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Plant Physiol Biochem ; 73: 420-6, 2013 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24239614

RESUMEN

Effect of salt stress was examined in in vitro shoot cultures of Myrtus communis L. a species of the Mediterranean maquis. To determine the effects of high salt concentrations on myrtle plantlets and contribute toward understanding the mechanisms adopted from this species to counteract soil salinity, in vitro rooted shoots were transferred to a liquid culture medium containing 0, 125 or 250 mM NaCl for 30 days. After 15 and 30 days of in vitro culture, shoot and root growth, chlorosis and necrosis extension, chlorophylls, carotenoids, proline, arginine, cysteine and total sugars content, as well as guaiacol peroxidase (G-POD, EC 1.11.1.7) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX, EC 1.11.1.11) activities were determined. In treated plants shoot and root growth, as well as chlorophyll content, significantly decreased, while carotenoids content was not affected by the NaCl treatment. Among osmolytes, proline did not significantly increase, arginine and cysteine decreased, while total sugars were found to be higher in the treated plants than in the control. Enhancement of G-POD and APX activities was positively related to increasing salt concentrations in the culture media, regardless of the exposure time. Salt-treated plants did not show significant changes in lipid peroxidation or DNA fragmentation after 30 days salt treatment, regardless of the NaCl concentrations applied. The results represent a contribution towards understanding the mechanisms adopted by this species to high salinity.


Asunto(s)
Ascorbato Peroxidasas/metabolismo , Myrtus/fisiología , Salinidad , Tolerancia a la Sal , Cloruro de Sodio/farmacología , Estrés Fisiológico , Arginina/metabolismo , Metabolismo de los Hidratos de Carbono/efectos de los fármacos , Carotenoides/metabolismo , Clorofila/metabolismo , Medios de Cultivo/química , Cisteína/metabolismo , Fragmentación del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , Peroxidación de Lípido/efectos de los fármacos , Myrtus/enzimología , Myrtus/crecimiento & desarrollo , Myrtus/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo , Peroxidasa/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/efectos de los fármacos , Raíces de Plantas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Brotes de la Planta/efectos de los fármacos , Brotes de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo , Brotes de la Planta/metabolismo , Prolina/metabolismo , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Cloruro de Sodio/metabolismo , Superóxido Dismutasa/metabolismo
2.
Hum Mutat ; 29(2): 330-1, 2008 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18205204

RESUMEN

Published mutations in deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK) cause mitochondrial DNA depletion and a clinical phenotype that consists of neonatal liver failure, nystagmus and hypotonia. In this series, we have identified 15 different mutations in the DGUOK gene from 9 kindreds. Among them, 12 have not previously been reported. Nonsense, splice site, or frame-shift mutations that produce truncated proteins predominate over missense mutations. All patients who harbor null mutations had early onset liver failure and significant neurological disease. These patients have all died before 2-years of age. Conversely, two patients carrying missense mutations had isolated liver disease and are alive in their 4th year of life without liver transplant. Five subjects were detected by newborn screening, with elevated tyrosine or phenylalanine. Consequently, this disease should be considered if elevated tyrosine is identified by newborn screening. Mitochondrial DNA content was below 10% of controls in liver in all but one case and modestly reduced in blood cells. With this paper a total of 39 different mutations in DGUOK have been identified. The most frequent mutation, c.763_c.766dupGATT, occurs in 8 unrelated kindreds. 70% of mutations occur in only one kindred, suggesting full sequencing of this gene is required for diagnosis. The presentation of one case with apparent viral hepatitis, without neurological disease, suggests that this disease should be considered in patients with infantile liver failure regardless of the presence of neurological features or apparent infectious etiology.


Asunto(s)
ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Mutación/genética , Fosfotransferasas (Aceptor de Grupo Alcohol)/genética , Adolescente , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Especificidad de Órganos
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Neurology ; 64(11): 1931-7, 2005 Jun 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15955946

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Dominant mutations in COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3, the three genes encoding collagen type VI, a ubiquitous extracellular matrix protein, are associated with Bethlem myopathy (BM) and Ullrich scleroatonic muscular dystrophy. METHODS: The authors devised a method to screen the entire coding sequence of the three genes by reverse transcriptase-PCR amplification of total RNA from skin fibroblasts and direct sequencing of the resulting 25 overlapping cDNA fragments covering 107 exons. RESULTS: Four splicing and four missense mutations were identified in 16 patients with BM, six of which are novel mutations in COL6A1. Both common and private mutations are localized in the alpha1 (VI) chain between the regions corresponding to the 3' end of the NH2-globular domain and the 5' end of the triple helix, encoded by exons 3 through 14. CONCLUSIONS: The clustering of the mutations in a relatively narrow area of the three collagen type VI chains in patients with Bethlem myopathy (BM) suggests that mutations in different regions could result in different phenotypes or in no phenotype at all. Moreover, the detection of mutations in only 60% of the patients suggests the existence of at least another gene associated with BM. The authors propose the direct sequencing of COL6 cDNAs as the first mutation screening analysis in BM, given the high number of exon-skipping events.


