ABCMdb

ABCC6 p.Arg1339Cys

ClinVar:	c.4015C>T , p.Arg1339Cys D , Pathogenic
LOVD-ABCC6:	p.Arg1339Leu D p.Arg1339His D p.Arg1339Cys D
Predicted by SNAP2:	A: D (95%), C: D (71%), D: D (95%), E: D (95%), F: D (95%), G: D (95%), H: D (95%), I: D (95%), K: D (95%), L: D (95%), M: D (95%), N: D (95%), P: D (95%), Q: D (95%), S: D (95%), T: D (95%), V: D (95%), W: D (95%), Y: D (95%),
Predicted by PROVEAN:	A: D, C: D, D: D, E: D, F: D, G: D, H: D, I: D, K: D, L: D, M: D, N: D, P: D, Q: D, S: D, T: D, V: D, W: D, Y: D,

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[hide] Polymorphisms of MRP1 (ABCC1) and related ATP-depe... Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2005 Aug;15(8):523-33. Conseil G, Deeley RG, Cole SP
Polymorphisms of MRP1 (ABCC1) and related ATP-dependent drug transporters.
Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2005 Aug;15(8):523-33., [PMID:16006996]

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Genetic variations in drug metabolizing enzymes and targets are established determinants of adverse drug reactions and interactions, but less is known about the role of genetic polymorphisms in membrane transport proteins. MRP1 (ABCC1) is one of 13 polytopic membrane proteins that comprise the 'C' subfamily of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily of transport proteins. MRP1 and related ABCC family members, including MRP2, 3, 4 and 5 (ABCC2, 3, 4 and 5), each have a distinctive pattern of tissue expression and substrate specificity. Together, these five transporters play important roles in the disposition and elimination of drugs and other organic anions, and in maintenance of blood-tissue barriers, as confirmed by enhanced chemosensitivity of respective knockout mice. Moreover, Mrp2 (Abcc2) deficient animals display mild conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, corresponding to a human condition known as Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS). Naturally occurring mutations in MRP/ABCC-related drug transporters have been reported, some of which are non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms. The consequences of the resulting amino acid changes can sometimes be predicted from in vitro site-directed mutagenesis studies or from knowledge of mutations of analogous (conserved) residues in ABCC proteins that cause DJS, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (ABCC6), cystic fibrosis (CFTR/ABCC7) or persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (SUR1/ABCC8). Continual updating of databases of sequence variants and haplotype analysis, together with in vitro biochemical validation assays and pharmacological studies in knockout animals, should make it possible to determine how genetic variation in the MRP-related transporters contributes to the range of responses to drugs and chemicals observed in different human populations.

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56 In the kidney, glomeruli and distal collecting tubules express MRP1, and, in the brain, MRP1 appears to form part of the drug permeability barrier Fig. 1 CF (CFTR/ABCC7) Q1291R E1228G Q1238R G1244E/V G1247R G1249R S1251N S1255P/L W1282G/R/C R1283K/M N1303K Y1307C E1321Q K1351E Q1352H R1268Q V1298F T1301I G1302R A1303P R1314W/Q G1321S R1339C Q1347H I1350L G1354R D1361N Q1382R A1450T R1347E R1351P V1359G/M S1368A G1377R G1382S R1392H R1419C R1435Q G1477R G1479R R1492W E1505K DJS (MRP2/ABCC2) NBD1 NBD2 COOH MEMBRANE MSD MSD MSD 12131415161710116 7 8 91 23 4 5TM H2 N Extracellular Intracellular PXE (ABCC6) PHHI (SUR1/ABCC8) Two-dimensional structure of MRP-related proteins. Login to comment

[hide] A spectrum of ABCC6 mutations is responsible for p... Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Oct;69(4):749-64. Epub 2001 Aug 31. Le Saux O, Beck K, Sachsinger C, Silvestri C, Treiber C, Goring HH, Johnson EW, De Paepe A, Pope FM, Pasquali-Ronchetti I, Bercovitch L, Marais AS, Viljoen DL, Terry SF, Boyd CD
A spectrum of ABCC6 mutations is responsible for pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Oct;69(4):749-64. Epub 2001 Aug 31., [PMID:11536079]

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To better understand the pathogenetics of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), we performed a mutational analysis of ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 6 (ABCC6) in 122 unrelated patients with PXE, the largest cohort of patients yet studied. Thirty-six mutations were characterized, and, among these, 28 were novel variants (for a total of 43 PXE mutations known to date). Twenty-one alleles were missense variants, six were small insertions or deletions, five were nonsense, two were alleles likely to result in aberrant mRNA splicing, and two were large deletions involving ABCC6. Although most mutations appeared to be unique variants, two disease-causing alleles occurred frequently in apparently unrelated individuals. R1141X was found in our patient cohort at a frequency of 18.8% and was preponderant in European patients. ABCC6del23-29 occurred at a frequency of 12.9% and was prevalent in patients from the United States. These results suggested that R1141X and ABCC6del23-29 might have been derived regionally from founder alleles. Putative disease-causing mutations were identified in approximately 64% of the 244 chromosomes studied, and 85.2% of the 122 patients were found to have at least one disease-causing allele. Our results suggest that a fraction of the undetected mutant alleles could be either genomic rearrangements or mutations occurring in noncoding regions of the ABCC6 gene. The distribution pattern of ABCC6 mutations revealed a cluster of disease-causing variants within exons encoding a large C-terminal cytoplasmic loop and in the C-terminal nucleotide-binding domain (NBD2). We discuss the potential structural and functional significance of this mutation pattern within the context of the complex relationship between the PXE phenotype and the function of ABCC6.

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85 PXE Mutations The most-prevalent mutations detected in the ABCC6 gene were missense substitutions (21 [58.3%] mutations, Table 1 ABCC6 Mutations in a Cohort of Patients with PXE CHANGE IN STATUS a ORIGIN(S)b EXON(S)c REFERENCE(S)Amino Acid Nucleotide … 179-195del ht Belgium 2 Present study … 938-939insT ch, ht SA, UK 8 Present study N411K 1233TrG ht US 10 Present study A455P 1363GrC Nd Nd 11 Uitto et al. (2001) R518Q 1553GrA ch, ht Belgium 12 Present study, Uitto et al. (2001) F568S 1703TrC ch US 13 Present study … ABCC6del15 hm SA 15 Present study … 1944del22 ht Holland 16 Bergen et al. (2000) … 1995delG ht Germany 16 Present study L673P 2018TrC ch SA 16 Present study R765Q 2294GrA ht Germany 18 Present study Y768X 2304CrA ch, ht SA 18 Present study … 2322delC ht US 18 Present study … 2542delG Nd Nd 19 Uitto et al. (2001) … IVS21ϩ1GrT ch US, Germany i-21 Present study, Uitto et al. (2001) R1030X 3088CrT ht SA, UK 23 Present study R1114P 3341GrC hm UK 24 Present study S1121W 3362CrG ch Germany 24 Present study R1138W 3412CrT hm Nd 24 Ringpfeil et al. (2000) R1138P 3413GrC ch Germany 24 Present study R1138Q 3413GrA ch UK, US 24 Present study, Ringpfeil et al. (2000) R1141X 3421CrT All All 24 Present study and othersd R1164X 3490CrT ch Germany, UK 24 Ringpfeil et al. (2001) G1203D 3608GrA ch Germany 25 Present study … IVS26-1GrA ch Belgium i-26 Present study, Ringpfeil et al. (2000, 2001) Q1237X 3709CrT ch Belgium 26 Present study … 3775delT ht, hm SA, US, Holland 27 Present study, Bergen et al. (2000) V1298F 3892GrT ht US 28 Present study T1301I 3902CrT ch Belgium 28 Present study G1302R 3904GrA hm US 28 Present study A1303P 3907GrC ch Belgium 28 Present study R1314W 3940CrT hm US 28 Present study R1314Q 3941GrA ch Germany 28 Present study G1321S 3961GrA ht US 28 Present study R1339C 4015CrT All SA, US 28 Present study, Struk et al. (2000) Q1347H 4041GrC hm US 28 Present study D1361N 4081GrA ch Germany 29 Present study … 4104delC ch Belgium 29 Present study R1398X 4192CrT ch Belgium 29 Present study … ABCC6del23-29 ch US 23-29 Present study, Ringpfeil et al. (2001) … 4220insAGAA ht Holland 30 Bergen et al. (2000) I1424T 4271TrC ht US 30 Present study … ABCC6del ht Holland all Bergen et al. (2000) a Nd p not determined; hm p homozygote; ht p heterozygote; ch p compound heterozygote. Login to comment
94 Although most of the mutations reported here appear to be unique, a few disease-causing variants have been found to occur frequently in apparently unrelated individuals; R1141X was found at Table 2 Frequencies of Mutant Alleles Found in a Cohort of 101 Unrelated Patients with PXE MUTATION a OVERALL EUROPE UNITED STATES No. of Alleles Frequency (%) No. of Alleles Frequency (%) No. of Alleles Frequency (%) R1141X 38 18.8 33 28.4 3 4.1 ABCC6del23-29 26 12.9 5 4.3 21 28.4 IVS21ϩ1GrT 7 3.5 4 3.4 3 4.1 G1302R 4 2.0 0 .0 4 5.4 A1303P 4 2.0 3 2.6 1 1.4 R1314W 3 1.5 0 .0 3 4.1 R518Q* 3 1.5 1 .9 1 1.4 3775delT* 3 1.5 2 1.7 0 .0 R1138Q 2 1.0 1 .9 1 1.4 V1298F 2 1.0 0 .0 2 2.7 R1339C 2 1.0 0 .0 2 2.7 Q1347H 2 1.0 0 .0 2 2.7 4104delC* 2 1.0 1 .9 0 .0 179-195del 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 938-939insT* 1 .5 0 .0 0 .0 N411K 1 .5 0 .0 1 1.4 F568S 1 .5 0 .0 1 1.4 1995delG 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 R765Q 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 2322delC 1 .5 0 .0 1 1.4 R1030X* 1 .5 0 .0 0 .0 R1114P 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 S1121W 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 R1138P 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 G1203D 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 IVS26-1GrA 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 Q1237X 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 W1241C 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 T1301I 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 R1314Q 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 D1361N 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 R1398X 1 .5 1 .9 0 .0 G1321S 1 .5 0 .0 1 1.4 I1424T 1 .5 0 .0 1 1.4 ? Login to comment
215 Five South African patients carried homozygous R1339C alleles. Login to comment

