightly different in terms of amino acid sequence and isoelectric point. Although 54K-AP inhibited the activities of bovine trypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin as did human alpha 1-AT, 54K-AP inhibited the plasminogen activator released from human endometrial cancer Ishikawa cells more efficiently than alpha 1-AT. Because, in contrast to normal serum, the serum from the endometrial cancer patients stimulated [3H]thymidine uptake into hepatocytes, the possibility arises that 54K-AP could be produced by the cancer host as a defence mechanism against the cancer.
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- N Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chiba University School of Medicine
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Expression of PiM-and PiZ-mutated forms of the human alpha 1-antitrypsin gene in transfected monkey COS1 cells. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45683-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Graham KS, Le A, Sifers RN. Accumulation of the insoluble PiZ variant of human alpha 1-antitrypsin within the hepatic endoplasmic reticulum does not elevate the steady-state level of grp78/BiP. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)30527-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Kalsheker N, Morgan K. Molecular biology and respiratory disease. 7. The alpha 1 antitrypsin gene and chronic lung disease. Thorax 1990; 45:759-64. [PMID: 2247868 PMCID: PMC462722 DOI: 10.1136/thx.45.10.759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- N Kalsheker
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff
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Poller W, Faber JP, Olek K. Highly variable clinical course in severe alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency--use of polymerase chain reaction for the detection of rare deficiency alleles. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1990; 68:857-63. [PMID: 2214609 DOI: 10.1007/bf01662782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Among 20 individuals with severe alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) deficiency we observed extremely variable clinical phenotypes ranging from rapidly progressive lung disease fatal at the age of 42 years to an asymptomatic individual with normal lung function at the age of 50 years. Eighteen subjects, including the asymptomatic one, carried the deficient Pi ZZ phenotype as determined by isoelectric focusing (IEF). Their mean alpha 1AT serum level was 36.7 +/- 7.7 mg/dl. DNA restriction analysis showed that all of them had the classical Pi Z-allele-associated DNA haplotype, thus confirming the IEF data. Obviously not all Pi ZZ individuals will have clinical sequelae caused by this genotype. The important differences in clinical course observed could not be explained by smoking habits alone. Probably additional factors are pertinent to the pathogenesis of the lung disease associated with alpha 1AT deficiency (defects in other genes, environmental influences other than smoking). In two patients with very low alpha 1AT serum levels definitive phenotyping by IEF was not possible. Therefore we investigated the molecular basis of their deficiency using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the coding exons of their alpha 1AT genes and direct sequencing of the amplification products. Sequence data analysis showed that one of these patients, who had initially been phenotyped as Pi ZZ by IEF, had in fact the genotype Pi QObellinghamZ, thus explaining her low alpha 1AT serum level of 20 mg/dl. The other patient (alpha 1AT serum level 3.7 mg/dl) exhibited the rare genotype Pi MheerlenQOgranite falls. Despite his nearly complete alpha 1AT deficiency, he suffered from only moderately severe pulmonary disease at the age of 42 years.
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- W Poller
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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Intracellular degradation of the transport-impaired human PiZ alpha 1-antitrypsin variant. Biochemical mapping of the degradative event among compartments of the secretory pathway. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)77448-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Wu Y, Foreman RC. The effect of amino acid substitutions at position 342 on the secretion of human alpha 1-antitrypsin from Xenopus oocytes. FEBS Lett 1990; 268:21-3. [PMID: 2384157 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80962-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A glutamic acid to lysine change in the Z variant of human alpha 1-antitrypsin is associated with a failure to secrete the protein from synthesising cells. The block in export of the protein may be caused either by the loss of an acidic residue or the introduction of a basic one at this point in the polypeptide chain. Site-directed mutagenesis has been used to construct novel alpha 1-antitrypsin mutants which show that the side chain interactions from Glu-342 are not obligatory for protein export and it is rather the introduction of a basic residue at this point which produces the intracellular accumulation of the protein.
