PMID: 9436454Jan 22, 1998Paper

Identification of missense mutations and haplotyping of carnitine palmitoyltransferase II gene

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
J AkanumaK Narisawa

Abstract

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II(CPTII) deficiency manifests as two different clinical phenotypes: an adult form associated with muscular symptoms and an infantile form presenting with hepatocardiomuscular manifestations. We have investigated three Japanese patients with CPT II deficiency. Molecular analysis revealed two novel missense mutations, a glutamate (174)-to-lyine substitution (E174K) and a phenylalanine (383)-to-tyrosine substitution (F383Y) in the CPTII cDNA. Transfection experiments demonstrated that the two mutations reduced CPTII catalytic activity. We also identified a novel polymorphism in the CPTII gene, a phenylalanine (352)-to-cysteine substitution (F352C). According to an expression analysis this mutation did not alter CPTII activity. It was present in 21 out of 100 normal alleles in the Japanese population, but was not observed among Caucasians. Genotyping with the F352C polymorphism and the previously reported polymorphisms V368I and M647V allowed normal alleles to be classified into five haplotypes. In all three families, the E174K mutation resided only on F1V1M1 allele, while the F383Y mutation was observed on F2V2M1 allele, suggesting a single origin of each mutation.

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