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Hirayama R, Toyohara K, Watanabe K, Otsuki T, Araoka T, Mae SI, Horinouchi T, Yamamura T, Okita K, Hotta A, Iijima K, Nozu K, Osafune K. iPSC-derived type IV collagen α5-expressing kidney organoids model Alport syndrome. Commun Biol 2023; 6:854. [PMID: 37770589 PMCID: PMC10539496 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05203-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary glomerulonephritis caused by COL4A3, COL4A4 or COL4A5 gene mutations and characterized by abnormalities of glomerular basement membranes (GBMs). Due to a lack of curative treatments, the condition proceeds to end-stage renal disease even in adolescents. Hampering drug discovery is the absence of effective in vitro methods for testing the restoration of normal GBMs. Here, we aimed to develop kidney organoid models from AS patient iPSCs for this purpose. We established iPSC-derived collagen α5(IV)-expressing kidney organoids and confirmed that kidney organoids from COL4A5 mutation-corrected iPSCs restore collagen α5(IV) protein expression. Importantly, our model recapitulates the differences in collagen composition between iPSC-derived kidney organoids from mild and severe AS cases. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a chemical chaperone, 4-phenyl butyric acid, has the potential to correct GBM abnormalities in kidney organoids showing mild AS phenotypes. This iPSC-derived kidney organoid model will contribute to drug discovery for AS.
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- Ryuichiro Hirayama
- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
- Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Saitama, 331-9530, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
- Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan
- Department of Advanced Pediatric Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
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Madison J, Wilhelm K, Meehan DT, Delimont D, Samuelson G, Cosgrove D. Glomerular basement membrane deposition of collagen α1(III) in Alport glomeruli by mesangial filopodia injures podocytes via aberrant signaling through DDR1 and integrin α2β1. J Pathol 2022; 258:26-37. [PMID: 35607980 PMCID: PMC9378723 DOI: 10.1002/path.5969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
In Alport mice, activation of the endothelin A receptor (ETA R) in mesangial cells results in sub-endothelial invasion of glomerular capillaries by mesangial filopodia. Filopodia deposit mesangial matrix in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), including laminin 211 which activates NF-κB, resulting in induction of inflammatory cytokines. Herein we show that collagen α1(III) is also deposited in the GBM. Collagen α1(III) localized to the mesangium in wild-type mice and was found in both the mesangium and the GBM in Alport mice. We show that collagen α1(III) activates discoidin domain receptor family, member 1 (DDR1) receptors both in vitro and in vivo. To elucidate whether collagen α1(III) might cause podocyte injury, cultured murine Alport podocytes were overlaid with recombinant collagen α1(III), or not, for 24 h and RNA was analyzed by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). These same cells were subjected to siRNA knockdown for integrin α2 or DDR1 and the RNA was analyzed by RNA-seq. Results were validated in vivo using RNA-seq from RNA isolated from wild-type and Alport mouse glomeruli. Numerous genes associated with podocyte injury were up- or down-regulated in both Alport glomeruli and cultured podocytes treated with collagen α1(III), 18 of which have been associated previously with podocyte injury or glomerulonephritis. The data indicate α2β1 integrin/DDR1 co-receptor signaling as the dominant regulatory mechanism. This may explain earlier studies where deletion of either DDR1 or α2β1 integrin in Alport mice ameliorates renal pathology. © 2022 Boys Town National Research Hospital. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Sasaki H, Sasaki N. Tensin 2-deficient nephropathy - mechanosensitive nephropathy, genetic susceptibility. Exp Anim 2022; 71:252-263. [PMID: 35444113 PMCID: PMC9388341 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.22-0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Tensin 2 (TNS2), a focal adhesion protein, is considered to anchor focal adhesion proteins to β integrin as an integrin adaptor protein and/or serve as a scaffold to facilitate the
interactions of these proteins. In the kidney, TNS2 localizes to the basolateral surface of glomerular epithelial cells, i.e., podocytes. Loss of TNS2 leads to the development of glomerular
basement membrane lesions and abnormal accumulation of extracellular matrix in maturing glomeruli during the early postnatal stages. It subsequently results in podocyte foot process
effacement, eventually leading to glomerulosclerosis. Histopathological features of the affected glomeruli in the middle stage of the disease include expansion of the mesangial matrix
without mesangial cell proliferation. In this review, we provide an overview of TNS2-deficient nephropathy and discuss the potential mechanism underlying this mechanosensitive nephropathy,
which may be applicable to other glomerulonephropathies, such as CD151-deficient nephropathy and Alport syndrome. The onset of TNS2-deficient nephropathy strictly depends on the genetic
background, indicating the presence of critical modifier genes. A better understanding of molecular mechanisms of mechanosensitive nephropathy may open new avenues for the management of
patients with glomerulonephropathies.
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- Hayato Sasaki
- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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Jandl K, Mutgan AC, Eller K, Schaefer L, Kwapiszewska G. The basement membrane in the cross-roads between the lung and kidney. Matrix Biol 2021; 105:31-52. [PMID: 34839001 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The basement membrane (BM) is a specialized layer of extracellular matrix components that plays a central role in maintaining lung and kidney functions. Although the composition of the BM is usually tissue specific, the lung and the kidney preferentially use similar BM components. Unsurprisingly, diseases with BM defects often have severe pulmonary or renal manifestations, sometimes both. Excessive remodeling of the BM, which is a hallmark of both inflammatory and fibrosing diseases in the lung and the kidney, can lead to the release of BM-derived matrikines, proteolytic fragments with distinct biological functions. These matrikines can then influence disease activity at the site of liberation. However, they are also released to the circulation, where they can directly affect the vascular endothelium or target other organs, leading to extrapulmonary or extrarenal manifestations. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge of the composition and function of the BM and its matrikines in health and disease, both in the lung and in the kidney. By comparison, we will highlight, why the BM and its matrikines may be central in establishing a renal-pulmonary interaction axis.
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- Katharina Jandl
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria; Otto Loewi Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria; Otto Loewi Research Center, Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Clinical Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria; Otto Loewi Research Center, Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Giessen, Germany..
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Kashtan C. Multidisciplinary Management of Alport Syndrome: Current Perspectives. J Multidiscip Healthc 2021; 14:1169-1180. [PMID: 34045864 PMCID: PMC8149282 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s284784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alport syndrome is a multisystem disorder that universally affects the kidney and frequently involves the inner ear and the eye. Over the course of a lifetime, addressing the health care needs of a person with Alport syndrome and their family entails the services of primary providers, nephrologists, genetic counselors, audiologists, ophthalmologists, transplant physicians, kidney dieticians, and social workers as well as other healthcare professionals. This article attempts to provide context and guidance regarding the multidisciplinary care of Alport syndrome based on the natural history of the condition.
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- Clifford Kashtan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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Kim JJ, David JM, Wilbon SS, Santos JV, Patel DM, Ahmad A, Mitrofanova A, Liu X, Mallela SK, Ducasa GM, Ge M, Sloan AJ, Al-Ali H, Boulina M, Mendez AJ, Contreras GN, Prunotto M, Sohail A, Fridman R, Miner JH, Merscher S, Fornoni A. Discoidin domain receptor 1 activation links extracellular matrix to podocyte lipotoxicity in Alport syndrome. EBioMedicine 2020; 63:103162. [PMID: 33340991 PMCID: PMC7750578 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is activated by collagens that is involved in the pathogenesis of fibrotic disorders. Interestingly, de novo production of the collagen type I (Col I) has been observed in Col4a3 knockout mice, a mouse model of Alport Syndrome (AS mice). Deletion of the DDR1 in AS mice was shown to improve survival and renal function. However, the mechanisms driving DDR1-dependent fibrosis remain largely unknown. Methods Podocyte pDDR1 levels, Collagen and cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) expression was analyzed by Real-time PCR and Western blot. Lipid droplet accumulation and content was determined using Bodipy staining and enzymatic analysis. CD36 and DDR1 interaction was determined by co-immunoprecipitation. Creatinine, BUN, albuminuria, lipid content, and histological and morphological assessment of kidneys harvested from AS mice treated with Ezetimibe and/or Ramipril or vehicle was performed. Findings We demonstrate that Col I-mediated DDR1 activation induces CD36-mediated podocyte lipotoxic injury. We show that Ezetimibe interferes with the CD36/DDR1 interaction in vitro and prevents lipotoxicity in AS mice thus preserving renal function similarly to ramipril. Interpretation Our study suggests that Col I/DDR1-mediated lipotoxicity contributes to renal failure in AS and that targeting this pathway may represent a new therapeutic strategy for patients with AS and with chronic kidney diseases (CKD) associated with Col4 mutations. Funding This study is supported by the NIH grants R01DK117599, R01DK104753, R01CA227493, U54DK083912, UM1DK100846, U01DK116101, UL1TR000460 (Miami Clinical Translational Science Institute, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities), F32DK115109, Hoffmann-La Roche and Alport Syndrome Foundation.
