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Transcription profiling of peripheral blood or primary finroblast cultures from choroideremia patients to determine if loss-of-function mutations in REP-1 affect intracellular vesicle transport in fibroblasts and monocytes of CHM patients

ABSTRACT: Choroideremia (CHM) is a progressive X-linked retinopathy caused by mutations in the CHM gene, which encodes Rab escort protein-1 (REP-1), an escort protein involved in the prenylation of Rabs. Under-prenylation of certain Rabs, as a result of loss of function mutations in REP-1, could affect vesicular trafficking, exocytosis and secretion. To evaluate this hypothesis, intracellular vesicle transport, lysosomal acidification and rates of proteolytic degradation were studied in monocytes (CD14+ fraction) and primary skin fibroblasts from the nine age-matched controls and thirteen CHM patients carrying 10 different loss-of-function mutations. expression data were collected from 6 CHM patients' monocytes and 4 CHM primary fibroblasts cultures, monocytes or FB from 5 normal age-matched subjects were used as a control

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Jennifer Barb

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17549 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Loss-of-function mutations in Rab escort protein 1 (REP-1) affect intracellular transport in fibroblasts and monocytes of choroideremia patients.

Strunnikova Natalia V NV Barb Jennifer J Sergeev Yuri V YV Thiagarajasubramanian Ashwin A Silvin Christopher C Munson Peter J PJ Macdonald Ian M IM

PloS one 20091222 12

<h4>Background</h4>Choroideremia (CHM) is a progressive X-linked retinopathy caused by mutations in the CHM gene, which encodes Rab escort protein-1 (REP-1), an escort protein involved in the prenylation of Rabs. Under-prenylation of certain Rabs, as a result of loss of function mutations in REP-1, could affect vesicular trafficking, exocytosis and secretion in peripheral cells of CHM patients.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>To evaluate this hypothesis, intracellular vesicle transport, ly ...[more]

PMID: 20027300

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Transcription profiling of peripheral blood or primary finroblast cultures from choroideremia patients to determine if loss-of-function mutations in REP-1 affect intracellular vesicle transport in fibroblasts and monocytes of CHM patients

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Loss-of-function mutations in Rab escort protein 1 (REP-1) affect intracellular transport in fibroblasts and monocytes of choroideremia patients.

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