Autosomal glycogenosis of liver and muscle due to phosphorylase kinase deficiency is caused by mutations in the phosphorylase kinase beta subunit (PHKB) |
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Authors: | Burwinkel B; Maichele AJ; Aagenaes O; Bakker HD; Lerner A; Shin YS; Strachan JA; Kilimann MW |
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Institution: | Institut fur Physiologische Chemie, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Glycogen storage disease due to phosphorylase kinase deficiency occurs in
several variants that differ in mode of inheritance and tissue-
specificity. This heterogeneity is suspected to be largely due to mutations
affecting different subunits and isoforms of phosphorylase kinase. The gene
of the ubiquitously expressed beta subunit, PHKB, was a candidate for
involvement in autosomally transmitted phosphorylase kinase deficiency of
liver and muscle. To identify such mutations, the complete PHKB coding
sequence was amplified by RT-PCR of RNA isolated from blood samples of
patients and analyzed by direct sequencing of PCR products. The
characterization of mutations was complemented by PCR of genomic DNA. In
one female and four male patients, we identified five independent nonsense
mutations (Y418ter; R428ter; Y974H+E975ter; Q656ter in two cases), one
single-base insertion in codon N421, one splice-site mutation affecting
exon 31, and a large deletion involving the loss of exon 8. Although these
severe translation-disrupting mutations occur in constitutively expressed
sequences of the only known beta subunit gene of phosphorylase kinase,
PHKB, they are associated with a surprisingly mild clinical phenotype,
affecting virtually only the liver, and relatively high residual enzyme
activity of approximately 10%.
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