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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
Cystinuria is caused by the inherited defect of apical membrane transport systems for cystine and dibasic amino acids in renal proximal tubules. Mutations in either SLC7A9 or SLC3A1 gene result in cystinuria. The mutations of SLC7A9 gene have been identified mainly from Italian, Libyan Jewish, North American, and Spanish patients. In the present study, we have analyzed cystinuria cases from oriental population (mostly Japanese). Mutation analyses of SLC7A9 and SLC3A1 genes were performed on 41 cystinuria patients. The uptake of 14C-labeled cystine in COS-7 cells was measured to determine the functional properties of mutants. The protein expression and localization were examined by Western blot and confocal laser-scanning microscopy. Among 41 patients analyzed, 35 were found to possess mutations in SLC7A9. The most frequent one was a novel missense mutation P482L that affects a residue near the C-terminus end of the protein and causes severe loss of function. In MDCK II and HEK293 cells, we found that P482L protein was expressed and sorted to the plasma membrane as well as wild type. The alteration of Pro482 with amino acids with bulky side chains reduced the transport function of b(0,+)AT/BAT1. Interestingly, the mutations of SLC7A9 for Japanese cystinuria patients are different from those reported for European and American population. The results of the present study contribute toward understanding the distribution and frequency of cystinuria-related mutations of SLC7A9.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0085-2538
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1198-206
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Cystinuria, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Heterozygote Detection, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16609684-Transfection
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel missense mutation of SLC7A9 frequent in Japanese cystinuria cases affecting the C-terminus of the transporter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't