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Folia Biol (Praha) ; 53(6): 194-201, 2007.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18070416

ABSTRACT

Based on Internet search, we were contacted by a 50-year-old man suffering from severe abdominal pain. Acute hepatic porphyria was considered from positive Watson-Schwartz test. He, not being a health professional, searched for centres with ability to do molecular diagnosis and for information about therapeutic possibilities. He asked his physician for haem-arginate (Normosang, Orphan Europe, Paris) treatment, arranged sending his blood to our laboratory and mediated genetic counselling for him and his family. Molecular analyses of the PBGD gene revealed a novel mutation in exon 15, the 973insG. Subsequently, genetic analysis was performed in 18 members of the proband's extensive family. In 12 members of the family, the same mutation was found. The mutation, which consisted of one nucleotide insertion, resulted in addition of four different amino acids leading to a protein that is prematurely truncated by the stop codon. The effect of this mutation was investigated by expression of the wildtype and mutated PBGD in a prokaryotic expression system. The mutation resulted in instability of the protein and loss of enzymatic function. The increasing access to a number of disease- and symptom-oriented web pages presents a new and unusual venue for gaining knowledge and enabling self-diagnosis and self-help. It is, therefore, important that diseaseoriented Internet pages for public use should be designed with clarity and accurate current knowledge based background.


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Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase/genetics , Mutant Proteins/metabolism , Mutation/genetics , Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/enzymology , Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , DNA Mutational Analysis , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Family , Female , Heme/metabolism , Humans , Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase/chemistry , India , Male , Middle Aged , Molecular Sequence Data , Pedigree , Protein Structure, Secondary , Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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Physiol Res ; 55 Suppl 2: S145-154, 2006.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17298218

ABSTRACT

The porphyrias are group of mostly inherited disorders in which a specific spectrum of accumulated and excreted porphyrins and heme precursors are associated with characteristic clinical features. There are eight enzymes involved in the heme synthesis and defects in seven of them cause porphyria. Four of them are described as acute hepatic porphyrias, which share possible precipitation of acute attacks with symptoms engaging the nervous system. Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), caused by partial deficiency of the porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD), is the most frequent among hepatic porphyrias. Clinical expression is highly variable and ~ 90 % of AIP heterozygotes remain asymptomatic throughout life. During systematic genetic analysis of the AIP patients diagnosed in the Czech and Slovak Republics, we found a special case of AIP. In a 15-year-old boy with abdominal and subsequent neurological symptomatology, we identified de novo mutation 966insA within the PBGD gene leading to a stop codon after 36 completely different amino acids compared to the wt-sequence. To establish the effects of this mutation on the protein structure, we expressed mutant constructs with described mutation in E. coli and analyzed their biochemical and enzymatic properties. Moreover, computer-assisted protein structure prediction was performed.


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Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase/genetics , Mutation , Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/genetics , Adolescent , Base Sequence , DNA Mutational Analysis , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Humans , Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase/chemistry , Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase/isolation & purification , Male , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Pedigree , Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/diagnosis , Porphyria, Acute Intermittent/enzymology , White People
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