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- Jin-Ju Kim
- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States.
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States; Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drug Discovery center, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1580 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States.
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Wu Y, Guo Y, Yuan J, Xu H, Chen Y, Zhang H, Yuan M, Deng H, Yuan L. A COL4A5 Missense Variant in a Han-Chinese Family with X-linked Alport Syndrome. Curr Mol Med 2019; 19:758-765. [PMID: 31490752 DOI: 10.2174/1566524019666190906144214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alport syndrome (AS) is an inherited familial nephropathy, characterized by progressive hematuric nephritis, bilateral sensorineural hypoacusis and ocular abnormalities. X-linked AS (XLAS) is the major AS form and is clinically heterogeneous, and it is associated with defects in the collagen type IV alpha 5 chain gene (COL4A5). OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research is to detect the genetic defect responsible for renal disorder in a 3-generation Han-Chinese pedigree. METHODS Detailed family history and clinical data of the family members were collected and recorded. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was applied in the proband to screen potential genetic variants, and then Sanger sequencing was used to verify the variant within the family. Two hundred unrelated ethnically matched normal individuals (male/female: 100/100, age 37.5 ± 5.5 years) without renal disorder were recruited as controls. RESULTS Three patients (I:1, II:1 and II:2) presented microscopic hematuria and proteinuria, and the patient I:1 developed uremia and end stage renal disease (ESRD) by age 55 and showed sensorineural hearing loss. Patient II:2 developed mild left ear hearing loss. Cataracts were present in patients I:1 and II:1. A COL4A5 gene missense variant, c.2156G>A (p.G719E), located in the Gly-X-Y repeats of exon 28, was identified to co-segregate with the renal disorder in this family. The variant was absent in 200 ethnically matched controls. CONCLUSION By conducting WES and Sanger sequencing, a COL4A5 missense variant, c.2156G>A (p.G719E), was identified to co-segregate with the renal disorder, and it is possible that this variant is the genetic cause of the disorder in this family. Our study may extend the mutation spectrum of XLAS and may be useful for genetic counseling of this family. Further functional studies associated with genetic deficiency are warranted in the following research.
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- Yuan Wu
- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Medical Information, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Birth Health of Hunan Province, Family Planning Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Gessel MM, Spraggins JM, Voziyan PA, Abrahamson DR, Caprioli RM, Hudson BG. Two Specific Sulfatide Species Are Dysregulated during Renal Development in a Mouse Model of Alport Syndrome. Lipids 2019; 54:411-418. [PMID: 31197846 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Alport syndrome is caused by mutations in collagen IV that alter the morphology of renal glomerular basement membrane. Mutations result in proteinuria, tubulointerstitial fibrosis, and renal failure but the pathogenic mechanisms are not fully understood. Using imaging mass spectrometry, we aimed to determine whether the spatial and/or temporal patterns of renal lipids are perturbed during the development of Alport syndrome in the mouse model. Our results show that most sulfatides are present at similar levels in both the wild-type (WT) and the Alport kidneys, with the exception of two specific sulfatide species, SulfoHex-Cer(d18:2/24:0) and SulfoHex-Cer(d18:2/16:0). In the Alport but not in WT kidneys, the levels of these species mirror the previously described abnormal laminin expression in Alport syndrome. The presence of these sulfatides in renal tubules but not in glomeruli suggests that this specific aberrant lipid pattern may be related to the development of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in Alport disease.
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- Megan M Gessel
- Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Center for Matrix Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Center for Matrix Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.,Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Funk SD, Bayer RH, Miner JH. Endothelial cell-specific collagen type IV-α 3 expression does not rescue Alport syndrome in Col4a3 -/- mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019; 316:F830-F837. [PMID: 30724107 PMCID: PMC6580247 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00556.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a critical component of the kidney's blood filtration barrier. Alport syndrome, a hereditary disease leading to kidney failure, is caused by the loss or dysfunction of the GBM's major collagen type IV (COL4) isoform α3α4α5. The constituent COL4 α-chains assemble into heterotrimers in the endoplasmic reticulum before secretion into the extracellular space. If any one of the α3-, α4-, or α5-chains is lost due to mutation of one of the genes, then the entire heterotrimer is lost. Patients with Alport syndrome typically have mutations in the X-linked COL4A5 gene or uncommonly have the autosomal recessive form of the disease due to COL4A3 or COL4A4 mutations. Treatment for Alport syndrome is currently limited to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition or angiotensin receptor blockers. Experimental approaches in Alport mice have demonstrated that induced expression of COL4A3, either widely or specifically in podocytes of Col4a3-/- mice, can abrogate disease progression even after establishment of the abnormal GBM. While targeting podocytes in vivo for gene therapy is a significant challenge, the more accessible glomerular endothelium could be amenable for mutant gene repair. In the present study, we expressed COL4A3 in Col4a3-/- Alport mice using an endothelial cell-specific inducible transgenic system, but collagen-α3α4α5(IV) was not detected in the GBM or elsewhere, and the Alport phenotype was not rescued. Our results suggest that endothelial cells do not express the Col4a3/a4/a5 genes and should not be viewed as a target for gene therapy.
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- Steven D Funk
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri
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Funk SD, Lin MH, Miner JH. Alport syndrome and Pierson syndrome: Diseases of the glomerular basement membrane. Matrix Biol 2018; 71-72:250-261. [PMID: 29673759 PMCID: PMC6146048 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is an important component of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier. Like all basement membranes, the GBM contains type IV collagen, laminin, nidogen, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan. It is flanked by the podocytes and glomerular endothelial cells that both synthesize it and adhere to it. Mutations that affect the GBM's collagen α3α4α5(IV) components cause Alport syndrome (kidney disease with variable ear and eye defects) and its variants, including thin basement membrane nephropathy. Mutations in LAMB2 that impact the synthesis or function of laminin α5β2γ1 (LM-521) cause Pierson syndrome (congenital nephrotic syndrome with eye and neurological defects) and its less severe variants, including isolated congenital nephrotic syndrome. The very different types of kidney diseases that result from mutations in collagen IV vs. laminin are likely due to very different pathogenic mechanisms. A better understanding of these mechanisms should lead to targeted therapeutic approaches that can help people with these rare but important diseases.
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- Steven D Funk
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a specialized structure with a significant role in maintaining the glomerular filtration barrier. This GBM is formed from the fusion of two basement membranes during development and its function in the filtration barrier is achieved by key extracellular matrix components including type IV collagen, laminins, nidogens, and heparan sulfate proteoglycans. The characteristics of specific matrix isoforms such as laminin-521 (α5β2γ1) and the α3α4α5 chain of type IV collagen are essential for the formation of a mature GBM and the restricted tissue distribution of these isoforms makes the GBM a unique structure. Detailed investigation of the GBM has been driven by the identification of inherited abnormalities in matrix proteins and the need to understand pathogenic mechanisms causing severe glomerular disease. A well-described hereditary GBM disease is Alport syndrome, associated with a progressive glomerular disease, hearing loss, and lens defects due to mutations in the genes COL4A3, COL4A4, or COL4A5. Other proteins associated with inherited diseases of the GBM include laminin β2 in Pierson syndrome and LMX1B in nail patella syndrome. The knowledge of these genetic mutations associated with GBM defects has enhanced our understanding of cell-matrix signaling pathways affected in glomerular disease. This review will address current knowledge of GBM-associated abnormalities and related signaling pathways, as well as discussing the advances toward disease-targeted therapies for patients with glomerular disease.
