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Krall P, Faundes V, Gálvez C, Cavagnaro F. A case of diffuse kidney hyperechogenicity in early childhood associated with biallelic PKHD1 variants. Pediatr Nephrol 2024; 39:2633-2636. [PMID: 38502226 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-024-06348-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Nephrocalcinosis (NC) is characterized by an excessive accumulation of calcium deposits in the kidneys. In children, it is often incidentally discovered with an uncertain prognosis. CASE-DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT A 3-month-old girl suspected to have a milk protein allergy underwent an ultrasound that revealed increased echogenicity in the kidney pyramids suggestive of medullary NC. At the age of 18 months, imaging findings revealed not only hyperechogenicity in the medulla but also in the cortex. Over the course of a long follow-up, her kidneys maintained size within the upper limits but showed an increase by age 7. Genetic analysis identified PKHD1 variants, which required structural predictive tools to guide clinical diagnosis. Until the age of 7, her kidney function has remained intact; however, her prognosis is uncertain. CONCLUSIONS NC in newborns is a rare condition, but its incidence is rising. Recurrent urinary infections or kidney stones may lead to kidney failure. A proactive approach in sporadic NC enables an early diagnosis to orientate clinical supervision and facilitates counseling to support family planning decisions.
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- Paola Krall
- Instituto de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
- Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Genética y Enfermedades Metabólicas, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Pediatría, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Pediatría, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
- Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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Zhang X, Wu J, Zhou J, Liang J, Han Y, Qi Y, Zhu T, Yuan D, Zhu Z, Zhai J. Pathogenic relationship between phenotypes of ARPKD and novel compound heterozygous mutations of PKHD1. Front Genet 2024; 15:1429336. [PMID: 39015774 PMCID: PMC11250243 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1429336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024] Open
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Background To investigate whether the novel mutation of PKHD1 could cause polycystic kidney disease by affecting splicing with a recessive inheritance pattern. Methods A nonconsanguineous Chinese couple with two recurrent pregnancies showed fetal enlarged echogenic polycystic kidney and oligoamnios were recruited. Pedigree WES, minigene splicing assay experiment and following bioinformatics analysis were performed to verify the effects, and inheritance pattern of diseasing-causing mutations. Results WES revealed that both fetuses were identified as carrying the same novel mutation c.3592_3628 + 45del, p.? and c.11207 T>C, p.(Ile3736Thr) in the PKHD1 gene (NM_138694.4), which inherited from the father and mother respectively. Both bioinformatic method prediction and minigene splicing assay experience results supported the mutation c.3592_3628 + 45del, p.? affects the splicing of the PKHD1 transcript, resulting in exon 31 skipping. Another missense mutation c.11207 T>C, p.(Ile3736Thr) has a low frequency in populations and is predicted to be deleterious by bioinformatic methods. Conclusion These findings provide a direct clinical and functional evidence that the truncating mutations of the PKHD1 gene could lead to more severe phenotypes, and cause ARPKD as a homozygous or compound heterozygous pattern. Our study broadens the variant spectrum of the PKHD1 gene and provides a basis for genetic counseling and diagnosis of ARPKD.
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- Xinrong Zhang
- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Xuzhou Engineering Research Center of Medical Genetics and Transformation, Key Laboratory of Genetic Foundation and Clinical Application, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Engineering Research Center of Medical Genetics and Transformation, Key Laboratory of Genetic Foundation and Clinical Application, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Diseases Bioinformation of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Diseases Bioinformation of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Diseases Bioinformation of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Engineering Research Center of Medical Genetics and Transformation, Key Laboratory of Genetic Foundation and Clinical Application, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Liuzhou Municipal Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Liuzhou, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Xuzhou Engineering Research Center of Medical Genetics and Transformation, Key Laboratory of Genetic Foundation and Clinical Application, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Xuzhou Engineering Research Center of Medical Genetics and Transformation, Key Laboratory of Genetic Foundation and Clinical Application, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Medical Center, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Diseases Bioinformation of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Khin E, Ramdas D. Variable Clinical Presentations and Renal Outcome in Neonates With Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease. Cureus 2024; 16:e59993. [PMID: 38854310 PMCID: PMC11162293 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.59993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is caused by a mutation in the polycystic kidney and hepatic disease-1 (PKHD1) gene and is an important inherited cause of chronic kidney disease in children. The most typical presentations in neonates are massively enlarged kidneys with variable echogenicity, multiple small cysts, and congenital hepatic fibrosis. Potter sequence with pulmonary hypoplasia can present due to oligohydramnios. Severe pulmonary hypoplasia can lead to respiratory insufficiency and perinatal death. Some affected children can develop end-stage renal disease in early childhood or adolescence. Here, we report the clinical presentations, management, and renal outcomes of three neonatal cases of ARPKD from our center.
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- Ei Khin
- Pediatric Nephrology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, USA
- Pediatric Nephrology, El Paso Children's Hospital, El Paso, USA
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- Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, USA
- Pediatrics, El Paso Children's Hospital, El Paso, USA
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Aklilu AM, Gulati A, Kolber KJ, Yang H, Harris PC, Dahl NK. The VUS Challenge in Cystic Kidney Disease: A Case-Based Review. KIDNEY360 2024; 5:152-159. [PMID: 37962562 PMCID: PMC10833605 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Genetic testing in nephrology is becoming increasingly important to diagnose patients and to provide appropriate care. This is especially true for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) because this is a common cause of kidney failure and genetically complex. In addition to the major genes, PKD1 and PKD2 , there are at least six minor loci, and phenotypic, and in some cases, genetic overlap with other cystic disorders. Targeted next-generation sequencing, a low-cost, high-throughput technique, has made routine genetic testing viable in nephrology clinics. Appropriate pre- and post-testing genetic counseling is essential to the testing process. Carefully assessing variants is also critical, with the genetic report classifying variants in accordance with American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines. However, variant of uncertain significance (VUSs) may pose a significant challenge for the ordering clinician. In ADPKD, and particularly within PKD1 , there is high allelic heterogeneity; no single variant is present in more than 2% of families. The Mayo/Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation variant database, a research tool, is the best current database of PKD1 and PKD2 variants containing over 2300 variants identified in individuals with polycystic kidney disease, but novel variants are often identified. In patients with a high pretest probability of ADPKD on the basis of clinical criteria, but no finding of a pathogenic (P) or likely pathogenic (LP) variant in a cystic kidney gene, additional evaluation of cystic gene VUS can be helpful. In this case-based review, we propose an algorithm for the assessment of such variants in a clinical setting and show how some can be reassigned to a diagnostic grouping. When assessing the relevance of a VUS, we consider both patient/family-specific and allele-related factors using population and variant databases and available prediction tools, as well as genetic expertise. This analysis plus further family studies can aid in making a genetic diagnosis.
