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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Severe type I plasminogen (PLG) deficiency has been causally linked to a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the mucous membranes that may be life threatening. Here we report clinical manifestations, PLG plasma levels, and molecular genetic status of the PLG gene of 50 patients. The most common clinical manifestations among these patients were ligneous conjunctivitis (80%) and ligneous gingivitis (34%), followed by less common manifestations such as ligneous vaginitis (8%), and involvement of the respiratory tract (16%), the ears (14%), or the gastrointestinal tract (2%). Four patients showed congenital occlusive hydrocephalus, 2 with Dandy-Walker malformation of cerebellum. Venous thrombosis was not observed. In all patients, plasma PLG levels were markedly reduced. In 38 patients, distinct mutations in the PLG gene were identified. The most common genetic alteration was a K19E mutation found in 34% of patients. Transient in vitro expression of PLG mutants R134K, delK212, R216H, P285T, P285A, T319_N320insN, and R776H in transfected COS-7 cells revealed significantly impaired secretion and increased degradation of PLG. These results demonstrate impaired secretion of mutant PLG proteins as a common molecular pathomechanism in type I PLG deficiency.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AktasDilekD, pubmed-author:AllenCarl MCM, pubmed-author:AnlarFehim YFY, pubmed-author:AydogduSultan DSD, pubmed-author:BrownDeborahD, pubmed-author:CiftciErginE, pubmed-author:ContariniPatriciaP, pubmed-author:DempfleCarl-ErikCE, pubmed-author:DostalekMiroslavM, pubmed-author:EisertSusanneS, pubmed-author:GökbugetAslanA, pubmed-author:GünhanOmerO, pubmed-author:GueorguievaMariaM, pubmed-author:HügleBorisB, pubmed-author:HidayatAhmed AAA, pubmed-author:IrkecMuratM, pubmed-author:IsikogluMeteM, pubmed-author:JossShelagh KSK, pubmed-author:KlammtJürgenJ, pubmed-author:KlebeSonjaS, pubmed-author:KneppoCarolinC, pubmed-author:KurtulusIdilI, pubmed-author:MehtaRakesh PRP, pubmed-author:OrnekKemalK, pubmed-author:SchneppenheimReinhardR, pubmed-author:SchusterVolkerV, pubmed-author:SeregardStefanS, pubmed-author:SweeneyElizabethE, pubmed-author:TefsKatrinK, pubmed-author:TurtschiStephanieS, pubmed-author:VeresGaborG, pubmed-author:ZeitlerPetraP, pubmed-author:ZieglerMaikeM
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3021-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular and clinical spectrum of type I plasminogen deficiency: A series of 50 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Oststrasse 21-25, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany. katrin.tefs@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study