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Regulation of Adenine Nucleotide Metabolism by Adenylate Kinase Isozymes: Physiological Roles and Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065561. [PMID: 36982634 PMCID: PMC10056885 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Adenylate kinase (AK) regulates adenine nucleotide metabolism and catalyzes the ATP + AMP ⇌ 2ADP reaction in a wide range of organisms and bacteria. AKs regulate adenine nucleotide ratios in different intracellular compartments and maintain the homeostasis of the intracellular nucleotide metabolism necessary for growth, differentiation, and motility. To date, nine isozymes have been identified and their functions have been analyzed. Moreover, the dynamics of the intracellular energy metabolism, diseases caused by AK mutations, the relationship with carcinogenesis, and circadian rhythms have recently been reported. This article summarizes the current knowledge regarding the physiological roles of AK isozymes in different diseases. In particular, this review focused on the symptoms caused by mutated AK isozymes in humans and phenotypic changes arising from altered gene expression in animal models. The future analysis of intracellular, extracellular, and intercellular energy metabolism with a focus on AK will aid in a wide range of new therapeutic approaches for various diseases, including cancer, lifestyle-related diseases, and aging.
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He S, Chen H, Guo X, Gao J. Red cell adenylate kinase deficiency in China: molecular study of 2 new mutations (413G > A, 223dupA). BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:102. [PMID: 35509045 PMCID: PMC9066714 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01248-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Adenylate kinase (AK) is a monomolecular enzyme widely found in a variety of organisms. It mainly catalyses the reversible transfer of adenosine nucleotide phosphate groups and plays an important role in maintaining energy metabolism. AK deficiency is a rare genetic disorder that is related to haemolytic anaemia. Chronic haemolytic anaemia associated with AK deficiency is a rare condition, and only 14 unrelated families have been reported thus far. Moreover, only 11 mutations have been identified in the AK1 gene, with only 3 cases of psychomotor impairment. Case presentation The patient was a 3-year-old boy with severe haemolytic anaemia and psychomotor retardation. A molecular study of the patient’s AK gene revealed 2 different mutations: a heterozygous missense mutation in exon 6 (c.413G > A) and a heterozygous frameshift mutation in exon 5 (c.223dupA). Molecular modelling analyses indicated that AK gene inactivation resulted in a lack of AK activity. The patient recovered after regular blood transfusion therapy. Conclusions AK1 deficiency was diagnosed on the basis of low enzymatic activity and the identification of a mutation in the AK1 gene located on chromosome 9q. Here, we report the first case of moderate red cell AK1 deficiency associated with chronic nonspherocytic haemolytic anaemia (CNSHA) in China. The genetic mutations were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. The variants were classified as pathogenic by bioinformatics tools, such as ACMG/AMP guidelines, Mutation Taster, SIFT, MACP, REVEL and PolyPhen2.2. Based on our evidence and previous literature reports, we speculate that the site of the AK1 gene c.413G > A (p.Arg138His) mutation may be a high-frequency mutation site and the other mutation (c.223dupA) might be related to the neuropathogenicity caused by AK1 deficiency. NGS should be a part of newborn to early childhood screening to diagnose rare and poorly diagnosed genetic diseases as early as possible. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12920-022-01248-2.
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- Sijia He
- Department of Peadiatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Peadiatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Peadiatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. .,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Department of Peadiatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. .,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Dongerdiye R, Kamat P, Jain P, Warang P, Devendra R, Wasekar N, Sharma R, Mhaskar K, Madkaikar MR, Manglani MV, Kedar PS. Red cell adenylate kinase deficiency in India: identification of two novel missense mutations (c.71A>G and c.413G>A). J Clin Pathol 2019; 72:393-398. [PMID: 30918013 DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-205718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Adenylate kinase (AK) deficiency is a rare erythroenzymopathy associated with hereditary nonspherocytic haemolytic anaemia along with mental/psychomotor retardation in few cases. Diagnosis of AK deficiency depends on the decreased level of enzyme activity in red cell and identification of a mutation in the AK1 gene. Until, only eight mutations causing AK deficiency have been reported in the literature. We are reporting two novel missense mutation (c.71A > G and c.413G > A) detected in the AK1 gene by next-generation sequencing (NGS) in a 6-year-old male child from India. Red cell AK enzyme activity was found to be 30% normal. We have screened a total of 32 family members of the patient and showed reduced red cell enzyme activity and confirm mutations by Sanger's sequencing. On the basis of Sanger sequencing, we suggest that the proband has inherited a mutation in AK1 gene exon 4 c.71A > G (p.Gln24Arg) from paternal family and exon 6 c.413G > A (p.Arg138His) from maternal family. Bioinformatics tools, such as SIFT, Polymorphism Phenotyping v.2, Mutation Taster, MutPred, also confirmed the deleterious effect of both the mutations. Molecular modelling suggests that the structural changes induced by p.Gln24Arg and p.Arg138His are pathogenic variants having a direct impact on the structural arrangement of the region close to the active site of the enzyme. In conclusion, NGS will be the best solution for diagnosis of very rare disorders leading to better management of the disease. This is the first report of the red cell AK deficiency from the Indian population.