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- Abinet M. Aklilu
- Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Yang H, Sieben CJ, Schauer RS, Harris PC. Genetic Spectrum of Polycystic Kidney and Liver Diseases and the Resulting Phenotypes. ADVANCES IN KIDNEY DISEASE AND HEALTH 2023; 30:397-406. [PMID: 38097330 PMCID: PMC10746289 DOI: 10.1053/j.akdh.2023.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Polycystic kidney diseases are a group of monogenically inherited disorders characterized by cyst development in the kidney with defects in primary cilia function central to pathogenesis. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has progressive cystogenesis and accounts for 5-10% of kidney failure (KF) patients. There are two major ADPKD genes, PKD1 and PKD2, and seven minor loci. PKD1 accounts for ∼80% of patients and is associated with the most severe disease (KF is typically at 55-65 years); PKD2 accounts for ∼15% of families, with KF typically in the mid-70s. The minor genes are generally associated with milder kidney disease, but for DNAJB11 and ALG5, the age at KF is similar to PKD2. PKD1 and PKD2 have a high level of allelic heterogeneity, with no single pathogenic variant accounting for >2% of patients. Additional genetic complexity includes biallelic disease, sometimes causing very early-onset ADPKD, and mosaicism. Autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease is characterized by severe PLD but limited PKD. The two major genes are PRKCSH and SEC63, while GANAB, ALG8, and PKHD1 can present as ADPKD or autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease typically has an infantile onset, with PKHD1 being the major locus and DZIP1L and CYS1 being minor genes. In addition, there are a range of mainly recessive syndromic ciliopathies with PKD as part of the phenotype. Because of the phenotypic and genic overlap between the diseases, employing a next-generation sequencing panel containing all known PKD and ciliopathy genes is recommended for clinical testing.
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- Hana Yang
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN.
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Kalyta K, Stelmaszczyk W, Szczęśniak D, Kotuła L, Dobosz P, Mroczek M. The Spectrum of the Heterozygous Effect in Biallelic Mendelian Diseases-The Symptomatic Heterozygote Issue. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1562. [PMID: 37628614 PMCID: PMC10454578 DOI: 10.3390/genes14081562] [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: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Heterozygous carriers of pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in autosomal recessive disorders seem to be asymptomatic. However, in recent years, an increasing number of case reports have suggested that mild and unspecific symptoms can occur in some heterozygotes, as symptomatic heterozygotes have been identified across different disease types, including neurological, neuromuscular, hematological, and pulmonary diseases. The symptoms are usually milder in heterozygotes than in biallelic variants and occur "later in life". The status of symptomatic heterozygotes as separate entities is often disputed, and alternative diagnoses are considered. Indeed, often only a thin line exists between dual, dominant, and recessive modes of inheritance and symptomatic heterozygosity. Interestingly, recent population studies have found global disease effects in heterozygous carriers of some genetic variants. What makes the few heterozygotes symptomatic, while the majority show no symptoms? The molecular basis of this phenomenon is still unknown. Possible explanations include undiscovered deep-splicing variants, genetic and environmental modifiers, digenic/oligogenic inheritance, skewed methylation patterns, and mutational burden. Symptomatic heterozygotes are rarely reported in the literature, mainly because most did not undergo the complete diagnostic procedure, so alternative diagnoses could not be conclusively excluded. However, despite the increasing accessibility to high-throughput technologies, there still seems to be a small group of patients with mild symptoms and just one variant of autosomes in biallelic diseases. Here, we present some examples, the current state of knowledge, and possible explanations for this phenomenon, and thus argue against the existing dominant/recessive classification.
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- Kateryna Kalyta
- School of Life Sciences, FHNW—University of Applied Sciences, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland;
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK;
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, Genetics Department, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Genetics, Medical University, 20-080 Lublin, Poland;
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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- University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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Hanna C, Iliuta IA, Besse W, Mekahli D, Chebib FT. Cystic Kidney Diseases in Children and Adults: Differences and Gaps in Clinical Management. Semin Nephrol 2023; 43:151434. [PMID: 37996359 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2023.151434] [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] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Cystic kidney diseases, when broadly defined, have a wide differential diagnosis extending from recessive diseases with a prenatal or pediatric diagnosis, to the most common autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease primarily affecting adults, and several other genetic or acquired etiologies that can manifest with kidney cysts. The most likely diagnoses to consider when assessing a patient with cystic kidney disease differ depending on family history, age stratum, radiologic characteristics, and extrarenal features. Accurate identification of the underlying condition is crucial to estimate the prognosis and initiate the appropriate management, identification of extrarenal manifestations, and counseling on recurrence risk in future pregnancies. There are significant differences in the clinical approach to investigating and managing kidney cysts in children compared with adults. Next-generation sequencing has revolutionized the diagnosis of inherited disorders of the kidney, despite limitations in access and challenges in interpreting the data. Disease-modifying treatments are lacking in the majority of kidney cystic diseases. For adults with rapid progressive autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease, tolvaptan (V2-receptor antagonist) has been approved to slow the rate of decline in kidney function. In this article, we examine the differences in the differential diagnosis and clinical management of cystic kidney disease in children versus adults, and we highlight the progress in molecular diagnostics and therapeutics, as well as some of the gaps meriting further attention.
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- Christian Hanna
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- PKD Research Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
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Mirza H, Besse W, Somlo S, Weinreb J, Kenney B, Jain D. An update on ductal plate malformations and fibropolycystic diseases of the liver. Hum Pathol 2023; 132:102-113. [PMID: 35777701 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A variety of cystic and fibrocystic lesions can occur in the liver, which may be single or multiple and etiologically can be acquired or have genetic underpinnings. Although the morphology of ductal plate development and various associated malformations has been well described, the genetic etiologies of many of these disorders are still poorly understood. Multiple clinical phenotypes in the liver are proposed to originate from ductal plate malformations: congenital hepatic fibrosis, Caroli's disease, Von Meyenburg complex, and the liver cysts of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney and liver diseases. Although many of the patients with these disorders, particularly with isolated liver involvement remain asymptomatic, some develop portal hypertension or symptoms from cyst enlargement. Development of hepatocellular malignancy is a risk in a small subset. Recent advances have made it now possible for some of these phenotypes to be genetically defined, and intriguingly animal models of adult polycystic liver disease suggest that abnormal organ development is not required. This review describes the current understanding, genetic underpinning, and key clinicopathologic and imaging features of these fibropolycystic liver diseases.
