Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) is a disabling and life-threatening disorder resulting from either recessive or dominant mutations in genes encoding collagen VI. Although the majority of the recessive UCMD cases have frameshift or nonsense mutations in COL6A1, COL6A2, or COL6A3, recessive structural mutations in the COL6A2 C-globular region are emerging also. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms have remained elusive. Here we identified a homozygous COL6A2 E624K mutation (C1 subdomain) and a homozygous COL6A2 R876S mutation (C2 subdomain) in two UCMD patients. The consequences of the mutations were investigated using fibroblasts from patients and cells stably transfected with the mutant constructs. In contrast to expectations based on the clinical severity of these two patients, secretion and assembly of collagen VI were moderately affected by the E624K mutation but severely impaired by the R876S substitution. The E624K substitution altered the electrostatic potential of the region surrounding the metal ion-dependent adhesion site, resulting in a collagen VI network containing thick fibrils and spots with densely packed microfibrils. The R876S mutation prevented the chain from assembling into triple-helical collagen VI molecules. The minute amount of collagen VI secreted by the R876S fibroblasts was solely composed of a faster migrating chain corresponding to the C2a splice variant with an alternative C2 subdomain. In transfected cells, the C2a splice variant was able to assemble into short microfibrils. Together, the results suggest that the C2a splice variant may functionally compensate for the loss of the normal COL6A2 chain when mutations occur in the C2 subdomain.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-10744632, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-11381124, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-11506412, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-11865138, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-11992252, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12218063, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12234369, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12388743, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12473679, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12554829, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-12840783, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-1425570, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-15351421, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-15563506, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-15583747, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-15689448, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-16130093, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-16141002, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-16169245, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-1689238, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-1690728, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-16920795, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-17886299, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18160674, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18276594, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18366090, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18400749, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18825676, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-18852439, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-2551668, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-6288964, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-7479767, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-7867070, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-8168508, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-9331419, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-9490688, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-9516440, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-9536084, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/20106987-9553097
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10005-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Recessive COL6A2 C-globular missense mutations in Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy: role of the C2a splice variant.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
More...