Pyridoxine-5'-phosphate oxidase (Pnpo) deficiency: Clinical and biochemical alterations associated with the C.347g>A (P..Arg116gln) mutation.

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di Salvo ML, Mastrangelo M, Nogues I, Tolve M, Paiardini A, Carducci C, Mei D, Montomoli M, Tramonti A, Guerrini R, Contestabile R, Leuzzi V

Pyridoxine-5'-phosphate oxidase (Pnpo) deficiency: Clinical and biochemical alterations associated with the C.347g>A (P..Arg116gln) mutation.

Mol Genet Metab. 2017 Sep;122(1-2):135-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Aug 12.

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BACKGROUND: Pyridoxal-5(')-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) deficiency presents as a severe neonatal encephalopathy responsive to pyridoxal-5(')-phosphate (PLP) or pyridoxine. Recent studies widened the phenotype of this condition and detected genetic variants on PNPO gene whose pathogenic role and clinical expression remain to be established. OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to characterize the functional effects of the c.347G>A (p.Arg116Gln) mutation in the PNPO gene in order to define its pathogenicity and describe the clinical features of new patients with epilepsy carrying this mutation. METHODS: Arg116Gln protein variant was expressed as recombinant protein. The mutant protein was characterized with respect to structural and kinetic properties, thermal stability, binding constants of cofactor (FMN) and product (PLP). We also reviewed clinical data of 3 new patients carrying the mutation. RESULTS: The Arg116Gln mutation does not alter the overall enzyme structure and only slightly affects its catalytic efficiency; nevertheless, this mutation affects thermal stability of PNPO, reduces its affinity for FMN and impairs transfer of PLP to PLP-dependent enzymes. Three boys with seizure onset between 8months and 3years of age, carrying the Arg116Gln mutation, are described. These three patients exhibited different seizure types associated with interictal EEG abnormalities and slow background activity. Mild/moderate intellectual disability was observed in 2/3 patients. A dramatic therapeutic response to pyridoxine was observed in the only patient who still had active seizures when starting treatment, while in all three patients interictal EEG discharges and background activity improved after pyridoxine treatment was initiated. CONCLUSIONS: The reported data support a pathogenic role of the c.347G>A (p.Arg116Gln) mutation in PNPO deficiency. The later onset of symptoms and the milder epilepsy phenotype of these expand the disease phenotype.

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Drug	Enzyme	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Pyridoxine phosphate	Pyridoxine-5'-phosphate oxidase	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Substrate	Details