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- Rashmi Dongerdiye
- Department of Haematogenetics, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Haematogenetics, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Haematogenetics, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- MCGM Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Haematogenetics, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, India
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Baldissera MD, Souza CF, Santos RC, Stefani LM, Moreira KLS, da Veiga ML, da Rocha MIU, Baldisserotto B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA01 impairs enzymes of the phosphotransfer network in the gills of Rhamdia quelen. Vet Microbiol 2017; 201:121-125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Niizuma H, Kanno H, Sato A, Ogura H, Imaizumi M. Splenectomy resolves hemolytic anemia caused by adenylate kinase deficiency. Pediatr Int 2017; 59:228-230. [PMID: 28211224 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hidetaka Niizuma
- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Processing, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Processing, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Toxoplasma gondii: Effects of diphenyl diselenide in experimental toxoplasmosis on biomarkers of cardiac function. Exp Parasitol 2016; 167:25-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Diphenyl diselenide supplementation in infected mice by Toxoplasma gondii: Protective effect on behavior, neuromodulation and oxidative stress caused by disease. Exp Parasitol 2016; 169:51-8. [PMID: 27472985 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of subcutaneous administration of diphenyl diselenide (PhSe)2 on animal behavior and activities of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), adenylate kinase (AK), and creatine kinase (CK) in the brain of mice infected by Toxoplasma gondii. In addition, thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) levels and glutathione (GR, GPx and GST) activity were also evaluated. For the study, 40 female mice were divided into four groups of 10 animals each: group A (uninfected and untreated), group B (uninfected and treated with (PhSe)2), group C (infected and untreated) and group D (infected and treated with (PhSe)2). The mice were inoculated with 50 cysts of the ME49 strain of T. gondii. After infection the animals of the groups B and D were treated on days 1 and 20 post-infection (PI) with 5.0 μmol/kg of (PhSe)2 subcutaneously. Behavioral tests were conducted on days 29 PI to assess memory loss (object recognition), anxiety (elevated plus maze), locomotor and exploratory activity (Open Field) and it was found out that infected and untreated animals (group C) had developed anxiety and memory impairment, and the (PhSe)2 treatment did not reverse these behavioral changes on infected animals treated with (PhSe)2 (group D). The results showed an increase on AChE activity (P < 0.01) in the brain of infected and untreated animals (group C) compared to the uninfected and untreated animals (group A). The AK and CK activities decreased in infected and untreated animals (group C) compared to the uninfected and untreated animals (group A) (P < 0.01), however the (PhSe)2 treatment did not reverse these alterations. Infected and untreated animals (group C) showed increased TBARS levels and GR activity, and decreased GPx and GST activities when compared to uninfected and untreated animals (group A). Infected animals treated with (PhSe)2 (group D) decreased TBARS levels and GR activity, while increased GST activity when compared to infected and untreated animals (group C). It was concluded that (PhSe)2 showed antioxidant activity, but the dose used had no anti-inflammatory effect and failed to reverse the behavioral changes caused by the parasite.