[hide] Evidence for a founder effect for pseudoxanthoma e... Hum Genet. 2002 Oct;111(4-5):331-8. Epub 2002 Sep 7. Le Saux O, Beck K, Sachsinger C, Treiber C, Goring HH, Curry K, Johnson EW, Bercovitch L, Marais AS, Terry SF, Viljoen DL, Boyd CD
Evidence for a founder effect for pseudoxanthoma elasticum in the Afrikaner population of South Africa.
Hum Genet. 2002 Oct;111(4-5):331-8. Epub 2002 Sep 7., [PMID:12384774]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a heritable elastic tissue disorder recently shown to be attributable to mutations in the ABCC6 ( MRP6) gene. Whereas PXE has been identified in all ethnic groups studied to date, the prevalence of this disease in various populations is uncertain, although often assumed to be similar. A notable exception however is the prevalence of PXE among South African Afrikaners. A previous report has suggested that a founder effect may explain the higher prevalence of PXE in Afrikaners, a European-derived population that first settled in South Africa in the 17th century. To investigate this hypothesis, we performed haplotype and mutational analysis of DNA from 24 South African families of Afrikaner, British and Indian descent. Among the 17 Afrikaner families studied, three common haplotypes and six different disease-causing variants were identified. Three of these mutant alleles were missense variants, two were nonsense mutations and one was a single base-pair insertion. The most common variant accounted for 53% of the PXE alleles, whereas other mutant alleles appeared at lower frequencies ranging from 3% to 12%. Haplotype analysis of the Afrikaner families showed that the three most frequent mutations were identical-by-descent, indicating a founder origin of PXE in this population.

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51 One missense allele, R1339C, represented more than half (53%) the total number of Afrikaner mutant alleles (Table 2). Login to comment
59 The remaining R1141X mutations, characterized in Family 224 (Afrikaner) and Family 212 (British ancestry) were found in different haplotypes indicating that 333 Table 1 ABCC6 mutations identified in a cohort of South African PXE patients of Afrikaner and other ancestries (nt nucleotide, aa amino acid, ni not identified, UK United Kingdom, Black black South Africans) Family Allele 1 Allele 2 Ancestry nt change aa change Exon Haplotype nt change aa change Exon Haplotype 201 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 4015C→T R1339C 28 I Afrikaner 203 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 3413G→A R1138Q 24 III Afrikaner 205 3413G→A R1138Q 24 III 2304C→A Y768X 18 II Afrikaner 206 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 3421C→T R1141X 24 Other Afrikaner 208 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 4015C→T R1339C 28 I Afrikaner 209 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 2018T→C L673P 16 Other Afrikaner 211 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 3413G→A R1138Q 24 III Afrikaner 222 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 4015C→T R1339C 28 I Afrikaner 223 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 2304C→A Y768X 18 II Afrikaner 225 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 4015C→T R1339C 28 I Afrikaner 226 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 2304C→A Y768X 18 II Afrikaner 228 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 2304C→A Y768X 18 II Afrikaner 229 4015C→T R1339C 28 I 4015C→T R1339C 28 I Afrikaner 213 939insT Frameshift 8 Other ni ni ni Other Afrikaner 214 4015C→T R1339C 28 I ni ni ni Other Afrikaner 224 3421C→T R1141X 24 Other ni ni ni Other Afrikaner 204 ni ni Other ni ni ni Other Afrikaner 212 3421C→T R1141X 24 Other 939insT Frameshift 8 Other UK 215 3775delT Frameshift 27 Other 4104delC Frameshift 29 Other UK 217 ABCC6del15 Frameshift 15 Other ABCC6del15 Frameshift 15 Other Indian 207 3088C→T R1030X 23 Other ni ni ni Other UK 216 3421C→T R1141X 24 Other ni ni ni Other UK 219 1553G→A R518Q 12 Other ni ni ni Other UK 221 ni ni Other ni ni ni Other Black Table 2 Frequencies of mutant ABCC6 alleles found in a cohort of PXE patients of Afrikaner and other ancestries (? Login to comment
60 unidentified alleles, MDR mutation detection rate) Mutation Overall Afrikaner ancestries Others ancestries Allele Allele Allele Allele Allele Allele count frequency (%) count frequency (%) count frequency (%) R1339C 18 37.5 18 52.9 0 0 Y768X 4 8.3 4 11.8 0 0 R1141X 4 8.3 2 5.9 2 14.3 R1138Q 3 6.3 3 8.8 0 0 939insT 2 4.2 1 2.9 1 7.1 ABCC6del15 2 4.2 0 0.0 2 14.3 L673P 1 2.1 1 2.9 0 0.0 R1030X 1 2.1 0 0.0 1 7.1 R518Q 1 2.1 0 0.0 1 7.1 3775delT 1 2.1 0 0.0 1 7.1 4104delC 1 2.1 0 0.0 1 7.1 ? Login to comment
66 Three major haplotypes, with some variation at single markers, encompassing the PXE locus (located between markers D16S405 and D16S764; Le Saux et al. 1999; Cai et al. 2000) were identified (Fig.1) and three disease alleles (R1339C, Y768X, R1138Q) were found to be strictly associated with these three haplotypes (referred to as types I, II and III; Fig.1). Login to comment
81 The three disease alleles, R1339C, Y768X, and R1138X, associated with the type I, II and III haplotypes represent three ancestral founder alleles from which 74% of the Afrikaner alleles have descended. Login to comment
93 Although variant G61D represents a significant amino acid change, this allele was found in an Afrikaner patient homozygous for the mutation R1339C and was therefore considered to be a neutral variant. Login to comment
94 It is noteworthy that one silent variant (IVS28+ 49C→T) co-segregated with the R1339C alleles, as it was found in very close proximity (76 bp) to the 4015C→T substitution responsible for the arginyl to cysteinyl change (Tables 1, 3). Login to comment
100 Although 865-889del was not identified in the 34 chromosomes analysed in Afrikaner PXE patients, data from the present study and previous results (Le Saux et al. 2001) indicated that R1339C is disease-causing and represents the most prevalent founder mutation found to date among South African Afrikaners. Login to comment
101 From the presence of a single R1339C allele in our control panel of 54 apparently unrelated and unaffected Afrikaners, we cannot calculate an accurate estimate of prevalence of these founder mutations in the Afrikaner population, as a much larger cohort of Afrikaners will need to be screened. Login to comment
104 Discussion The present study describes the identification of three PXE disease alleles, R1339C, Y768X and R1138Q, which are associated with three conserved haplotypes (types I, II and III) and which account for 74% of the PXE disease alleles among South African Afrikaners. Login to comment

[hide] ABCC6/MRP6 mutations: further insight into the mol... Eur J Hum Genet. 2003 Mar;11(3):215-24. Hu X, Plomp A, Wijnholds J, Ten Brink J, van Soest S, van den Born LI, Leys A, Peek R, de Jong PT, Bergen AA
ABCC6/MRP6 mutations: further insight into the molecular pathology of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2003 Mar;11(3):215-24., [PMID:12673275]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a hereditary disease characterized by progressive dystrophic mineralization of the elastic fibres. PXE patients frequently present with skin lesions and visual acuity loss. Recently, we and others showed that PXE is caused by mutations in the ABCC6/MRP6 gene. However, the molecular pathology of PXE is complicated by yet unknown factors causing the variable clinical expression of the disease. In addition, the presence of ABCC6/MRP6 pseudogenes and multiple ABCC6/MRP6-associated deletions complicate interpretation of molecular genetic studies. In this study, we present the mutation spectrum of ABCC6/MRP6 in 59 PXE patients from the Netherlands. We detected 17 different mutations in 65 alleles. The majority of mutations occurred in the NBF1 (nucleotide binding fold) domain, in the eighth cytoplasmatic loop between the 15th and 16th transmembrane regions, and in NBF2 of the predicted ABCC6/MRP6 protein. The R1141X mutation was by far the most common mutation identified in 19 (32.2%) patients. The second most frequent mutation, an intragenic deletion from exon 23 to exon 29 in ABCC6/MRP6, was detected in 11 (18.6%) of the patients. Our data include 11 novel ABCC6/MRP6 mutations, as well as additional segregation data relevant to the molecular pathology of PXE in a limited number of patients and families. The consequences of our data for the molecular pathology of PXE are discussed.

