X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), the most prevalent form of inherited rickets in humans, is caused by mutations in the PHEX gene, which encodes a protein with high homology to the M13 family of type-II integral membrane zinc metallopeptidases. We created an online mutation database, PHEXdb (http://data.mch.mcgill.ca/phexdb), to catalogue PHEX mutations identified in XLH patients, and found that missense mutations account for 22% of the 157 mutations reported to date. We also undertook to examine the effects of eight missense mutations (C85R, D237G, Y317F, G579R, G579V, S711R, A720T, and F731Y) on synthesis, glycosylation, cellular trafficking, and catalytic activity of the recombinant proteins using several approaches. The wild-type protein was resistant to endoglycosidase H (endo H), indicating that it is fully glycosylated. In addition, biotinylation and immunofluorescence studies revealed that the wild-type protein resides at the cell surface. The D237G, Y317F and F731Y mutant PHEX proteins were also endo H resistant and thus terminally glycosylated. In contrast, endo H digestion demonstrated that C85R, G579R, G579V, S711R and A720T were not terminally glycosylated. Furthermore, immunofluorescence showed that C85R, G579R and S711R were sequestered in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). A secreted form of wild-type and mutant PHEX (secPHEX) proteins was generated to examine catalytic activity, using a synthetic fluorogenic peptide substrate. For this purpose, rescue of ER-trapped mutant proteins was attempted by growing transfected cells at 26°C. Low temperature was able to rescue three of the five trapped mutant proteins (G579V, S711R and A720T). Residual catalytic activity was observed with four mutant proteins (D237G, Y317F, A720T and F731Y) relative to the wild-type. However, the rescued S711R mutant was devoid of catalytic activity. Finally, limited proteolysis with trypsin and endoproteinase Glu-c revealed that the mutations D237G and F731Y induce conform
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.38517 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Sabbagh, Yves |
| Contributors | Tenenhouse, Harriet S. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
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| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001954133, proquestno: NQ85740, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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