title: PRPS1 mutations: four distinct syndromes and potential treatment.
abstract: Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetases (PRSs) catalyze the first step of nucleotide synthesis. Nucleotides are central to cell function, being the building blocks of nucleic acids and serving as cofactors in cellular signaling and metabolism. With this in mind, it is remarkable that mutations in phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase 1 (PRPS1), which is the most ubiquitously expressed gene of the three PRS genes, are compatible with life. Mutations described thus far in PRPS1 are all missense mutations that result in PRS-I superactivity or in variable levels of decreased activity, resulting in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease-5 (CMTX5), Arts syndrome, and X-linked nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness (DFN2). Patients with PRS-I superactivity primarily present with uric acid overproduction, mental retardation, ataxia, hypotonia, and hearing impairment. Postlingual progressive hearing loss is found as an isolated feature in DFN2 patients. Patients with CMTX5 and Arts syndrome have peripheral neuropathy, including hearing impairment and optic atrophy. However, patients with Arts syndrome are more severely affected because they also have central neuropathy and an impaired immune system. The neurological phenotype in all four PRPS1-related disorders seems to result primarily from reduced levels of GTP and possibly other purine nucleotides including ATP, suggesting that these disorders belong to the same disease spectrum. Preliminary results of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) supplementation in two Arts syndrome patients show improvement of their condition, indicating that SAM supplementation in the diet could alleviate some of the symptoms of patients with PRPS1 spectrum diseases by replenishing purine nucleotides (J.C., unpublished data).
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences and Institute of Genetic and Metabolic Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. a.debrouwer@antrg.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Arjan P M
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Brouwer
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Bokhoven
authors.forename: Sander B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nabuurs
authors.forename: Willem Frans
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Arts
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D012268:Ribose-Phosphate Pyrophosphokinase / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: C510474:PRPS1 protein, human; D012268:Ribose-Phosphate Pyrophosphokinase
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