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Correction of the copper transport defect of Menkes patient fibroblasts by expression of the Menkes and Wilson ATPases. 1998

S L La Fontaine, and S D Firth, and J Camakaris, and A Englezou, and M B Theophilos, and M J Petris, and M Howie, and P J Lockhart, and M Greenough, and H Brooks, and R R Reddel, and J F Mercer
The Murdoch Institute Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville 3052, Australia.

Menkes' disease is a fatal, X-linked, copper deficiency disorder that results from defective copper efflux from intestinal cells and inadequate copper delivery to other tissues, leading to deficiencies of critical copper-dependent enzymes. Wilson's disease is an autosomally inherited, copper toxicosis disorder resulting from defective biliary excretion of copper, which leads to copper accumulation in the liver. The ATP7A and ATP7B genes that are defective in patients with Menkes' and Wilson's diseases, respectively, encode transmembrane, P-type ATPase proteins (ATP7A or MNK and ATP7B or WND, respectively) that function to translocate copper across cellular membranes. In this study, the cDNAs derived from a normal human ATP7A gene and the murine ATP7B homologue, Atp7b, were separately transfected into an immortalized fibroblast cell line obtained from a Menkes' disease patient. Both MNK and WND expressed from plasmid constructs were able to correct the copper accumulation and copper retention phenotype of these cells. However, the two proteins responded differently to elevated extracellular copper levels. Although MNK showed copper-induced trafficking from the trans-Golgi network to the plasma membrane, in the same cell line the intracellular location of WND did not appear to be affected by elevated copper.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007706 Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome An inherited disorder of copper metabolism transmitted as an X-linked trait and characterized by the infantile onset of HYPOTHERMIA, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, SEIZURES, bony deformities, pili torti (twisted hair), and severely impaired intellectual development. Defective copper transport across plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes results in copper being unavailable for the synthesis of several copper containing enzymes, including PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; CERULOPLASMIN; and SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. Pathologic changes include defects in arterial elastin, neuronal loss, and gliosis. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p125) Hypocupremia, Congenital,Kinky Hair Syndrome,Menkes Syndrome,Steely Hair Syndrome,Congenital Hypocupremia,Copper Transport Disease,Kinky Hair Disease,Menkea Syndrome,Menkes Disease,Menkes' Disease,Steely Hair Disease,X-Linked Copper Deficiency,Congenital Hypocupremias,Copper Deficiencies, X-Linked,Copper Deficiency, X-Linked,Copper Transport Diseases,Deficiencies, X-Linked Copper,Deficiency, X-Linked Copper,Disease, Copper Transport,Disease, Steely Hair,Diseases, Copper Transport,Diseases, Kinky Hair,Diseases, Menkes',Diseases, Steely Hair,Hair Diseases, Kinky,Hair Diseases, Steely,Hypocupremias, Congenital,Kinky Hair Diseases,Menkea Syndromes,Menkes' Diseases,Steely Hair Diseases,Steely Hair Syndromes,Syndrome, Menkea,Syndrome, Steely Hair,Syndromes, Menkea,Syndromes, Steely Hair,Transport Disease, Copper,Transport Diseases, Copper,X Linked Copper Deficiency,X-Linked Copper Deficiencies
D011993 Recombinant Fusion Proteins Recombinant proteins produced by the GENETIC TRANSLATION of fused genes formed by the combination of NUCLEIC ACID REGULATORY SEQUENCES of one or more genes with the protein coding sequences of one or more genes. Fusion Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Protein,Recombinant Fusion Protein,Recombinant Hybrid Protein,Chimeric Proteins, Recombinant,Hybrid Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Proteins,Recombinant Hybrid Proteins,Chimeric Protein, Recombinant,Fusion Protein, Recombinant,Hybrid Protein, Recombinant,Protein, Recombinant Chimeric,Protein, Recombinant Fusion,Protein, Recombinant Hybrid,Proteins, Recombinant Chimeric,Proteins, Recombinant Fusion,Proteins, Recombinant Hybrid