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38 Table 2 Summary of ABCC6/MRP6 mutations associated with PXE known today: our data combined with those of the literature Mutation Protein alteration Nucleotide substitution Location Reference Nonsense Q378X 1132C > T Exon 9 19,20 R518X 1552C > T Exon 2 41 Q749X 2247C > T Exon 17 This study Y768X 2304C > A Exon 18 22 R1030X 3088C > T Exon 23 22 R1141X 3421C > T Exon 24 12,20,22,38,39, this study R1164X 3490C > T Exon 24 12,41 Q1237X 3709C > T Exon 26 22 R1398X 4192C >T Exon 29 22 T364R Missense N411K 1091C > G Exon 9 20 A455P 1233T > G Exon 10 22 R518Q 1363G > C Exon 11 38 F568S 1553G > A Exon 12 22,38 L673P 1703T > C Exon 13 22 R765Q 2018T > C Exon 16 22 R1114P 2294G > A Exon 18 22, this study R1114H 3341G > C Exon 24 22 S1121W 3341G > A Exon 24 This study T1130M 3362C > G Exon 24 22 R1138W 3390C > T Exon 24 This study R1138Q 3412C > T Exon 24 12 R1138P 3413G > A Exon 24 12,22 G1203D 3413G > C Exon 24 22 R1221C 3608G > A Exon 25 22 V1298F 3663C > T Exon 26 This study T1301I 3892G > T Exon 28 22 G1302R 3902C > T Exon 28 22 A1303P 3904G > A Exon 28 22, this study R1314W 3907G > C Exon 28 22, this study R1314Q 3940C > T Exon 28 22 G1321S 3941G > A Exon 28 22 R1339C 3961G > A Exon 28 22 Q1347H 4015C > T Exon 28 22,39 G1354R 4041G > C Exon 28 22 D1361N 4060G > C Exon 29 20,38 K1394N 4081G > A Exon 29 22 I1424T 4182G > T Exon 29 This study R1459C 4271T > C Exon 30 22 4377C > T Exon 30 This study Frameshift IVS17-12delT T Intron 17 This study IVS21+1G>T Intron 21 22,38 IVS26-1G>A Intron 26 12,21,22 179del 9 Exon 2 20 179-195del Exon 2 22 960del C Exon 8 41 1944del22 Exon 16 This study 1995delG Exon 16 22 2322delC Exon 18 22 2542delG Exon 19 41 3775delT Exon 27 This study 4104delC Exon 29 22 4182delG Exon 29 This study 938-939insT Exon 8 22 4220insAGAA Exon 30 This study Large deletion Exons 23-29 21, This study Exon 15 22 ABCC1, ABCC6 41, this study Mutation types The mutation types found in this study are summarized in Table 1. Login to comment

[hide] Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a clinical, histopatholo... Surv Ophthalmol. 2003 Jul-Aug;48(4):424-38. Hu X, Plomp AS, van Soest S, Wijnholds J, de Jong PT, Bergen AA
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a clinical, histopathological, and molecular update.
Surv Ophthalmol. 2003 Jul-Aug;48(4):424-38., [PMID:12850230]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is an autosomally inherited disorder that is associated with the accumulation of mineralized and fragmented elastic fibers in the skin, Bruch's membrane in the retina, and vessel walls. The ophthalmic and dermatologic expression of pseudoxanthoma elasticum and its vascular complications are heterogeneous, with considerable variation in phenotype, progression, and mode of inheritance. Using linkage analysis and mutation detection techniques, mutations in the ABCC6 gene were recently implicated in the etiology of pseudoxanthoma elasticum. ABCC6 encodes the sixth member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter and multidrug resistance protein family (MRP6). In humans, this transmembrane protein is highly expressed in the liver and kidney. Lower expression was found in tissues affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum, including skin, retina, and vessel walls. So far, the substrates transported by the ABCC6 protein and its physiological role in the etiology of pseudoxanthoma elasticum are not known. A functional transport study of rat MRP6 suggests that small peptides such as the endothelin receptor antagonist BQ123 are transported by MRP6. Similar molecules transported by ABCC6 in humans may be essential for extracellular matrix deposition or turnover of connective tissue at specific sites in the body. One of these sites is Bruch's membrane. This review is an update on etiology of pseudoxanthoma elasticum, including its clinical and genetic features, pathogenesis, and biomolecular basis.

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193 TABLE 3 Summary of ABCC6 Mutations in PXE Patients Mutation Protein Alteration Nucleotide Substitution Location Reference Nonsense Q378X 1132C Ͼ T Exon 9 16,107 R518X 1552C Ͼ T Exon 12 88 Y768X 2304C Ͼ A Exon 18 67 R1030X 3088C Ͼ T Exon 23 67 R1141X 3421C Ͼ T Exon 24 12,45,67,107,111,112,133 R1164X 3490C Ͼ T Exon 24 88,112 Q1237X 3709C Ͼ T Exon 26 67 R1398X 4192C Ͼ T Exon 29 67 Missense T364R 1091C Ͼ G Exon 9 107 N411K 1233T Ͼ G Exon 10 67 A455P 1363G Ͼ C Exon 11 142 R518Q 1553G Ͼ A Exon 12 67,142 F568S 1703T Ͼ C Exon 13 67 L673P 2018T Ͼ C Exon 16 67 R765Q 2294G Ͼ A Exon 18 67 R1114P 3341G Ͼ C Exon 24 67 S1121W 3362C Ͼ G Exon 24 67 R1138W 3412C Ͼ T Exon 24 111 R1138Q 3413G Ͼ A Exon 24 67,111 R1138P 3413G Ͼ C Exon 24 67 G1203D 3608G Ͼ A Exon 25 67 V1298F 3892G Ͼ T Exon 28 67 T13011 3902C Ͼ T Exon 28 67 G1302R 3904G Ͼ A Exon 28 67 A1303P 3907G Ͼ C Exon 28 67 R1314W 3940C Ͼ T Exon 28 67 R1314Q 3941G Ͼ A Exon 28 67 G1321S 3961G Ͼ A Exon 28 67 R1339C 4015C Ͼ T Exon 28 67,133 Q1347H 4041G Ͼ C Exon 28 67 G1354R 4060G Ͼ C Exon 29 107,142 D1361N 4081G Ͼ A Exon 29 67 11424T 4271T Ͼ C Exon 30 67 Frameshift Splicing IVS21 ϩ 1G ϾT Intron 21 67,142 IVS26-1G ϾA Intron 26 67,111,112 Deletion 179del9 Exon 2 107 179-195del Exon 2 67 960delC Exon 8 88 1944del22 Exon 16 12 1995delG Exon 16 67 2322delC Exon 18 67 2542delG Exon 19 67 3775delT Exon 27 12,67 4101delC Exon 29 67 Insertion 938-939insT Exon 8 67 4220insAGAA Exon 30 12 Intragenic deletion Exon 23-29 67,112 Exon 15 67 Intergenic deletion ABCC6 12,88 LOCAL RETINAL TRANSPORT FUNCTION OF ABCC6 ABCC6 Expression in the Retina Bergen et al detected ABCC6 expression in various tissues in man.12 Low expression levels of ABCC6 were observed in the retina as well as other tissues usually affected by PXE, including skin and vessel wall. Login to comment

[hide] ABCC6 mutations in Italian families affected by ps... Hum Mutat. 2004 Nov;24(5):438-9. Gheduzzi D, Guidetti R, Anzivino C, Tarugi P, Di Leo E, Quaglino D, Ronchetti IP
ABCC6 mutations in Italian families affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE).
Hum Mutat. 2004 Nov;24(5):438-9., [PMID:15459974]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic disorder, characterized by cutaneous, ocular and cardiovascular clinical symptoms, caused by mutations in a gene (ABCC6) that encodes for MRP6 (Multidrug Resistance associated Protein 6), an ATP-binding cassette membrane transporter. The ABCC6 gene was sequenced in 38 unrelated PXE Italian families. The mutation detection rate was 82.9%. Mutant alleles occurred in homozygous, compound heterozygous and heterozygous forms, however the great majority of patients were compound heterozygotes. Twenty-three different mutations were identified, among which 11 were new. Fourteen were missense (61%); five were nonsense (22%); two were frameshift (8.5%) and two were putative splice site mutations (8.5%). The great majority of mutations were located from exon 24 to 30, exon 24 being the most affected. Among the others, exons 9 and 12 were particularly involved. Almost all mutations were located in the intracellular site of MRP6. A positive correlation was observed between patient's age and severity of the disorder, especially for eye alterations. The relevant heterogeneity in clinical manifestations between patients with identical ABCC6 mutations, even within the same family, seems to indicate that, apart from PXE causative mutations, other genes and/or metabolic pathways might influence the clinical expression of the disorder.