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- Haris Mirza
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Section of Nephrology), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Section of Nephrology), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Middlesex Health, Middletown CT 06457, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520, USA.
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The causes and consequences of paediatric kidney disease on adult nephrology care. Pediatr Nephrol 2022; 37:1245-1261. [PMID: 34389906 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-021-05182-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Adult nephrologists often look after patients who have been diagnosed with kidney disease in childhood. This does present unique challenges to the adult nephrologist, who may be unfamiliar with the underlying cause of kidney disease as well as the complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that may have accumulated during childhood. This review discusses common causes of childhood CKD, in particular congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD), polycystic kidney disease, hereditary stone disease, nephrotic syndrome and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The long-term consequences of childhood CKD, such as the cardiovascular consequences, cognition and education as well as bone health, nutrition and growth are also discussed.
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Letavernier E, Schwoehrer M, Livrozet M, Saint-Jacques C, Raymond L, Saraeva R, Haymann JP, Frochot V, Daudon M, Mesnard L. Atypical Clinical Presentation of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Mimicking Medullary Sponge Kidney Disease. Kidney Int Rep 2022; 7:916-919. [PMID: 35497799 PMCID: PMC9039475 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Emmanuel Letavernier
- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR S 1155, Paris, France
- Physiology Unit, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
- Renal Emergencies Unit (SINRA), Tenon Hospital, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
- Institut des Sciences du Calcul et des Données, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Senum SR, Li Y(SM, Benson KA, Joli G, Olinger E, Lavu S, Madsen CD, Gregory AV, Neatu R, Kline TL, Audrézet MP, Outeda P, Nau CB, Meijer E, Ali H, Steinman TI, Mrug M, Phelan PJ, Watnick TJ, Peters DJ, Ong AC, Conlon PJ, Perrone RD, Cornec-Le Gall E, Hogan MC, Torres VE, Sayer JA, Harris PC, Harris PC. Monoallelic IFT140 pathogenic variants are an important cause of the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney-spectrum phenotype. Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109:136-156. [PMID: 34890546 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), characterized by progressive cyst formation/expansion, results in enlarged kidneys and often end stage kidney disease. ADPKD is genetically heterogeneous; PKD1 and PKD2 are the common loci (∼78% and ∼15% of families) and GANAB, DNAJB11, and ALG9 are minor genes. PKD is a ciliary-associated disease, a ciliopathy, and many syndromic ciliopathies have a PKD phenotype. In a multi-cohort/-site collaboration, we screened ADPKD-diagnosed families that were naive to genetic testing (n = 834) or for whom no PKD1 and PKD2 pathogenic variants had been identified (n = 381) with a PKD targeted next-generation sequencing panel (tNGS; n = 1,186) or whole-exome sequencing (WES; n = 29). We identified monoallelic IFT140 loss-of-function (LoF) variants in 12 multiplex families and 26 singletons (1.9% of naive families). IFT140 is a core component of the intraflagellar transport-complex A, responsible for retrograde ciliary trafficking and ciliary entry of membrane proteins; bi-allelic IFT140 variants cause the syndromic ciliopathy, short-rib thoracic dysplasia (SRTD9). The distinctive monoallelic phenotype is mild PKD with large cysts, limited kidney insufficiency, and few liver cysts. Analyses of the cystic kidney disease probands of Genomics England 100K showed that 2.1% had IFT140 LoF variants. Analysis of the UK Biobank cystic kidney disease group showed probands with IFT140 LoF variants as the third most common group, after PKD1 and PKD2. The proximity of IFT140 to PKD1 (∼0.5 Mb) in 16p13.3 can cause diagnostic confusion, and PKD1 variants could modify the IFT140 phenotype. Importantly, our studies link a ciliary structural protein to the ADPKD spectrum.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Cordido A, Vizoso-Gonzalez M, Garcia-Gonzalez MA. Molecular Pathophysiology of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6523. [PMID: 34204582 PMCID: PMC8235086 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare disorder and one of the most severe forms of polycystic kidney disease, leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in childhood. PKHD1 is the gene that is responsible for the vast majority of ARPKD. However, some cases have been related to a new gene that was recently identified (DZIP1L gene), as well as several ciliary genes that can mimic a ARPKD-like phenotypic spectrum. In addition, a number of molecular pathways involved in the ARPKD pathogenesis and progression were elucidated using cellular and animal models. However, the function of the ARPKD proteins and the molecular mechanism of the disease currently remain incompletely understood. Here, we review the clinics, treatment, genetics, and molecular basis of ARPKD, highlighting the most recent findings in the field.
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- Adrian Cordido
- Grupo de Xenética e Bioloxía do Desenvolvemento das Enfermidades Renais, Laboratorio de Nefroloxía (No. 11), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (A.C.); (M.V.-G.)
- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Grupo de Xenética e Bioloxía do Desenvolvemento das Enfermidades Renais, Laboratorio de Nefroloxía (No. 11), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (A.C.); (M.V.-G.)
- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Grupo de Xenética e Bioloxía do Desenvolvemento das Enfermidades Renais, Laboratorio de Nefroloxía (No. 11), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (A.C.); (M.V.-G.)
- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Fundación Publica Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Complexo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Raina R, DeCoy M, Chakraborty R, Mahajan S, Moran R, Gibson K, Kumar D, Bergmann C. Renal cystic diseases during the perinatal and neonatal period. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2021; 14:163-176. [PMID: 32986687 DOI: 10.3233/npm-200520] [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] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Renal cystic diseases are a clinically and genetically diverse group of renal diseases that can manifest in utero, infancy, or throughout childhood and adulthood. These diseases may be unilateral or bilateral with a single cyst or multiple cysts, or with increased echogenicity of the renal cortex without macroscopic cysts. Certain cystic renal diseases are life-threatening, with many developing chronic kidney and hepatic disease if not recognized early enough. Therefore, due to the prevalence and life-altering complications of this specific group of diseases in vulnerable populations, it is crucial for clinicians and healthcare providers to have an overall understanding of cystic diseases and how to pre-emptively detect and manage these conditions. In this review, we discuss in detail the epidemiology, genetics and pathophysiology, diagnosis, presentation, and management of numerous genetic and sporadic renal cystic diseases, such as polycystic kidney disease, multicystic dysplastic kidney, and calyceal diverticula, with an emphasis on prenatal care and pregnancy counseling.
