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Awais M, Wattoo JI, Zafar R, Khan N. Computational analysis of non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism in UROD gene linked with familial Porphyria Cutanea Tarda. GENE REPORTS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Anderson HB, Storandt MH, Kallamadi R, Bande D, Matta A. Iatrogenic Iron Overload Causing Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in a Patient With a Rare Nonsense Heterozygous UROD Gene Mutation. Cureus 2021; 13:e16215. [PMID: 34367815 PMCID: PMC8341219 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.16215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a rare dermatologic condition characterized by blistering of sun-exposed surfaces and elevated hepatic enzymes. It may infrequently occur as the primary presentation of underlying hemochromatosis. A 61-year-old female with anemia caused by chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis presented with a bullous rash on her hands with associated pruritus. The rash worsened despite conservative treatment. An initial biopsy demonstrated a pauci-inflammatory cell-poor subepidermal cleft. Subsequent workup revealed elevated serum and urine porphyrins, confirming a diagnosis of PCT. Additionally, her skin was darkened and ferritin was elevated. MRI of the liver demonstrated iron overload with genetic testing negative for C282Y or H63D mutations, supporting a diagnosis of secondary hemochromatosis. Further genetic testing revealed that the patient had a rare heterozygous nonsense mutation of the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) gene, for a sequence variant designated c.616C>T, which is predicted to result in premature protein termination (p.Gln206*). PCT occurs due to decreased function of UROD, leading to accumulation of porphyrins causing dermatologic manifestations and liver injury. UROD is inactivated in an iron-dependent process, explaining the mechanistic link between hemochromatosis and PCT.
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- Hallie B Anderson
- Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, USA
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- Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, USA
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- Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, USA
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- Hospital Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, USA.,Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, USA
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Gómez-Abecia S, Morán-Jiménez MJ, Ruiz-Casares E, Henriques-Gil N, García-Pastor I, Garrido-Astray MC, Enríquez de Salamanca R, Méndez M. Familial porphyria cutanea tarda in Spain: Characterization of eight novel mutations in the UROD gene and haplotype analysis of the common p.G281E mutation. Gene 2013; 522:89-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Méndez M, Rossetti MV, Gómez-Abecia S, Morán-Jiménez MJ, Parera V, Batlle A, Enríquez de Salamanca R. Molecular analysis of the UROD gene in 17 Argentinean patients with familial porphyria cutanea tarda: characterization of four novel mutations. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 105:629-33. [PMID: 22382040 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Revised: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by decreased activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) in the liver. The disease usually occurs in adulthood and is characterized by cutaneous photosensitivity, hyperpigmentation, skin fragility and hypertrichosis, due to the accumulation of porphyrins produced by oxidation of uroporphyrinogen and other highly carboxylated porphyrinogens overproduced as a result of the enzyme deficiency. PCT is generally sporadic, but about 20-30% of patients have familial-PCT (F-PCT) which is associated with heterozygosity of mutations in the UROD gene. In the present study we have found the molecular defect in seventeen unrelated Argentinean patients with F-PCT, identifying a total of eleven UROD gene mutations: four novel and seven previously described. The novel mutations were: a guanine insertion at the 5' splice junction of intron 2, a three nucleotide deletion causing the lost of valine 90, a deletion of 22 bp in exon 6 and a deletion of part of the polyadenylation signal. Prokaryotic expression studies showed that the novel amino acid deletion resulted in an inactive protein. Mutations c.10insA and p.M165R, previously found in Argentinean patients, were recurrent in this study; they are the most frequent in Argentina accounting for 40% of the mutant alleles characterized to date.
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- Manuel Méndez
- Centro de Investigación, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Porphyrias are a group of inherited and acquired metabolic disorders due to a defect in haem biosynthesis. An enzymatic defect at different steps of haem synthesis leads to tissue accumulation and excessive excretion of porphyrins and/or their toxic precursors. The specific patterns of accumulation determine the variety of clinical manifestations, ranging from acute neurovisceral attacks to skin lesions and liver disease. Most enzyme defects represent partial deficiencies, while familial cases are linked to autosomal or recessive traits. The incomplete penetrance of the genetic defects often requires the triggering or aggravating effect of host-related or environmental factors. While genetics has a role in confirming clinical suspicion and in family screening, biochemical and clinical studies are still central in the diagnosis.
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- Antonello Pietrangelo
- Division of Internal Medicine, Center for Hereditary Liver Diseases, Mario Coppo Liver Research Center, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100, Modena, Italy.