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- Christine Chew
- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Division of Cell Matrix Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Division of Cell Matrix Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.,Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Funk SD, Bayer RH, Malone AF, McKee KK, Yurchenco PD, Miner JH. Pathogenicity of a Human Laminin β2 Mutation Revealed in Models of Alport Syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 29:949-960. [PMID: 29263159 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2017090997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Pierson syndrome is a congenital nephrotic syndrome with eye and neurologic defects caused by mutations in laminin β2 (LAMB2), a major component of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). Pathogenic missense mutations in human LAMB2 cluster in or near the laminin amino-terminal (LN) domain, a domain required for extracellular polymerization of laminin trimers and basement membrane scaffolding. Here, we investigated an LN domain missense mutation, LAMB2-S80R, which was discovered in a patient with Pierson syndrome and unusually late onset of proteinuria. Biochemical data indicated that this mutation impairs laminin polymerization, which we hypothesized to be the cause of the patient's nephrotic syndrome. Testing this hypothesis in genetically altered mice showed that the corresponding amino acid change (LAMB2-S83R) alone is not pathogenic. However, expression of LAMB2-S83R significantly increased the rate of progression to kidney failure in a Col4a3-/- mouse model of autosomal recessive Alport syndrome and increased proteinuria in Col4a5+/- females that exhibit a mild form of X-linked Alport syndrome due to mosaic deposition of collagen α3α4α5(IV) in the GBM. Collectively, these data show the pathogenicity of LAMB2-S80R and provide the first evidence of genetic modification of Alport phenotypes by variation in another GBM component. This finding could help explain the wide range of Alport syndrome onset and severity observed in patients with Alport syndrome, even for family members who share the same COL4 mutation. Our results also show the complexities of using model organisms to investigate genetic variants suspected of being pathogenic in humans.
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- Steven D Funk
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and
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A comprehensive analysis and annotation of human normal urinary proteome. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3024. [PMID: 28596590 PMCID: PMC5465101 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03226-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biomarkers are measurable changes associated with the disease. Urine can reflect the changes of the body while blood is under control of the homeostatic mechanisms; thus, urine is considered an important source for early and sensitive disease biomarker discovery. A comprehensive profile of the urinary proteome will provide a basic understanding of urinary proteins. In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of the urinary proteome based on different separation strategies, including direct one dimensional liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), two dimensional LC/MS/MS, and gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis/liquid-phase isoelectric focusing followed by two dimensional LC/MS/MS. A total of 6085 proteins were identified in healthy urine, of which 2001 were not reported in previous studies and the concentrations of 2571 proteins were estimated (spanning a magnitude of 106) with an intensity-based absolute quantification algorithm. The urinary proteins were annotated by their tissue distribution. Detailed information can be accessed at the “Human Urine Proteome Database” (www.urimarker.com/urine).
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In this commentary, I review recent advances in Alport syndrome genetics, diagnostics, and therapeutics. I also offer some opinions regarding strategies to optimize the early identification of affected individuals to promote early therapeutic intervention.
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- Clifford Kashtan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Miner JH, Baigent C, Flinter F, Gross O, Judge P, Kashtan CE, Lagas S, Savige J, Blatt D, Ding J, Gale DP, Midgley JP, Povey S, Prunotto M, Renault D, Skelding J, Turner AN, Gear S. The 2014International Workshop on Alport Syndrome. Kidney Int 2014; 86:679-84. [PMID: 24988067 PMCID: PMC4182137 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Alport syndrome, historically referred to as hereditary glomerulonephritis with sensorineural deafness and anterior lenticonus, is a genetic disease of collagen α3α4α5(IV) resulting in renal failure. The collagen α3α4α5(IV) heterotrimer forms a network that is a major component of the kidney glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and basement membranes in the cochlea and eye. Alport syndrome, estimated to affect 1 in 5000–10,000 individuals, is caused by mutations in any one of the three genes that encode the α chain components of the collagen α3α4α5(IV) heterotrimer: COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5. Although angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition is effective in Alport syndrome patients for slowing progression to end-stage renal disease, it is neither a cure nor an adequate long-term protector. The 2014 International Workshop on Alport Syndrome, held in Oxford, UK, from January 3–5, was organized by individuals and families living with Alport syndrome, in concert with international experts in the clinical, genetic, and basic science aspects of the disease. Stakeholders from diverse communities—patient families, physicians, geneticists, researchers, Pharma, and funding organizations—were brought together so that they could meet and learn from each other and establish strategies and collaborations for the future, with the overall aim of discovering much needed new treatments to prolong kidney function.
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- Jeffrey H Miner
- Renal Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Clinic of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medicine Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Alport Syndrome Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Melbourne Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Alport Foundation of Australia, Valentine, New South Wales, Australia
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- Pediatric Department, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- University College London-Center for Nephrology, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Discovery Technology Department, Pharma Research and Early Development, Basel, Switzerland
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- Association for Information and Research on Genetic Renal Diseases (AIRG)-France, Paris, France
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- Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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A mouse Col4a4 mutation causing Alport glomerulosclerosis with abnormal collagen α3α4α5(IV) trimers. Kidney Int 2014; 85:1461-8. [PMID: 24522496 PMCID: PMC4040157 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A spontaneous mutation termed bilateral wasting kidneys (bwk) was identified in a colony of NONcNZO recombinant inbred mice. These mice exhibit a rapid increase of urinary albumin at an early age associated with glomerulosclerosis, interstitial nephritis, and tubular atrophy. The mutation was mapped to a location on chromosome 1 containing the Col4a3 and Col4a4 genes, for which mutations in the human orthologs cause the hereditary nephritis Alport syndrome. DNA sequencing identified a G-to-A mutation in the conserved GT splice donor of Col4a4 intron 30, resulting in skipping of exon 30 but maintaining the mRNA reading frame. Protein analyses showed that mutant collagen α3α4α5(IV) trimers were secreted and incorporated into the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), but levels were low, and GBM lesions typical of Alport syndrome were observed. Moving the mutation into the more renal damage-prone DBA/2J and 129S1/SvImJ backgrounds revealed differences in albuminuria and its rate of increase, suggesting an interaction between the Col4a4 mutation and modifier genes. This novel mouse model of Alport syndrome is the only one shown to accumulate abnormal collagen α3α4α5(IV) in the GBM, as also found in a subset of Alport patients. These mice will be valuable for testing potential therapies, for understanding abnormal collagen IV structure and assembly, and for gaining better insights into the mechanisms leading to Alport syndrome, and to the variability in the age of onset and associated phenotypes.
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Suleiman H, Zhang L, Roth R, Heuser JE, Miner JH, Shaw AS, Dani A. Nanoscale protein architecture of the kidney glomerular basement membrane. eLife 2013; 2:e01149. [PMID: 24137544 PMCID: PMC3790497 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In multicellular organisms, proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) play structural and functional roles in essentially all organs, so understanding ECM protein organization in health and disease remains an important goal. Here, we used sub-diffraction resolution stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) to resolve the in situ molecular organization of proteins within the kidney glomerular basement membrane (GBM), an essential mediator of glomerular ultrafiltration. Using multichannel STORM and STORM-electron microscopy correlation, we constructed a molecular reference frame that revealed a laminar organization of ECM proteins within the GBM. Separate analyses of domains near the N- and C-termini of agrin, laminin, and collagen IV in mouse and human GBM revealed a highly oriented macromolecular organization. Our analysis also revealed disruptions in this GBM architecture in a mouse model of Alport syndrome. These results provide the first nanoscopic glimpse into the organization of a complex ECM. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01149.001.
