Devendra Block 2 Flashcards
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Major Treatments (directed @ clinical phenotype)
- Supportive: Decrease symptoms
- Product def : Give product exogenously
- Substrate def : Give substrate exogenously
- Gene Therapy: Still too primitive to be viable
- Treat clinical phenotype - Limit UV exposure in albinism, Pharm intervention (beta blockers - marfan syndrome), surgical procedure (cong. heart malformations)
- Metab interventions - Avoidance (certain triggers of symptoms), G6PD def antimalarial drugs
Treatment of genetic diseases (Single gene disorder)
- Medelian disorders
- Replace the defective protein, improve the function, minimize the consequence of the def.
- Treatment is Deficient
- Unknown causing genes = Pathogenesis not understood (50% of genetic diseases UNKNOWN mutant locus)
- Pre-diagnostic fetal damage = Some mutations affect early development, leads to irreversible changes b4 diagnosis
- Severe Phenotypes LESS likely to respond to interventions = lead to absence of protein–>Severe phenotype
Treatment of single gene disorder (diet restriction)
- MOST effective, require lifelong compliance
- Phenylketouria - phenylalanine intake restrictions
- Classical galactosemia - Lactose restriction
- Maple urine disease - Branched chain AA
- Familial hypercholesolemia - cholesterol intake
Treatment of single gene disorder (Product replacement)
- Replace metabolite NOT made endogenously
- Ex. Von Geirke’s disease: continuous nocturnal feeding w/glucose, Hereditary oroticaciduria: treat w/uridine-decrease orotate production
- Diversion: enhanced use of alt pathway reduce conc of harmful metabolite=excretion pathways
- Ex. Urea cycle disorders-Sodium benzoate + phenyl acetate=conj glycine & glutamate
- Inhibition: alt pathway overflows produces toxic lvls of metabolite=inhibition of prior step in pathway
- Ex. Allopurinol: treat GOUT inhibiting xanthine oxidase
- Depletion: remove harmful compound build up
- Ex. Hemochromatosis=blood letting to remove excess Fe+3
Mol Treatment of disease (level of protein)
- Enhancement of mutant protein w/small mol therapy
- Useful if phenotype is due to:
- Defective synthesis of coenzyme from vitamin precursors
- Decreased affinity of apo-enzyme for cofactor
- Destabilization of protein partially overcome increased cofactor conc
- Ex. Homocystinuria = Def of cystathionine beta synthase - treat w/B6
- Small mol increase activity of misfolded mutant polypeptide - normally degraded
- Small mol allow skipping over mutant stop codons-allow translation past stop codon=full protein made
Protein augmentation
- Replacement of extracell protein
- Ex. Hemophilia - treat w/factor 7 replacement
- Extracell augmentation of intracell enzyme
- Ex. Adenosine deaminase Def-PEG_ADA
- Targeted aug of intracell enzyme
- Ex. Gaucher’s disease remove term sugar of glucocebroside
Modulation of gene expression
- Increase gene expression from the wild type/mutant locus
- Ex. Hereditary angioedema: mutation in gene for C1 esterase inhibitor) Danazol = increase in C1 esterase inhib synthesis from normal & mutant loci
- Increase gene expression from UNaffected locus
- Ex. Beta thalassemia=Decitabine=hypomethylation of gamma globin genes-MORE gamma Hb synthesis
- Reduce Expression of dom mutant gene product
- VIA RNA interference (RNA1) binds to target RNA & degrades it
- Ex. Huntington’s-remove toxic gene product
Mod of somatic genome by transplantation
- Gene transfer therapy leads to mod of somatic genome
- Introduce wild type copies of gene pt w/mutations in that gene
- Ex. Familial hypercholesterolemia-Treat w/liver transplant
- Cell replacement-compensate for organ demaged by disease
- Ex. Alpha 1 antitryp def = treat w/liver call replacement
- Hemapoietic stem cell transplantation-Non storage disease=cancer management, immunodef, thalassemais & LSD = gaucher, krabbe, Hurler
- Source for stem cell placental cord blood
Gene Therapy
- Goals= correct loss of fnx mutation & replace OR inactivate dom mutant allele
- Target cell = Stem cell (progenitor cell) w/replication potential & long 1/2 life
- Direct delivery = IN vivo (gene + into tissue or ECF)
- Cell based delivery = EX vivo (gene + to cell culture & reintroduced into pt)
Gene Therapy (DNA transfer)
- Viral vectors:
- Retrovirus = Only dividing cells
- Adenoviruses = Strong immune/inflammatory response initiated
- Adeno-Assoc virus=accomodate small inserts ONLY
- NON viral vectors:
