Missense mutation of the COQ2 gene causes defects of bioenergetics and de novo pyrimidine synthesis.
Coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) deficiency has been associated with an increasing number of clinical phenotypes that respond to CoQ(10) supplementation. In two siblings with encephalomyopathy, nephropathy and severe CoQ(10) deficiency, a homozygous mutation was identified in the CoQ(10) biosynthesis gene COQ2, encoding polyprenyl-pHB transferase. To confirm the pathogenicity of this mutation, we have demonstrated that human wild-type, but not mutant COQ2, functionally complements COQ2 defective yeast. In addition, an equivalent mutation introduced in the yeast COQ2 gene also decreases both CoQ(6) concentration and growth in respiratory-chain dependent medium. Polyprenyl-pHB transferase activity was 33-45% of controls in COQ2 mutant fibroblasts. CoQ-dependent mitochondrial complexes activities were restored in deficient fibroblasts by CoQ(10) supplementation, and growth rate was restored in these cells by either CoQ(10) or uridine supplementation. This work is the first direct demonstration of the pathogenicity of a COQ2 mutation involved in human disease, and establishes yeast as a useful model to study human CoQ(10) deficiency. Moreover, we demonstrate that CoQ(10) deficiency in addition to the bioenergetics defect also impairs de novo pyrimidine synthesis, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease.
López-Martín
José M
JM
Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
Salviati
Leonardo
L
Trevisson
Eva
E
Montini
Giovanni
G
DiMauro
Salvatore
S
Quinzii
Catarina
C
Hirano
Michio
M
Rodriguez-Hernandez
Angeles
A
Cordero
Mario D
MD
Sánchez-Alcázar
José A
JA
Santos-Ocaña
Carlos
C
Navas
Plácido
P
D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003067:Coenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D000091402:Prohibitins; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014529:Uridine / Q000494:pharmacology
D003067:Coenzymes; C000717328:PHB protein, human; D000091402:Prohibitins; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014451:Ubiquinone; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C021386:4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase; C024989:coenzyme Q10; C030986:pyrimidine; D014529:Uridine