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64 PXE-causative Mutations Recognized (on one and both alleles) in Italian Patients Family/ Proband Affected subjects Age / gender Clinical score Tot Mutations* Allele 1 Allele 2 Mutation type 001 32 F S2,E2 4 p.R518Q p.T1130MI-3097 002 36 M S3,E2,V2,C2 9 p.R518Q p.T1130M I-3013 001 46 F S1,E3 4 p.R1339C None found I-3094 001 57 F S2,E2 4 p.C440G p.P1346S I-3103 001 57 M E2 2 p.V810M p.R1114C I-3076 001 57 F S2,E4,V3 9 p.R1339C p.R1339C I-3016 001 69 F S3,E2,V2 7 p.N411K p.R1138Q missense I-3082 001 23 M S1,E2 3 p.R518Q p.R1141X I-3074 001 27 F S2,E2 4 p.T364R p.R518X I-3015 001 27 F S2,E3 5 p.Q378X p.R600G I-3062 001 45 M S2,E4,V2 8 p.R1141X p.E1400K 001 50 F S1 1 p.R1275X p.E1400K 002 60 F S3,E3 6 p.R1275X p.E1400K I-3067 003 66 F S2,E2 4 p.R1275X p.E1400K 001 61 F S3,E2 4 p.R518Q p.R1141XI-3027 002 63 F S3,E4,V3 10 p.R518Q p.R1141X missense + nonsense 001 23 F S3,E2 5 p.R1141X p.R1141XI-3056** 002 32 M S2,E2 4 p.R1141X p.R1141X 001 27 F S1,E2 3 p.R1141X p.R1141XI-3057** 002 31 M S3,E2 5 p.R1141X p.R1141X 001 28 M S1,E2 3 p.R1141X None foundI-3045 002 32 F S3,E2,V1 6 p.R1141X None found I-3107 001 29 M S2,E1 3 p.R1030X p.R1141X I-3073 001 31 F S3,E2 5 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3111 001 32 F S1,E2 3 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3090 001 34 F S2,E1 3 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3001 001 37 F S3,E2,V2 7 p.R1030X None found 001 40 F S2,E2 4 p.R1141X p.R1141XI-3007** 002 48 F S1,E2 3 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3114 001 40 M S2,E2,V3,C1,G2 10 p.R518X p.R518X I-3054 001 44 F S2,E3 5 p.R518X p.R518X 001 47 F S3,E4,C2,G1 10 p.R1141X p.R1141XI-3055** 002 50 F S3,E3 6 p.R1141X p.R1141X 001 50 F S3,E4,V3,C2 12 p.R518X p.R1030X 002 52 F S3,E4,V3 10 p.R518X p.R1030X I-3017 003 55 F S3,E2 5 p.R518X p.R1030X I-3100 001 52 M S3,E3 6 p.Q378X p.Q378X I-3051 001 53 F S3,E4,V2 9 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3034 001 53 M S3,E4,V3 10 p.R1141X p.R1141X I-3093 001 57 F S3,E3,V2,C3 11 p.R518X None found I-3087 001 57 F S3,E4,V2,C2 11 p.Q378X p.Q378X I-3040 001 60 F S3,E4,V2 9 p.R1141X None found I-3033 001 62 F S3,E4 7 p.R1141X p.R1141X nonsense I-3026 001 36 F S3,E2,G1 6 p.R518X c.2248-2_2248- 1del I-3024 001 40 F S1,E2,V3 6 p.R518X p.L1182PfsX96 I-3072 001 41 F S2,E2,C2 6 p.M1127T c.3736-1G>A I-3002 001 50 F S3,E2 5 p.A820P c.3736-1G>A others Family/ Proband Affected subjects Age / gender Clinical score Tot Mutations* Allele 1 Allele 2 Mutation type 002 57 F S2,E4 6 p.A820P c.3736-1G>A I-3008 001 53 F S2,E2,C1 5 p.M1440CfsX24 p.M1440CfsX24 Patients are identified by an international code: I = Italian, 3001 = family number (European patients are numerated from 3000), 001 = subject number. Login to comment
72 ABCC6/MRP6 Mutations Found in Italian PXE Patients Number of families INTRON EXON cDNA* PROTEIN* References 1 9 c.1091C>G p.T364R Pulkkinen et al., 2001 3 9 c.1132C>T p.Q378X Pulkkinen et al., 2001; Cai et al., 2001 1 10 c.1318T>G p.C440G Present study 1 10 c.1233T>G p.N411K Le Saux et al., 2001 7 12 c.1552C>T p.R518X Meloni et al., 2001; Chassaing et al., 2004 3 12 c.1553G>A p.R518Q Le Saux et al., 2001; Chassaing et al., 2004 1 14 c.1798C>T p.R600G Present study 1 17 c.2248-2_2248- 1del - Present study 1 19 c.2428G>A p.V810M Present study 1 19 c.2458G>C p.A820P Present study 3 23 c.3088C>T p.R1030X Le Saux et al., 2001 1 24 c.3340C>T p.R1114C Present study 1 24 c.3380C>T p.M1127T Present study 1 24 c.3389C>T p.T1130M Chassaing et al., 2004; Gotting et al., 2004 1 24 c.3413G>A p.R1138Q Le Saux et al., 2000; Ringpfeil et al., 2000; Le Saux et al., 2001 13 24 c.3421C>T p.R1141X Bergen et al., 2000; Germain et al., 2000; Ringpfeil et al., 2000; Le Saux et al., 2001; Pulkkinen et al., 2001; Uitto et al., 2001; Hu et al., 2003 ; Gotting et al., 2004 1 25 c.3544_3544dupC p.L1182PfsX96 Present study 2 26 c.3736-1G>A - Ringpfeil et al., 2000; Le Saux et al., 2001 1 27 c.3823C>T p.R1275X Present study 2 28 c.4015C>T p.R1339C Le Saux et al., 2001 1 28 c.4036C>T p.P1346S Present study 2 29 c.4198G>A p.E1400K Chassaing et al., 2004 1 30 c.4318_4318delA p.M1440CfsX24 Present study The number of families in which a specific mutation was found (in heterozygous and in homozygous state) is reported. Login to comment

[hide] Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a clinical, pathophysiol... J Med Genet. 2005 Dec;42(12):881-92. Epub 2005 May 13. Chassaing N, Martin L, Calvas P, Le Bert M, Hovnanian A
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a clinical, pathophysiological and genetic update including 11 novel ABCC6 mutations.
J Med Genet. 2005 Dec;42(12):881-92. Epub 2005 May 13., [PMID:15894595]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited systemic disease of connective tissue primarily affecting the skin, retina, and cardiovascular system. It is characterised pathologically by elastic fibre mineralisation and fragmentation (so called "elastorrhexia"), and clinically by high heterogeneity in age of onset and the extent and severity of organ system involvement. PXE was recently associated with mutations in the ABCC6 (ATP binding cassette subtype C number 6) gene. At least one ABCC6 mutation is found in about 80% of patients. These mutations are identifiable in most of the 31 ABCC6 exons and consist of missense, nonsense, frameshift mutations, or large deletions. No correlation between the nature or location of the mutations and phenotype severity has yet been established. Recent findings support exclusive recessive inheritance. The proposed prevalence of PXE is 1/25,000, but this is probably an underestimate. ABCC6 encodes the protein ABCC6 (also known as MRP6), a member of the large ATP dependent transmembrane transporter family that is expressed predominantly in the liver and kidneys, and only to a lesser extent in tissues affected by PXE. The physiological substrates of ABCC6 remain to be determined, but the current hypothesis is that PXE should be considered to be a metabolic disease with undetermined circulating molecules interacting with the synthesis, turnover, or maintenance of elastic fibres.

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378 Interestingly, among the 49 different missense mutations in ABCC6 (42 previously published and seven new ones in the present study), the majority (43) replace critical amino acids in intracellular domains (seven and 19 mutations are located in I1424T R1459C 4220insAGAA 4318delA G1354R D1361N K1394N E1400K R1298X 410delC 418delG 3775delT R1275X R1221C D1238H W1223X Q1237X IVS26-1G→A R1114C R1114H R1114P S1121W M1127T T1130M R1138P R1138Q R1138W R1141X R1164X R765Q A766D Y768X A781V 2322delC IVS19-2delAG T364R R391G Q378X Q363_R373del 938_939insT 960delC IVS8+2delTG G199X Y227X 179_195del 179_187del G226R V74del Q749X IVS17-12delTT IVS14-5T→G IVS13-29T→A R600G V1298F G1299S T1301I G1302R A1303P S1307P R1314Q R1314W G1321S L1335P R1339C P1346S Q1347H R1030X F1048del R807Q V810M A820P 254delG L673P 1944_1966del 1995delG R518Q R518X K502M A455P G992R IVS21+1G→T G1203DF568SN411K C440G IVS25-3C→A 3544dupC Ex23_29del 30 Ex15del ABCC6del 252015105 Figure 10 Position of the mutations in the ABCC6 gene. Login to comment
379 Table 2 ABCC6 mutations Nucleotide variation Protein alteration Location (gene ) Location (protein) Reference Missense 676 GRA G226R Exon 7 CL 3 This study 1091 CRG T364R Exon 9 TS 7 63, 78 1171 ARG R391G Exon 9 CL 4 88 1233 TRG N411K Exon 10 CL 4 63, 90 1318 TRG C440G Exon 10 TS 8 63 1363 GRC A455P Exon 11 TS 9 86 1505 ART K502M Exon 12 CL 5 This study 1553 GRA R518Q Exon 12 CL 5 63, 86, 88, 90 1703 TRC F568S Exon 13 ECL 5 90 1798 CRT R600G Exon 14 CL 6 63 2018 TRC L673P Exon 16 NBF 1 90 2294 GRA R765Q Exon 18 NBF 1 87, 90 2297 CRA A766D Exon 18 NBF 1 88 2342 CRT A781V Exon 18 NBF 1 This study 2420 GRA R807Q Exon 19 NBF 1 This study 2428 GRA V810M Exon 19 NBF1 63 2458 GRC A820P Exon 19 NBF1 63 2965 GRC G992R Exon 22 ECL 6 This study 3340 CRT R1114C Exon 24 CL 8 63 3341 GRA R1114H Exon 24 CL 8 87 3341 GRC R1114P Exon 24 CL 8 90 3362 CRG S1121W Exon 24 CL 8 90 3380 CRT M1127T Exon 24 CL 8 63 3389 CRT T1130M Exon 24 CL 8 63, 87, 88 3412 CRT R1138W Exon 24 CL 8 17 3413 GRC R1138P Exon 24 CL 8 90 3413 GRA R1138Q Exon 24 CL 8 17, 63, 88, 90 3608 GRA G1203D Exon 25 TS17 90 3663 CRT R1221C Exon 26 COOH 87 3712 GRC D1238H Exon 26 COOH 88 3892 GRT V1298F Exon 28 NBF 2 90 3895 GRA G1299S Exon 28 NBF 2 This study 3902 CRT T1301I Exon 28 NBF 2 90 3904 GRA G1302R Exon 28 NBF 2 87, 90 3907 GRC A1303P Exon 28 NBF 2 87, 90 3919 TRC S1307P Exon 28 NBF 2 This study 3940 CRT R1314W Exon 28 NBF 2 90 3941 GRA R1314Q Exon 28 NBF 2 90 3961 GRA G1321S Exon 28 NBF 2 90 4004 TRC L1335P Exon 28 NBF 2 88 4015 CRT R1339C Exon 28 NBF 2 18, 63, 90 4036 CRT P1346S Exon 28 NBF 2 63 4041 GRC Q1347H Exon 28 NBF 2 90 4060 GRC G1354R Exon 29 NBF 2 78, 86 4081 GRA D1361N Exon 29 NBF 2 90 4182 GRT K1394N Exon 29 NBF 2 87 4198 GRA E1400K Exon 29 NBF 2 63, 88 4271 TRC I1424T Exon 30 NBF 2 90 4377 CRT R1459C Exon 30 NBF 2 87 Nonsense 595 CRT G199X Exon 5 89 681 CRG Y227X Exon 7 84 1132 CRT Q378X Exon 9 63, 78, 83 1552 CRT R518X Exon 12 63, 84, 88 2245 CRT Q749X Exon 17 87 2304 CRA Y768X Exon 18 90 3088 CRT R1030X Exon 23 63, 90 3421 CRT R1141X Exon 24 15, 17, 18, 63, 78, 85, 87, 88, 90 3490 CRT R1164X Exon 24 84, 85, 88 3668 GRA W1223X Exon 26 88 3709 CRT Q1237X Exon 26 90 3823 CRT R1275X Exon 27 63 4192 CRT R1398X Exon 29 90 Splicing alteration IVS8+2delTG Intron 8 This study IVS13-29 TRA Intron 13 This study IVS14-5 TRG Intron 14 This study IVS17-12delTT Intron 17 87 IVS18-2delAG Intron 17 63 IVS21+1 GRT Intron 21 86, 90 IVS25-3 CRA Intron 25 88 IVS26-1 GRA Intron 26 17, 63, 90 Insertion 938_939insT Frameshift Exon 8 90 3544dupC Frameshift Exon 25 63 4220insAGAA Frameshift Exon 30 15, 87 Small deletion 179_187del Frameshift Exon 2 78 179_195del Frameshift Exon 2 90 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum www.jmedgenet.com NBF1 and NBF2, respectively), four are located in transmembrane domains, and only two mutations have been identified in extracellular domains. Login to comment
385 A common founder effect was identified for mutation R1141X in French and Italian populations.63 88 We found that arginine codon 518 was a recurrently mutated amino acid in a cohort of 19 French families with PXE (11.5% of the detected mutations for each variant R518Q and R518X).88 These two mutations represent 19% of the mutations detected in the Italian population.63 In Japanese patients, neither R1141X nor Ex23_29del mutations were identified, whereas mutations 2542delG and Q378X account for 53% and 25%, respectively.93 In South African families of Afrikaaners, mutation R1339C represents more than half the mutations detected,28 with a common haplotype indicating a founder effect.27 28 These mutations are rarely identified in American or European populations.90 The detection rate in different studies varies from 0.55 to 0.83.63 87 88 90 Lack of mutation detection in some patients could reflect exonic deletions (for example, deletion of exon 15), splice site mutations distant from the coding sequence, mutations in the gene regulatory sequences, or investigation of patients with acquired PXE-like syndrome not related to ABCC6 mutations, such as seen in b thalassaemia and sickling syndromes (see below).94 95 Locus heterogeneity of PXE is unlikely, but cannot currently be ruled out. Login to comment