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- Hani Suleiman
- Department of Pathology and Immunology , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , United States
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Differential expression of laminin isoforms in diabetic nephropathy and other renal diseases. Mod Pathol 2012; 25:859-68. [PMID: 22343787 PMCID: PMC3698943 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Laminin a non-collagenous glycoprotein is a major component of the renal glomerular basement membrane and mesangium. Thus far eleven distinct chains have been described, permutations of which make up 15 laminin isoforms. Laminin molecules interact with cells and other matrix molecules during organ development and differentiation. We studied the distribution of laminin isoforms in patients with type 1 diabetic nephropathy, membranous nephropathy, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and IgA nephropathy/ Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Immunofluorescence microscopic studies with laminin-chain-specific antibodies to the α1, α2, α5, β1, β2 and γ1 chains detected α2, β1 and γ1 chain expression in the normal mesangium and α5, β2 and γ1 in normal glomerular basement membrane. Significantly, constituents of the glomerular basement membrane, α5, β2 and γ1 chains were overexpressed in kidneys with diabetic nephropathy. Initially the constituents of the mesangium increased commensurate with the degree of mesangial expansion and degree of diabetic nephropathy. Reduction in α2 chain intensity was observed with severe mesangial expansion and in the areas of nodular glomerulosclerosis. In addition, with late disease aberrant expression of α2 and β2 chains was observed in the mesangium. Glomerular basement membrane in renal disease overexpressed molecules normally present in that location. In summary, the alterations in basement membrane composition in various renal diseases seem to not only reflect the balance between synthesis and degradation of normal basement membrane constituents, but also their aberrant expression.
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Miner JH. Glomerular basement membrane composition and the filtration barrier. Pediatr Nephrol 2011; 26:1413-7. [PMID: 21327778 PMCID: PMC3108006 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1785-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Revised: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is an especially thick basement membrane that contributes importantly to the kidney's filtration barrier. The GBM derives from the fusion of separate podocyte and endothelial cell basement membranes during glomerulogenesis and consists primarily of laminin-521 (α5β2γ1), collagen α3α4α5(IV), nidogens-1 and -2, and agrin. Of these nine proteins, mutations in the genes encoding four of them (LAMB2, COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5) cause glomerular disease in humans as well as in mice. Furthermore, mutation of a fifth (Lama5) gene in podocytes in mice causes proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome, and progression to renal failure. These results highlight the importance of the GBM for establishing and maintaining a properly functioning glomerular filtration barrier.
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- Jeffrey H. Miner
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8126, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Miner JH. Organogenesis of the kidney glomerulus: focus on the glomerular basement membrane. Organogenesis 2011; 7:75-82. [PMID: 21519194 DOI: 10.4161/org.7.2.15275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a crucial component of the kidney's filtration barrier that separates the vasculature from the urinary space. During glomerulogenesis, the GBM is formed from fusion of two distinct basement membranes, one synthesized by the glomerular epithelial cell (podocyte) and the other by the glomerular endothelial cell. The main components of the GBM are laminin-521 (α5β2γ1), collagen α3α4α5(IV), nidogen and the heparan sulfate proteoglycan, agrin. By studying mice lacking specific GBM components, we have shown that during glomerulogenesis, laminin is the only one that is required for GBM integrity and in turn, the GBM is required for completion of glomerulogenesis and glomerular vascularization. In addition, our results from laminin β2-null mice suggest that laminin-521, and thus the GBM, contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier to plasma albumin. In contrast, mutations that affect GBM collagen IV or agrin do not impair glomerular development or cause immediate leakage of plasma proteins. However, collagen IV mutation, which causes Alport syndrome and ESRD in humans, leads to gradual damage to the GBM that eventually leads to albuminuria and renal failure. These results highlight the importance of the GBM for establishing and maintaining a perfectly functioning, highly selective glomerular filter.
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- Jeffrey H Miner
- Renal Division,Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Rapid identification of a disease allele in mouse through whole genome sequencing and bulk segregation analysis. Genetics 2010; 187:633-41. [PMID: 21196518 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.124586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In a pedigree of C57BL/6J mice homozygous for germline mutations induced by the mutagen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), numerous animals died under specific pathogen-free (SPF) conditions between 6 and 7 months of age. Death was caused by nephritic syndrome, which progressed to renal failure associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. To identify the mutation responsible for renal disease, we sequenced genomic DNA from an affected animal using the Applied Biosystems SOLiD sequencing platform. Approximately 74% of the nucleotides comprising coding sequences and splice junctions in the mouse genome were covered at least three times. Within this portion of the genome, 64 discrepancies were flagged as potential homozygous mutations and 82 were flagged as potential heterozygous mutations. A total of 10 of these calls, all homozygous, were validated by capillary sequencing. One of the validated mutations disrupted splicing of the Col4a4 transcript. Genetic mapping by bulk segregation analysis excluded all mutations but this one as the cause of renal disease in Aoba mice. Col4a4 has not been targeted in the mouse, and this strain, named Aoba, represents the first functionally null allele in this species. Our study demonstrates the speed and utility of whole genome sequencing coupled with low resolution meiotic mapping as a means of identifying causative mutations induced by ENU.
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Bassareo PP, Marras AR, Mercuro G. Ventricular septal defect in a child with Alport syndrome: a case report. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2010; 10:48. [PMID: 20920374 PMCID: PMC2958932 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Alport syndrome (AS) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by an inflammation of the kidneys and damage to the glomerular capillaries, ultimately leading to renal failure at an early age. To date, rare reports of cardiac involvement in AS have been described, due in the majority of cases to the higher risk of heart conduction abnormalities in these patients, at times requiring implantation of a transcutaneous pacemaker. An increased risk of hypertension is likewise commonly featured. Case presentation We report the case of a 17-year-old female affected by a very severe early form of AS. A previously unreported association of the syndrome with congenital heart disease (CHD), (in this case membranous ventricular septal defect), is also reported. A possible pathophysiological mechanism underlying the concomitant manifestation of these two disorders is suggested. Complications implicated in surgical treatment of CHD are described. Clinical and therapeutic management of AS with cardiovascular involvement are discussed, and a short literature review performed. Conclusions This first report of a cardiovascular association highlights the possible involvement of collagen mutations in the two pathologies. Even when drug-resistance appears to be responsible for the failure to control secondary hypertension in AS, clonidine may represent a safe, effective option in the normalization of high blood pressure.
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- Pier Paolo Bassareo
- Department of Cardiovascular and Neurological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
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Hematuria is a common presenting complaint in pediatric nephrology clinics and often has a familial basis. This teaching article provides an overview of causes, diagnosis, and management of the major forms of familial hematuria, Alport syndrome, and thin basement membrane nephropathy.
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- Clifford E Kashtan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Gubler MC. Inherited diseases of the glomerular basement membrane. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 4:24-37. [DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 09/13/2007] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Kikkawa Y, Miner JH. Molecular dissection of laminin alpha 5 in vivo reveals separable domain-specific roles in embryonic development and kidney function. Dev Biol 2006; 296:265-77. [PMID: 16750824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.04.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2005] [Revised: 04/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Laminins are a family of basement membrane proteins with diverse roles in fundamental developmental processes such as epiblast polarization and gastrulation, as well as in organ development and function. We have focused on the laminin alpha1 and alpha5 chains, the ancestral laminin alpha chains required for development. To elucidate the unique functions of laminin alpha1 and alpha5 and their COOH-terminal LG domains, we have produced a collection of laminin knockout and transgenic mice expressing full length and chimeric laminin alpha5/alpha1 chains. Crossing the transgenes onto the Lama5-/- background generates "pseudo-knockins", so called because endogenous laminin alpha5 is replaced by transgene-encoded proteins. Expression of a chimera with the entire alpha5LG domain replaced by alpha1LG had minimal ameliorative effects on the defects observed in Lama5-/- embryos. In contrast, high level expression of a chimera with only the alpha5LG3-5 tandem replaced by alpha1LG3-5 completely rescued defects in digit septation, neural tube closure, placental labyrinth morphology, lung lobe septation, hair growth, and vascularization of kidney glomeruli. These mice were viable for several months, but they developed a lethal nephrotic syndrome. Our results show that: (1) the laminin alpha5LG1-2 tandem plays an essential role during development and harbors the great majority of the functionality of the alpha5LG domain; and (2) the alpha5LG3-5 tandem serves as a novel determinant required for the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier to plasma protein.
