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Prenatal diagnosis of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and some characteristics of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase and adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in human tissues and cultivated cells.

Abstract
Activities of phosphoribosyltransferase for hypoxanthine and adenine were investigated in erythrocytes and human tissues of fetuses and adults as well as in cultivated fibroblasts and amniotic fluid cells. Kinetic characteristics of these enzymes were also studied in patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and with partial deficiency for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRTase), and their obligate heterozygotes. The affinity of HGPRTase for both substrates in partial deficiency decreased to 13 to 20% of normal and by a less degree in its heterozygotes (50 to 65% of normal). A slight decrease in the Km for phosphoribosylpyrophosphate was observed in the case of heterozygotes for the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Elevated erythrocytic adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRTase) activity was found in fetuses, patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome or with partial deficiency, and in some heterozygotes as well. However, the Km of APRTase for hypoxanthine in these subjects was the same as that in the normal adults. The HGPRTase activity in liver increased almost 4 times during the developmental period, whereas the APRTase activity remained approximately the same. In fetal liver, the APRTase activity was almost two times higher than the HGPRTase activity, whereas in fetal brain the HGPRTase activity was higher. The Km of HGPRTase for hypoxanthine in cultivated cells and human tissues were similar to that in erythrocytes and leukocytes. On the other hand, the HGPRTase affinity for phosphoribosylpyrophosphate in these cells was cconsiderably larger than in erythrocytes or in leukocytes.
AuthorsY S Shin-Buehring, M Osang, A Wirtz, B Haas, P Rahm, J Schaub
JournalPediatric research (Pediatr Res) Vol. 14 Issue 6 Pg. 825-9 (Jun 1980) ISSN: 0031-3998 [Print] United States
PMID7402756 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Pentosyltransferases
  • Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase
  • Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
Topics
  • Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase (metabolism)
  • Adult
  • Amniotic Fluid (enzymology)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Erythrocytes (enzymology)
  • Female
  • Fetus (enzymology)
  • Fibroblasts (enzymology)
  • Humans
  • Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase (metabolism)
  • Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (blood, diagnosis, enzymology)
  • Liver (enzymology)
  • Pentosyltransferases (metabolism)
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis

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