[hide] Molecular genetics of pseudoxanthoma elasticum: ty... Hum Mutat. 2005 Sep;26(3):235-48. Miksch S, Lumsden A, Guenther UP, Foernzler D, Christen-Zach S, Daugherty C, Ramesar RK, Lebwohl M, Hohl D, Neldner KH, Lindpaintner K, Richards RI, Struk B
Molecular genetics of pseudoxanthoma elasticum: type and frequency of mutations in ABCC6.
Hum Mutat. 2005 Sep;26(3):235-48., [PMID:16086317]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a systemic heritable disorder that affects the elastic tissue in the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. Mutations in the ABCC6 gene cause PXE. We performed a mutation screen in ABCC6 using haplotype analysis in conjunction with direct sequencing to achieve a mutation detection rate of 97%. This screen consisted of 170 PXE chromosomes in 81 families, and detected 59 distinct mutations (32 missense, eight nonsense, and six likely splice-site point mutations; one small insertion; and seven small and five large deletions). Forty-three of these mutations are novel variants, which increases the total number of PXE mutations to 121. While most mutations are rare, three nonsense mutations, a splice donor site mutation, and the large deletion comprising exons 23-29 (c.2996_4208del) were identified as relatively frequent PXE mutations at 26%, 5%, 3.5%, 3%, and 11%, respectively. Chromosomal haplotyping with two proximal and two distal polymorphic markers flanking ABCC6 demonstrated that most chromosomes that carry these relatively frequent PXE mutations have related haplotypes specific for these mutations, which suggests that these chromosomes originate from single founder mutations. The types of mutations found support loss-of-function as the molecular mechanism for the PXE phenotype. In 76 of the 81 families, the affected individuals were either homozygous for the same mutation or compound heterozygous for two mutations. In the remaining five families with one uncovered mutation, affected showed allelic compound heterozygosity for the cosegregating PXE haplotype. This demonstrates pseudo-dominance as the relevant inheritance mechanism, since disease transmission to the next generation always requires one mutant allelic variant from each parent. In contrast to other previous clinical and molecular claims, our results show evidence only for recessive PXE. This has profound consequences for the genetic counseling of families with PXE.

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140 The c.4015C4T (p.R1339C) mutation was first identified in a homozygous allelic state in a consanguineous family from Mexico [Struk et al., 2000]. Login to comment
248 An exception is the p.R1339C mutation. Login to comment

[hide] Mutation detection in the ABCC6 gene and genotype-... J Med Genet. 2007 Oct;44(10):621-8. Epub 2007 Jul 6. Pfendner EG, Vanakker OM, Terry SF, Vourthis S, McAndrew PE, McClain MR, Fratta S, Marais AS, Hariri S, Coucke PJ, Ramsay M, Viljoen D, Terry PF, De Paepe A, Uitto J, Bercovitch LG
Mutation detection in the ABCC6 gene and genotype-phenotype analysis in a large international case series affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
J Med Genet. 2007 Oct;44(10):621-8. Epub 2007 Jul 6., [PMID:17617515]

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BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), an autosomal recessive disorder with considerable phenotypic variability, mainly affects the eyes, skin and cardiovascular system, characterised by dystrophic mineralization of connective tissues. It is caused by mutations in the ABCC6 (ATP binding cassette family C member 6) gene, which encodes MRP6 (multidrug resistance-associated protein 6). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mutation spectrum of ABCC6 and possible genotype-phenotype correlations. METHODS: Mutation data were collected on an international case series of 270 patients with PXE (239 probands, 31 affected family members). A denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography-based assay was developed to screen for mutations in all 31 exons, eliminating pseudogene coamplification. In 134 patients with a known phenotype and both mutations identified, genotype-phenotype correlations were assessed. RESULTS: In total, 316 mutant alleles in ABCC6, including 39 novel mutations, were identified in 239 probands. Mutations were found to cluster in exons 24 and 28, corresponding to the second nucleotide-binding fold and the last intracellular domain of the protein. Together with the recurrent R1141X and del23-29 mutations, these mutations accounted for 71.5% of the total individual mutations identified. Genotype-phenotype analysis failed to reveal a significant correlation between the types of mutations identified or their predicted effect on the expression of the protein and the age of onset and severity of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: This study emphasises the principal role of ABCC6 mutations in the pathogenesis of PXE, but the reasons for phenotypic variability remain to be explored.