D011994 Recombinant Proteins Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D002352 Carrier Proteins Proteins that bind or transport specific substances in the blood, within the cell, or across cell membranes. Binding Proteins,Carrier Protein,Transport Protein,Transport Proteins,Binding Protein,Protein, Carrier,Proteins, Carrier
D002451 Cell Compartmentation A partitioning within cells due to the selectively permeable membranes which enclose each of the separate parts, e.g., mitochondria, lysosomes, etc. Cell Compartmentations,Compartmentation, Cell,Compartmentations, Cell
D003300 Copper A heavy metal trace element with the atomic symbol Cu, atomic number 29, and atomic weight 63.55. Copper-63,Copper 63
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast
D005455 Fluorescent Antibody Technique Test for tissue antigen using either a direct method, by conjugation of antibody with fluorescent dye (FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT) or an indirect method, by formation of antigen-antibody complex which is then labeled with fluorescein-conjugated anti-immunoglobulin antibody (FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT). The tissue is then examined by fluorescence microscopy. Antinuclear Antibody Test, Fluorescent,Coon's Technique,Fluorescent Antinuclear Antibody Test,Fluorescent Protein Tracing,Immunofluorescence Technique,Coon's Technic,Fluorescent Antibody Technic,Immunofluorescence,Immunofluorescence Technic,Antibody Technic, Fluorescent,Antibody Technics, Fluorescent,Antibody Technique, Fluorescent,Antibody Techniques, Fluorescent,Coon Technic,Coon Technique,Coons Technic,Coons Technique,Fluorescent Antibody Technics,Fluorescent Antibody Techniques,Fluorescent Protein Tracings,Immunofluorescence Technics,Immunofluorescence Techniques,Protein Tracing, Fluorescent,Protein Tracings, Fluorescent,Technic, Coon's,Technic, Fluorescent Antibody,Technic, Immunofluorescence,Technics, Fluorescent Antibody,Technics, Immunofluorescence,Technique, Coon's,Technique, Fluorescent Antibody,Technique, Immunofluorescence,Techniques, Fluorescent Antibody,Techniques, Immunofluorescence,Tracing, Fluorescent Protein,Tracings, Fluorescent Protein
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000073840 Copper-Transporting ATPases P-type ATPases which transport copper ions across membranes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They possess a conserved CYSTEINE-HISTIDINE-SERINE (CPx) amino acid motif within their transmembrane helices that functions in cation translocation and catalytic activation, and an N-terminal copper-binding CxxC motif that regulates enzyme activity. They play essential roles in intracellular copper homeostasis through regulating the uptake, efflux and storage of copper ions, and in cuproprotein biosynthesis. ATP7B Cu-Binding P Type ATPase,ATPase, Cu++ Transporting, beta Polypeptide (Wilson Disease),Copper-Transporting ATPase,Copper-Transporting ATPase 1,Copper-Transporting ATPase 2,Copper-Transporting Adenosine Triphosphatases,Cu(+)-Transporting ATPases,Cu-Transporting ATPases,Menkes Disease-Associated Protein,Pineal Night-Specific ATPase,Wilson Disease Cu-Binding P Type ATPase,ATP7A Protein,ATPase Copper Transporting alpha,Copper Pump 1,PINA Enzyme,Wilson Disease Protein,ATP7B Cu Binding P Type ATPase,ATPase 1, Copper-Transporting,ATPase 2, Copper-Transporting,ATPase, Copper-Transporting,ATPase, Pineal Night-Specific,ATPases, Copper-Transporting,ATPases, Cu-Transporting,Adenosine Triphosphatases, Copper-Transporting,Copper Transporting ATPase,Copper Transporting ATPase 1,Copper Transporting ATPase 2,Copper Transporting ATPases,Copper Transporting Adenosine Triphosphatases,Cu Transporting ATPases,Menkes Disease Associated Protein,Night-Specific ATPase, Pineal,Pineal Night Specific ATPase,Triphosphatases, Copper-Transporting Adenosine,Wilson Disease Cu Binding P Type ATPase

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