TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification and characterization of eight novel SMPD1 mutations causing types A and B Niemann-Pick disease
AU - Desnick, Jonathan P.
AU - Kim, Jungmin
AU - He, Xingxuan
AU - Wasserstein, Melissa P.
AU - Simonaro, Calogera M.
AU - Schuchman, Edward H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the staff of the Clinical Research Center at Mount Sinai for their assistance with the care of our NPD patients. This work was supported in part by NIH grant 5 R01 HD28607 and by a grant UL1RR029887 from the National Center for Research Resources, NIH. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Research Resources or the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
EH Schuchman is an inventor on patents licensed to Genzyme, Luminex and Ambion for the diagnosis and/or treatment of NPD. He and Mount Sinai could benefit financially from royalties obtained from these licenses. EH Schuch-man also received a research grant from Genzyme for studies of NPD.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Types A and B Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) result from the deficient activity of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), due to mutations in the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 (SMPD1) gene. Here we report the identification, characterization and genotype/phenotype correlations of eight novel mutations in six unrelated NPD patients. These mutations included seven missense mutations: c.631T > C (p.W211R), c.757G > C (p.D253H), c.940G > A (p.V314M), c.1280A > G (p.H427R), c.1564A > G (p.N522S), c.1575G > C (p.Q525H) and c.1729A > G (p.H577R), and a novel frameshift mutation, c.1657delACCGCCT (fsT553). Each missense mutation was expressed in 293T or COS-7 cells; mutant enzymes p.W211R, p.D253H, p.H427R and p.H577R had <1% of expressed wild-type activity, whereas p.V314M, p.N522S and p.Q525H had 21.7%, 10.1% and 64% of expressed wild-type activity, respectively. The c.1564A > G mutation obliterated a known N-glycosylation site and its p.N522S mutant enzyme had ~10% of expressed wild-type activity. Western blot analysis revealed that each mutant protein was expressed at near wild-type amounts, despite their differences in residual activity. The novel seven-base deletion occurred at codon 553, leading to a premature truncation after residue 609. The expression studies predicted the clinical phenotypes of the six patients: two type A patients had genotypes with only type A alleles [c.631T > C (p.W211R), c.757G > C (p.D253H) and c.1729A > G (p.H577R)], and the other four type B disease patients had at least one neuroprotective mutant type B allele [c.940G > A (p.V314M), c.1280A > G (p.H427R), c.1564A > G (p.N522S) and c.1575G > C (p.Q525H)] that expressed >5% residual ASM activity. Thus, these new mutations provide novel genotype/phenotype correlations and further document the genetic heterogeneity in types A and B NPD.
AB - Types A and B Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) result from the deficient activity of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), due to mutations in the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 (SMPD1) gene. Here we report the identification, characterization and genotype/phenotype correlations of eight novel mutations in six unrelated NPD patients. These mutations included seven missense mutations: c.631T > C (p.W211R), c.757G > C (p.D253H), c.940G > A (p.V314M), c.1280A > G (p.H427R), c.1564A > G (p.N522S), c.1575G > C (p.Q525H) and c.1729A > G (p.H577R), and a novel frameshift mutation, c.1657delACCGCCT (fsT553). Each missense mutation was expressed in 293T or COS-7 cells; mutant enzymes p.W211R, p.D253H, p.H427R and p.H577R had <1% of expressed wild-type activity, whereas p.V314M, p.N522S and p.Q525H had 21.7%, 10.1% and 64% of expressed wild-type activity, respectively. The c.1564A > G mutation obliterated a known N-glycosylation site and its p.N522S mutant enzyme had ~10% of expressed wild-type activity. Western blot analysis revealed that each mutant protein was expressed at near wild-type amounts, despite their differences in residual activity. The novel seven-base deletion occurred at codon 553, leading to a premature truncation after residue 609. The expression studies predicted the clinical phenotypes of the six patients: two type A patients had genotypes with only type A alleles [c.631T > C (p.W211R), c.757G > C (p.D253H) and c.1729A > G (p.H577R)], and the other four type B disease patients had at least one neuroprotective mutant type B allele [c.940G > A (p.V314M), c.1280A > G (p.H427R), c.1564A > G (p.N522S) and c.1575G > C (p.Q525H)] that expressed >5% residual ASM activity. Thus, these new mutations provide novel genotype/phenotype correlations and further document the genetic heterogeneity in types A and B NPD.
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U2 - 10.2119/molmed.2010.00017
DO - 10.2119/molmed.2010.00017
M3 - Article
C2 - 20386867
AN - SCOPUS:77954279039
SN - 1076-1551
VL - 16
SP - 316
EP - 321
JO - Molecular Medicine
JF - Molecular Medicine
IS - 7-8
ER -