Molecular Quality Control Machinery Contributes to the Leukocyte Nadph Oxidase Deficiency in Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Resource
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE v.158 n.6 pp. 275-286
Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
Journal Volume
v.158
Journal Issue
n.6
Pages
p-p
Date Issued
2002
Date
2002
Author(s)
CHIANG, BOR-LUEN
Abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited immunodeficiency disease caused by defects in leukocyte NADPH oxidase. Various inherited defects in one of the membrane-bound components of NADPH oxidase, gp91- phox, cause X-linked (X91) CGD. Analysis of three patients with X91 CGD revealed that different mechanisms of molecular quality control lead to the common phenotype of absence of mature membrane-bound NADPH oxidase complex in leukocytes. In the first patient, aberrant intron splicing created a premature stop codon. However, the mutant mRNA was degraded prematurely, which prevented the production of truncated protein. In the second patient, a frameshift mutation with the potential to generate a gp9 l-phox polypeptide, with an aberrant and elongated C-terminus, led to barely detectable levels of gp91-phox, even though the reported functional domains of the protein appeared unaffected. In the third patient, a point mutation created a single amino acid change in the predicted FAD-binding site of gp91-phox. Although gp 91-phox was detectable with Western blotting, no cytochrome b(558) was expressed on the cell surface. These analyses showed that molecular quality control machinery plays an important role in the pathogenesis of CGD, not only in the X 91(0) but also in the X91(-) form of this X-linked disease. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Subjects
immunodeficiency
respiratory burst
phagocyte
chaperon
RETROVIRUS-MEDIATED EXPRESSION
ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM
Type
journal article