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Baldissera MD, Rech VC, Da Silva AS, Nishihira VS, Ianiski FR, Gressler LT, Grando TH, Vaucher RA, Schwertz CI, Mendes RE, Monteiro SG. Relationship between behavioral alterations and activities of adenylate kinase and creatine kinase in brain of rats infected by Trypanosoma evansi. Exp Parasitol 2015; 151-152:96-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2015.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bottari NB, Baldissera MD, Tonin AA, Rech VC, Nishihira VSK, Thomé GR, Schetinger MRC, Morsch VM, Camillo G, Vogel FF, Tochetto C, Fighera R, Machado G, Stefani LM, Da Silva AS. Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim associated with resveratrol for the treatment of toxoplasmosis in mice: Influence on the activity of enzymes involved in brain neurotransmission. Microb Pathog 2015; 79:17-23. [PMID: 25572158 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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This study aimed to investigate the influence of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (ST) associated with resveratrol on the enzymatic activities of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), adenylate kinase (AK), pyruvate kinase (PK), and creatine kinase (CK) in the brain of mice experimentally infected by Toxoplasma gondii. For that, 60 mice were divided into ten groups with 6 animals each: groups A to D composed by healthy mice and groups E to J consisting of animals infected by T. gondii (VEG strain). Animals started treatment 20 days post-infection for 10 consecutive days with oral doses of 0.5 mg kg(-1) of ST (groups B and F), 100 mg kg(-1) of free resveratrol (groups C and G) and inclusion complex of resveratrol (nanoparticles containing resveratrol) (groups D and H), as well as with an association of both drugs (groups I and J). The results showed increased (P < 0.001) AChE activity on infected animals (groups E-J) when compared to not-infected (A) animals, and also uninfected animals treated with ST (group B) had increased AChE activity. AK activity decreased (P < 0.001) in the infected and untreated (group E), differently from the other groups that did not differ. PK activity did not differ between groups (P > 0.05). When comparing control groups (uninfected (A) and infected (E)), we verified a significant (P < 0.001) increase in CK activity in the brain, and it is noteworthy that the animals treated with resveratrol associated with ST (group I and J) had similar CK activity to those animals from the group A. Treatment with the combination of ST and resveratrol was able to reduce (P < 0.05) the number of parasitic cysts in the brain, thus reduced inflammatory infiltrates in the liver, and prevented the occurrence of hepatocytes lesions due to toxoplasmosis in mice. Based on these results, it is possible to conclude that increased AChE and CK activities after T. gondii infection did not change with the treatment of ST-resveratrol association. In addition, decreased AK activity caused by T. gondii infection was normalized by ST-resveratrol treatment. T. gondii infection and treatment does not affect PK activity in brain.
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- Nathieli B Bottari
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry Toxicology, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Nanoscience, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Nanoscience, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
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Balasubramaniam S, Duley JA, Christodoulou J. Inborn errors of purine metabolism: clinical update and therapies. J Inherit Metab Dis 2014; 37:669-86. [PMID: 24972650 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-014-9731-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Inborn errors of purine metabolism exhibit broad neurological, immunological, haematological and renal manifestations. Limited awareness of the phenotypic spectrum, the recent descriptions of newer disorders and considerable genetic heterogeneity, have contributed to long diagnostic odysseys for affected individuals. These enzymes are widely but not ubiquitously distributed in human tissues and are crucial for synthesis of essential nucleotides, such as ATP, which form the basis of DNA and RNA, oxidative phosphorylation, signal transduction and a range of molecular synthetic processes. Depletion of nucleotides or accumulation of toxic intermediates contributes to the pathogenesis of these disorders. Maintenance of cellular nucleotides depends on the three aspects of metabolism of purines (and related pyrimidines): de novo synthesis, catabolism and recycling of these metabolites. At present, treatments for the clinically significant defects of the purine pathway are restricted: purine 5'-nucleotidase deficiency with uridine; familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy (FJHN), adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) deficiency, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) deficiency and phosphoribosyl-pyrophosphate synthetase superactivity (PRPS) with allopurinol; adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiencies have been treated by bone marrow transplantation (BMT), and ADA deficiency with enzyme replacement with polyethylene glycol (PEG)-ADA, or erythrocyte-encapsulated ADA; myeloadenylate deaminase (MADA) and adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) deficiencies have had trials of oral ribose; PRPS, HPRT and adenosine kinase (ADK) deficiencies with S-adenosylmethionine; and molybdenum cofactor deficiency of complementation group A (MOCODA) with cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate (cPMP). In this review we describe the known inborn errors of purine metabolism, their phenotypic presentations, established diagnostic methodology and recognised treatment options.