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- Y Wu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Southampton, UK
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Brind AM, Bassendine MF. Molecular genetics of chronic liver diseases. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 1990; 4:233-53. [PMID: 2207352 DOI: 10.1016/0950-3528(90)90048-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The molecular genetics of five common single gene and one polygenic chronic liver disease is discussed. In two of the single gene disorders, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and cystic fibrosis, the gene responsible is now known and the repertoire of different mutations underlying the disease is being defined. In the other three single gene defects (haemochromatosis, polycystic liver disease and Wilson's disease) the chromosomal location of the disease allele is known. It is anticipated that recombinant DNA techniques will enable the genes responsible for these diseases to be cloned in the near future, thus allowing the biochemical abnormalities to be defined through reverse genetics. In many chronic liver diseases the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors remains unclear. Evidence suggests there is a definite genetic component in predisposition to alcoholic cirrhosis; the role of putative candidate genes is discussed. It is hoped that the definition of a genetic locus linked to alcoholic cirrhosis will ultimately teach us more about the basic pathogenesis of this disease.
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Brind AM, McIntosh I, Brock DJ, James OF, Bassendine MF. Polymerase chain reaction for detection of the alpha-1-antitrypsin Z allele in chronic liver disease. J Hepatol 1990; 10:240-3. [PMID: 2332597 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8278(90)90059-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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 genetic locus for alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha-AT) is highly polymorphic, but all protein variants are encoded by a single locus on chromosome 14. Periportal hepatocyte granules are described in association with chronic liver disease and the Z variant. A Z-specific point mutation in exon V of the alpha-AT gene, converting amino acid 342 from Glu to Lys, is thought to be responsible for the hepatocyte accumulation. We describe the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify exon V of the alpha-AT gene and subsequent detection of the wild-type M- and Z-specific sequences by hybridisation to 32P-labelled-allele-specific oligonucleotides. We applied this technique to leucocyte DNA from 37 patients with suspected chronic liver disease, 25 of whom had hepatocyte alpha-AT inclusion granules on liver biopsy. All 25 were homozygous or heterozygous for the Z allele. One patient, phenotyped as PiS, was found to be PiSZ and another phenotyped as PiZ (presumed homozygous), was found to be a Z heterozygote. No Z allele was detected in any of the twelve patients without alpha-AT inclusion granules. This sensitive PCR technique could be used to assess the relative risk of chronic liver disease in PiZ heterozygotes and to determine whether individuals without the Z amino acid 342 substitution can developed periportal alpha-AT granules.
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- A M Brind
- Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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alpha 1-antitrypsin, a 52 kDa antiprotease, provides the major defense to the lower respiratory tract against the ravages of neutrophil elastase, a powerful serine protease. A variety of mutations in the coding exons of the alpha 1-antitrypsin gene result in 'alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency', leading to emphysema at an early age. A subset of mutations cause liver disease and a rare mutation is associated with a bleeding diathesis. Preventive treatment for the emphysema associated with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency is available in the form of intermittent infusions with alpha 1-antitrypsin, and strategies have been developed to reverse the deficiency state with gene therapy.
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Whitehouse DB, Abbott CM, Lovegrove JU, McIntosh I, McMahon CJ, Mieli-Vergani G, Mowat AP, Hopkinson DA. Genetic studies on a new deficiency gene (PI*Ztun) at the PI locus. J Med Genet 1989; 26:744-9. [PMID: 2575668 PMCID: PMC1015753 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.26.12.744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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During a study of the alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) protein and its locus (PI) by high resolution isoelectric focusing and direct molecular analysis of 106 PIZ probands and their families, a new allele (Ztun) was identified that resembles Z in many of its properties. Two sibs, both compound heterozygotes for Ztun and Z, showed similar evidence of mild liver involvement that was indistinguishable from that associated with classical ZZ homozygotes. The Ztun protein appeared to be deficient in the plasma to about the same degree as the Z protein. Allele specific oligonucleotide analysis of amplified genomic DNA indicated that the new allele is the result of a mutation in exon V that is identical to the classical G----A transition at codon 342 that results in the Glu----Lys substitution characteristic of the Z allele. An analysis of DNA haplotypes constructed from polymorphic restriction enzyme recognition sites in and around the PI locus confirmed that Ztun probably represents a new mutation at codon 342 that has occurred on an M2-like genetic background.
