Complex changes in ecto-nucleoside 5'-triphosphate diphosphohydrolase expression in hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency.
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Lesch-Nyhan disease is caused by a deficiency of the purine salvage enzyme, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT). The link between HPRT deficiency and the neuropsychiatric symptoms is unknown. In rat B103 neuroblastoma cell membranes and mouse Neuro2a neuroblastoma cell membranes, nucleoside 5'-triphosphatase (NTPase) activity is substantially reduced, whereas in fibroblast membranes from HPRT knock-out mice, NTPase activity is increased. Candidate genes for these NTPase activity changes are ecto-nucleoside 5'-triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (NTPDases). Therefore, we studied expression of NTPDases in B103 cells, Neuro2a cells and skin fibroblasts by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion of amplified cDNA fragments. In B103 cells, expression of NTPDases 1, 3 and 6 decreased, whereas expression of NTPDases 4 and 5 increased in HPRT deficiency. In Neuro2a cells, expression of NTPDases 3-6 increased in HPRT deficiency. In fibroblasts, NTPDase 3 expression decreased, and expression of NTPDases 4-6 increased in HPRT deficiency. Collectively, there are complex decreases and increases in NTPDase isoform expression in HPRT deficiency that depend on the specific cell type and species studied. These changes in NTPDase expression may reflect an (insufficient) attempt of cells to compensate for the changes in nucleotide metabolism caused by HPRT deficiency.
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| Authors | Veronika Lorenz, Cibele S Pinto, Roland Seifert |
| Journal | Neuroscience letters (Neurosci Lett) Vol. 420 Issue 1 Pg. 6-11 (Jun 08 2007) ISSN: 1872-7972 [Electronic] Ireland |
| PMID | 17459584 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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