Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1999083 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 2011 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

BackgroundDeficiency of mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) is caused by mutations in the HADHA and HADHB genes, which have been mostly delineated at the genomic DNA level and have not been always elucidated.AimTo identify mutations in a French cohort of 52 MTP deficient patients and the susceptibility of mutations generating premature termination codons (PTCs) to the nonsense mRNA mediated decay (NMD).MethodsMutation screening in fibroblasts was performed at the cDNA level and real-time RT-PCR was used to compare the levels of the different PTC-bearing mRNAs before and after a treatment of fibroblasts by emetine, a translation inhibitor.ResultsA mutation detection rate of 100% was achieved. A total of 22 novel mutations were identified, including a large-sized genomic deletion in HADHB gene. A high proportion of all identified mutations were non-sense, frameshift and splicing mutations, generating (PTCs), distributed essentially on HADHA coding regions. We could demonstrate that the majority of mutations resulting in PTCs conform to the established rules governing the susceptibility to NMD.ConclusionOur results emphasize the value of cDNA analysis in the characterization of HADHA and HADHB mutations and further strengthen the model of haploinsufficiency as a major pathomechanism in MTP defects.

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