Two Distinct Novel Splice Site Mutations in a Compound Heterozygous Patient with Protein S Deficiency

Summary

Genetic analysis revealed two distinct novel splice site mutations in a compound heterozygous patient with protein S deficiency. The paternal mutation was a G-to-T transition at position -1 of the acceptor splice site of intron N (Mutation I), and the maternal mutation was a G-to-C transversion at position -1 of the donor splice site of intron C (Mutation II). Both splice site mutations decreased the mutated mRNA accumulation to the same extent, approximately 40% of the normal mRNA. However, the mutations were associated with different phenotypical expressions: the paternal mutant protein S was not detected in vivo, while the maternal mutant protein S was present in the plasma in reduced quantity. Because Mutation I caused a cryptic splicing in the mutated mRNA, resulting in a reading frameshift and premature termination, the predicted mutant protein S might be highly unstable. In contrast, Mutation II led to the substitution of Val46 by Leu, which might be much less deleterious for the synthesis, secretion and stability of the predicted mutant protein S. It was supposed that the different post-translational metabolisms produced the distinct phenotypical expressions of the mutations.

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