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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
In the disorder leukocyte adhesion deficiency III (LAD-III), integrins on platelets and leukocytes are expressed but fail to function and this leads to severe bleeding and infections at an early age. Mutation in the KINDLIN3 (FERMT3) gene is the cause of LAD-III in patients from the Middle East, Malta, and Turkey. We describe 2 novel homozygous mutations in the KINDLIN3 gene of a new African-American patient that destabilize KINDLIN3 mRNA leading to loss of kindlin-3 protein. Transfection of wild-type (WT) KINDLIN3 cDNA restored integrin-related adhesion and migration in the LAD-III patient's T and B lymphocytes. We analyzed the individual mutations separately in vitro to learn more about the function of the kindlin-3 protein. The first G>A mutation gives rise to a Gly308Arg change at the end of FERM (protein 4.1, ezrin, radixin, moesin) subdomain 2, and the second mutation is a base deletion causing early termination within the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. This second mutation prevented membrane association of kindlin-3 and did not restore either adhesion or migration, whereas the FERM subdomain 2 mutation affected only migration. Thus, these LAD-III patient mutations have highlighted functionally important regions of kindlin-3 that alter leukocyte integrin-dependent function in 2 distinct ways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4834-42
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20357244-African Americans, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Genetic Diseases, Inborn, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-RNA Stability, pubmed-meshheading:20357244-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Two mutations in the KINDLIN3 gene of a new leukocyte adhesion deficiency III patient reveal distinct effects on leukocyte function in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Leukocyte Adhesion Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't