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ArticleNature genetics2008

Insights from retinitis pigmentosa into the roles of isocitrate dehydrogenases in the Krebs cycle.

Dyonne T Hartong, Mayura Dange, Terri L McGee, Eliot L Berson, Thaddeus P Dryja, Roberta F Colman

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Article in Nature genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dyonne T HartongOcular Molecular Genetics Institute, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Mayura Dange
Terri L McGee
Eliot L Berson
Thaddeus P Dryja
Roberta F Colman
Harvard University · USUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

P30 Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY014104 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI Eric A Pierce · 2002 to 2026
$15.1M
CANDIDATE GENE STUDY OF INHERITED RETINAL DEGENERATIONSR01EY008683 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI DRYJA, THADDEUS P · 1990 to 2005
$2.6M
RETINAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIESR01EY000169 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BERSON, ELIOT L · 1985 to 2007
$2.0M
Mammalian Heart Isocitrate DehydrogenasesR01HL067774 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI COLMAN, ROBERTA FISHMAN · 2001 to 2004
$1.4M
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF RETINAL DEGENERATIONSR37EY000169 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BERSON, ELIOT L · 1992 to 2002
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS NIH-EY00169NEI NIH HHS NIH-EY08683NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014104NEI NIH HHS P30-EY014104NEI NIH HHS R01 EY000169NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008683NEI NIH HHS R37 EY000169NHLBI NIH HHS NIH-HL67774NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL067774
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we describe two families with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary neurodegeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina. Affected family members were homozygous for loss-of-function mutations in IDH3B, encoding the beta-subunit of NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD-IDH, or IDH3), which is believed to catalyze the oxidation of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate in the citric acid cycle. Cells from affected individuals had a substantial reduction of NAD-IDH activity, with about a 300-fold increase in the K(m) for NAD. NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP-IDH, or IDH2), an enzyme that catalyzes the same reaction, was normal in affected individuals, and they had no health problems associated with the enzyme deficiency except for retinitis pigmentosa. These findings support the hypothesis that mitochondrial NADP-IDH, rather than NAD-IDH, serves as the main catalyst for this reaction in the citric acid cycle outside the retina, and that the retina has a particular requirement for NAD-IDH.

Indexed as

Case-Control StudiesCitric Acid CycleFemaleGenes, RecessiveHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseIsocitratesLymphocytesMaleNADNADPRetinitis PigmentosaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerIsocitrate DehydrogenaseIsocitratesisocitric acidNADNADPRNA, Messenger

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PMID18806796
PMCPMC2596605
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