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248 Of these, R1339C, R1164X and 2787+1gRc represented 5.0%, 4.7% and 2.8%, respectively, of the 316 alleles identified. Login to comment
249 R1339C was common in the South African Afrikaner population (15 of 40 alleles, 37.5%) and rare in the European/American case series (1/238 alleles). Login to comment
250 The high incidence of R1339C in the South African population is probably due to a founder effect.26 Conversely, R1164X (0/40 alleles) and 2787+1gRc (0 of 40 alleles) were absent in the South African case series but were prevalent in the European and American patient populations. Login to comment
254 Collectively, the mutations in exons 24 and 28, including the common mutations R1141X and del 23-29, accounted for 71.5% of all the 316 mutations identified in this study (table 2), and the 11 most prevalent mutations (R1141X, del23-29, R1339C, R1164X, 2787+1GRT, G1302R, R1138Q, R1138W, Q378X, R1314W, R518Q) accounted for 70% (223 of 316) of the mutant alleles identified (table 2). Login to comment
262 Genotype-phenotype correlations The comparison of subjects whose mutations would probably have resulted in no functional protein with those whose mutations would probably have resulted in some functional Table 2 Distinct mutations identified in the international case series of 271 patients with PXE Nucleotide change*À Predicted consequenceÀ Frequency (alleles) Exon-intron location Domain affected` Mutant alleles (%) References1 c.105delA p.S37fsX80 2 2 0.6 28 c.177-185del9 p.R60_Y62del 1 2 0.3 9, 28 c.179del12ins3 p. R60_W64del L60_R61ins 1 2 0.3 c.220-1gRc SJ 1 IVS 2 0.3 c.724gRt p.E242X 1 7 0.3 c.938insT FS 1 8 0.3 25 c.998+2delT SJ 1 IVS 8 0.3 2, 21 c.998+2del2 SJ 1 IVS 8 0.3 18 c.951cRg p.S317R 2 9 TM6 0.6 28 c.1087cRt p.Q363X 1 9 0.3 c.1091gRa p.T364R 1 9 TM7 0.3 9, 19, 21, 28 c.1132cRt p.Q378X 4 9 1.2 9, 17-19, 28, 37 c.1144cRt p.R382W 2 9 IC4 0.6 c.1171aRg p.R391G 3 9 IC4 0.9 9, 18, 28, 37 c.1176gRc p.K392N 1 9 IC4 0.3 c.1388tRa p.L463H 1 11 TM9 0.3 c.1484tRa p.L495H 1 12 IC5 0.3 28 c.1552cRt p.R518X 2 12 0.6 18, 19, 27, 28, 37 c.1553gRa p.R518Q 4 12 IC5 1.2 18, 19, 24, 28, 31 c.1603tRc p.S535P 1 12 TM10 0.3 c.1703tRc p.F568S 1 13 TM11 0.3 24 c.1798cRt p.R600C 1 14 TM11 0.3 c.1857insC FS 1 14 0.3 c.1987gRt p.G663C 1 16 NBF1 0.3 c.1999delG FS 1 16 0.3 c.2070+5GRA SJ 2 IVS 16 0.6 c.2093aRc p.Q698P 2 17 NBF1 0.6 c.2097gRt p.E699D 1 17 NBF1 0.3 c.2177tRc p.L726P 1 17 NBF1 0.3 c.2237ins10 FS 2 17 0.6 c.2252tRa p.M751K 1 18 NBF1 0.3 20, 37 c.2263gRa p.G755R 2 18 NBF1 0.6 c.2278cRt p.R760W 3 18 NBF1 0.9 20, 28, 32, 37 c.2294gRa p.R765Q 2 18 NBF1 0.6 20-22, 25, 28, 32, 37 c.2329gRa p.D777N 1 18 NBF1 0.3 c.2359gRt p.V787I 1 18 NBF1 0.3 c.2432cRt p.T811M 1 19 IC6 0.3 6 c.2643gRt p.R881S 1 20 IC6 0.3 c.2787+1GRT SJ 9 IVS 21 2.8 17, 20, 24, 28, 31, 37 c.2814cRg p.Y938X 1 22 0.3 c.2820insC FS 1 22 0.3 c.2831cRt p.T944I 1 22 TM12 0.3 c.2848gRa p.A950T 1 22 TM12 0.3 c.2974gRc p.G992R 1 22 TM13 0.3 2, 42 c.3340cRt p.R1114C 2 24 IC8 0.6 19, 28, 32, 37, 41 c.3389cRt p.T1130M 3 24 IC8 0.9 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 30, 32, 37, 41 c.3398gRc p.G1133A 1 24 IC8 0.3 c.3412gRa p.R1138W 7 24 IC8 2.2 28, 30, 37 c.3413cRt p.R1138Q 7 24 IC8 2.2 18, 19, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 37, 41 c.3415gRa p.A1139T 2 24 IC8 0.6 c.3415gRa & c.2070+5GRA* p.A1139T & SJ 1 24, IVS 16 IC8 0.3 c.3415gRa & c.4335delG* p.A1139T & FS 1 24, 30 IC8 0.3 c.3421cRt p.R1141X 92 24 29.3 5, 9, 15,18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 28, 30-32, 33, 37, 41 c.3427cRt p.Q1143X 1 24 0.3 c.3490cRt p.R1164X 15 24 4.7 18, 27, 28, 31, 33 c.3491gRa p.R1164Q 1 24 IC8 0.3 28 c.3661cRt p.R1221C 1 26 IC9 0.3 21, 22, 28, 29 c.3662gRa p.R1221H 2 26 IC9 0.6 40 c.3676cRa p.L1226I 1 26 IC9 0.3 c.3722gRa p.W1241X 2 26 0.6 c.3774insC FS 2 27 0.6 c.3775delT p.G1259fsX1272 3 27 0.9 15, 25, 28, 41 c.3880-3882del p.K1294del 1 27 0.3 c.3883-5GRA SJ 1 IVS 27 0.3 c.3892gRt p.V1298F 1 28 NBF2 0.3 25 c.3904gRa p.G1302R 7 28 NBF2 2.2 21, 22, 25, 28 c.3907gRc p.A1303P 1 28 NBF2 0.3 21, 22, 25, 28 c.3912delG FS 1 28 0.3 28 c.3940cRt p.R1314W 4 28 NBF2 1.2 24, 25, 32, 36 c.3941gRa p.R1314Q 1 28 NBF2 0.3 25, 28, 32, 36, 41 c.4004tRa p.L1335Q 1 28 NBF2 0.3 c.4015cRt p.R1339C 16 28 NBF2 5.0 19, 25, 28, 33 c.4016gRa p.R1339H 2 28 NBF2 0.6 c.4025tRc p.I1342T 1 28 NBF2 0.3 protein did not yield significant differences. Login to comment

[hide] ABCC6 mutations in pseudoxanthoma elasticum: an up... Mol Vis. 2008 Jan 24;14:118-24. Plomp AS, Florijn RJ, Ten Brink J, Castle B, Kingston H, Martin-Santiago A, Gorgels TG, de Jong PT, Bergen AA
ABCC6 mutations in pseudoxanthoma elasticum: an update including eight novel ones.
Mol Vis. 2008 Jan 24;14:118-24., [PMID:18253096]

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PURPOSE: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive disorder of connective tissue, affecting the retina, the skin, and the cardiovascular system. PXE is caused by mutations in ABCC6. Up to now, the literature reports that there are 180 different ABCC6 mutations in PXE. The purpose of this paper is to report eight novel mutations in ABCC6 and to update the spectrum and frequency of ABCC6 mutations in PXE patients. METHODS: Eye, skin, and DNA examinations were performed using standard methodologies. We newly investigated the gene in 90 probands by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC) and direct sequencing. We examined a total of 166 probands. RESULTS: Eight novel ABCC6 mutations (c.1685T>C, p.Met562Thr; c.2477T>C, p.Leu826Pro; c.2891G>C, p.Arg964Pro; c.3207C>A, p.Tyr1069X; c.3364delT, p.Ser1122fs; c.3717T>G, p.Tyr1293X; c.3871G>A, p.Ala1291Thr; c.4306_4312del, p.Thr1436fs) were found in seven unrelated patients. Currently, our mutation detection score is at least one ABCC6 mutation in 87% of patients with a clinical diagnosis of PXE. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support that ABCC6 is the most important, and probably the only, causative gene of PXE. In total, 188 different ABCC6 mutations have now been reported in PXE in the literature.

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92 Mutational analysis of ABCC6 in case 7 revealed the earlier reported mutation, c.4015C>T (p.Arg1339Cys) [25], and the novel mutation, c.4306_4312del. Login to comment

[hide] Spectrum of genetic variation at the ABCC6 locus i... J Dermatol Sci. 2009 Jun;54(3):198-204. Epub 2009 Mar 31. Ramsay M, Greenberg T, Lombard Z, Labrum R, Lubbe S, Aron S, Marais AS, Terry S, Bercovitch L, Viljoen D
Spectrum of genetic variation at the ABCC6 locus in South Africans: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum patients and healthy individuals.
J Dermatol Sci. 2009 Jun;54(3):198-204. Epub 2009 Mar 31., [PMID:19339160]

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BACKGROUND: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder with ectopic mineralization in the skin, eyes and cardiovascular system. PXE is caused by mutations in ABCC6. OBJECTIVE: To examine 54 unrelated South African PXE patients for ABCC6 PXE causing mutations. METHODS: Patients were screened for mutations in ABCC6 using two strategies. The first involved a comprehensive screening of all the ABCC6 exons and flanking regions by dHPLC or sequencing whereas the second involved screening patients only for the common PXE mutations. The ABCC6 gene was screened in ten white and ten black healthy unrelated South Africans in order to examine the level of common non-PXE associated variation. RESULTS: The Afrikaner founder mutation, R1339C, was present in 0.41 of white ABCC6 PXE alleles, confirming the founder effect and its presence in both Afrikaans- (34/63 PXE alleles) and English-speakers (4/28). Eleven mutations were detected in the white patients (of European origin), including two nonsense mutations, 6 missense mutations, two frameshift mutations and a large deletion mutation. The five "Coloured" patients (of mixed Khoisan, Malay, European and African origin) included three compound heterozygotes with R1339C as one of the mutations. The three black patients (sub-Saharan African origin) were all apparent homozygotes for the R1314W mutation. Blacks showed a trend towards a higher degree of neurtral variation (18 variants) when compared to whites (12 variants). CONCLUSION: Delineation of the ABCC6 mutation profile in South African PXE patients will be used as a guide for molecular genetic testing in a clinical setting and for genetic counselling.

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18 Results: The Afrikaner founder mutation, R1339C, was present in 0.41 of white ABCC6 PXE alleles, confirming the founder effect and its presence in both Afrikaans- (34/63 PXE alleles) and English-speakers (4/28). Login to comment
20 The five ''Coloured`` patients (of mixed Khoisan, Malay, European and African origin) included three compound heterozygotes with R1339C as one of the mutations. Login to comment
79 A restriction enzyme digest assay was designed, using HhaI digestion, to identify the R1339C mutation. Login to comment
97 There is a single common mutation, R1339C, that has attained the high frequency of 0.41 (39/95) among PXE alleles. Login to comment
101 The language distribution among white PXE patients showed clear evidence of a founder effect for the R1339C mutation, which accounts for 0.54 (34/63 PXE alleles) in Afrikaans-speakers, but only 0.14 (4/28) in English-speakers (Table 2). Login to comment
121 of alleles with mutation Frequency R1339C c.4015C>T 28 NBF2 18 0.375 21 0.447 0.411 (39) [30-32] R1138Q c.3413G>A 24 CL8 5 0.104 1 0.021 0.063 (6) [3,7,32] Y768X c.2304C>A 18 NBF1 5 0.104 3 0.064 0.084 (8) [31] R1141X c.3421C>T 24 CL8 4 0.083 5 0.106 0.095 (9) [3,6,13] R518Q c.1553G>A 12 CL5 2 0.042 1 0.021 0.032 (3) [31-33] Deletion ABCC6del23-29 23-29 - 1 0.021 2 0.043 0.032 (3) [6,16,31,32] L1335P c.4004T>C 28 NBF2 2 0.042 - - Other = 0.063 (6) [3] G1302R c.3904G>A 28 NBF2 1 0.021 - - [31] L726P c.2177T>C 17 NBF1 1 0.021 - - This Study Frameshift c.3775delT 27 CL9 1 0.021 - - [6] Frameshift c.4104delC 29 NBF2 1 0.021 - - [31] Unknown - - - 7 0.146 14 0.298 0.221 (21) - Total 48 47 Mutation detection rate 0.855 0.702 0.717 a ''Coloured``, black and Indian patients are excluded from the table because of the small sample size. Login to comment
136 Three of the five ''Coloured`` patients were compound heterozygotes with R1339C and an unknown allele. Login to comment
145 Mutation Afrikaans-speakersa English-speakersa No. Frequency No. Frequency R1339C 34 0.54 4 0.14 R1138Q 5 0.08 1 0.04 Y768X 5 0.08 3 0.11 R1141X 5 0.08 4 0.14 R518Q 1 0.02 2 0.07 del23-29 0 - 3 0.11 Other 0 - 4 0.14 Unknown 13 0.21 7 0.25 Total no. alleles 63 28 a Only 2 families were bilingual Afrikaans/English speaking and not included in this table. Login to comment
146 Their PXE genotypes were R1339C/unknown and L726P/unknown. Login to comment
158 In white South Africans there is a high frequency founder mutation, R1339C [11], but the distribution of this mutation differs markedly between the Afrikaans- and English-speakers, at 0.54 and 0.14, respectively. Login to comment
195 It detects 79.2% of the PXE mutations in white South African patients including: R1339C, R1138Q, Y768X, R1141X, R518Q, del23-29, L1335P and G1302R (calculated according to detection Strategy 1, Table 1). Login to comment