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- Shanti Balasubramaniam
- Metabolic Unit, Princess Margaret Hospital, Roberts Road, Subiaco, Perth, WA, 6008, Australia
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Dzeja P, Terzic A. Adenylate kinase and AMP signaling networks: metabolic monitoring, signal communication and body energy sensing. Int J Mol Sci 2009; 10:1729-1772. [PMID: 19468337 PMCID: PMC2680645 DOI: 10.3390/ijms10041729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Adenylate kinase and downstream AMP signaling is an integrated metabolic monitoring system which reads the cellular energy state in order to tune and report signals to metabolic sensors. A network of adenylate kinase isoforms (AK1-AK7) are distributed throughout intracellular compartments, interstitial space and body fluids to regulate energetic and metabolic signaling circuits, securing efficient cell energy economy, signal communication and stress response. The dynamics of adenylate kinase-catalyzed phosphotransfer regulates multiple intracellular and extracellular energy-dependent and nucleotide signaling processes, including excitation-contraction coupling, hormone secretion, cell and ciliary motility, nuclear transport, energetics of cell cycle, DNA synthesis and repair, and developmental programming. Metabolomic analyses indicate that cellular, interstitial and blood AMP levels are potential metabolic signals associated with vital functions including body energy sensing, sleep, hibernation and food intake. Either low or excess AMP signaling has been linked to human disease such as diabetes, obesity and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Recent studies indicate that derangements in adenylate kinase-mediated energetic signaling due to mutations in AK1, AK2 or AK7 isoforms are associated with hemolytic anemia, reticular dysgenesis and ciliary dyskinesia. Moreover, hormonal, food and antidiabetic drug actions are frequently coupled to alterations of cellular AMP levels and associated signaling. Thus, by monitoring energy state and generating and distributing AMP metabolic signals adenylate kinase represents a unique hub within the cellular homeostatic network.
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- Petras Dzeja
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail:
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Abrusci P, Chiarelli LR, Galizzi A, Fermo E, Bianchi P, Zanella A, Valentini G. Erythrocyte adenylate kinase deficiency: characterization of recombinant mutant forms and relationship with nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. Exp Hematol 2007; 35:1182-9. [PMID: 17662886 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2007] [Revised: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Red cell adenylate kinase (AK) deficiency is a rare hereditary erythroenzymopathy associated with moderate to severe nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia and, in some cases, with mental retardation and psychomotor impairment. To date, diagnosis of AK deficiency depends upon demonstration of low enzyme activity in red blood cells and detection of mutations in AK1 gene. To investigate the molecular bases of the AK deficiency, we characterized five variants of AK1 isoenzyme-bearing mutations (118G>A, 190G>A, 382C>T, 418-420del, and 491A>G) found in AK-deficient patients with chronic hemolytic anemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS The complete AK1 cDNA was obtained by standard procedures and using as template the reticulocyte RNA. The cDNA was cloned in a plasmid vector and the enzyme was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)pLysS, and purified by standard protocols to homogeneity. DNA mutants bearing point mutations were obtained from the cloned wild-type cDNA using standard methods of site-directed mutagenesis, whereas the DNA mutant with deletion of codon 140 was obtained by a two-step method. RESULTS Four mutant enzymes (Gly40Arg, Gly64Arg, Arg128Trp, Asp140del) were severely affected in activity, displaying a catalytic efficiency of four orders of magnitude lower than the wild-type; one (Tyr164Cys) was grossly perturbed in protein stability. CONCLUSIONS The altered properties displayed by the mutant enzymes support the cause-effect relationship between AK1 mutations and hemolytic anemia.
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- Patrizia Abrusci
- Dipartimento di Biochimica A. Castellani, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Fermo E, Bianchi P, Vercellati C, Micheli S, Marcello AP, Portaleone D, Zanella A. A new variant of adenylate kinase (delG138) associated with severe hemolytic anemia. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2005; 33:146-9. [PMID: 15315793 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report the hematological, biochemical, and molecular characteristics of a new defective adenylate kinase (AK) variant associated with chronic hemolytic anemia. The propositus was a 3-year-old girl of southern Italian origin with a history of severe anemia and occasional need for blood transfusion. The study of the most important red cell enzymes revealed low AK activity (22% of normal) in the propositus and intermediate values in the parents. The sequence of erythrocyte AK-1 gene showed a new homozygous mutation (delG138) determining a frameshift and a premature stop at codon 91.
