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Functional analysis of recently identified mutations in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B? (eIF2B?) identified in Chinese patients with vanishing white matter disease

Functional analysis of recently identified mutations in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B? (eIF2B?) identified in Chinese patients with vanishing white matter disease
Functional analysis of recently identified mutations in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B? (eIF2B?) identified in Chinese patients with vanishing white matter disease
Vanishing white matter disease (VWM) is the first human hereditary disease known to be caused by defects in initiation of protein synthesis. Gene defects in each of the five subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B ?-?) are responsible for the disease, although the mechanism of the pathogenesis is not well understood. In our previous study, four novel eIF2B? mutations were found in Chinese patients: p.Asp62Val, p.Cys335Ser, p.Asn376Asp and p.Ser610-Asp613del. Functional analysis was performed on these mutations and the recently reported p.Arg269X. Our data showed that all resulted in a decrease in the guanine nucleotide exchange (GEF) activity of the eIF2B complex. p.Arg269X and p.Ser610-Asp613del mutants displayed the lowest activity, followed by p.Cys335Ser, p.Asn376Asp and p.Asp62Val. p.Arg269X and p.Ser610-Asp613del could not produce stable eIF2B?, leading to almost complete loss-of-function. No evidence was obtained for the three missense mutations in changes in eIF2B? protein level or eIF2B?Ser(540) phosphorylation, and disruption of holocomplex assembly, or binding to eIF2. All patients in our study had the classical phenotype. p.Asp62Val and p.Asn376Asp mutations caused only mildly decreased GEF activity, were probably responsible for relatively mild phenotype in cases of classical VWM.
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Leng, Xuerong
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Leng, Xuerong, Wu, Ye, Wang, Xuemin, Pan, Yanxia, Wang, Jingmin, Li, Jiao, Du, Li, Dai, Lifang, Wu, Xiru, Proud, Christopher G and Jiang, Yuwu (2011) Functional analysis of recently identified mutations in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B? (eIF2B?) identified in Chinese patients with vanishing white matter disease. Journal of Human Genetics, 56 (4), 300-305. (doi:10.1038/jhg.2011.9). (PMID:21307862)

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Vanishing white matter disease (VWM) is the first human hereditary disease known to be caused by defects in initiation of protein synthesis. Gene defects in each of the five subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B (eIF2B ?-?) are responsible for the disease, although the mechanism of the pathogenesis is not well understood. In our previous study, four novel eIF2B? mutations were found in Chinese patients: p.Asp62Val, p.Cys335Ser, p.Asn376Asp and p.Ser610-Asp613del. Functional analysis was performed on these mutations and the recently reported p.Arg269X. Our data showed that all resulted in a decrease in the guanine nucleotide exchange (GEF) activity of the eIF2B complex. p.Arg269X and p.Ser610-Asp613del mutants displayed the lowest activity, followed by p.Cys335Ser, p.Asn376Asp and p.Asp62Val. p.Arg269X and p.Ser610-Asp613del could not produce stable eIF2B?, leading to almost complete loss-of-function. No evidence was obtained for the three missense mutations in changes in eIF2B? protein level or eIF2B?Ser(540) phosphorylation, and disruption of holocomplex assembly, or binding to eIF2. All patients in our study had the classical phenotype. p.Asp62Val and p.Asn376Asp mutations caused only mildly decreased GEF activity, were probably responsible for relatively mild phenotype in cases of classical VWM.

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Published date: April 2011
Organisations: Centre for Biological Sciences

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/350228
ISSN: 1434-5161
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Author: Xuerong Leng
Author: Ye Wu
Author: Xuemin Wang
Author: Yanxia Pan
Author: Jingmin Wang
Author: Jiao Li
Author: Li Du
Author: Lifang Dai
Author: Xiru Wu
Author: Christopher G Proud
Author: Yuwu Jiang

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