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Band 3 Campinas: a novel splicing mutation in the band 3 gene (AE1) associated with hereditary spherocytosis, hyperactivity of Na+/Li+ countertransport and an abnormal renal bicarbonate handling.

Abstract
We have studied the molecular defect underlying band 3 deficiency in one family with hereditary spherocytosis using nonradioactive single strand conformation polymorphism of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified genomic DNA of the AE1 gene. By direct sequencing, a single base substitution in the splicing donor site of intron 8 (position + 1G --> T) was identified. The study of the cDNA showed a skipping of exon 8. This exon skipping event is responsible for a frameshift leading to a premature stop codon 13 amino acids downstream. The distal urinary acidification test by furosemide was performed to verify the consequences of the band 3 deficiency in alpha intercalated cortical collecting duct cells (alphaICCDC). We found an increased basal urinary bicarbonate excretion, associated with an increased basal urinary pH and an efficient distal urinary acidification. We also tested the consequences of band 3 deficiency on the Na+/H+ exchanger, by the measurement of Na+/Li+ countertransport activity in red blood cells. The Na+/Li+ countertransport activity was increased threefold to sixfold in the patients compared with the controls. It is possible that band 3 deficiency in the kidney leads to a decrease in the reabsorption of HCO3- in alphaICCDC and anion loss, which might be associated with an increased sodium-lithium countertransport activity.
AuthorsP R Lima, J A Gontijo, J B Lopes de Faria, F F Costa, S T Saad
JournalBlood (Blood) Vol. 90 Issue 7 Pg. 2810-8 (Oct 01 1997) ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States
PMID9326249 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
  • Antiporters
  • Bicarbonates
  • Codon
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Diuretics
  • band 3, Campinas
  • sodium-lithium countertransporter
  • Furosemide
  • Lithium
  • Sodium
Topics
  • Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte (deficiency, genetics, metabolism)
  • Antiporters (metabolism)
  • Bicarbonates (metabolism)
  • Codon (genetics)
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • DNA, Complementary (genetics)
  • Diuretics (pharmacology)
  • Erythrocyte Membrane (chemistry)
  • Female
  • Frameshift Mutation
  • Furosemide (pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Introns (genetics)
  • Ion Transport (drug effects)
  • Kidney (metabolism)
  • Kidney Tubules, Collecting (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Lithium (blood)
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
  • RNA Splicing
  • Sodium (blood)
  • Spherocytosis, Hereditary (metabolism)

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