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Li Q, Yang Z, Zang R, Liu S, Yu L, Wang J, Wang C, Wang X, Sun S. Clinical features and genetic analysis of 15 Chinese children with dent disease. Ren Fail 2024; 46:2349133. [PMID: 38726999 PMCID: PMC11089919 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2024.2349133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/15/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE The clinical characteristics, genetic mutation spectrum, treatment strategies and prognoses of 15 children with Dent disease were retrospectively analyzed to improve pediatricians' awareness of and attention to this disease. METHODS We analyzed the clinical and laboratory data of 15 Chinese children with Dent disease who were diagnosed and treated at our hospital between January 2017 and May 2023 and evaluated the expression of the CLCN5 and OCRL1 genes. RESULTS All 15 patients were male and complained of proteinuria, and the incidence of low-molecular-weight proteinuria (LMWP) was 100.0% in both Dent disease 1 (DD1) and Dent disease 2 (DD2) patients. The incidence of hypercalciuria was 58.3% (7/12) and 66.7% (2/3) in DD1 and DD2 patients, respectively. Nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis were found in 16.7% (2/12) and 8.3% (1/12) of DD1 patients, respectively. Renal biopsy revealed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 1 patient, minimal change lesion in 5 patients, and small focal acute tubular injury in 1 patient. A total of 11 mutations in the CLCN5 gene were detected, including 3 missense mutations (25.0%, c.1756C > T, c.1166T > G, and c.1618G > A), 5 frameshift mutations (41.7%, c.407delT, c.1702_c.1703insC, c.137delC, c.665_666delGGinsC, and c.2200delG), and 3 nonsense mutations (25.0%, c.776G > A, c.1609C > T, and c.1152G > A). There was no significant difference in age or clinical phenotype among patients with different mutation types (p > 0.05). All three mutations in the OCRL1 gene were missense mutations (c.1477C > T, c.952C > T, and c.198A > G). CONCLUSION Pediatric Dent disease is often misdiagnosed. Protein electrophoresis and genetic testing can help to provide an early and correct diagnosis.
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- Qian Li
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatism and Immunology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, P.R. China
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Huang L, Zhang Y, Fu H, Gu W, Mao J. A missense mutant of ocrl1 promotes apoptosis of tubular epithelial cells and disrupts endocytosis and the cell cycle of podocytes in Dent-2 Disease. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:256. [PMID: 38049819 PMCID: PMC10696739 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01272-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to identify an orcl1 mutation in a patient with Dent-2 Disease and investigate the underlying mechanisms. METHODS The ocrl1 mutation was identified through exome sequencing. Knockdown of orcl1 and overexpression of the orcl1 mutant were performed in HK-2 and MPC5 cells to study its function, while flow cytometry measured reactive oxygen species (ROS), phosphatidylserine levels, and cell apoptosis. Scanning electron microscopy observed crystal adhesion, while transmission electron microscopy examined kidney tissue pathology. Laser scanning confocal microscopy was used to examine endocytosis, and immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence assays detected protein expression. Additionally, podocyte-specific orcl1 knockout mice were generated to investigate the role of orcl1 in vivo. RESULTS We identified a mutation resulting in the replacement of Histidine with Arginine at position 318 (R318H) in ocrl1 in the proband. orcl1 was widely expressed in the kidney. In vitro experiments showed that knockdown of orcl1 and overexpression of ocrl1 mutant increased ROS, phosphatidylserine exocytosis, crystal adhesion, and cell apoptosis in HK-2 cells. Knockdown of orcl1 in podocytes reduced endocytosis and disrupted the cell cycle while increasing cell migration. In vivo studies in mice showed that conditional deletion of orcl1 in podocytes caused glomerular dysfunction, including proteinuria and fibrosis. CONCLUSION This study identified an R318H mutation in orcl1 in a patient with Dent-2 Disease. This mutation may contribute to renal injury by promoting ROS production and inducing cell apoptosis in tubular cells, while disrupting endocytosis and the cell cycle, and promoting cell migration of podocytes. Video Abstract.
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- Limin Huang
- Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathologyology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
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Arnous MG, Arroyo J, Cogal AG, Anglani F, Kang HG, Sas D, Harris PC, Lieske JC. The Site and Type of CLCN5 Genetic Variation Impact the Resulting Dent Disease-1 Phenotype. Kidney Int Rep 2023; 8:1220-1230. [PMID: 37284679 PMCID: PMC10239918 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Dent disease is an X-linked recessive disorder associated with low molecular weight proteinuria (LMWP), nephrocalcinosis, kidney stones, and kidney failure in the third to fifth decade of life. It consists of Dent disease 1 (DD1) (60% of patients) because of pathogenic variants in the CLCN5 gene and Dent disease 2 (DD2) with changes in OCRL. Methods Retrospective review of 162 patients from 121 different families with genetically confirmed DD1 (82 different pathogenic variants validated using American College of Medical Genetics [ACMG] guidelines). Clinical and genetic factors were compared using observational statistics. Results A total of 110 patients had 51 different truncating (nonsense, frameshifting, large deletions, and canonical splicing) variants, whereas 52 patients had 31 different nontruncating (missense, in-frame, noncanonical splicing, and stop-loss) changes. Sixteen newly described pathogenic variants were found in our cohort. Among patients with truncating variants, lifetime stone events positively correlated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) evolution. Patients with truncating changes also experienced stone events earlier in life and manifested a higher albumin excretion rate than the nontruncating group. Nevertheless, neither age of nephrocalcinosis nor CKD progression varied between the truncating versus nontruncating patients. A large majority of nontruncating changes (26/31; 84%) were clustered in the middle exons that encode the voltage ClC domain whereas truncating changes were spread across the protein. Variants associated with kidney failure were restricted to truncating (11/13 cases), plus a single missense variant previously shown to markedly reduce ClC-5 functional activity that was found in the other 2 individuals. Conclusion DD1 manifestations, including the risk of kidney stones and progression to kidney failure, may relate to the degree of residual ClC-5 function.
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- Muhammad G. Arnous
- Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Ye Q, Lan B, Liu H, Persson PB, Lai EY, Mao J. A critical role of the podocyte cytoskeleton in the pathogenesis of glomerular proteinuria and autoimmune podocytopathies. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2022; 235:e13850. [PMID: 35716094 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Selective glomerular filtration relies on the membrane separating the glomerular arterioles from the Bowman space. As a major component of the glomerular filtration barrier, podocytes form foot processes by the actin cytoskeleton, which dynamically adjusts in response to environmental changes to maintain filtration barrier integrity. The slit diaphragms bridge the filtration slits between neighboring foot processes and act as signaling hubs interacting with the actin cytoskeleton. Focal adhesions relay signals to regulate actin dynamics while allowing podocyte adherence to the basement membrane. Mutations in actin regulatory and signaling proteins may disrupt the actin cytoskeleton, resulting in foot process retraction, effacement, and proteinuria. Large-scale gene expression profiling platforms, transgenic animal models, and other in vivo gene delivery methods now enhance our understanding of the interactions among podocyte focal adhesions, slit diaphragms, and actin dynamics. In addition, our team found that at least 66% of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) children have podocyte autoantibodies, which was defined as a new disease subgroup-, autoimmune podocytopathies. This review outlines the pathophysiological mechanisms of podocyte cytoskeleton protein interactions in proteinuria and glomerular podocytopathy.
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- Qing Ye
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Translational Physiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Translational Physiology, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, Hangzhou, China
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