[hide] Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a streamlined, ethnicity... Clin Transl Sci. 2010 Dec;3(6):295-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2010.00243.x. Larusso J, Ringpfeil F, Uitto J
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a streamlined, ethnicity-based mutation detection strategy.
Clin Transl Sci. 2010 Dec;3(6):295-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2010.00243.x., [PMID:21167005]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder, is caused by mutations in the ABCC6 gene, and approximately 300 distinct mutations representing >1000 mutant alleles have been disclosed thus far. Few population-based studies have reported mutational hotspots in some geographic areas. In this study, we attempted to correlate recurring mutations with the individuals' ethnic origin. Specifically, we plotted our international database of 70 families from distinct or mixed ethnic backgrounds against their mutations. The frequent p.R1141X mutation was distributed widely across Europe, while deletion of exons 23-29 (del23-29) was encountered in Northern Europe and in Northern Mediterranean countries. p.R1138W may be a marker for French descent, evidenced by its presence also in French Canadians. The splice site transition mutation 3736-1G-->A was seen in the neighboring countries Greece and Turkey, whereas 2542 delG occurs only in the Japanese. Two mutations seem to be present worldwide without evidence of a founder effect, p.Q378X and p.R1339C, suggesting the presence of mutational hotspots. Knowledge of this distribution will allow us to streamline mutation screening through a targeted, stepwise approach when the ethnicity of a patient is known. This will facilitate the identification of individuals at risk, improving their care to prevent ophthalmological and vascular disease.

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23 Two mutations seem to be present worldwide without evidence of a founder effect, p.Q378X and p.R1339C, suggesting the presence of mutational hotspots. Login to comment
42 A total of eight recurrent mutations were distinguished in the cohort, including nonsense (p.Q378X and p.R1141X), missense (p.R1138W and p.R1339C), splice site (3736-1G/A, 2787 + 1G/T), frameshift (2542 delG), and multiexon deletion (del exon 23-29). Login to comment
53 Two additional core mutations established in Mediterraneans and Scandinavians were p.Q378X and p.R1339C. Login to comment
54 p.R1339C segregated exclusively in 11.5% of Mediterraneans and 9.1% of Scandinavians. Login to comment
81 p.R1339C appeared in Northern Europeans and Scandinavians, whereas p.Q378X was presentworldwide.Thesplicesitemutation2787+1G/Twasfound in French Canadians and Northern Europeans. Login to comment
90 Nevertheless, evidence for a founder effect has been previously reported in the Afrikaner population in South Africa, in which 53% of the PXE alleles harbored pathogenetic p.R1339C mutation.18 In summary, we have identified a set of recurrent mutations in theABCC6geneamongfivedifferentethnicgroups.Knowledgeof apatients`ethnicorigincanfacilitateanefficientscreeningstrategy. Login to comment

[hide] [Pseudoxanthoma elasticum]. Ophthalmologe. 2006 Jun;103(6):537-51; quiz 552-3. Ladewig MS, Gotting C, Szliska C, Issa PC, Helb HM, Bedenicki I, Scholl HP, Holz FG
[Pseudoxanthoma elasticum].
Ophthalmologe. 2006 Jun;103(6):537-51; quiz 552-3., [PMID:16763870]

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited disorder that is associated with accumulation of mineralized and fragmented elastic fibers in the skin, vessel walls, and Bruch's membrane. Clinically, patients exhibit characteristic lesions of the skin (soft, ivory-colored papules in a reticular pattern that predominantly affect the neck), the posterior segment of the eye (peau d'orange, angioid streaks, choroidal neovascularizations), and the cardiovascular system (peripheral arterial occlusive disease, coronary occlusion, gastrointestinal bleeding). There is no causal therapy. Recent studies suggest that PXE is inherited almost exclusively as an autosomal recessive trait. Its prevalence has been estimated to be 1:25,000-100,000. The ABCC6 gene on chromosome 16p13.1 is associated with the disease. Mutations within the ABCC6 gene cause reduced or absent transmembraneous transport that leads to accumulation of substrate and calcification of elastic fibers. Although based on clinical features the diagnosis appears readily possible, variability in phenotypic expressions and the low prevalence may be responsible that the disease is underdiagnosed. This review covers current knowledge of PXE and presents therapeutic approaches.

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272 Internetadressen PXE-Selbsthilfegruppe Deutschland : http://www.pxe-groenblad.de PXE International: http://www.pxe.org Tabelle 5 PXE verursachende Mutationen imabcc6-Gen Klassifikation Lokalisation Gen Protein Missense Exon 9 Exon 9 Exon 10 Exon 10 Exon 11 Exon 12 Exon 13 Exon 14 Exon 16 Exon 18 Exon 18 Exon 18 Exon 18 Exon 19 Exon 19 Exon 19 Exon 22 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 25 Exon 26 Exon 26 Exon 26 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 28 Exon 29 Exon 29 Exon 29 Exon 29 Exon 29 Exon 30 Exon 30 Exon 30 c.1091CaG c.1171AaG c.1233TaG c.1318TaG c.1363GaC c.1553GaA c.1703TaC c.1798CaT c.2018TaC c.2252TaA c.2278CaT c.2294GaA c.2297CaA c.2428GaA c.2458GaC c.2552TaC c.2855TaG c.3340CaT c.3341GaA c.3341GaC c.3362CaG c.3380CaT c.3389CaT c.3412CaT c.3413GaA c.3413GaC c.3608GaA c.3661CaT c.3712GaC c.3715TaC c.3892GaT c.3902CaT c.3904GaA c.3907GaC c.3932GaA c.3940CaT c.3941GaA c.3961GaA c.3976GaA c.4004TaC c.4015CaT c.4036CaT c.4041GaC c.4060GaC c.4069CaT c.4081GaA c.4182GaT c.4198GaA c.4209CaA c.4271TaC c.4377CaT p.T364R p.R391G p.N411K p.C440G p.A455P p.R518Q p.F568S p.R600G p.L673P p.M751K p.R760W p.R765Q p.A766D p.V810M p.A820P p.L851P p.F952C p.R1114C p.R1114H p.R1114P p.S1121W p.M1127T p.T1130M p.R1138W p.R1138Q p.R1138P p.G1203D p.R1221C p.D1238H p.Y1239H p.V1298F p.T1301I p.G1302R p.A1303P p.G1311E p.R1314W p.R1314Q p.G1321S p.D1326N p.L1335P p.R1339C p.P1346S p.Q1347H p.G1354R p.R1357W p.D1361N p.K1394N p.E1400K p.S1403R p.I1424T p.R1459C Klassifikation Lokalisation Gen Protein Nonsense Exon 9 Exon 12 Exon 17 Exon 18 Exon 23 Exon 24 Exon 24 Exon 26 Exon 26 Exon 27 Exon 29 c.1132CaT c.1552CaT c.2247CaT c.2304CaA c.3088CaT c.3421CaT c.3490CaT c.3668GaA c.3709CaT c.3823CaT c.4192CaT p.Q378X p.R518X p.Q749X p.Y768X p.R1030X p.R1141X p.R1164X p.W1223X p.Q1237X p.R1275X p.R1398X Spleißstellen Intron 21 Intron 25 Intron 26 c.2787+1GaT c.3634-3CaA c.3736-1GaA Insertion Exon 8 Exon 25 Exon 30 c.938-939insT c.3544dupC c.4220insAGAA Deletion Exon 2 Exon 2 Exon 3 Exon 8 Exon 9 Exon 16 Exon 16 Exon 18 Exon 19 Exon 22 Exon 27 Exon 29 Exon 29 Exon 30 Exon 31 c.179del9 c.179-195del c.220-222del c.960delC c.1088-1120del c.1944del22 c.1995delG c.2322delC c.2542delG c.2835-2850del16 c.3775delT c.4101delC c.4182delG c.4318delA c.4434delA Intragenische Deletion Exon 15 Exon 18 Exon 23-29 delEx15 delEx18 delEx23-29 Intergenische Deletion ABCC6 delABCC6 Fazit für die Praxis Eine spezifische Behandlung der Grunderkrankung ist nicht bekannt. Login to comment

[hide] Development of a rapid, reliable genetic test for ... J Mol Diagn. 2007 Feb;9(1):105-12. Shi Y, Terry SF, Terry PF, Bercovitch LG, Gerard GF
Development of a rapid, reliable genetic test for pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
J Mol Diagn. 2007 Feb;9(1):105-12., [PMID:17251343]

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Mutations in the human ABCC6 gene cause pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a hereditary disorder that impacts the skin, eyes, and cardiovascular system. Currently, the diagnosis of PXE is based on physical findings and histological examination of a biopsy of affected skin. We have combined two simple, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods to develop a rapid, reliable genetic assay for the majority of known PXE mutations. After PCR amplification and heteroduplex formation, mutations in exon 24 and exon 28 of the ABCC6 gene were detected with Surveyor nuclease, which cleaves double-stranded DNA at any mismatch site. Mutations originating from deletion of a segment of the ABCC6 gene between exon 23 and exon 29 (ex23_ex29del) were detected by long-range PCR. Size analysis of digestion fragments and long-range PCR products was performed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The methods accurately identified mutations or the absence thereof in 16 affected individuals as confirmed by DNA sequencing. Fifteen patients had one or two point mutations, and two of these individuals carried the ex23_ex29del in their second allele. This mutation detection and mapping strategy provides a simple and reliable genetic assay to assist in diagnosis of PXE, differential diagnosis of PXE-like conditions, and study of PXE genetics.