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- Elisa Fermo
- Dipartimento di Ematologia, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Boldt T, Andersson S, Eronen M. Etiology and outcome of fetuses with functional heart disease. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2004; 83:531-5. [PMID: 15144333 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2004.00519.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the etiology and outcome of fetuses with functional heart disease as detected by echocardiography. METHODS In total, 51 fetuses (median gestation age of 28.6 weeks) were included. The inclusion criteria were hydrops (n = 14), pericardial effusion (PE; n = 9), tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR; n = 8), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM; n = 7) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM; n = 7). Antenatal management was performed for 17 of 51 fetuses (33%): two abortions, nine digoxin administrations, three thoracocenteses, one pericardial puncture, one blood transfusion and one ascites centesis. RESULTS The etiology of functional heart disease was twin pregnancy in 18, fetal lung lesions in five, maternal diabetes in five, fetal anemia in four, extracardiac or chromosomal abnormalities in three, infection in three, teratoma or arteriovenous malformation in four, indomethacin administration in two, endocardial fibroelastosis in two, maternal anaphylaxia in one, idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy (IACI) in one, pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) in one, and unknown in two fetuses. There was no significant difference between fetuses with and without treatment (53% vs. 79%; p = 0.06). There were two stillbirths and 12 postnatal deaths (29%). Among 35 surviving infants, 85% were free of symptoms in the follow-up (mean 3.9 years). CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that a functional heart disease in utero is associated with very varying etiology and high mortality. Improved understanding of the hemodynamic findings may lead to treatment that is more successful.
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- Talvikki Boldt
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Corrons JLV, Garcia E, Tusell JJ, Varughese KI, West C, Beutler E. Red cell adenylate kinase deficiency: molecular study of 3 new mutations (118G>A, 190G>A, and GAC deletion) associated with hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. Blood 2003; 102:353-6. [PMID: 12649162 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-07-2288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report here 2 patients with chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia (CNSHA) and severe red blood cell (RBC) adenylate kinase (AK) deficiency. One of these patients, a boy of Spanish origin, exhibited a neonatal icterus and splenomegaly and required blood transfusions until the age of 2 years. The other patient was a white, American infant born to parents who were first cousins; he also presented with neonatal icterus and anemia. In neither case was psychomotor impairment observed. The first patient was found to be a compound heterozygote for 2 different missense mutations, 118G>A(Gly40Arg) and 190G>A(Gly64Arg) (cDNA sequence first described by Matsuura et al, 1989). The second patient was homozygous for an in-frame deletion (GAC) from nucleotide (nt) 498 to 500 or nt 501 to 503 of the cDNA sequence, predicting deletion of either aspartic acid (Asp) 140 or 141. The crystal structure of porcine cytosolic AK was used as a molecular model to investigate how these mutations may affect enzyme structure and function.
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- Joan-Lluis Vives Corrons
- Red Cell Patholology Unit, ICMHO-IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Villarroel 170, 08036-Barcelona, Spain.
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Li X, Han Y, Pan XM. Cysteine-25 of adenylate kinase reacts with dithiothreitol to form an adduct upon aging of the enzyme. FEBS Lett 2001; 507:169-73. [PMID: 11684092 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02954-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Adenylate kinase (AK) ages in solution in the presence of DL-dithiothreitol (DTT) with a gradual activity decrease. Upon dilution with 4 M guanidine hydrochloride denatured native and aged AK, both recover to the same activity as the fresh enzyme. Mass spectroscopy and 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole chloride modification kinetics studies identify that the residue cysteine-25 of the enzyme reacts with DTT to form an adduct. The formation of the unusual bridging DTT adduct of AK appears to be the result of a stable DTT-protein complex. The K(M) for AMP, ADP and MgATP of the DTT-modified enzyme does not differ significantly from that of the intact enzyme, whereas the secondary and tertiary structures of the enzyme change obviously. These results indicate that cysteine-25 may not be involved directly in substrate binding, but may play an important role in maintaining secondary and tertiary structures of native AK, as well as the conformation interconversion in the catalytic cycle.