Asunto(s)
Colágeno Tipo VI/genética , Enfermedades Musculares/genética , Mutación/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Empalme Alternativo/genética , Sustitución de Aminoácidos/genética , Niño , Preescolar , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , Exones/genética , Femenino , Pruebas Genéticas , Humanos , Intrones/genética , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Enfermedades Musculares/metabolismo , Enfermedades Musculares/fisiopatología , Mutación Missense/genética , Linaje , Subunidades de Proteína/genética , ARN Mensajero/análisis , ARN Mensajero/genética
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Acta Paediatr Suppl ; 93(445): 65-7, 2004 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15176724

RESUMEN

A multidisciplinary strategy was used to identify the molecular defect in a family with Leigh syndrome (LS). The propositus presented severe developmental delay, an ataxic-spastic gait and seizures. She died at 3.5 y of age from cardiorespiratory arrest. Postmortem examination disclosed pathological features typical of LS. A 12-y-old sister is affected with the same disease. Respiratory chain enzyme complex activities in skeletal muscle biopsy were normal. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis during oxidative phosphorylation in skin fibroblasts mitochondria showed a severely hampered ATP production. Mitochondrial DNA sequencing revealed a new mutation in the ATPase 6 gene (T9176G). Site-directed mutagenesis in Escherichia coli strains was used to measure H+ pumping and ATP synthesis. Results were comparable to findings obtained in human cells. These data corroborate the use of E. coli strains as a feasible "animal" model for functional studies in pathogenic mutations of the ATPase 6 gene.


Asunto(s)
Escherichia coli/enzimología , Enfermedad de Leigh/genética , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón Mitocondriales/genética , Mutación , Niño , Preescolar , Humanos , Linaje
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Hum Mutat ; 21(4): 453-4, 2003 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12655576

RESUMEN

Sixteen unrelated Southern European patients with the mitochondrial depletion syndrome (MDS) were analyzed for mutations in the TK2 and DGUOK genes. Three novel mutations were identified in TK2 (R183G, R254X, and 142insG). When we analyzed additional genes involved in the dNTPs pool, such as SLC25A19 (DNC) and NT5M (d-NT2), we did not detect mutations. The current study suggest that scanning the TK2, DGUOK, SLC25A19, and NT5M genes is likely to help about 10% of MDS families in terms of genetic counseling. Also, our findings indicate that genotype-phenotype correlations are not straightforward in MDS.


Asunto(s)
ADN Mitocondrial/genética , ADN Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/genética , Edad de Inicio , Niño , Preescolar , Análisis Mutacional de ADN/métodos , Europa (Continente) , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Mitocondrias Musculares/enzimología , Mitocondrias Musculares/genética , Mitocondrias Musculares/patología , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/enzimología , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/mortalidad , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/patología , Mutación , Fosfotransferasas (Aceptor de Grupo Alcohol)/genética , Estudios Retrospectivos , Síndrome , Timidina Quinasa/genética
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J Virol ; 71(9): 6905-12, 1997 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9261417

RESUMEN

Immunity to poliomyelitis is largely dependent on humoral neutralizing antibodies, both after natural (wild virus or vaccine) infection and after inactivated poliovirus vaccine inoculation. Although the production of local secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody in the gut mucosa may play a major role in protection, most of information about the antigenic determinants involved in neutralization of polioviruses derives from studies conducted with humoral monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) generated from parenterally immunized mice. To investigate the specificity of the mucosal immune response to the virus, we have produced a library of IgA MAbs directed at Sabin type 1 poliovirus by oral immunization of mice with live virus in combination with cholera toxin. The epitopes recognized by 13 neutralizing MAbs were characterized by generating neutralization-escape virus mutants. Cross-neutralization analysis of viral mutants with MAbs allowed these epitopes to be divided into four groups of reactivity. To determine the epitope specificity of MAbs, virus variants were sequenced and the mutations responsible for resistance to the antibodies were located. Eight neutralizing MAbs were found to be directed at neutralization site N-AgIII in capsid protein VP3; four more MAbs recognized site N-AgII in VP1 or VP2. One IgA MAb selected a virus variant which presented a unique mutation at amino acid 138 in VP2, not previously described. This site appears to be partially related with site N-AgII and is located in a loop region facing the VP2 N-Ag-II loop around residue 164. Only 2 of 13 MAbs proved able to neutralize the wild-type Mahoney strain of poliovirus. The IgA antibodies studied were found to be produced in the dimeric form needed for recognition by the polyimmunoglobulin receptor mediating secretory antibody transport at the mucosal level.


Asunto(s)
Anticuerpos Monoclonales/inmunología , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Epítopos de Linfocito B/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina A/inmunología , Vacuna Antipolio Oral/inmunología , Poliovirus/inmunología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre , Especificidad de Anticuerpos , Antígenos Virales/inmunología , Cápside/inmunología , Femenino , Humanos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Mutación , Pruebas de Neutralización , Conformación Proteica , Treonina , Células Tumorales Cultivadas
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