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- D B Whitehouse
- MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, University College London
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Graham A, Kalsheker NA, Newton CR, Bamforth FJ, Powell SJ, Markham AF. Molecular characterisation of three alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency variants: proteinase inhibitor (Pi) nullcardiff (Asp256----Val); PiMmalton (Phe51----deletion) and PiI (Arg39----Cys). Hum Genet 1989; 84:55-8. [PMID: 2606478 DOI: 10.1007/bf00210671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Three mutations causing alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency have been identified by gene amplification and direct DNA sequencing. In the Pi (proteinase-inhibitor) nullcardiff gene, the codon for aspartate at position 256 has mutated to encode valine. In PiMmalton and Pi I, the respective mutations are the deletion of the codon for a phenylalanine residue at position 51 or 52, and a single base substitution resulting in arginine being replaced by cysteine at position 39. Examination of the protein tertiary structure suggests that all of these mutations are likely to result in folding abnormalities that may explain the deficiency states.
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- A Graham
- ICI Diagnostics, Gadbrook Park, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
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Fraizer GC, Siewertsen M, Harrold TR, Cox DW. Deletion/frameshift mutation in the alpha 1-antitrypsin null allele, PI*QObolton. Hum Genet 1989; 83:377-82. [PMID: 2807278 DOI: 10.1007/bf00291385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The most common deficiency allele of the protease inhibitor (PI) alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) is PI*Z. Other rare deficiency alleles of alpha 1AT are of two types: those producing low but detectable amounts of alpha 1AT (less than 20% of normal serum concentrations), and null alleles producing less than 1% of normal alpha 1AT and therefore not detectable by routine quantitative methods. We have previously used DNA polymorphisms and family data to determine heterozygosity in an individual producing low levels of serum alpha 1AT (12% of normal) of PI type Mmalton. By DNA analysis we observed the typical haplotype associated with PI*Mmalton and a unique null haplotype associated with the allele PI*QObolton. The QObolton allele produces no detectable serum alpha 1AT. We have cloned and sequenced the QObolton allele from a phage genomic library. Deletion of a single cytosine residue near the active site of alpha 1 AT in exon V results in a frameshift causing an in-frame stop codon downstream of the deletion. This stop codon leads to premature termination of protein translation at amino acid 373, resulting in a truncated protein. The truncated protein is predicted to have an altered carboxy terminus (amino acids 363-372) and will lack structurally important amino acids.
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- G C Fraizer
- Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Okayama H, Holmes MD, Brantly ML, Crystal RG. Characterization of the coding sequence of the normal M4 alpha 1-antitrypsin gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989; 162:1560-70. [PMID: 2788414 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(89)90853-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The nucleotide sequences of the common normal "M" family of alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) variants are known, including M1(Val213), M1(Ala213), M2 and M3. Less common, but also migrating with the "M" family on isoelectric focusing gels, is the normal M4 allele. Being relatively rare, the M4 allele is usually found in heterozygous combination with another alpha 1AT allele making sequence characterization more difficult. To facilitate analysis of the coding exons of the alpha 1AT M4 allele, a method was developed to combine blood monocyte RNA extraction, reverse transcription of the alpha 1AT mRNA, amplification with the polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing. This analysis demonstrated that the M4 allele differs from the M1(Val213) allele by a single nucleotide substitution G--greater than A, causing the amino acid substitution Arg101 CGT--greater than His101 CAT. This same mutation is also a part of the M2 gene suggesting that this region of the alpha 1AT gene may be one of increased mutational activity.
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- H Okayama
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Curiel DT, Holmes MD, Okayama H, Brantly ML, Vogelmeier C, Travis WD, Stier LE, Perks WH, Crystal RG. Molecular Basis of the Liver and Lung Disease Associated with the α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Allele Mmalton. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)80090-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sifers RN, Hardick CP, Woo SLC. Disruption of the 290–342 salt bridge is not responsible for the secretory defect of the PiZ α1-antitrypsin variant. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)81712-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Crystal RG, Brantly ML, Hubbard RC, Curiel DT, States DJ, Holmes MD. The alpha 1-antitrypsin gene and its mutations. Clinical consequences and strategies for therapy. Chest 1989; 95:196-208. [PMID: 2642408 DOI: 10.1378/chest.95.1.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- R G Crystal
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda 20892
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