Mutations in the X-linked RP2 gene cause intracellular misrouting and loss of the protein.

Abstract:

:Mutations in RP2 cause the second most frequent form of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, a severe retinal degeneration that leads to loss of visual acuity and blindness. The RP2 gene encodes a protein with homology to cofactor C, a tubulin-folding chaperone. By searching protein sequence databases, we identified a whole set of similar molecules from diverse organisms. Protein sequence alignments show that RP2 and cofactor C represent members of two distinct orthologous groups. All previously identified missense mutations affect amino acid residues which are conserved in all RP2 orthologues or both orthologous groups. Intracellular localization of the wild-type protein and mutated variants was determined by fluorescence microscopy of cells expressing RP2 with a green fluorescent protein tag. A mutation in the N-terminus of RP2 abolishes localization to the plasma membrane in HeLa cells. C-terminal protein truncation mutations, which account for 2/3 of the pathogenic RP2 variants, lead to scattered fluorescent foci in the cytoplasm of COS-7 and HeLa cells. Analysis of protein extracts from the respective cells with anti-RP2 antibodies identified truncated proteins of expected size in a low-speed centrifugation pellet while the wild-type protein appeared in the supernatant. Moreover, no protein was detected in immortalized cell lines from patients with protein truncation mutations while mRNA was still present. Thus, loss of the protein and/or aberrant intracellular distribution might be the basis for the photoreceptor cell degeneration in most RP2 cases.

journal_name

Hum Mol Genet

journal_title

Human molecular genetics

authors

Schwahn U,Paland N,Techritz S,Lenzner S,Berger W

doi

10.1093/hmg/10.11.1177

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-05-15 00:00:00

pages

1177-83

issue

11

eissn

0964-6906

issn

1460-2083

journal_volume

10

pub_type

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