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- R Raina
- Department of Nephrology, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA
- Akron Nephrology Associates/Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA
- Akron Nephrology Associates/Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA
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- Revere High School, Richfield, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Nephrology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Besse W, Roosendaal C, Tuccillo L, Roy SG, Gallagher AR, Somlo S. Adult Inactivation of the Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Causes Polycystic Liver Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 1:1068-1076. [PMID: 33554127 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0002522020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background A major difference between autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) lies in the pattern of inheritance, and the resultant timing and focality of cyst formation. In both diseases, cysts form in the kidney and liver as a consequence of the cellular recessive genotype of the respective disease gene, but this occurs by germline inheritance in ARPKD and somatic second hit mutations to the one normal allele in ADPKD. The fibrocystic liver phenotype in ARPKD is attributed to abnormal ductal plate formation because of the absence of PKHD1 expression during embryogenesis and organ development. The finding of polycystic liver disease in a subset of adult PKHD1 heterozygous carriers raises the question of whether somatic second hit mutations in PKHD1 in adults may also result in bile duct-derived cyst formation. Methods We used an adult-inducible Pkhd1 mouse model to examine whether Pkhd1 has a functional role in maintaining bile duct homeostasis after normal liver development. Results Inactivation of Pkhd1 beginning at 4 weeks of age resulted in a polycystic liver phenotype with minimal fibrosis at 17 weeks. Increased biliary epithelium, which lines these liver cysts, was most pronounced in female mice. We assessed genetic interaction of this phenotype with either reduced or increased copies of Pkd1, and found no significant effects on the Pkhd1 phenotype in the liver or kidney from altered Pkd1 expression. Conclusions Somatic adult inactivation of Pkhd1 results in a polycystic liver phenotype. Pkhd1 is a required gene in adulthood for biliary structural homeostasis independent of Pkd1. This suggests that PKHD1 heterozygous carrier patients can develop liver cysts after somatic mutations in their normal copy of PKHD1.
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- Whitney Besse
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Results of targeted next-generation sequencing in children with cystic kidney diseases often change the clinical diagnosis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235071. [PMID: 32574212 PMCID: PMC7310724 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cystic kidney diseases are a very heterogeneous group of chronic kidney diseases. The diagnosis is usually based on clinical and ultrasound characteristics and the final diagnosis is often difficult to be made. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) may help the clinicians to find the correct final diagnosis. The aim of our study was to test the diagnostic yield of NGS and its ability to improve the diagnosis precision in a heterogeneous group of children with cystic kidney diseases. Next-generation sequencing of genes responsible for the formation of cystic kidneys was performed in 31 unrelated patients with various clinically diagnosed cystic kidney diseases gathered at the Department of Pediatrics of Motol University Hospital in Prague between 2013 and 2018. The underlying pathogenic variants were detected in 71% of patients (n = 22), no or only one (in case of autosomal recessive inheritance) pathogenic variant was found in 29% of patients (n = 9). The result of NGS correlated with the clinical diagnosis made before the NGS in 55% of patients (n = 17), in the remaining 14 children (45%) the result of NGS revealed another type of cystic kidney disease that was suspected clinically before or did not find causal mutation in suspected genes. The most common unexpected findings were variants in nephronophthisis (NPHP) genes in children with clinically suspected autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD, n = 4). Overall, 24 pathogenic or probably pathogenic variants were detected in the PKHD1 gene, 8 variants in the TMEM67 gene, 4 variants in the PKD1 gene, 2 variants in the HNF1B gene and 2 variants in BBS1 and NPHP1 genes, respectively. NGS is a valuable tool in the diagnostics of various forms of cystic kidney diseases. Its results changed the clinically based diagnoses in 16% (n = 5) of the children.
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Mantovani V, Bin S, Graziano C, Capelli I, Minardi R, Aiello V, Ambrosini E, Cristalli CP, Mattiaccio A, Pariali M, De Fanti S, Faletra F, Grosso E, Cantone R, Mancini E, Mencarelli F, Pasini A, Wischmeijer A, Sciascia N, Seri M, La Manna G. Gene Panel Analysis in a Large Cohort of Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Allows the Identification of 80 Potentially Causative Novel Variants and the Characterization of a Complex Genetic Architecture in a Subset of Families. Front Genet 2020; 11:464. [PMID: 32457805 PMCID: PMC7224062 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is one of the most common inherited disorders in humans and the majority of patients carry a variant in either PKD1 or PKD2. Genetic testing is increasingly required for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment decision, but it is challenging due to segmental duplications of PKD1, genetic and allelic heterogeneity, and the presence of many variants hypomorphic or of uncertain significance. We propose an NGS-based testing strategy for molecular analysis of ADPKD and its phenocopies, validated in a diagnostic setting. Materials and Methods: Our protocol is based on high-throughput simultaneous sequencing of PKD1 and PKD2 after long range PCR of coding regions, followed by a masked reference genome alignment, and MLPA analysis. A further screening of additional 14 cystogenes was performed in negative cases. We applied this strategy to analyze 212 patients with a clinical suspicion of ADPKD. Results and Discussion: We detected causative variants (interpreted as pathogenic/likely pathogenic) in 61.3% of our index patients, and variants of uncertain clinical significance in 12.5%. The majority (88%) of genetic variants was identified in PKD1, 12% in PKD2. Among 158 distinct variants, 80 (50.6%) were previously unreported, confirming broad allelic heterogeneity. Eleven patients showed more than one variant. Segregation analysis indicated biallelic disease in five patients, digenic in one, de novo variant with unknown phase in two. Furthermore, our NGS protocol allowed the identification of two patients with somatic mosaicism, which was undetectable with Sanger sequencing. Among patients without PKD1/PKD2 variants, we identified three with possible alternative diagnosis: a patient with biallelic mutations in PKHD1, confirming the overlap between recessive and dominant PKD, and two patients with variants in ALG8 and PRKCSH, respectively. Genotype-phenotype correlations showed that patients with PKD1 variants predicted to truncate (T) the protein experienced end-stage renal disease 9 years earlier than patients with PKD1 non-truncating (NT) mutations and >13 years earlier than patients with PKD2 mutations. ADPKD-PKD1 T cases showed a disease onset significantly earlier than ADPKD-PKD1 NT and ADPK-PKD2, as well as a significant earlier diagnosis. These data emphasize the need to combine clinical information with genetic data to achieve useful prognostic predictions.
