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Molecular study of the hydroxymethlybilane synthase gene (HMBS) among Polish patients with acute intermittent porphyria
Author(s) -
Gregor Anita,
SchneiderYin Xiaoye,
Szlendak Urszula,
Wettstein Albert,
Lipniacka Agnieszka,
Rüfenacht Urszula B.,
Minder Elisabeth I.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human mutation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1098-1004
pISSN - 1059-7794
DOI - 10.1002/humu.9020
Subject(s) - acute intermittent porphyria , porphobilinogen deaminase , frameshift mutation , biology , porphobilinogen , genetics , missense mutation , exon , mutation , microbiology and biotechnology , nonsense mutation , porphobilinogen synthase , gene , gene mutation , porphyria , dehydratase , endocrinology
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), an autosomal dominant disorder of heme biosynthesis, is due to mutations in hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS; or porphobilinogen deaminase, PBGD) gene. In this study, we analyzed 20 Polish patients affected by AIP and we were able to characterize seven novel mutations. A nonsense mutation (Y46X), two frameshift mutations (315delT and 552delT) and a 131bp deletion (nucleotides 992‐1123) give rise to truncated proteins. A donor splice site mutation IVS12+2T>C predicts skipping of exon 12. A missense mutation (D61Y) was identified in two apparently unrelated patients with a clearly clinical indication of AIP. An inframe 3‐bp deletion (278‐280delTTG) results in the removal of V93 from the enzyme. In addition to the novel mutations, nine previously described HMBS gene mutations—R26H, G111R, IVS7+1G>A, R149X, R173Q, 730‐731delCT, R225X, 982‐983delCA and G335D—were identified in this cohort. Our results demonstrate that molecular analysis of the PBGD gene is a more reliable method comparing to enzymatic assay in the diagnosis of AIP. Although more than 170 different mutations are known to the HMBS gene so far, over 40% of all mutations identified among the Polish AIP patients of this study are novel mutations, indicating the heterogeneity of molecular defects causing AIP. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.