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- X Li
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, PR China
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An iso-random Bi Bi mechanism has been proposed for adenylate kinase. In this mechanism, one of the enzyme forms can bind the substrates MgATP and AMP, whereas the other form can bind the products MgADP and ADP. In a catalytic cycle, the conformational changes of the free enzyme and the ternary complexes are the rate-limiting steps. The AP(5)A inhibition equations derived from this mechanism show theoretically that AP(5)A acts as a competitive inhibitor for the forward reaction and a mixed noncompetitive inhibitor for the backward reaction.
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- X R Sheng
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 100101, China
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Bianchi P, Zappa M, Bredi E, Vercellati C, Pelissero G, Barraco F, Zanella A. A case of complete adenylate kinase deficiency due to a nonsense mutation in AK-1 gene (Arg 107 Stop, CGA TGA) associated with chronic haemolytic anaemia. Br J Haematol 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- M F McMullin
- Department of Haematology, Queen's University of Belfast, UK.
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Red blood cell enzyme activities are measured mainly to diagnose hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia associated with enzyme anomalies. At least 15 enzyme anomalies associated with hereditary hemolytic anemia have been reported. Some nonhematologic disease can also be diagnosed by the measurement of red blood cell enzyme activities in the case in which enzymes of red blood cells and the other organs are under the same genetic control. Progress in molecular biology has provided a new perspective. Techniques such as the polymerase chain reaction and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis have greatly facilitated the molecular analysis of erythroenzymopathies. These studies have clarified the correlation between the functional and structural abnormalities of the variant enzymes. In general, the mutations that induce an alteration of substrate binding site and/or enzyme instability might result in markedly altered enzyme properties and severe clinical symptoms.
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- H Fujii
- Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan
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ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels are nucleotide-gated channels that couple the metabolic status of a cell with membrane excitability and regulate a number of cellular functions, including hormone secretion and cardioprotection. Although intracellular ATP is the endogenous inhibitor of K(ATP) channels and ADP serves as the channel activator, it is still a matter of debate whether changes in the intracellular concentrations of ATP, ADP, and/or in the ATP/ADP ratio could account for the transition from the ATP-liganded to the ADP-liganded channel state. Here, we overview evidence for the role of cellular phosphotransfer cascades in the regulation of K(ATP) channels. The microenvironment of the K(ATP) channel harbors several phosphotransfer enzymes, including adenylate, creatine, and pyruvate kinases, as well as other glycolytic enzymes that are able to transfer phosphoryls between ATP and ADP in the absence of major changes in cytosolic levels of adenine nucleotides. These phosphotransfer reactions are governed by the metabolic status of a cell, and their phosphotransfer rate closely correlates with K(ATP) channel activity. Adenylate kinase catalysis accelerates the transition from ATP to ADP, leading to K(ATP) channel opening, while phosphotransfers driven by creatine and pyruvate kinases promote ADP to ATP transition and channel closure. Thus, through delivery and removal of adenine nucleotides at the channel site, phosphotransfer reactions could regulate ATP/ADP balance in the immediate vicinity of the channel and thereby the probability of K(ATP) channel opening. In this way, phosphotransfer reactions could provide a transduction mechanism coupling cellular metabolic signals with K(ATP) channel-associated functions.
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- P P Dzeja
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Lu Q, Inouye M. Adenylate kinase complements nucleoside diphosphate kinase deficiency in nucleotide metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:5720-5. [PMID: 8650159 PMCID: PMC39127 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.5720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase is a ubiquitous nonspecific enzyme that evidently is designed to catalyze in vivo ATP-dependent synthesis of ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates from the corresponding diphosphates. Because Escherichia coli contains only one copy of ndk, the structural gene for this enzyme, we were surprised to find that ndk disruption yields bacteria that are still viable. These mutant cells contain a protein with a small amount NDP kinase activity. The protein responsible for this activity was purified and identified as adenylate kinase. This enzyme, also called myokinase, catalyzes the reversible ATP-dependent synthesis of ADP from AMP. We found that this enzyme from E. coli as well as from higher eukaryotes has a broad substrate specificity displaying dual enzymatic functions. Among the nucleoside monophosphate kinases tested, only adenylate kinase was found to have NDP kinase activity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of NDP kinase activity associated with adenylate kinase.
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- Q Lu
- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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