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Frank J, Poblete-Gutiérrez P. Porphyria cutanea tarda--when skin meets liver. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2010; 24:735-45. [PMID: 20955974 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the most frequent type of porphyria worldwide and results from a catalytic deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD), the fifth enzyme in heme biosynthesis. At least two different types of PCT are currently distinguished: an acquired variant, also referred to as sporadic or type I PCT, in which the enzymatic deficiency is limited to the liver; and an autosomal dominantly inherited form, also known as familial or type II PCT, in which there is a decrease of enzymatic activity in all tissues. The cutaneous findings include increased photosensitivity, skin fragility, blistering, erosions, crusts, and miliae on the sun-exposed areas of the body. Additionally, hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis, sclerodermoid plaques, and scarring alopecia might be observed. In patients with type I PCT, there is a significant association with liver disease that can be triggered by genetic and environmental factors, such as alcohol abuse, iron overload, haemochromatosis, polychlorinated hydrocarbons, and hepatitis C virus infection. The diagnosis of PCT can be made based on the skin symptoms, a characteristic urinary porphyrin excretion profile, and the detection of isocoproporphyrin in the feces. In red blood cells of individuals with type II PCT, UROD activity is decreased by approximately 50% due to heterozygous mutations in the UROD gene. Here we provide an update on clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of PCT, a disorder that affects both skin and liver.
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- Jorge Frank
- Department of Dermatology, Euregional Porphyria Center Maastricht, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Badenas C, To-Figueras J, Phillips JD, Warby CA, Muñoz C, Herrero C. Identification and characterization of novel uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene mutations in a large series of porphyria cutanea tarda patients and relatives. Clin Genet 2009; 75:346-53. [PMID: 19419417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) arises from decreased hepatic activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD). Both genetic and environmental factors interplay in the precipitation of clinically overt PCT, but these factors may vary between different geographic areas. Decreased activity of UROD in erythrocytes was used to identify patients with UROD mutations among a group of 130 Spanish PCT patients. Nineteen patients (14.6%) were found to harbor a mutation in the UROD gene. Eight mutations were novel: M1I, 5del10, A22V, D79N, F84I, Q116X, T141I and Y182C. Five others were previously described: F46L, V134Q, R142Q, P150L and E218G. The new missense mutations and P150L were expressed in Escherichia coli. D79N and P150L resulted in proteins that were localized to inclusion bodies. The other mutations produced recombinant proteins that were purified and showed reduced activity (range: 2.3-73.2% of wild type). These single amino acid changes were predicted to produce complex structural alterations and/or reduced stability of the enzyme. Screening of relatives of the probands showed that 37.5% of mutation carriers demonstrated increased urinary porphyrins. This study emphasizes the role of UROD mutations as a strong risk factor for PCT even in areas where environmental factors (hepatitis C virus) have been shown to be highly associated with the disease.
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- C Badenas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Remenyik E, Lecha M, Badenas C, Kószó F, Vass V, Herrero C, Varga V, Emri G, Balogh A, Horkay I. Childhood-onset mild cutaneous porphyria with compound heterozygotic mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008; 33:602-5. [PMID: 18462440 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02734.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Three children (two boys and one girl) from the same family presented with photosensitivity, hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis, mild skin fragility, blistering and scarring in childhood. On examination, the cutaneous lesions were found to have improved since their previous examinations. Laboratory tests showed raised plasma and urine carboxyporphyrins and decreased uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase enzyme activity in red blood cells. Triggering factors for porphyria were not detected except for a hepatitis C virus infection in the younger boy. The girl's clinical symptoms recurred in late adolescence, after iron and oestrogen treatments. Mutation analysis of the UROD gene detected two missense mutations, 19 A-->G M1V (novel) and 703C-->T P235S (previously reported), in an uncommon compound heterozygous manner in the three siblings.
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- E Remenyik
- Department of Dermatology, Medicaland Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Méndez M, Poblete-Gutiérrez P, García-Bravo M, Wiederholt T, Morán-Jiménez MJ, Merk HF, Garrido-Astray MC, Frank J, Fontanellas A, Enríquez de Salamanca R. Molecular heterogeneity of familial porphyria cutanea tarda in Spain: characterization of 10 novel mutations in the UROD gene. Br J Dermatol 2007; 157:501-7. [PMID: 17627795 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) results from decreased hepatic uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) activity. In the majority of patients, the disease is sporadic (S-PCT or type I) and the enzyme deficiency is limited to the liver. Familial PCT (F-PCT or type II) is observed in 20-30% of patients in whom mutations on one allele of the UROD gene reduce UROD activity by approximately 50% in all tissues. Another variant of PCT (type III) is characterized by family history of the disease although it is biochemically indistinguishable from S-PCT. OBJECTIVES To investigate the molecular basis of PCT in Spain and to compare enzymatic and molecular analysis for the identification of patients with F-PCT. METHODS Erythrocyte UROD activity measurement and mutation analysis of the UROD gene were carried out in a cohort of 61 unrelated Spanish patients with PCT and 50 control individuals. Furthermore, each novel missense mutation identified was characterized by prokaryotic expression studies. RESULTS Of these 61 patients, 40 (66%) were classified as having S-PCT, 16 (26%) as having F-PCT and five (8%) as having type III PCT. Discordant results between enzymatic and molecular analysis were observed in two patients with F-PCT. In total, 14 distinct mutations were found, including 10 novel mutations: five missense, one nonsense, three deletions and an insertion. Prokaryotic expression of the novel missense mutations demonstrated that each results in decreased enzyme activity or stability. CONCLUSIONS These results confirm the high degree of molecular heterogeneity of F-PCT in Spain and emphasize the usefulness of molecular genetic analysis to distinguish between F-PCT and S-PCT.