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- Yamato Kikkawa
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Zheng K, Perry J, Harvey SJ, Sado Y, Ninomiya Y, Jefferson B, Jacobs R, Hudson BG, Thorner PS. Regulation of collagen type IV genes is organ-specific: Evidence from a canine model of Alport syndrome. Kidney Int 2005; 68:2121-30. [PMID: 16221211 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite advances in knowledge about collagen type IV at the protein level, little is known about expression of its six alpha chains. X-linked Alport syndrome provides a system to study collagen type IV gene expression within a setting of disturbed protein synthesis. Mutations in the alpha5 chain result in loss of the alpha3/alpha4/alpha5 and alpha1/alpha2/alpha5/alpha6 networks from the kidney, with progressive renal disease. METHODS We used a canine model of Alport syndrome to measure expression of the six type IV collagen chains from 11 days to 7(1/2) months of age. We determined to what extent message levels in kidney change over time, and what correlation exists with clinical and pathologic changes in glomeruli, and the primary mutation. The latter was evaluated by examining testis, an organ normally containing the same collagen type IV networks but uninvolved by disease. RESULTS The alpha1 to alpha6 mRNAs were expressed at all time points in normal canine kidney. By comparison to normal, in Alport dog kidney, the alpha1 and alpha2 mRNAs were up-regulated after 2 months of age, alpha3 and alpha4 mRNAs were down-regulated by 2 months of age, and the alpha5 mRNA was almost undetectable at any time. In testis, all mRNAs were expressed at comparable levels in normal and affected dogs other than the alpha5 chain, which was not expressed in affected testis. CONCLUSION Normal expression of collagen type IV is under control mechanisms specific to each organ and to individual chains. The altered expression in canine Alport syndrome is not the direct result of the mutation, since these changes do not occur in all organs nor are they present from birth. Instead, collagen type IV expression is influenced by disease, with down-regulation of alpha3 and alpha4 chains temporally related to the onset of proteinuria, and up-regulation of alpha1 and alpha2 chains to glomerulosclerosis. This dysregulation of the alpha3 and alpha4 chains is unique to this Alport model, and suggests an unidentified mechanism linking pathology with down-regulation of expression of these two chains.
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- Keqin Zheng
- Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Charytan D, MacDonald B, Sugimoto H, Pastan S, Staton G, Hennigar R, Kalluri R. An unusual case of pulmonary-renal syndrome associated with defects in type IV collagen composition and anti-glomerular basement membrane autoantibodies. Am J Kidney Dis 2005; 45:743-8. [PMID: 15806477 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Commercial serological assays for the presence of anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies are thought to be indicative of Goodpasture's syndrome. We report a case in which commercial tests inaccurately suggested that a patient with a pulmonary-renal syndrome had Goodpasture's disease. Additional laboratory testing using recombinant type IV collagen NC1 domain proteins showed that the autoantibodies in question were not directed against the Goodpasture antigen (the alpha3NC1 domain), but against the alpha2NC1 domain of type IV collagen. Our findings represent the first known case of human autoantibodies to the alpha2NC1 domain. Further investigation showed that this patient has decreased alpha3 and alpha5 chain expression in the GBM and defects in type IV collagen, resembling abnormalities in patients with Alport's syndrome.
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- David Charytan
- Department of Medicine, Center for Matrix Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02215, USA
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Kashtan CE. Familial hematurias: what we know and what we don't. Pediatr Nephrol 2005; 20:1027-35. [PMID: 15856317 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1859-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2004] [Revised: 12/30/2004] [Accepted: 12/30/2004] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Over the past 30 years we have learned a great deal about the molecular genetics and natural history of familial forms of hematuria. Our enhanced understanding of these conditions has yet to generate effective therapies for Alport syndrome, the form of familial hematuria associated with end-stage renal disease. This review briefly presents the current state of knowledge about familial hematuria and argues for the organization of clinical therapeutic trials in Alport syndrome.
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Izzedine H, Tankere F, Launay-Vacher V, Deray G. Ear and kidney syndromes: molecular versus clinical approach. Kidney Int 2004; 65:369-85. [PMID: 14717907 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00390.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The association between ear and kidney anomalies is not usually due to an insult to the embryo. In recent years, many essential development control genes that coordinate the assembly and function of kidney and ear have been discovered through the generation of animal mutants and have increased our understanding of the mechanisms of human oto-renal diseases. Here, we describe ear and kidney clinical syndromes and their molecular expression.
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- Hassane Izzedine
- Department of Nephrology, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Anbalagan M, Yashwanth R, Jagannadha Rao A. DD-RT-PCR identifies 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase as a key marker of early Leydig cell steroidogenesis. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2004; 219:37-45. [PMID: 15149725 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2003] [Revised: 12/04/2003] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Postnatal Leydig cell development in rat involves an initial phase of proliferation of progenitor Leydig cells (PLCs) and subsequent differentiation of these cells into immature Leydig cells (ILCs) and adult Leydig cells (ALCs). With an objective to identify the molecular changes associated with Leydig cell differentiation, the mRNA population in PLCs and ILCs were analyzed by the technique of differential display reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (DD-RT-PCR). Results revealed differential expression of several transcripts in PLCs and ILCs. Of the several differentially expressed transcripts, the expression of transcripts corresponding to collagen IV alpha6 (Col IV alpha6) and ribosomal protein L 41 (RpL41) decreased during the differentiation of PLC to ILC. Also there was an increase in the expression of transcripts encoding enzymes such as microsomal glutathione-S-transferase (mGST 1) and 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (7-DHCR) during this process. While Col IV alpha6 and RpL41 are known to be involved in cellular proliferation, mGST 1 and 7-DHCR are essential for normal Leydig cell steroidogenesis. A detailed study on 7-DHCR expression in Leydig cells revealed that this enzyme plays a crucial role in steroidogenesis. Interestingly expression of this enzyme is not under acute regulation by Luteinizing hormone (LH).
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- M Anbalagan
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Anbalagan M, Rao AJ. Collagen IV-mediated signalling is involved in progenitor Leydig cell proliferation. Reprod Biomed Online 2004; 9:391-403. [PMID: 15511338 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61274-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In rats, during postnatal Leydig cell development, the progenitor Leydig cells (PLC) proliferate actively during days 14-21 of postnatal life. Luteinizing hormone (LH) is known to stimulate Leydig cell proliferation and oestradiol 17beta inhibits this process. In order to identify the molecules involved in Leydig cell proliferation, differentially expressed genes in proliferating and non-proliferating PLC isolated from vehicle and oestradiol 17beta-treated rats respectively, were analysed by differential display reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (DD-RT-PCR). Results revealed that the expression of collagen IV alpha4 (Col IV alpha4), a subunit of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein collagen IV, was down regulated in PLC isolated from oestradiol 17beta-treated rats. Studies on stage specific expression of Col IV alpha4 during Leydig cell development revealed that this transcript is abundantly expressed at the stage where Leydig cell proliferation is maximal and the expression of this transcript decreased during differentiation of Leydig cells, which is associated with loss of proliferation. These observations suggest that Col IV alpha4 is important for PLC proliferation. Stimulation of PLC proliferation in vitro in the presence collagen IV provides additional support for the conclusion that collagen IV-mediated signalling is involved in PLC proliferation. Further studies revealed that active forms of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and mitogen activated protein kinase 1/2 (MAPK 1/2), the intracellular signalling molecules that are known to mediate ECM protein signalling are present only in proliferating forms of Leydig cells and are absent in non-proliferating Leydig cells. These results suggest that collagen IV-mediated signalling is involved in PLC proliferation.
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- M Anbalagan
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Andrews KL, Mudd JL, Li C, Miner JH. Quantitative trait loci influence renal disease progression in a mouse model of Alport syndrome. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2002; 160:721-30. [PMID: 11839593 PMCID: PMC1850644 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64892-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Alport syndrome is a human hereditary glomerulonephritis which results in end-stage renal failure (ESRF) in most cases. It is caused by mutations in any one of the collagen alpha3(IV), alpha4(IV), or alpha5(IV) chain genes (COL4A3-COL4A5). Patients carrying identical mutations can exhibit very different disease courses, suggesting that other genes or the environment influence disease progression. We previously generated a knockout mouse model of Alport syndrome by mutating Col4a3. Here, we show that genetic background strongly influences the timing of onset of disease and rate of progression to ESRF in these mice. On the 129X1/SvJ background, Col4a3 -/- mice reached ESRF at approximately 66 days of age, while on the C57BL/6J background, the mean age at ESRF was 194 days of age. This suggests the existence of modifier genes that influence disease progression. A detailed histopathological analysis revealed that glomerular basement membrane lesions typical of Alport syndrome were significantly more frequent in homozygotes on the 129X1/SvJ background than on the C57BL/6J background as early as two weeks of age, suggesting that modifier genes act by influencing glomerular basement membrane structure. Additional data indicated that differential physiological responses to basement membrane splitting also underlie the differences in disease progression. We attempted to map the modifier genes as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) using age at ESRF as the quantitative trait. Genome scans were performed on mice at the two extremes in a cohort of mutant F1 x C57BL/6J backcross mice. Analysis with Map Manager QT revealed QTLs linked to markers on chromosomes 9 and 16. A more detailed understanding of how these QTLs act could lead to new approaches for therapy in diverse renal diseases.
