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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is an X-linked disease with a heterogeneous phenotype, even in affected males. To detect mutations in the OTC gene using genomic DNA, we have developed a method in which all exons and adjacent introns are amplified and sequenced. Although this approach detected mutations in many cases, the relationship between a mutation and the OTC phenotype was not firmly established. Therefore, we investigated the issue by expression analysis of mutant OTC cDNA in cultured cells. Four mutant OTC cDNAs were constructed, based on the reported cases, using our newly developed method. The normal (wild-type) human OTC cDNA was reproducibly expressed at high levels in these Cos 1 cells. Predicted OTC activities of mutant OTC cDNAs ranged from 0% to 8.9% of the normal level together with variable amounts of the enzyme protein. The predicted enzyme activities account for the clinical phenotype of the disease. Our observations confirm that these mutations are responsible for OTC deficiency in these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0340-6717
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:8112735-Transfection
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of four mutant human ornithine transcarbamylase genes in cultured Cos 1 cells relates to clinical phenotypes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't