Abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease, a syndrome of recurrent infections and failure of oxidative microbicidal activity in phagocytes, results from defects in the gene for one of several components of an oxidase system that can undergo activation. To determine the relative prevalence of certain of the genetic variants of this disorder, we used immunoblotting to detect two specific neutrophil cytosol proteins of 47 and 67 kd recently shown to be required for oxidase activation. Chronic granulomatous disease is usually an X-linked disorder associated with the absence of membrane cytochrome b558. Of our 94 patients with chronic granulomatous disease, however, 36 had a phenotype characterized by autosomal inheritance, normal membrane oxidase components (including cytochrome b558), and functionally defective cytosolic activity in a cell-free oxidase system. We studied 25 of these 36 patients and found that 22 lacked the 47-kd cytosolic protein, and the remaining 3 were missing the 67-kd component. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease whose functional defect was localized to the neutrophil membrane (classic X-linked cytochrome b-negative type and two other rare variants) had normal amounts of both cytosolic components. We estimate that approximately 33 percent of all patients with chronic granulomatous disease are missing the 47-kd cytosolic oxidase component and about 5 percent of patients are missing the 67-kd component. Chronic granulomatous disease caused by a defect in any cytosolic factors other than the 47-kd and 67-kd proteins, if it exists, is apparently rare.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 647-652 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 321 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Genetic variants of chronic granulomatous disease : Prevalence of deficiencies of two cytosolic components of the NADPH oxidase system. / Clark, Robert A; Malech, H. L.; Gallin, J. I.; Nunoi, H.; Volpp, B. D.; Pearson, D. W.; Nauseef, W. M.; Curnutte, J. T.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic variants of chronic granulomatous disease
T2 - Prevalence of deficiencies of two cytosolic components of the NADPH oxidase system
AU - Clark, Robert A
AU - Malech, H. L.
AU - Gallin, J. I.
AU - Nunoi, H.
AU - Volpp, B. D.
AU - Pearson, D. W.
AU - Nauseef, W. M.
AU - Curnutte, J. T.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Chronic granulomatous disease, a syndrome of recurrent infections and failure of oxidative microbicidal activity in phagocytes, results from defects in the gene for one of several components of an oxidase system that can undergo activation. To determine the relative prevalence of certain of the genetic variants of this disorder, we used immunoblotting to detect two specific neutrophil cytosol proteins of 47 and 67 kd recently shown to be required for oxidase activation. Chronic granulomatous disease is usually an X-linked disorder associated with the absence of membrane cytochrome b558. Of our 94 patients with chronic granulomatous disease, however, 36 had a phenotype characterized by autosomal inheritance, normal membrane oxidase components (including cytochrome b558), and functionally defective cytosolic activity in a cell-free oxidase system. We studied 25 of these 36 patients and found that 22 lacked the 47-kd cytosolic protein, and the remaining 3 were missing the 67-kd component. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease whose functional defect was localized to the neutrophil membrane (classic X-linked cytochrome b-negative type and two other rare variants) had normal amounts of both cytosolic components. We estimate that approximately 33 percent of all patients with chronic granulomatous disease are missing the 47-kd cytosolic oxidase component and about 5 percent of patients are missing the 67-kd component. Chronic granulomatous disease caused by a defect in any cytosolic factors other than the 47-kd and 67-kd proteins, if it exists, is apparently rare.
AB - Chronic granulomatous disease, a syndrome of recurrent infections and failure of oxidative microbicidal activity in phagocytes, results from defects in the gene for one of several components of an oxidase system that can undergo activation. To determine the relative prevalence of certain of the genetic variants of this disorder, we used immunoblotting to detect two specific neutrophil cytosol proteins of 47 and 67 kd recently shown to be required for oxidase activation. Chronic granulomatous disease is usually an X-linked disorder associated with the absence of membrane cytochrome b558. Of our 94 patients with chronic granulomatous disease, however, 36 had a phenotype characterized by autosomal inheritance, normal membrane oxidase components (including cytochrome b558), and functionally defective cytosolic activity in a cell-free oxidase system. We studied 25 of these 36 patients and found that 22 lacked the 47-kd cytosolic protein, and the remaining 3 were missing the 67-kd component. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease whose functional defect was localized to the neutrophil membrane (classic X-linked cytochrome b-negative type and two other rare variants) had normal amounts of both cytosolic components. We estimate that approximately 33 percent of all patients with chronic granulomatous disease are missing the 47-kd cytosolic oxidase component and about 5 percent of patients are missing the 67-kd component. Chronic granulomatous disease caused by a defect in any cytosolic factors other than the 47-kd and 67-kd proteins, if it exists, is apparently rare.
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JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
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