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- Vilma Mantovani
- Medical Genetics Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.,Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatrics Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinical Genetics Service and South Tyrol Coordination Center for Rare Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Regional Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Irie R, Nakazawa A, Sakamoto S, Takeda M, Yanagi Y, Shimizu S, Uchida H, Fukuda A, Miyazaki O, Nosaka S, Kasahara M. Living donor liver transplantation for congenital hepatic fibrosis in children. Pathol Int 2020; 70:348-354. [PMID: 32118333 DOI: 10.1111/pin.12917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) often accompanies autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), which stems from a PKHD1 gene mutation. The aim of this study was to clarify the prognosis of children with CHF who received living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) from donors who might be heterozygous carriers of a hepatorenal fibrocystic disease. Fourteen children with CHF who underwent LDLT at our center were enrolled. Eight and two patients had ARPKD and nephronophthisis, respectively. Eight of the donors were the recipients' fathers, and six donors were their mothers. We examined the histological and radiological findings of the donor livers and complications in the recipients following the liver transplantation. Seven of the donor livers presented morphological abnormalities of the bile ducts. Abdominal computed tomography revealed liver cysts in eight donors. One recipient underwent re-LT for graft failure due to rejection. Three patients presented with rejection, and one presented with sepsis. The overall survival rate was 100% and the original graft survival rate was 93%. In conclusion, the prognosis of recipients who received a LDLT from their parents for CHF was excellent. However, the morphology of half the donor livers was abnormal. Careful follow-up is needed to ensure long-term graft survival.
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- Rie Irie
- Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Pathology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Olson RJ, Hopp K, Wells H, Smith JM, Furtado J, Constans MM, Escobar DL, Geurts AM, Torres VE, Harris PC. Synergistic Genetic Interactions between Pkhd1 and Pkd1 Result in an ARPKD-Like Phenotype in Murine Models. J Am Soc Nephrol 2019; 30:2113-2127. [PMID: 31427367 PMCID: PMC6830782 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2019020150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are genetically distinct, with ADPKD usually caused by the genes PKD1 or PKD2 (encoding polycystin-1 and polycystin-2, respectively) and ARPKD caused by PKHD1 (encoding fibrocystin/polyductin [FPC]). Primary cilia have been considered central to PKD pathogenesis due to protein localization and common cystic phenotypes in syndromic ciliopathies, but their relevance is questioned in the simple PKDs. ARPKD's mild phenotype in murine models versus in humans has hampered investigating its pathogenesis. METHODS To study the interaction between Pkhd1 and Pkd1, including dosage effects on the phenotype, we generated digenic mouse and rat models and characterized and compared digenic, monogenic, and wild-type phenotypes. RESULTS The genetic interaction was synergistic in both species, with digenic animals exhibiting phenotypes of rapidly progressive PKD and early lethality resembling classic ARPKD. Genetic interaction between Pkhd1 and Pkd1 depended on dosage in the digenic murine models, with no significant enhancement of the monogenic phenotype until a threshold of reduced expression at the second locus was breached. Pkhd1 loss did not alter expression, maturation, or localization of the ADPKD polycystin proteins, with no interaction detected between the ARPKD FPC protein and polycystins. RNA-seq analysis in the digenic and monogenic mouse models highlighted the ciliary compartment as a common dysregulated target, with enhanced ciliary expression and length changes in the digenic models. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that FPC and the polycystins work independently, with separate disease-causing thresholds; however, a combined protein threshold triggers the synergistic, cystogenic response because of enhanced dysregulation of primary cilia. These insights into pathogenesis highlight possible common therapeutic targets.
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- Rory J Olson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Gene Editing Rat Resource Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota;
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review provides an outline of the most recent insights and significant discoveries regarding the genetic mechanisms involved in polycystic liver disease. RECENT FINDINGS Polycystic liver disease includes a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by multiple hepatic cysts. Isolated liver cysts are caused by mutations in Protein Kinase C Substrate 80K-H (PRKCSH), SEC63, and LDL Receptor Related Protein 5 (LRP5), whereas Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)1, PKD2, and PKHD1 mutations cause kidney cysts often accompanied by liver cysts. Glucosidase II Alpha Subunit (GANAB) has been reported to cause both phenotypes. These mutations, together with the newly identified ones in SEC61B and Alpha-1,3-Glucosyltransferase (ALG8), can be found in ∼50% of patients with isolated polycystic liver disease. Somatic second hit-mutations are hypothesized as driving force leading to cystogenesis. Subsequently, loss of heterozygosity in the cystic tissue aggravates disease progression. All genetic mutations lead to reduced levels of functional polycystin-1. This ciliary protein is therefore considered to be the central factor in the development and severity of liver cysts. SUMMARY Recent advances of the genetic complexity leading to hepatic cystogenesis provide novel candidate genes and important mechanistic insights with polycystin-1 as a common denominator.
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Shan D, Rezonzew G, Mullen S, Roye R, Zhou J, Chumley P, Revell DZ, Challa A, Kim H, Lockhart ME, Schoeb TR, Croyle MJ, Kesterson RA, Yoder BK, Guay-Woodford LM, Mrug M. Heterozygous Pkhd1 C642* mice develop cystic liver disease and proximal tubule ectasia that mimics radiographic signs of medullary sponge kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019; 316:F463-F472. [PMID: 30600684 PMCID: PMC6442377 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00181.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Heterozygosity for human polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 ( PKHD1) mutations was recently associated with cystic liver disease and radiographic findings resembling medullary sponge kidney (MSK). However, the relevance of these associations has been tempered by a lack of cystic liver or renal disease in heterozygous mice carrying Pkhd1 gene trap or exon deletions. To determine whether heterozygosity for a smaller Pkhd1 defect can trigger cystic renal disease in mice, we generated and characterized mice with the predicted truncating Pkhd1C642* mutation in a region corresponding to the middle of exon 20 cluster of five truncating human mutations (between PKHD1G617fs and PKHD1G644*). Mouse heterozygotes or homozygotes for the Pkhd1C642* mutation did not have noticeable liver or renal abnormalities on magnetic resonance images during their first weeks of life. However, when aged to ~1.5 yr, the Pkhd1C642* heterozygotes developed prominent cystic liver changes; tissue analyses revealed biliary cysts and increased number of bile ducts without signs of congenital hepatic fibrosis-like portal field inflammation and fibrosis that was seen in Pkhd1C642* homozygotes. Interestingly, aged female Pkhd1C642* heterozygotes, as well as homozygotes, developed radiographic changes resembling MSK. However, these changes correspond to proximal tubule ectasia, not an MSK-associated collecting duct ectasia. In summary, by demonstrating that cystic liver and kidney abnormalities are triggered by heterozygosity for the Pkhd1C642* mutation, we provide important validation for relevant human association studies. Together, these investigations indicate that PKHD1 mutation heterozygosity (predicted frequency 1 in 70 individuals) is an important underlying cause of cystic liver disorders and MSK-like manifestations in a human population.