- Naked DNA
- DNA packaged
- Protein DNA conj
- Artificial chromosomes
- Risks = Adverse rxn, Onocogene activation or tumor supressor inactivation
Developmental Genetics & Birth Defects (Malformations)
- Intrinsic abnormalities 1+ genetic programs operating in development
- 50% due to complex inheritance (multifactoral)
- Specific mutations causing Specific phenotype
- Ex. Greigcephalopolysyndactyly = Loss of function in GL13 gene
- GL13 = mols that cause development of distal end of upper limb into a hand of 5 fingers
Developmental Genetics & Birth Defects (deformations)
- Extrinsic factors impinging on fetal development
- Alterations shape/position of normal tissue (REVERSIBLE)
- Ex. Arthrogryposes-multiple joint contractures & deformation of developing skull constrait of fetus due to twin/triplet preg OR prolonged amniotic fluid leakage
Developmental Genetics & Birth Defects (disruptions)
- Destruction of previously formed fetal tissue (IRREVERSIBLE)
- Ex. Amnion disruption=partial amputation of fetal limb associated w/strands of amniotic tissue
- Presence of partial & irregular amps w/constriction rings
Developmental Genetics & Birth Defects (syndrome)
- Related to pleiotrophy=Single underlying causative agent results in abnormalities 1+ organ systems
- Ex. branchioto renal dysplasia-Loss of function protein phosphatase ear/kidney development
- Ex. Rubenstein Taybi-Broad thumb-hallux syndrome-Loss of function transcriptional co-activator CREB-BP-Cell growth & division
Developmental Genetics & Birth Defects (Sequence)
- Series of events due to causative agent or 1 primary effect leading to several
- Robin sequence-U-shaped cleft palate, micrognathia (Small jaw) due diff primary abnormalities
- Primary = Stickler (collagen formation), Neurogenic hypotonia (Flaccid bladder), oligohydraminos (Def. of amniotic fluid)
Mutagens VS Teratogens
- Mutagens damage creating heritable condition
- Teratogens act directly of developing embryo
Teratogens (malformations)
- Fetal retinoid syndome=anti-acne meds (isotretinoin), microcephaly, cleft palate, mental retardation
- Thalidomide syndrome=Seal limbs
- Fetal alcohol=small eye openings. smooth philtrum (indention in upper lip), thin upperlip
Development of embyro
- Proliferate
- differentiate
- migrate
- Undergo apoptosis
- embryogenesis: Inner cell mass sep. into Epiblast (makes embryo) & Hypoblast (amniotic membrane)
- Gasturlation: Cell rearrange to 3 layers
- Ectoderm (CNS, PNS, Skin)
- Mesoderm (Kidneys, heart, vasaculature, bones, Muscles)
- Endoderm (Central visceral core, Airways, GUT)
Regulative & Mosaic
- Reg development: Early, removal or ablation part of embryo compensated by remaining similar cells (monozygomatic)
- Mosaic development: Late, loss of portion of embryo, leads to failure of development specific structures=specific fate (Conjoined twins)
Axis Specification
- Cranial-caudal (ant to post) axis=Early, determined by entry of sperm fertilizing egg
- Dorsal-ventral axis=proteins & signaling pathways (Sonic hedgehog genes) set up axis
- Left-Right Axis=Proper heart/visceral development-requires normal ZIC3 gene activity (Situsinversus = defect in ZIC3)
- Basal apical axis=Cellular lvl function of renal tubules & neurons
Pattern formation
- After Axis formation
- REQUIRES HOX genes
- Hox Genes=Transcription factors w/conserved DNA binding domains (in cluster) expressed in fetal development
- HOX A,B,C,D
- Early development=Ant/post axis HOXA & HOXB
- Later in development=regional ID & developing limb HOXA &HOXD
Mech. of development (gene reg/transcription factors)
- Proteins bind to enhancer/promoter regions of DNA=diff combos of TF expressed @ diff places & times DIRECT spatiotemporal reg of development
- Functions = Stabalize/block RNA polymerase, Histone acetylase (HAT) activity, Histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity
Mech. of development (Structure)
- Structure:
- DNA binding domain=specific nucleotide sequences on DNA (helix turn helix, leucine zipper, zinc fingers, helix loop helix)
- Activation domain=bind to other transcription factors, HAT & HDAC activity, Stabilize RNA poly
Mech. of development (Types)
- Basal transcription factors=bind to promoter regions (TATA & CAAT)
- Ex. TF 2 D& A
- Activators=Bind to enhancer regions & increase transcription 1000 X
- Ex. Steroids & Vit A
- Co-repressors=Bind to repressor region & inhibit transcription
- Co-activators=Bind to activators & co repressors