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Clin Biochem ; 109-110: 98-101, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36130631

ABSTRACT

Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a multisystem and progressive neurodegenerative mitochondrial disease, caused by point nucleotide changes in the mtDNA where 80 % of cases have the mutation m.3243A>G in the MT-TL1 gene. In this work, we described the clinical, biochemical and molecular analysis of three Venezuelan patients affected with MELAS syndrome. All cases showed lactic acidosis, cortical cerebral atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging and muscular system deficit, and in two of the cases alteration of urine organic acid levels was also registered. A screening for the mutation m.3243A>G in different patients' body samples confirmed the presence of this mutation with variable degrees of heteroplasmy (blood = 7-41 %, buccal mucosa = 14-53 %, urine = 58-94 %). The mitochondrial haplogroups for the three patients were different (H, C1b, and A2), indicating an independent origin for the mutation.


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Acidosis, Lactic , MELAS Syndrome , Humans , DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics , MELAS Syndrome/genetics , MELAS Syndrome/diagnosis , Mutation , Venezuela
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Neuroscience ; 376: 204-223, 2018 04 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29555037

ABSTRACT

Collapsin Response Mediator Protein 2 (CRMP2) is an intracellular protein involved in axon and dendrite growth and specification. In this study, CRMP2 was identified in a conditioned media derived from degenerated sciatic nerves (CM). On cultured rat hippocampal neurons, acute extracellular application of CM or partially purified recombinant CRMP2 produced an increase in cytoplasmic calcium. The increase in cytoplasmic calcium was mostly mediated through NMDA receptors, with a minor contribution of N-type VDCC, and it was maintained as long as CM was present. By using live-labeling of CRMP2, Ca2+ channel binding domain 3 (CBD3) peptide derived from CRMP2, and recombinant CRMP2, we demonstrated that that this effect was mediated by an action on the extracellular side of the NMDA receptor. This is the first report of an extracellular action of CRMP2. Prolonged exposure to extracellular CRMP2, may contribute to neuronal calcium dysregulation and neuronal damage.


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Calcium/metabolism , Central Nervous System Agents/administration & dosage , Cytoplasm/drug effects , Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/administration & dosage , Nerve Tissue Proteins/administration & dosage , Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism , Animals , Cations, Divalent/metabolism , Cells, Cultured , Central Nervous System Agents/isolation & purification , Culture Media, Conditioned , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Extracellular Space , Hippocampus/drug effects , Hippocampus/metabolism , Male , Mice , Molecular Docking Simulation , Nerve Tissue Proteins/isolation & purification , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Neurons/drug effects , Neurons/metabolism , Optic Nerve/metabolism , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors , Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage , Sciatic Nerve/metabolism
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Mol Genet Metab ; 81(3): 209-15, 2004 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14972327

ABSTRACT

This study describes for the first time the cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) gene mutations in Venezuelan patients. A total of five disease-causing mutations were identified in 9 out of 10 independent chromosomes. Four of the mutations have been previously described (G85R, T191M, D234N, and D444N) and a novel mutation was found (Q243X). Two common polymorphisms (699C/T and 1080C/T) were found in the CBS gene. Mutation analysis was performed using a combined screening approach for CBS mutations: restriction analysis, single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) scanning, and sequencing. All the mutations were detected in homozygous state, except for Q243X, detected in three heterozygous siblings. Each one of the patients studied presented a different mutation. All mutations and polymorphisms detected involved hypermutable CpG sites, except for the novel mutation Q243X. The most common mutations I278T and G307S were not found in any of the patients. The CBS mutations present in each country differ from each other depending on the demographic profile; therefore, specific mutations scanning must be performed in each population for diagnosis and prognosis purposes.


Subject(s)
Cystathionine beta-Synthase/genetics , Homocystinuria/genetics , Mutation , Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational , DNA Mutational Analysis/methods , Exons/genetics , Female , Genotype , Humans , Male , Venezuela
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