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- Dan Shan
- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- Center for Translational Science, Children's National Health System , Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Birmingham, Alabama
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Cystic kidneys are common causes of end-stage renal disease, both in children and in adults. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) are cilia-related disorders and the two main forms of monogenic cystic kidney diseases. ADPKD is a common disease that mostly presents in adults, whereas ARPKD is a rarer and often more severe form of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) that usually presents perinatally or in early childhood. Cell biological and clinical research approaches have expanded our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ADPKD and ARPKD and revealed some mechanistic overlap between them. A reduced 'dosage' of PKD proteins is thought to disturb cell homeostasis and converging signalling pathways, such as Ca2+, cAMP, mechanistic target of rapamycin, WNT, vascular endothelial growth factor and Hippo signalling, and could explain the more severe clinical course in some patients with PKD. Genetic diagnosis might benefit families and improve the clinical management of patients, which might be enhanced even further with emerging therapeutic options. However, many important questions about the pathogenesis of PKD remain. In this Primer, we provide an overview of the current knowledge of PKD and its treatment.
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- Carsten Bergmann
- Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Center for Translational Science, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Urology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Waldman M, Han JC, Reyes-Capo DP, Bryant J, Carson KA, Turkbey B, Choyke P, Naggert JK, Gahl WA, Marshall JD, Gunay-Aygun M. Alström syndrome: Renal findings in correlation with obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and cardiomyopathy in 38 patients prospectively evaluated at the NIH clinical center. Mol Genet Metab 2018; 125:181-191. [PMID: 30064963 PMCID: PMC7984722 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Alström Syndrome is a ciliopathy associated with obesity, insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, retinal degeneration, hearing loss, progressive liver and kidney disease, and normal cognitive function. ALMS1, the protein defective in this disorder, localizes to the cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, as well as the centrosomes and ciliary basal bodies and plays roles in formation and maintenance of cilia, cell cycle regulation, and endosomal trafficking. Kidney disease in this disorder has not been well characterized. We performed comprehensive multisystem evaluations on 38 patients. Kidney function decreased progressively; eGFR varied inversely with age (p = 0.002). Eighteen percent met the definition for chronic kidney disease (eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and proteinuria); all were adults with median age of 32.8 (20.6-37.9) years. After adjusting for age, there were no significant associations of kidney dysfunction with type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, cardiomyopathy or portal hypertension suggesting that kidney disease in AS is a primary manifestation of the syndrome due to lack of ALMS1 protein. Approximately one-third of patients had hyperechogenicity of the renal parenchyma on imaging. While strict control of type 2 diabetes mellitus may decrease kidney-related morbidity and mortality in Alström syndrome, identification of novel targeted therapies is needed.
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- Meryl Waldman
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Unit on Metabolism and Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; Section on Growth and Obesity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Le Bonheur Children's Foundation Research Institute, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Unit on Metabolism and Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, Common Fund, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 20892, MD, United States
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- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Technologies such as next-generation sequencing and chromosomal microarray have advanced the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of a variety of renal disorders. Genetic findings are increasingly used to inform the clinical management of many nephropathies, enabling targeted disease surveillance, choice of therapy, and family counselling. Genetic analysis has excellent diagnostic utility in paediatric nephrology, as illustrated by sequencing studies of patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Although additional investigation is needed, pilot studies suggest that genetic testing can also provide similar diagnostic insight among adult patients. Reaching a genetic diagnosis first involves choosing the appropriate testing modality, as guided by the clinical presentation of the patient and the number of potential genes associated with the suspected nephropathy. Genome-wide sequencing increases diagnostic sensitivity relative to targeted panels, but holds the challenges of identifying causal variants in the vast amount of data generated and interpreting secondary findings. In order to realize the promise of genomic medicine for kidney disease, many technical, logistical, and ethical questions that accompany the implementation of genetic testing in nephrology must be addressed. The creation of evidence-based guidelines for the utilization and implementation of genetic testing in nephrology will help to translate genetic knowledge into improved clinical outcomes for patients with kidney disease.
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- Emily E Groopman
- Division of Nephrology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Russ Berrie Pavilion #412C, New York, New York 10032, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Russ Berrie Pavilion #412C, New York, New York 10032, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Russ Berrie Pavilion #412C, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Besse W, Choi J, Ahram D, Mane S, Sanna-Cherchi S, Torres V, Somlo S. A noncoding variant in GANAB explains isolated polycystic liver disease (PCLD) in a large family. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:378-382. [PMID: 29243290 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Expanded mutation detection and novel gene discovery for isolated polycystic liver disease (PCLD) are necessary as 50% of cases do not have identified mutations in the seven published disease genes. We investigated a family with five affected siblings for which no loss-of-function variants were identified by whole exome sequencing analysis. SNP genotyping and linkage analysis narrowed the candidate regions to ∼8% of the genome, which included two published PCLD genes in close proximity to each other, GANAB and LRP5. Based on these findings, we re-evaluated the exome sequencing data and identified a novel intronic nine base pair deletion in the vicinity of the GANAB exon 24 splice donor that had initially been discarded by the sequence analysis pipelines. We used a minigene assay to show that this deletion leads to skipping of exon 24 in cell lines and primary human cholangiocytes. These findings prompt genomic evaluation beyond the coding region to enhance mutation detection in PCLD and to avoid premature implication of other genes in linkage disequilibrium.
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- Whitney Besse
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review disorders that are associated with renal cystic disease during prenatal life and to highlight the strong association between renal cystic disease and ciliopathies. RECENT FINDINGS There are numerous causative genes for ciliopathies that can present with cystic kidney disease. In the group of single gene ciliopathies, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is by far the most prevalent one. Other examples are autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, nephronophthisis, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Meckel-Gruber syndrome, Joubert syndrome and related disorders as well as X-linked orofaciodigital syndrome type 1, respectively. The prevalence of these inherited disorders sums up to about in 1 : 2000 people. These disorders with their hepatorenal fibrocystic character should be classified as multisystem diseases. SUMMARY Understanding of the origin of renal cystic disease and associated disorders is important to make the appropriate prenatal diagnosis and for counseling affected parents. In the future, understanding of the pathophysiology may help to develop new treatment strategies.