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82 Nuclease Digestion Fragment Sizes of Common Mutations in PXE Exon 24 and 28 Amino acid change Base change Fragment lengths (bp) p.T1130M c.3389CϾT 251,257/508 p.R1138W c.3412CϾT 274,234/508 p.R1138Q c.3413GϾA 275,233/508 p.R1141X c.3421CϾT 281,227/508 p.R1164X c.3490CϾT 352,156/508 p.G1302R c.3904GϾA 116,289/405 p.R1314Q c.3941GϾA 153,252/405 p.R1339C c.4015CϾT 227,178/405 The total lengths of the amplicons are listed after the slash. Login to comment
84 Patients 5 and 16 each had a mutation corresponding to c.4015CϾT (p.R1339C) (cleavage fragments of ϳ180 and ϳ230 bp), and patients 8 and 9 had one mutation corresponding to c.3904GϾA (p.G1302R) (fragments of ϳ120 and ϳ290 bp). Login to comment
107 The two most prevalent mutations were the nonsense mutations c.3421CϾT (p.R1141X) and c.3490CϾT (p.R1164X) in exon 24. c.3421CϾT is the most common mutation found in PXE patients of European origin.14,19,20,23,29 c.3490CϾT is a common mutation in individuals of British descent.16,21 Two DNA samples carried the c.3490CϾT (p.R1339C) missense mutation in one exon 28 allele, and in both cases, IVS28 ϩ 49CϾT was also present. Login to comment

[hide] Transcriptional regulation of the ABCC6 gene and t... Front Genet. 2013 Mar 11;4:27. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00027. eCollection 2013. Aranyi T, Bacquet C, de Boussac H, Ratajewski M, Pomozi V, Fulop K, Brampton CN, Pulaski L, Le Saux O, Varadi A
Transcriptional regulation of the ABCC6 gene and the background of impaired function of missense disease-causing mutations.
Front Genet. 2013 Mar 11;4:27. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00027. eCollection 2013., [PMID:23483032]

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The human ATP-binding cassette family C member 6 (ABCC6) gene encodes an ABC transporter protein expressed primarily in the liver and to a lesser extent in the kidneys and the intestines. We review here the mechanisms of this restricted tissue-specific expression and the role of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha which is responsible for the expression pattern. Detailed analyses uncovered further regulators of the expression of the gene pointing to an intronic primate-specific regulator region, an activator of the expression of the gene by binding CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta, which interacts with other proteins acting in the proximal promoter. This regulatory network is affected by various environmental stimuli including oxidative stress and the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 pathway. We also review here the structural and functional consequences of disease-causing missense mutations of ABCC6. A significant clustering of the missense disease-causing mutations was found at the domain-domain interfaces. This clustering means that the domain contacts are much less permissive to amino acid replacements than the rest of the protein. We summarize the experimental methods resulting in the identification of mutants with preserved transport activity but failure in intracellular targeting. These mutants are candidates for functional rescue by chemical chaperons. The results of such research can provide the basis of future allele-specific therapy of ABCC6-mediated disorders like pseudoxanthoma elasticum or the generalized arterial calcification in infancy.

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56 Five missense mutations, V1298F and G1321S in the C-proximal ABC domain and R1138Q, R1314W, and R1339C at the transmission interface were included into the study. Login to comment
72 The R1339C and the G1321S proteins were found intracellularly (similar to the results obtained in the in vitro cell culture system). Login to comment
74 ABCC6 variant Stability in Sf9 MgATP-binding ATPase catalytic intermediate Transport activity (% of WT) Plasma membrane localization in MDCKII cells Plasma membrane localization in mouse liver Intracellular localization in mouse liver WT Stable Yes Yes 100 +++++ +++++ - DABCC6 Stable n.d. n.d. <10 - - +++++ R1138Q Stable Yes Yes ~85 ++++ ++ +++ V1298F Stable Yes No <10 +++++ +++++ - G1321S Stable Yes No <10 - - +++++ R1314W Stable Yes Yes ~90 - + ++++ (ER) R1339C Unstable n.a. n.a. n.a. - - +++++ n.d., not determined; n.a., not applicable; ER, mostly retained with the endoplasmic reticulum. Login to comment
87 R1138Q and R1314W were tested, along with R1339C and the WT protein as non-functional and functional controls respectively. Login to comment
89 We have found that R1314 shows ER retain, as it colocalized with an ER-marker in mouse hepatocytes, while R1338Q and R1339C was not found in this location. Login to comment
90 Oral treatment of the animals with 4-PBA before HTVI resulted in no effect on the intracellular localization of R1338Q and R1339C. Login to comment

[hide] Analysis of pseudoxanthoma elasticum-causing misse... J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Apr;134(4):946-53. doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.482. Epub 2013 Nov 11. Pomozi V, Brampton C, Fulop K, Chen LH, Apana A, Li Q, Uitto J, Le Saux O, Varadi A
Analysis of pseudoxanthoma elasticum-causing missense mutants of ABCC6 in vivo; pharmacological correction of the mislocalized proteins.
J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Apr;134(4):946-53. doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.482. Epub 2013 Nov 11., [PMID:24352041]

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Mutations in the ABCC6 gene cause soft-tissue calcification in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) and, in some patients, generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI). PXE is characterized by late onset and progressive mineralization of elastic fibers in dermal, ocular, and cardiovascular tissues. GACI patients present a more severe, often prenatal arterial calcification. We have tested 10 frequent disease-causing ABCC6 missense mutants for the transport activity by using Sf9 (Spodoptera frugiperda) cells, characterized the subcellular localization in MDCKII (Madin-Darby canine kidney (cell line)) cells and in mouse liver, and tested the phenotypic rescue in zebrafish. We aimed at identifying mutants with preserved transport activity but with improper plasma membrane localization for rescue by the chemical chaperone 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA). Seven of the mutants were transport-competent but mislocalized in mouse liver. The observed divergence in cellular localization of mutants in MDCKII cells versus mouse liver underlined the limitations of this 2D in vitro cell system. The functionality of ABCC6 mutants was tested in zebrafish, and minimal rescue of the morpholino-induced phenotype was found. However, 4-PBA, a drug approved for clinical use, restored the plasma membrane localization of four ABCC6 mutants (R1114P, S1121W, Q1347H, and R1314W), suggesting that allele-specific therapy may be useful for selected patients with PXE and GACI.

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48 The R1339C was found to be unstable in Sf9 cells, similar to that shown earlier (Le Saux et al., 2011), and its transport activity could not be assayed. Login to comment
82 No 4-PBA-induced plasma membrane rescue was observed for R1138Q and T1301I in mouse liver, whereas Extracellular Walker B Q-loop Signature Missense mutations Intercellular 140 ABCC6 wt V1298F G1321S R1114P R1138Q R1314W R1459C S1121W T1301I Q1347H delABCC6 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 LTC4 transport activity (%) TMD0 L0 TMD1 L1 TMD2 R1114P S1121W R1138Q T1301I R1314W G1321S R1339C R1459C Q1347H Figure 1. Login to comment
94 No plasma membrane targeting was achieved in the case of mutant R1339C irrespective of which experimental system was used. Login to comment
101 Of the three remaining mutants, only two displayed decreased transport function (Figure 1b), whereas the other mutant could not be stably expressed in Sf9 cells (R1339C). Login to comment
105 We achieved a good level of expression of the R1339C mutant in this culture model. Login to comment
113 MDCKII cell line in vitro Nonpolarized - 4-PBA 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m 20 &#b5;m Wild type R1114P S1121W R1138Q V1298F T1301I R1314W G1321S R1339C Q1347H R1459C deltaABCC6 - 4-PBA + 4-PBA + 4-PBA Not determined Polarized intended to correct their cellular localization, as described previously (Le Saux et al., 2011). Login to comment
126 Mouse liver in vivo - 4-PBA Not determined Not determined Not determined Wild type R1114P S1121W R1138Q V1298F T1301I R1314W G1321S R1339C Q1347H R1459C deltaABCC6 + 4-PBA Figure 4. Login to comment
150 Summary of the characterization and rescue of disease-causing ABCC6 mutants Localization in mouse liver Localization in MDCKII cell line Nonpolarized Polarized ABCC6 variant Sf9 transport activity Without treatment After 4-PBA treatment Without treatment After 4-PBA treatment Without treatment After 4-PBA treatment Zebrafish &#fe; mRNA rescue (%) Wild type Active PM1 PM PM PM PM PM 90.6 R1114P Active IC4PM PM (rescue) ICoPM PM (rescue) PM PM 0.0 S1121W Active IC4PM PM (rescue) PM PM PM PM 7.9 R1138Q Active IC4PM IC4PM (no effect) IC PM (rescue) PM PM 1.8 V1298F o20% PM ND PM PM PM ND 32.0 T1301I Active IC4PM IC4PM (no effect) IC4PM PM (rescue) PM PM 5.1 R1314W1 Active IC4PM PM (rescue) IC PM (rescue) IC4PM PM (rescue) 0.0 G1321S o20% IC ND IC4PM IC4PM (no effect) IC IC (no effect) 0.0 R1339C Not stable IC IC (no effect) IC IC (no effect) IC IC (no effect) 0.0 Q1347H Active IC4PM PM (rescue) IC4PM PM (rescue) IC &#bc; PM IC&#bc; PM (no effect) 0.8 R1459C Active PM ND IC &#bc; PM PM (rescue) ICoPM ICoPM (no effect) 0.0 delABCC6 o20% IC IC IC IC IC IC ND R1141X Stop ND ND ND ND ND ND 4.8 Abbreviations: IC, intracellular; ND, not determined; PM, plasma membrane. Login to comment