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- M Méndez
- Research Centre, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Avda de Córdoba km 5.4, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
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Chen JM, Férec C, Cooper DN. A systematic analysis of disease-associated variants in the 3' regulatory regions of human protein-coding genes II: the importance of mRNA secondary structure in assessing the functionality of 3' UTR variants. Hum Genet 2006; 120:301-33. [PMID: 16807757 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-006-0218-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/29/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In an attempt both to catalogue 3' regulatory region (3' RR)-mediated disease and to improve our understanding of the structure and function of the 3' RR, we have performed a systematic analysis of disease-associated variants in the 3' RRs of human protein-coding genes. We have previously analysed the variants that have occurred in two specific domains/motifs of the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) as well as in the 3' flanking region. Here we have focused upon 83 known variants within the upstream sequence (USS; between the translational termination codon and the upstream core polyadenylation signal sequence) of the 3' UTR. To place these variants in their proper context, we first performed a comprehensive survey of known cis-regulatory elements within the USS and the mechanisms by which they effect post-transcriptional gene regulation. Although this survey supports the view that RNA regulatory elements function within the context of specific secondary structures, there are no general rules governing how secondary structure might exert its influence. We have therefore addressed this question by systematically evaluating both functional and non-functional (based upon in vitro reporter gene and/or electrophoretic mobility shift assay data) USS variant-containing sequences against known cis-regulatory motifs within the context of predicted RNA secondary structures. This has allowed us not only to establish a reliable and objective means to perform secondary structure prediction but also to identify consistent patterns of secondary structural change that could potentiate the discrimination of functional USS variants from their non-functional counterparts. The resulting rules were then used to infer potential functionality in the case of some of the remaining functionally uncharacterized USS variants, from their predicted secondary structures. This not only led us to identify further patterns of secondary structural change but also several potential novel cis-regulatory motifs within the 3' UTRs studied.
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Christiansen L, Brøns-Poulsen J, Hørder M, Brock A, Petersen NE. Expression and characterization of six clinically relevant uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene mutations. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2005; 65:227-35. [PMID: 16095052 DOI: 10.1080/00365510510013631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The functional consequence of six uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) gene mutations found in Danish patients with familial porphyria cutanea tarda was investigated. Wild-type UROD and the 6 mutants (3 missense, 1 nonsense and 2 frameshift mutants) were cloned and expressed using the prokaryotic gGEX-6P system, in which the protein is produced in fusion with glutathione S-transferase (GST). Enzymatic activity of the purified recombinant mutant fusion proteins ranged from undetectable to less than 12% of the recombinant wild-type protein. Mutant proteins cleaved from the GST part did not retain any catalytic activity. These observations can be ascribed to the structure/function relationships of the enzyme, and the fact that the enzyme is a dimer in its active form. Although the clinical manifestation of familial porphyria cutanea tarda is complex, the findings support the notion that different mutations may affect individuals differently.
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- L Christiansen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
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Poblete-Gutiérrez P, Mendez M, Wiederholt T, Merk HF, Fontanellas A, Wolff C, Frank J. The molecular basis of porphyria cutanea tarda in Chile: Identification and functional characterization of mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene. Exp Dermatol 2004; 13:372-9. [PMID: 15186324 DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2004.00163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The porphyrias are heterogeneous disorders arising from predominantly inherited catalytic deficiencies of specific enzymes in heme biosynthesis. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) results from a decreased activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, the fifth enzyme in heme biosynthesis. The disorder represents the only porphyria that is not exclusively inherited monogenetically. In PCT, at least two different types can be distinguished: acquired/sporadic (type I) PCT, in which the enzymatic deficiency is limited to the liver and inherited/familial (type II) PCT, which is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with a decrease of enzymatic activity in all tissues. In an effort to characterize the molecular basis of PCT in Chile, we identified eight mutations in 18 previously unclassified PCT families by polymerase chain reaction, heteroduplex analysis, and automated sequencing. To study the role of these mutations in disease causality, in vitro expression of all novel missense mutations was studied. Our results indicate that the frequency of familial PCT in Chile is approximately 50%, thus, to our knowledge, representing the highest incidence of familial PCT reported to date. The data further emphasize the molecular heterogeneity in type II PCT and demonstrate the advantages of molecular genetic techniques as a diagnostic tool and in the detection of clinically asymptomatic mutation carriers.
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- Pamela Poblete-Gutiérrez
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Clinic of the RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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