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Isolated erythrocytosis: study of 67 patients and identification of three novel germ-line mutations in the prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 (PHD2) gene.

ABSTRACT: The oxygen sensing pathway modulates erythropoietin expression. In normal cells, intracellular oxygen tensions are directly sensed by prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD)-containing proteins. PHD2 isozyme has a key role in tagging hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-? subunits for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Erythrocytosis-associated PHD2 mutations reduce hydroxylation of HIF-?. The investigation of 67 patients with isolated erythrocytosis, either sporadic or familial, allowed the identification of three novel mutations in the catalytic domain of the PHD2 protein. All new mutations are germ-line, heterozygous and missense, and code for a predicted full length mutant PHD2 protein. Identification of the disease-causing genes will be of critical importance for a better classification of familial and acquired erythrocytosis, offering additional insight into the erythropoietin regulating oxygen sensing pathway.

SUBMITTER: Albiero E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3248940 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolated erythrocytosis: study of 67 patients and identification of three novel germ-line mutations in the prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 (PHD2) gene.

Albiero Elena E Ruggeri Marco M Fortuna Stefania S Finotto Silvia S Bernardi Martina M Madeo Domenico D Rodeghiero Francesco F

Haematologica 20110809 1

The oxygen sensing pathway modulates erythropoietin expression. In normal cells, intracellular oxygen tensions are directly sensed by prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD)-containing proteins. PHD2 isozyme has a key role in tagging hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-α subunits for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Erythrocytosis-associated PHD2 mutations reduce hydroxylation of HIF-α. The investigation of 67 patients with isolated erythrocytosis, either sporadic or familial, allowed the iden ...[more]

PMID: 21828119

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Project description:Prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 (PHD2) is deemed a primary oxygen sensor in humans, yet many details of its underlying mechanism are still not fully understood. (Fe(2+) + ?KG)PHD2 is 6-coordinate, with a 2His/1Asp facial triad occupying three coordination sites, a bidentate ?-ketoglutarate occupying two sites, and an aquo ligand in the final site. Turnover is thought to be initiated upon release of the aquo ligand, creating a site for O(2) to bind at the iron. Herein we show that steady-state turnover is faster under acidic conditions, with k(cat) exhibiting a kinetic pK(a) = 7.22. A variety of spectroscopic probes were employed to identify the active-site acid, through comparison of (Fe(2+) + ?KG)PHD2 at pH 6.50 with pH 8.50. The near-UV circular dichroism spectrum was virtually unchanged at elevated pH, indicating that the secondary structure did not change as a function of pH. UV-visible and Fe X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicated that the primary coordination sphere of Fe(2+) changed upon increasing the pH; extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis found a short Fe-(O/N) bond length of 1.96 Å at pH 8.50, strongly suggesting that the aquo ligand was deprotonated at this pH. Solvent isotope effects were measured during steady-sate turnover over a wide pH-range, with an inverse solvent isotope effect (SIE) of k(cat) observed ((D(2)O)k(cat) = 0.91 ± 0.03) for the acid form; a similar SIE was observed for the basic form of the enzyme ((D(2)O)k(cat) = 0.9 ± 0.1), with an acid equilibrium offset of ?pK(a) = 0.67 ± 0.04. The inverse SIE indicated that aquo release from the active site Fe(2+) immediately precedes a rate-limiting step, suggesting that turnover in this enzyme may be partially limited by the rate of O(2) binding or activation, and suggesting that aquo release is relatively slow. The unusual kinetic pK(a) further suggested that PHD2 might function physiologically to sense both intracellular pO(2) as well as pH, which could provide for feedback between anaerobic metabolism and hypoxia sensing.

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Isolated erythrocytosis: study of 67 patients and identification of three novel germ-line mutations in the prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 (PHD2) gene.

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Isolated erythrocytosis: study of 67 patients and identification of three novel germ-line mutations in the prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 (PHD2) gene.

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