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- Kaya L Andrews
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Kashtan CE, Kim Y, Lees GE, Thorner PS, Virtanen I, Miner JH. Abnormal glomerular basement membrane laminins in murine, canine, and human Alport syndrome: aberrant laminin alpha2 deposition is species independent. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:252-260. [PMID: 11158215 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v122252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Kidneys from mice, dogs, and humans with X-linked and autosomal-recessive forms of Alport syndrome were examined by immunofluorescence for expression of laminin alpha, beta, and gamma chains using monospecific antibodies. Laminin alpha2 chain was absent from glomerular basement membranes (GBM) in normal human, murine, and canine kidneys but was abnormally deposited in Alport GBM, regardless of species or inheritance pattern. In murine and canine Alport kidneys, laminin alpha2 seems to be deposited as part of both laminin-2 (alpha2beta1gamma1) and laminin-4 (alpha2beta2gamma1) but as part of only laminin-4 in human Alport kidneys. GBM laminin alpha2 chain deposition was not observed in a variety of non-Alport human glomerulopathies. This finding adds to the list of proteins that are aberrantly deposited in Alport GBM as a consequence of the absence of the alpha3, alpha4, and alpha5 chains of type IV collagen: (1) type IV collagen alpha1 and alpha2 chains, (2) type V collagen, (3) type VI collagen, and most recently (4) the laminin alpha2 chain and (5) the laminin alpha1 and beta1 chains in mice and dogs. These findings emphasize further the critical role played by the alpha3, alpha4, and alpha5 chains of type IV collagen in establishing and maintaining the composition, structure, and function of mature GBM.
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- Clifford E Kashtan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Texas Veterinary Medical Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Division of Pathology, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Institute of Biomedicine, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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Moriya T, Groppoli TJ, Kim Y, Mauer M. Quantitative immunoelectron microscopy of type VI collagen in glomeruli in type I diabetic patients. Kidney Int 2001; 59:317-23. [PMID: 11135085 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00493.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulating in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and mesangium (Mes) in diabetes is unknown. Type IV collagen (Col IV) as estimated by quantitative immunoelectron microscopy was reduced in type I diabetic patients (D) with rapid ("fast-track") compared with slow ("slow-track") development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) lesions and controls (C). Col VI is another ECM component suggested to account for Mes matrix (MM) expansion in DN. METHODS Col VI ECM density was evaluated in eight "slow-track" {Mes fractional volume [Vv(Mes/glom)] <0.32, duration> 20 years} and seven "fast-track" patients [Vv(Mes/glom)> 0.37, duration <20 years diabetes] and in eight C. Quantitative immunoelectron microscopy was performed using polyclonal antibodies to Col VI. Gold particle density (PDG) in MM and the inner layer (IL) of the GBM was measured using stereologic methods. RESULTS GBM IL PDG was decreased in both fast-track (1.7 +/- 1.6/microm2, mean +/- SD, P < 0.002) and slow-track (3.9 +/- 2.4, P < 0.02) D versus C (10.8 +/- 7.9). GBM IL PDG was also lower in the fast-track versus slow-track D (P < 0.04). Mes matrix PDG/microm2 was decreased in fast-track D (3.2 +/- 3.6) versus C (14.1 +/- 14.6, P < 0.02); a similar trend was seen in slow-track D (5.7 +/- 5.6, P < 0.1). There was no significant difference in MM PDG between the slow-track and fast-track D. CONCLUSION Col VI density in MM and GBM is decreased in diabetic patients with slowly and rapidly developing renal lesions. This leaves the nature of ECM accumulation in DN unexplained. At least in part, glomerular ECM compositional change is related to diabetes per se and may be independent of the severity of lesions.
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- T Moriya
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Cosgrove D, Rodgers K, Meehan D, Miller C, Bovard K, Gilroy A, Gardner H, Kotelianski V, Gotwals P, Amatucci A, Kalluri R. Integrin alpha1beta1 and transforming growth factor-beta1 play distinct roles in alport glomerular pathogenesis and serve as dual targets for metabolic therapy. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 157:1649-59. [PMID: 11073824 PMCID: PMC1885718 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64802-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder resulting from mutations in type IV collagen genes. The defect results in pathological changes in kidney glomerular and inner-ear basement membranes. In the kidney, progressive glomerulonephritis culminates in tubulointerstitial fibrosis and death. Using gene knockout-mouse models, we demonstrate that two different pathways, one mediated by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 and the other by integrin alpha1beta1, affect Alport glomerular pathogenesis in distinct ways. In Alport mice that are also null for integrin alpha1 expression, expansion of the mesangial matrix and podocyte foot process effacement are attenuated. The novel observation of nonnative laminin isoforms (laminin-2 and/or laminin-4) accumulating in the glomerular basement membrane of Alport mice is markedly reduced in the double knockouts. The second pathway, mediated by TGF-beta1, was blocked using a soluble fusion protein comprising the extracellular domain of the TGF-beta1 type II receptor. This inhibitor prevents focal thickening of the glomerular basement membrane, but does not prevent effacement of the podocyte foot processes. If both integrin alpha1beta1 and TGF-beta1 pathways are functionally inhibited, glomerular foot process and glomerular basement membrane morphology are primarily restored and renal function is markedly improved. These data suggest that integrin alpha1beta1 and TGF-beta1 may provide useful targets for a dual therapy aimed at slowing disease progression in Alport glomerulonephritis.
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- D Cosgrove
- Department of Genetics, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
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Morphological study of the kidney is generally the first step in the diagnosis of Alport's syndrome. Light microscopy study allows to suggest the diagnosis with the association of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, GBM anomalies when studied with silver staining, interstitial foam cells, and negative standard immunofluorescence study. GBM anomalies observed by electron microscopy are nearly specific with thickening splitting and fragmenting of the lamina densa. GBM anomalies are the consequence of a collagen IV disease. Thus, immunohistochemical results obtained with 6 different alpha(IV) are essential and allow to evaluate the mode of inheritance. Schematically, in the X dominant AS form, GBM, distal tubular BM and collecting duct BM do not express alpha3/alpha4, alpha5(IV). In the autosomic recessive AS form, collecting duct BM alone express alpha5(IV) without expression of alpha3(IV) and alpha5(IV) chains along the GBM and distal TBM.
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- L H Noël
- INSERM U 507, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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Chen Y, Sasatomi E, Satoh T, Miyazaki K, Tokunaga O. Abnormal distribution of collagen type IV in extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. Pathol Int 2000; 50:884-90. [PMID: 11107064 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01150.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The present study investigated the pathogenesis of desmoplastic stroma formation, which is characteristic of most bile duct carcinomas and other scirrhous carcinomas. Using immunohistochemical analysis, the expression of collagen types I and IV, laminin and TGF-beta1 was examined in human extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma and compared with gastric and colon carcinoma. In addition to delineating the basement membranes of carcinoma nests and blood vessels, collagen type IV was present along the thick bundles of collagenous fibers in the stroma of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma and scirrhous gastric carcinoma. The immunoreactivity of collagen type IV was strong in the adjacent or surrounding interstitium of tumor cell nests, but was absent or weak in older, more central portions of the tumor that contained sclerotic collagen. In situ hybridization demonstrated active expression of collagen alpha1(IV) mRNA in extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma and scirrhous gastric carcinoma cells. These results suggest that, although collagen type IV is typically a component of the basement membrane, it is expressed in the interstitial stroma of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma and scirrhous gastric carcinoma where it may play a role in desmoplastic stroma formation.
