Identification and molecular characterization of six novel mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase gamma subunit (GNPTG) gene in patients with mucolipidosis III gamma

Persichetti, Emanuele, Chuzhanova, Nadia, Dardis, Andrea, Tappino, Barbara, Pohl, Sandra, Thomas, Nicholas Stuart Tudor, Rosano, Camillo, Balducci, Chiara, Paciotti, Silvia, Dominissini, Silvia, Montalvo, Anna Lisa, Sibilio, Michela, Parini, Rossella, Rigoldi, Miriam, Di Rocco, Maja, Parenti, Giancarlo, Orlacchio, Aldo, Bembi, Bruno, Cooper, David Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484, Filocamo, Mirella and Beccari, Tommaso 2009. Identification and molecular characterization of six novel mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase gamma subunit (GNPTG) gene in patients with mucolipidosis III gamma. Human Mutation 30 (6) , pp. 978-984. 10.1002/humu.20959

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Abstract

Mucolipidosis type III (MLIII) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting lysosomal hydrolase trafficking. In a study of 10 patients from seven families with a clinical phenotype and enzymatic diagnosis of MLIII, six novel GNPTG gene mutations were identified. These included missense (p.T286M) and nonsense (p.W111X) mutations and a transition in the obligate AG-dinucleotide of the intron 8 acceptor splice site (c.610–2A>G). Three microdeletions were also identified, two of which (c.611delG and c.640_667del28) were located within the coding region whereas one (c.609+28_610-16del) was located entirely within intron 8. RT-PCR analysis of the c.610–2A>G transition demonstrated that the change altered splicing, leading to the production of two distinct aberrantly spliced forms, viz. the skipping of exon 9 (p.G204_K247del) or the retention of introns 8 and 9 (p.G204VfsX28). RT-PCR analysis, performed on a patient homozygous for the intronic deletion (c.609+28_610-16del), failed to detect any GNPTG RNA transcripts. To determine whether c.609+28_610-16del allele-derived transcripts were subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), patient fibroblasts were incubated with the protein synthesis inhibitor anisomycin. An RT-PCR fragment retaining 43 bp of intron 8 was consistently detected suggesting that the 33-bp genomic deletion had elicited NMD. Quantitative real-time PCR and GNPTG western blot analysis confirmed that the homozygous microdeletion p.G204VfsX17 had elicited NMD resulting in failure to synthesize GNPTG protein. Analysis of the sequences surrounding the microdeletion breakpoints revealed either intrinsic repetitivity of the deleted region or short direct repeats adjacent to the breakpoint junctions. This is consistent with these repeats having mediated the microdeletions via replication slippage and supports the view that the mutational spectrum of the GNPTG gene is strongly influenced by the properties of the local DNA sequence environment.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mucolipidosis type III; MLIII; GNPTG; microdeletions; nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
Publisher:	Wiley Blackwell
ISSN:	1059-7794
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22699

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