Mutation analysis of the pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha gene in eight patients with a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency.

Abstract

Most of the mutations causing deficiency of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex are in the X-linked E1 alpha gene. We have developed a rapid screening method for the detection of mutations in this gene using reverse transcription of total RNA, polymerase chain reaction amplification of the whole coding region of the gene and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. With this method, we studied eight patients with a PDH complex deficiency, using cultured fibroblasts. In all patients, aberrant SSCP patterns were found and, after sequencing of the corresponding fragments, we were able to identify six new mutations and two mutations already described previously. The mutations are point mutations leading to amino acid substitutions (5) and direct repeat insertions (3). The presence of the mutations was confirmed in genomic fibroblast DNA. The 4 female patients were shown to carry both a normal and a mutated E1 alpha gene.

• Authors: W Lissens, L De Meirleir, S Seneca, C Benelli, C Marsac, B T Poll-The, P Briones, W Ruitenbeek, O van Diggelen, D Chaigne, V Ramaekers, I Liebaers
• Journal: Human mutation (Hum Mutat) Vol. 7 Issue 1 Pg. 46-51 ( 1996) ISSN: 1059-7794 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8664900 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)
• pyruvate dehydrogenase E1alpha subunit

Topics

• Base Sequence
• Cells, Cultured
• Child
• Female
• Fibroblasts
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Point Mutation
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex (genetics)
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency Disease (diagnosis, genetics)
• Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
• Transcription, Genetic
• X Chromosome