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Outeda P, Menezes L, Hartung EA, Bridges S, Zhou F, Zhu X, Xu H, Huang Q, Yao Q, Qian F, Germino GG, Watnick T. A novel model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney questions the role of the fibrocystin C-terminus in disease mechanism. Kidney Int 2017; 92:1130-1144. [PMID: 28729032 PMCID: PMC6005173 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (OMIM 263200) is a serious condition of the kidney and liver caused by mutations in a single gene, PKHD1. This gene encodes fibrocystin/polyductin (FPC, PD1), a large protein shown by in vitro studies to undergo Notch-like processing. Its cytoplasmic tail, reported to include a ciliary targeting sequence, a nuclear localization signal, and a polycystin-2 binding domain, is thought to traffic to the nucleus after cleavage. We now report a novel mouse line with a triple HA-epitope "knocked-in" to the C-terminus along with lox P sites flanking exon 67, which encodes most of the C-terminus (Pkhd1Flox67HA). The triple HA-epitope has no functional effect as assayed by phenotype and allows in vivo tracking of Fibrocystin. We used the HA tag to identify previously predicted Fibrocystin cleavage products in tissue. In addition, we found that Polycystin-2 fails to co-precipitate with Fibrocystin in kidney samples. Immunofluorescence studies with anti-HA antibodies demonstrate that Fibrocystin is primarily present in a sub-apical location the in kidney, biliary duct, and pancreatic ducts, partially overlapping with the Golgi. In contrast to previous studies, the endogenous protein in the primary cilia was not detectable in mouse tissues. After Cre-mediated deletion, homozygous Pkhd1Δ67 mice are completely normal. Thus, Pkhd1Flox67HA is a valid model to track Pkhd1-derived products containing the C-terminus. Significantly, exon 67 containing the nuclear localization signal and the polycystin-2 binding domain is not essential for Fibrocystin function in our model.
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- Patricia Outeda
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Kidney Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Kidney Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Study, Sichuan Academy of Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Chengdue, Sichuan, China
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Kidney Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Fata CR, Gillis LA, Pacheco MC. Liver Fibrosis Associated With Crigler-Najjar Syndrome in a Compound Heterozygote: A Case Report. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2017; 20:522-525. [PMID: 28590786 DOI: 10.1177/1093526617697059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Crigler-Najjar syndrome is a hereditary unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Two forms of the disease are recognized. Type I is more severe and results in kernicterus if left untreated, and Type II is less severe and responds to phenobarbital. While Crigler-Najjar syndrome is thought by many to have normal liver histology, few reports of the liver pathology exist. Herein, we present a 19-year-old patient with Crigler-Najjar who underwent liver transplantation. The liver showed marked canalicular cholestasis with portal and variable, delicate, bridging fibrosis. Correlation of the patient's genetic test results and clinical phenotype is presented.
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- Cynthia R Fata
- 1 Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- 2 Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, D. Brent Polk Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Nashville, Tennessee
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- 1 Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Cornec-Le Gall E, Torres VE, Harris PC. Genetic Complexity of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney and Liver Diseases. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 29:13-23. [PMID: 29038287 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2017050483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Data indicate significant phenotypic and genotypic overlap, plus a common pathogenesis, between two groups of inherited disorders, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseases (ADPKD), a significant cause of ESRD, and autosomal dominant polycystic liver diseases (ADPLD), which result in significant PLD with minimal PKD. Eight genes have been associated with ADPKD (PKD1 and PKD2), ADPLD (PRKCSH, SEC63, LRP5, ALG8, and SEC61B), or both (GANAB). Although genetics is only infrequently used for diagnosing these diseases and prognosing the associated outcomes, its value is beginning to be appreciated, and the genomics revolution promises more reliable and less expensive molecular diagnostic tools for these diseases. We therefore propose categorization of patients with a phenotypic and genotypic descriptor that will clarify etiology, provide prognostic information, and better describe atypical cases. In genetically defined cases, the designation would include the disease and gene names, with allelic (truncating/nontruncating) information included for PKD1 Recent data have shown that biallelic disease including at least one weak ADPKD allele is a significant cause of symptomatic, very early onset ADPKD. Including a genic (and allelic) descriptor with the disease name will provide outcome clues, guide treatment, and aid prevalence estimates.
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- Emilie Cornec-Le Gall
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and.,Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, European University of Brittany, and National Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, INSERM U1078, Brest, France
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and
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Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:1772-1785. [PMID: 28375157 PMCID: PMC5409105 DOI: 10.1172/jci90129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Dominantly inherited isolated polycystic liver disease (PCLD) consists of liver cysts that are radiologically and pathologically identical to those seen in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, but without clinically relevant kidney cysts. The causative genes are known for fewer than 40% of PCLD index cases. Here, we have used whole exome sequencing in a discovery cohort of 102 unrelated patients who were excluded for mutations in the 2 most common PCLD genes, PRKCSH and SEC63, to identify heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in 3 additional genes, ALG8, GANAB, and SEC61B. Similarly to PRKCSH and SEC63, these genes encode proteins that are integral to the protein biogenesis pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum. We inactivated these candidate genes in cell line models to show that loss of function of each results in defective maturation and trafficking of polycystin-1, the central determinant of cyst pathogenesis. Despite acting in a common pathway, each PCLD gene product demonstrated distinct effects on polycystin-1 biogenesis. We also found enrichment on a genome-wide basis of heterozygous mutations in the autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease gene PKHD1, indicating that adult PKHD1 carriers can present with clinical PCLD. These findings define genetic and biochemical modulators of polycystin-1 function and provide a more complete definition of the spectrum of dominant human polycystic diseases.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, and
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, and
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Tong YQ, Liu B, Fu CH, Zheng HY, Gu J, Liu H, Luo HB, Li Y. Genetic analysis of the PKHD1 gene with long-rang PCR sequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 36:758-766. [PMID: 27752906 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-016-1658-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PKHD1 gene mutations are found responsible for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). However, it is inconvenient to detect the mutations by common polymerase chain reaction (PCR) because the open reading frame of PKHD1 is very long. Recently, long-range (LR) PCR is demonstrated to be a more sensitive mutation screening method for PKHD1 by directly sequencing. In this study, the entire PKHD1 coding region was amplified by 29 reactions to avoid the specific PCR amplification of individual exons, which generated the size of 1 to 7 kb products by LR PCR. This method was compared to the screening method with standard direct sequencing of each individual exon of the gene by a reference laboratory in 15 patients with ARPKD. The results showed that a total of 37 genetic changes were detected with LR PCR sequencing, which included 33 variations identified by the reference laboratory with standard direct sequencing. LR PCR sequencing had 100% sensitivity, 96% specificity, and 97.0% accuracy, which were higher than those with standard direct sequencing method. In conclusion, LR PCR sequencing is a reliable method with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for detecting genetic variations. It also has more intronic coverage and lower cost, and is an applicable clinical method for complex genetic analyses.