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- Y Chen
- Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan.
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- C E Kashtan
- University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Nephrology, USA
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Heidet L, Cai Y, Guicharnaud L, Antignac C, Gubler MC. Glomerular expression of type IV collagen chains in normal and X-linked Alport syndrome kidneys. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 156:1901-10. [PMID: 10854213 PMCID: PMC1850092 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2000] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Alport syndrome is an inherited nephropathy characterized by alterations of the glomerular basement membrane because of mutations in type IV collagen genes. COL4A5 mutations, causing X-linked Alport syndrome, frequently result in the loss of the alpha5 chains of type IV collagen in basement membranes. This is associated with the absence of the alpha3(IV) and alpha4(IV) chains and increased amounts of alpha1(IV) and alpha2(IV) in glomerular basement membranes. The mechanisms resulting in such a configuration are still controversial and are of fundamental importance for understanding the pathology of the disease and for considering gene therapy. In this article we studied, for the first time, type IV collagen expression in kidneys from X-linked Alport syndrome patients, using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. We show that, independent of the type of mutation and of the level of COL4A5 transcription, both COL4A3 and COL4A4 genes are actively transcribed in podocytes. Moreover, using immunofluorescence amplification, we were able to demonstrate that the alpha3 chain of type IV collagen was present in the podocytes of all patients. Finally, the alpha1(IV) chain, which accumulates within glomerular basement membranes, was found to be synthesized by mesangial/endothelial cells. These results strongly suggest that, contrary to what has been found in dogs affected with X-linked Alport syndrome, there is no transcriptional co-regulation of COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5 genes in humans, and that the absence of alpha3(IV) to alpha5(IV) in glomerular basement membranes in the patients results from events downstream of transcription, RNA processing, and protein synthesis.
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- L Heidet
- INSERM U423, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
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Miner JH, Li C. Defective glomerulogenesis in the absence of laminin alpha5 demonstrates a developmental role for the kidney glomerular basement membrane. Dev Biol 2000; 217:278-89. [PMID: 10625553 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Laminins are major components of all basement membranes. They are a diverse group of alpha/beta/gamma heterotrimers formed from five alpha, three beta, and three gamma chains. Laminin alpha5 is a widely expressed chain found in many embryonic and adult basement membranes. During embryogenesis, alpha5 has a role in disparate developmental processes, including neural tube closure, digit septation, and placentation. Here, we analyzed kidney development in Lama5 mutant embryos and found a striking defect in glomerulogenesis associated with an abnormal glomerular basement membrane (GBM). This correlates with failure of the developmental switch in laminin alpha chain deposition in which alpha5 replaces alpha1 in the GBM at the capillary loop stage of glomerulogenesis. In the absence of a normal GBM, glomerular epithelial cells were in disarray, and endothelial and mesangial cells were extruded from within the constricting glomerulus, leading to a complete absence of vascularized glomeruli. In addition, a minority of Lama5 mutant mice lacked one or both kidneys, indicating that laminin alpha5 is also important in earlier kidney development. Our results demonstrate a dual role for laminin alpha5 in kidney development, illustrate a novel defect in glomerulogenesis, and indicate a heretofore unappreciated developmental role for the GBM in influencing the behavior of epithelial and endothelial cells.
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- J H Miner
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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Lees GE, Kashtan CE, Michael AF, Helman RG, Naito I, Ninomiya Y, Sado Y, Kim Y. Expression of the alpha6 chain of type IV collagen in glomerular basement membranes of healthy adult dogs. Am J Vet Res 2000; 61:38-41. [PMID: 10630775 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate expression of the alpha6 chain of type IV collagen in the glomerular basement membranes (GBM) of healthy dogs. SAMPLE POPULATION Kidney specimens from 12 healthy dogs. For comparison, kidney specimens from 8 human subjects between 25 and 83 years old also were evaluated. PROCEDURE Sections were immunolabeled with a monospecific antibody that cross-reacts with human and canine alpha6(IV) chains and examined by means of fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS Immunolabeling of the alpha6(IV) chain was not observed in GBM of 6 dogs < or = 30 months old but was observed in GBM of the remaining 6 dogs, all of which were > or = 45 months old. Expression of the alpha6(IV) chain was not observed in GBM of the human subjects, regardless of the age of the subject. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results indicate that the alpha6(IV) chain is expressed in GBM of healthy dogs, but the expression is age-dependent. Composition and structural organization of type IV collagen in the GBM of healthy adult dogs is different from that described for other species.
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- G E Lees
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA
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Renal basement membrane components. Basement membranes are specialized extracellular matrices found throughout the body. They surround all epithelia, endothelia, peripheral nerves, muscle cells, and fat cells. They play particularly important roles in the kidney, as demonstrated by the fact that defects in renal basement membranes are associated with kidney malfunction. The major components of all basement membranes are laminin, collagen IV, entactin/nidogen, and sulfated proteoglycans. Each of these describes a family of related proteins that assemble with each other in the extracellular space to form the basement membrane. Over the last few years, new basement membrane components that are expressed in the kidney have been discovered. Here, the major components and their localization in mature and developing renal basement membranes are described. In addition, the phenotypes of basement membrane component gene mutations, both naturally occurring and experimental, are discussed, as is the aberrant deposition of basement membrane proteins in the extracellular matrix in several renal diseases.
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- J H Miner
- Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Sayers R, Kalluri R, Rodgers KD, Shield CF, Meehan DT, Cosgrove D. Role for transforming growth factor-beta1 in alport renal disease progression. Kidney Int 1999; 56:1662-73. [PMID: 10571774 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alport syndrome results from mutations in either the alpha3(IV), alpha4(IV), or alpha5(IV) collagen genes. The disease is characterized by a progressive glomerulonephritis usually associated with a high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. A mouse model for an autosomal form of Alport syndrome [collagen alpha3(IV) knockout] was produced and characterized. In this study, the model was exploited to demonstrate a potential role for transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) in Alport renal disease pathogenesis. METHODS Kidneys from normal and Alport mice, taken at different stages during the course of renal disease progression, were analyzed by Northern blot, in situ hybridization, and immunohistology for expression of TGF-beta1 and components of the extracellular matrix. Normal and Alport human kidney was examined for TGF-beta1 expression using RNase protection. RESULTS The mRNAs encoding TGF-beta1 (in both mouse and human), entactin, fibronectin, and the collagen alpha1(IV) and alpha2(IV) chains were significantly induced in total kidney as a function of Alport renal disease progression. The induction of these specific mRNAs was observed in the glomerular podocytes of animals with advanced disease. Type IV collagen, laminin-1, and fibronectin were markedly elevated in the tubulointerstitium at 10 weeks, but not at 6 weeks, suggesting that elevated expression of specific mRNAs on Northern blots reflects events associated with tubulointerstitial fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS The concomitant accumulation of mRNAs encoding TGF-beta1 and extracellular matrix components in the podocytes of diseased kidneys may reflect key events in Alport renal disease progression. These data suggest a role for TGF-beta1 in both glomerular and tubulointerstitial damage associated with Alport syndrome.
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- R Sayers
- Boystown National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebrasa, 68131, USA
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Lu W, Phillips CL, Killen PD, Hlaing T, Harrison WR, Elder FF, Miner JH, Overbeek PA, Meisler MH. Insertional mutation of the collagen genes Col4a3 and Col4a4 in a mouse model of Alport syndrome. Genomics 1999; 61:113-24. [PMID: 10534397 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mice homozygous for the transgenic insertion in line OVE250 exhibit severe progressive glomerulonephritis. Ultrastructural changes in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) at 2 weeks of age resemble those in Alport syndrome. The transgenic insertion site was mapped by FISH to mouse chromosome 1 close to Pax3. Genetic and molecular analyses identified a deletion of genomic DNA at the transgene insertion site. Exons 1 through 12 of the collagen IV gene Col4a4, exons 1 and 2 of the adjacent Col4a3 gene, and the intergenic promoter region are deleted. Transcripts of Col4a3 and Col4a4 are undetectable in mutant kidney, and both proteins are missing from the GBM. Persistent cellular proliferation in mutant kidneys suggests that interaction with the extracellular matrix may be important for cell maturation. Evolutionarily conserved sequence elements in the promoter regions of human and mouse Col4a3 and Col4a4 include a 19-bp element that was tandemly duplicated in the human lineage and a CTC box element common to several genes encoding extracellular matrix proteins. This new animal model of Alport syndrome, Col4Delta3-4, lacks both alpha3 and alpha4 chains of collagen IV and exhibits an earlier disease onset than mice lacking alpha3 only.
