title: In vivo and in vitro examination of stability of primary hyperoxaluria-associated human alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase.
abstract: Primary hyperoxaluria type I is a severe kidney stone disease caused by mutations in the protein alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). Many patients have mutations in AGT that are not deleterious alone but act synergistically with a common minor allele polymorphic variant to impair protein folding, dimerization, or localization. Although studies suggest that the minor allele variant itself is destabilized, no direct stability studies have been carried out. In this report, we analyze AGT function and stability using three approaches. First, we describe a yeast complementation growth assay for AGT, in which we show that human AGT can substitute for function of yeast Agx1 and that mutations associated with disease in humans show reduced growth in yeast. The reduced growth of minor allele mutants reflects reduced protein levels, indicating that these proteins are less stable than wild-type AGT in yeast. We further examine stability of AGT alleles in vitro using two direct methods, a mass spectrometry-based technique (stability of unpurified proteins from rates of H/D exchange) and differential scanning fluorimetry. We also examine the effect of known ligands pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and aminooxyacetic acid on stability. Our work establishes that the minor allele is destabilized and that pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and aminooxyacetic acid binding significantly stabilizes both alleles. To our knowledge, this is the first work that directly measures relative stabilities of AGT variants and ligand complexes. Because previous studies suggest that stabilizing compounds (i.e. pharmacological chaperones) may be effective for treatment of primary hyperoxaluria, we propose that the methods described here can be used in high throughput screens for compounds that stabilize AGT mutants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Erin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hopper
authors.forename: Adrianne M C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pittman
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Chandra L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D004795:Enzyme Stability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006960:Hyperoxaluria, Primary / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008024:Ligands; D009154:Mutation; D010072:Oxamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D000637:Transaminases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D000637:Transaminases; C019635:Alanine-glyoxylate transaminase; D010072:Oxamic Acid
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