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- Yong-Qing Tong
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Tianyou Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Dongfeng Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442008, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Urology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
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Dehlink E, Hogg C, Carr SB, Bush A. Clinical phenotype and current diagnostic criteria for primary ciliary dyskinesia. Expert Rev Respir Med 2016; 10:1163-1175. [DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2016.1242414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Courcet JB, Minello A, Prieur F, Morisse L, Phelip JM, Beurdeley A, Meynard D, Massenet D, Lacassin F, Duffourd Y, Gigot N, St-Onge J, Hillon P, Vanlemmens C, Mousson C, Cerceuil JP, Guiu B, Thevenon J, Thauvin-Robinet C, Jacquemin E, Rivière JB, Michel-Calemard L, Faivre L. Compound heterozygousPKHD1variants cause a wide spectrum of ductal plate malformations. Am J Med Genet A 2015; 167A:3046-53. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Jean-Benoît Courcet
- Service de p; é; diatrie 1 et de génétique médicale; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service De Génétique Clinique Chromosomique et Moléculaire; Pole De Biologie; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire De Saint-Etienne - H; ô; pital Nord; Avenue Albert Raimond Saint-Priest-En-Jarez France
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- Service de médecine polyvalente; Hôpital de SIA; Wallis et Futuna Uvea France
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- Service d'Hépato-gastro-entérologie; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Sant-Etienne France
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- Service de chirurgie; Hôpital de SIA; Wallis et Futuna Uvea France
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- Laboratoire de biologie médicale; Hôpital de SIA; Wallis et Futuna Uvea France
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- Laboratoire de biologie médicale; Hôpital de SIA; Wallis et Futuna Uvea France
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- Service de Médecine Interne; Hôpital Magenta; Nouméa France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service de gastro-entérologie et hépatologie; Hôpital Jean Minjoz; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Besançon France
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- Service de radiologie; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service de p; é; diatrie 1 et de génétique médicale; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service de p; é; diatrie 1 et de génétique médicale; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service d'hépatologie pédiatrique; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Le Kremlin-Bic ê tre France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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- Service d'endocrinologie moléculaire et maladies rares; Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est CHU de Lyon-GH Est; Hospices Civils de Lyon; Bron France
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- Service de p; é; diatrie 1 et de génétique médicale; Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD); Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire; Dijon France
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Lorenzo AJ, Noone D. Renal Cystic Disease and Liver Abnormalities: Polycystic Kidney and Hepatic Disease and the Association with Caroli Disease. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 220:976-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Büscher R, Büscher AK, Weber S, Mohr J, Hegen B, Vester U, Hoyer PF. Clinical manifestations of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD): kidney-related and non-kidney-related phenotypes. Pediatr Nephrol 2014; 29:1915-25. [PMID: 24114580 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-013-2634-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), although less frequent than the dominant form, is a common, inherited ciliopathy of childhood that is caused by mutations in the PKHD1-gene on chromosome 6. The characteristic dilatation of the renal collecting ducts starts in utero and can present at any stage from infancy to adulthood. Renal insufficiency may already begin in utero and may lead to early abortion or oligohydramnios and lung hypoplasia in the newborn. However, there are also affected children who have no evidence of renal dysfunction in utero and who are born with normal renal function. Up to 30 % of patients die in the perinatal period, and those surviving the neonatal period reach end stage renal disease (ESRD) in infancy, early childhood or adolescence. In contrast, some affected patients have been diagnosed as adults with renal function ranging from normal to moderate renal insufficiency to ESRD. The clinical spectrum of ARPKD is broader than previously recognized. While bilateral renal enlargement with microcystic dilatation is the predominant clinical feature, arterial hypertension, intrahepatic biliary dysgenesis remain important manifestations that affect approximately 45 % of infants. All patients with ARPKD develop clinical findings of congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF); however, non-obstructive dilation of the intrahepatic bile ducts in the liver (Caroli's disease) is seen at the histological level in only a subset of patients. Cholangitis and variceal bleeding, sequelae of portal hypertension, are life-threatening complications that may occur more often in advanced cases of liver disease. In this review we focus on common and uncommon kidney-related and non-kidney-related phenotypes. Clinical management of ARPKD patients should include consideration of potential problems related to these manifestations.
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- Rainer Büscher
- Children's Hospital, Pediatrics II, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Germany,
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Perezpeña-Diazconti M, Hernández-Plata A, Acosta-Rodríguez P, Flores-Armas M, Velásquez-Jones L. [Congenital hepatic fibrosis: Complications and management]. BOLETIN MEDICO DEL HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MEXICO 2014; 71:307-314. [PMID: 29421621 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmhimx.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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- Mario Perezpeña-Diazconti
- Departamento de Patología Clínica y Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., México.
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- Departamento de Gastroenterología y Nutrición, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Imagen, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Nefrología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México D.F., México
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Medullary sponge kidney and testicular dysgenesis syndrome: a rare association. Case Rep Urol 2014; 2014:841781. [PMID: 24716085 PMCID: PMC3971849 DOI: 10.1155/2014/841781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The medullary sponge kidney is also known as Lenarduzzi's kidney or Cacchi and Ricci's disease from the first Italian authors who described its main features. A review of the scientific literature underlines particular rarity of the association of MSK with developmental abnormalities of the lower urinary tract and genital tract such as hypospadias and bilateral cryptorchidism. The work presented is the only one in the scientific literature that shows the association between the medullary sponge kidney and the testicular dysgenesis syndrome. A question still remains unanswered: are the MSK and TDS completely independent malformation syndromes occurring, in this case, simultaneously for a rare event or are they different phenotypic expressions of a common malformative mechanism? In the future we hope that these questions will be clarified.
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Bush A, Hogg C. Primary ciliary dyskinesia: recent advances in epidemiology, diagnosis, management and relationship with the expanding spectrum of ciliopathy. Expert Rev Respir Med 2014; 6:663-82. [DOI: 10.1586/ers.12.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fabris A, Anglani F, Lupo A, Gambaro G. Medullary sponge kidney: state of the art. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012; 28:1111-9. [PMID: 23229933 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is a kidney malformation that generally manifests with nephrocalcinosis and recurrent renal stones; other signs may be renal acidification and concentration defects, and pre-calyceal duct ectasias. MSK is generally considered a sporadic disorder, but an apparently autosomal dominant inheritance has also been observed. As MSK reveals abnormalities in both the lower and the upper nephron and is often associated with urinary tract developmental anomalies, its pathogenesis should probably be sought in one of the numerous steps characterizing renal morphogenesis. Given the key role of the GDNF-RET interaction in kidney and urinary tract development and nephrogenesis, anomalies in these molecules are reasonable candidates for explaining a disorder such as MSK. As a matter of fact, we detected two, hitherto unknown, rare variants of the GDNF gene in MSK patients. We surmise that a defective distal acidification has a central role in MSK and is followed by a chain of events including defective bone mineralization, hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia and stone formation.
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- Antonia Fabris
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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