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- W Lu
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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Alport syndrome (AS) is a genetically heterogeneous disease arising from mutations in genes coding for basement membrane type IV collagen. About 80% of AS is X-linked, due to mutations in COL4A5, the gene encoding the alpha 5 chain of type IV collagen (alpha 5[IV]). A subtype of X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) in which diffuse leiomyomatosis is an associated feature reflects deletion mutations involving the adjacent COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes. Most other patients have autosomal recessive Alport syndrome (ARAS) due to mutations in COL4A3 or COL4A4, which encode the alpha 3(IV) and alpha 4(IV) chains, respectively. Autosomal dominant AS has been mapped to chromosome 2 in the region of COL4A3 and COL4A4. The features of AS reflect derangements of basement membrane structure and function resulting from changes in type IV collagen expression. The primary pathologic event appears to be the loss from basement membranes of a type IV collagen network composed of alpha 3, alpha 4, and alpha 5(IV) chains. While this network is not critical for normal glomerulogenesis, its absence appears to provoke the overexpression of other extracellular matrix proteins, such as the alpha 1 and alpha 2(IV) chains, in glomerular basement membranes, leading to glomerulosclerosis. The diagnosis of AS still relies heavily on histologic studies, although routine application of molecular genetic diagnosis will probably be available in the future. Absence of epidermal basement membrane expression of alpha 5(IV) is diagnostic of XLAS, so in some cases kidney biopsy may not be necessary for diagnosis. Analysis of renal expression of alpha 3(IV)-alpha 5(IV) chains may be a useful adjunct to routine renal biopsy studies, especially when ultrastructural changes in the GBM are ambiguous. There are no specific therapies for AS. Spontaneous and engineered animal models are being used to study genetic and pharmacologic therapies. Renal transplantation for AS is usually very successful. Occasional patients develop anti-GBM nephritis of the allograft, almost always resulting in graft loss.
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- C E Kashtan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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Zheng K, Harvey S, Sado Y, Naito I, Ninomiya Y, Jacobs R, Thorner PS. Absence of the alpha6(IV) chain of collagen type IV in Alport syndrome is related to a failure at the protein assembly level and does not result in diffuse leiomyomatosis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1999; 154:1883-91. [PMID: 10362815 PMCID: PMC1866637 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65446-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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X-linked Alport syndrome is a progressive nephropathy associated with mutations in the COL4A5 gene. The kidney usually lacks the alpha3-alpha6 chains of collagen type IV, although each is coded by a separate gene. The molecular basis for this loss remains unclear. In canine X-linked hereditary nephritis, a model for X-linked Alport syndrome, a COL4A5 mutation results in reduced mRNA levels for the alpha3, alpha4, and alpha5 chains in the kidney, implying a mechanism coordinating the production of these 3 chains. To examine whether production of alpha6 chain is under the same control, we studied smooth muscle cells from this animal model. We determined the canine COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes are separated by 435 bp, with two first exons for COL4A6 separated by 978 bp. These two regions are >/= 78% identical to the human sequences that have promoter activity. Despite this potential basis for coordinated transcription of the COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes, the alpha6 mRNA level remained normal in affected male dog smooth muscle while the alpha5 mRNA level was markedly reduced. However, both alpha5 and alpha6 chains were absent at the protein level. Our results suggest that production of the alpha6 chain is under a control mechanism separate from that coordinating the alpha3-alpha5 chains and that the lack of the alpha6 chain in Alport syndrome is related to a failure at the protein assembly level, raising the possibility that the alpha5 and alpha6 chains are present in the same network. The lack of the alpha6 chain does not obviously result in disease, in particular leiomyomatosis, as is seen in Alport patients with deletions involving the COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes.
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- Keqin Zheng
- Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; the Divisions of Immunology†
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- Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; the Divisions of Immunology†
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- Shigei Medical Research Institute, Okayama, Japan; the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,§
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- Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan; and the Department of Pathobiology,¶
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- Ontario Veterinary College and University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; the Divisions of Immunology†
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Leinonen A, Netzer KO, Boutaud A, Gunwar S, Hudson BG. Goodpasture antigen: expression of the full-length alpha3(IV) chain of collagen IV and localization of epitopes exclusively to the noncollagenous domain. Kidney Int 1999; 55:926-35. [PMID: 10027929 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.055003926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tissue injury in Goodpasture (GP) syndrome (rapidly progressive glomerular nephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage) is mediated by antibasement membrane antibodies that are targeted to the alpha3(IV) chain of type IV collagen, one of five alpha(IV) chains that occur in the glomerular basement membrane. GP antibodies are known to bind epitopes within the carboxyl terminal noncollagenous domain (NC1) of the alpha3(IV) chain, termed the GP autoantigen. Whether epitopes also exist in the 1400-residue collagenous domain is unknown because studies to date have focused solely on the NC1 domain. A knowledge of GP epitopes is important for the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease and for the development of therapeutic strategies. METHODS A cDNA construct was prepared for the full-length human alpha3(IV) chain. The construct was stably transfected into human embryonic kidney 293 cells. The purified full-length r-alpha3(IV) chain was characterized by electrophoresis and electron microscopy. The capacity of this chain for binding of GP antibodies from five patients was compared with that of the human r-alpha3(IV)NC1 domain by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS The r-alpha3(IV) chain was secreted from 293 cells as a single polypeptide chain that did not spontaneously undergo assembly into a triple-helical molecule. An analysis of GP-antibody binding to the full-length r-alpha3(IV) chain showed binding exclusively to the globular NC1 domain. CONCLUSION The full-length human alpha3(IV) chain possesses the capacity to bind GP autoantibodies. The epitope(s) is found exclusively on the nontriple-helical NC1 domain of the alpha3(IV) chain, indicating the presence of specific immunogenic properties. The alpha3(IV) chain alone does not spontaneously undergo assembly into a triple-helical homotrimeric molecule, suggesting that coassembly with either the alpha4(IV) and/or the alpha5(IV) chain may be required for triple-helix formation.
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- A Leinonen
- University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kansas City 66160-7421, USA
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Chain composition of type IV collagen networks in basement membranes. J CHEM SCI 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02869905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Miner JH, Cunningham J, Sanes JR. Roles for laminin in embryogenesis: exencephaly, syndactyly, and placentopathy in mice lacking the laminin alpha5 chain. J Cell Biol 1998; 143:1713-23. [PMID: 9852162 PMCID: PMC2132973 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.6.1713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/1998] [Revised: 10/27/1998] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Laminins are the major noncollagenous glycoproteins of all basal laminae (BLs). They are alpha/beta/gamma heterotrimers assembled from 10 known chains, and they subserve both structural and signaling roles. Previously described mutations in laminin chain genes result in diverse disorders that are manifested postnatally and therefore provide little insight into laminin's roles in embryonic development. Here, we show that the laminin alpha5 chain is required during embryogenesis. The alpha5 chain is present in virtually all BLs of early somite stage embryos and then becomes restricted to specific BLs as development proceeds, including those of the surface ectoderm and placental vasculature. BLs that lose alpha5 retain or acquire other alpha chains. Embryos lacking laminin alpha5 die late in embryogenesis. They exhibit multiple developmental defects, including failure of anterior neural tube closure (exencephaly), failure of digit septation (syndactyly), and dysmorphogenesis of the placental labyrinth. These defects are all attributable to defects in BLs that are alpha5 positive in controls and that appear ultrastructurally abnormal in its absence. Other laminin alpha chains accumulate in these BLs, but this compensation is apparently functionally inadequate. Our results identify new roles for laminins and BLs in diverse developmental processes.
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- J H Miner
- Department of Medicine, Renal Division, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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