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2. Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: complete human gene sequence and molecular study of three families with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria.
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Moran-Jimenez MJ, Ged C, Romana M, Enriquez De Salamanca R, Taïeb A, Topi G, D'Alessandro L, and de Verneuil H
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- Adult, Base Sequence, Child, Preschool, DNA Mutational Analysis, Enzyme Stability, Erythrocytes enzymology, Escherichia coli genetics, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Pedigree, Pregnancy, Recombinant Fusion Proteins biosynthesis, Recombinant Fusion Proteins metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase deficiency, Genes genetics, Point Mutation genetics, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda genetics, Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase genetics
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A deficiency in uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) enzyme activity, the fifth enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, is found in patients with sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda (s-PCT), familial porphyria cutanea tarda (f-PCT), and hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP). Subnormal UROD activity is due to mutations of the UROD gene in both f-PCT and HEP, but no mutations have been found in s-PCT. Genetic analysis has determined that f-PCT is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. In contrast, HEP, a severe form of cutaneous porphyria, is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. HEP is characterized by a profound deficiency of UROD activity, and the disease is usually manifest in childhood. In this study, a strategy was designed to identify alleles responsible for the HEP phenotype in three unrelated families. Mutations of UROD were identified by direct sequencing of four amplified fragments that contained the entire coding sequence of the UROD gene. Two new missense mutations were observed at the homoallelic state: P62L (proline-to-leucine substitution at codon 62) in a Portuguese family and Y311C (tyrosine-to-cysteine substitution at codon 311) in an Italian family. A third mutation, G281E, was observed in a Spanish family. This mutation has been previously described in three families from Spain and one from Tunisia. In the Spanish family described in this report, a paternal uncle of the proband developed clinically overt PCT as an adult and proved to be heterozygous for the G281E mutation. Mutant cDNAs corresponding to the P62L and Y311C changes detected in these families were created by site-directed mutagenesis. Recombinant proteins proved to have subnormal enzyme activity, and the Y311C mutant was thermolabile.
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- 1996
3. Correlation between levels of free and protein-bound plasma porphyrin and urinary porphyrins in porphyria cutanea tarda.
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Moran MJ, Fontanellas A, Santos JL, and Enriquez de Salamanca R
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- Female, Hemopexin chemistry, Hemopexin metabolism, Humans, Male, Porphyrins metabolism, Serum Albumin chemistry, Serum Albumin metabolism, Statistics, Nonparametric, Uroporphyrins blood, Uroporphyrins metabolism, Coproporphyrins urine, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda metabolism, Porphyrins blood, Porphyrins urine, Uroporphyrins urine
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a disorder of porphyrin metabolism that leads to massive overproduction and excretion of uroporphyrin. Most plasma porphyrins are bound to albumin and hemopexin. The aim of this work was to analyze the relationship between the concentrations of serum albumin and hemopexin, the levels of total, free and protein-bound plasma porphyrins and the urinary coproporphyrin and uroporphyrin excretion, in PCT patients at different stages of the disease. Urinary porphyrins showed a stronger correlation with total plasma porphyrin levels (r = 0.863) than with the free fraction of plasma porphyrins (r = 0.608). Patients considered in an active stage of PCT, have a higher mean level of total plasma porphyrins (8.80 micrograms/dl +/- 8.75) and a lower mean percentage of free plasma porphyrins (12.79% +/- 11.21) than those patients on remission (0.71 +/- 0.5 microgram/dl and 44.3 +/- 35.3%, respectively). 30% of patients showed hypohemopexinaemia, presumably due to hepatic damage. Despite the high affinity of this protein for porphyrins, no significant correlation was found between plasma porphyrin levels and hemopexin or albumin. It is concluded that (i) the kidney is not merely a passive filter for free plasma porphyrins and (ii) that the formation of hemopexin-porphyrin complex occurs when plasma porphyrins concentrations are increased (i.e. in those patients in an active stage of PCT).
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- 1995
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4. Salivary porphyrin concentration in porphyria cutanea tarda.
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Moran MJ, Santos JL, Fontanellas A, Sepulveda P, and Enriquez de Salamanca R
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- Fluorometry, Humans, Osmolar Concentration, Porphyrins blood, Porphyrins urine, Reference Values, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda metabolism, Porphyrins metabolism, Saliva metabolism
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To assess the clinical utility of saliva samples, serum, urine and saliva porphyrin concentration were fluorometrically measured in 31 patients with porphyria cutanea tarda. In comparison with normal values, porphyrin mean levels were 20-fold increased in serum and urine but only 3-fold in saliva. Saliva porphyrin concentration exhibited significant but weak correlations with porphyrin levels in serum (r = 0.69) and urine (r = 0.67). However, saliva porphyrins were not more closely correlated with protein-unbound serum porphyrins (r = 0.57). This finding suggests that saliva porphyrin concentration does not simply correspond to the filtered free fraction of serum porphyrins. Nevertheless, measurement of saliva porphyrins could represent a valuable non-invasive alternative to serum porphyrins in the monitoring of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda.
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- 1993
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5. Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: complete human gene sequence and molecular study of three families with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria
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Maria Jose Moran, Ged C, Romana M, Enriquez De Salamanca R, Taïeb A, Topi G, D'Alessandro L, and de Verneuil H
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Adult ,Male ,Porphyria Cutanea Tarda ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Erythrocytes ,Base Sequence ,Recombinant Fusion Proteins ,DNA Mutational Analysis ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Infant, Newborn ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,Pedigree ,Genes ,Pregnancy ,Child, Preschool ,Enzyme Stability ,Escherichia coli ,Humans ,Point Mutation ,Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase ,Female ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Research Article - Abstract
A deficiency in uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) enzyme activity, the fifth enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, is found in patients with sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda (s-PCT), familial porphyria cutanea tarda (f-PCT), and hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP). Subnormal UROD activity is due to mutations of the UROD gene in both f-PCT and HEP, but no mutations have been found in s-PCT. Genetic analysis has determined that f-PCT is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. In contrast, HEP, a severe form of cutaneous porphyria, is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. HEP is characterized by a profound deficiency of UROD activity, and the disease is usually manifest in childhood. In this study, a strategy was designed to identify alleles responsible for the HEP phenotype in three unrelated families. Mutations of UROD were identified by direct sequencing of four amplified fragments that contained the entire coding sequence of the UROD gene. Two new missense mutations were observed at the homoallelic state: P62L (proline-to-leucine substitution at codon 62) in a Portuguese family and Y311C (tyrosine-to-cysteine substitution at codon 311) in an Italian family. A third mutation, G281E, was observed in a Spanish family. This mutation has been previously described in three families from Spain and one from Tunisia. In the Spanish family described in this report, a paternal uncle of the proband developed clinically overt PCT as an adult and proved to be heterozygous for the G281E mutation. Mutant cDNAs corresponding to the P62L and Y311C changes detected in these families were created by site-directed mutagenesis. Recombinant proteins proved to have subnormal enzyme activity, and the Y311C mutant was thermolabile.
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