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Ravarotto V, Bertoldi G, Stefanelli LF, Gobbi L, Calò LA. Molecular aspects of the altered Angiotensin II signalling in Gitelman’s syndrome. Expert Opin Orphan Drugs 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/21678707.2022.2066996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Verdiana Ravarotto
- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED) University of Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED) University of Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED) University of Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED) University of Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED) University of Padova, Italy
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Jiang L, Peng X, Zhao B, Zhang L, Xu L, Li X, Nie M, Chen L. Frequent SLC12A3 mutations in Chinese Gitelman syndrome patients: structure and function disorder. Endocr Connect 2022; 11:EC-21-0262.R2. [PMID: 34860177 PMCID: PMC8859957 DOI: 10.1530/ec-21-0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSES This study was conducted to identify the frequent mutations from reported Chinese Gitelman syndrome (GS) patients, to predict the three-dimensional structure change of human Na-Cl co-transporter (hNCC), and to test the activity of these mutations and some novel mutations in vitro and in vivo. METHODS SLC12A3 gene mutations in Chinese GS patients previously reported in the PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang database were summarized. Predicted configurations of wild type (WT) and mutant proteins were achieved using the I-TASSER workplace. Six missense mutations (T60M, L215F, D486N, N534K, Q617R, and R928C) were generated by site-directed mutagenesis. 22Na+ uptake experiment was carried out in the Xenopus laevisoocyte expression system. In the study, 35 GS patients and 20 healthy volunteers underwent the thiazide test. RESULTS T60M, T163M, D486N, R913Q, R928C, and R959frameshift were frequent SLC12A3 gene mutations (mutated frequency >3%) in 310 Chinese GS families. The protein's three-dimensional structure was predicted to be altered in all mutations. Compared with WT hNCC, the thiazide-sensitive 22Na+ uptake was significantly diminished for all six mutations: T60M 22 ± 9.2%, R928C 29 ± 12%, L215F 38 ± 14%, N534K 41 ± 15.5%, Q617R 63 ± 22.1%, and D486N 77 ± 20.4%. In thiazide test, the net increase in chloride fractional excretion in 20 healthy controls was significantly higher than GS patients with or without T60M or D486N mutations. CONCLUSIONS Frequent mutations (T60M, D486N, and R928C) and novel mutations (L215F, N534K, and Q617R) lead to protein structure alternation and protein dysfunction verified by 22Na+ uptake experiment in vitro and thiazide test on the patients.
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- Lanping Jiang
- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Nephrology & Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Renal Division, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology & Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Correspondence should be addressed to L Chen or M Nie: or
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- Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Correspondence should be addressed to L Chen or M Nie: or
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Chew TA, Zhang J, Feng L. High-Resolution Views and Transport Mechanisms of the NKCC1 and KCC Transporters. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167056. [PMID: 34022207 PMCID: PMC9722358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) are responsible for the coupled co-transport of Cl- with K+ and/or Na+ in an electroneutral manner. They play important roles in myriad fundamental physiological processes--from cell volume regulation to transepithelial solute transport and intracellular ion homeostasis--and are targeted by medicines commonly prescribed to treat hypertension and edema. After several decades of studies into the functions and pharmacology of these transporters, there have been several breakthroughs in the structural determination of CCC transporters. The insights provided by these new structures for the Na+/K+/Cl- cotransporter NKCC1 and the K+/Cl- cotransporters KCC1, KCC2, KCC3 and KCC4 have deepened our understanding of their molecular basis and transport function. This focused review discusses recent advances in the structural and mechanistic understanding of CCC transporters, including architecture, dimerization, functional roles of regulatory domains, ion binding sites, and coupled ion transport.
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- Thomas A Chew
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Sung CC, Chen MH, Lin YC, Lin YC, Lin YJ, Yang SS, Lin SH. Urinary Extracellular Vesicles for Renal Tubular Transporters Expression in Patients With Gitelman Syndrome. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:679171. [PMID: 34179047 PMCID: PMC8219937 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.679171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background: The utility of urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) to faithfully represent the changes of renal tubular protein expression remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate renal tubular sodium (Na+) or potassium (K+) associated transporters expression from uEVs and kidney tissues in patients with Gitelman syndrome (GS) caused by inactivating mutations in SLC12A3. Methods: uEVs were isolated by ultracentrifugation from 10 genetically-confirmed GS patients. Membrane transporters including Na+-hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3), Na+/K+/2Cl− cotransporter (NKCC2), NaCl cotransporter (NCC), phosphorylated NCC (p-NCC), epithelial Na+ channel β (ENaCβ), pendrin, renal outer medullary K1 channel (ROMK), and large-conductance, voltage-activated and Ca2+-sensitive K+ channel (Maxi-K) were examined by immunoblotting of uEVs and immunofluorescence of biopsied kidney tissues. Healthy and disease (bulimic patients) controls were also enrolled. Results: Characterization of uEVs was confirmed by nanoparticle tracking analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and immunoblotting. Compared with healthy controls, uEVs from GS patients showed NCC and p-NCC abundance were markedly attenuated but NHE3, ENaCβ, and pendrin abundance significantly increased. ROMK and Maxi-K abundance were also significantly accentuated. Immunofluorescence of the representative kidney tissues from GS patients also demonstrated the similar findings to uEVs. uEVs from bulimic patients showed an increased abundance of NCC and p-NCC as well as NHE3, NKCC2, ENaCβ, pendrin, ROMK and Maxi-K, akin to that in immunofluorescence of their kidney tissues. Conclusion: uEVs could be a non-invasive tool to diagnose and evaluate renal tubular transporter adaptation in patients with GS and may be applied to other renal tubular diseases.
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- Chih-Chien Sung
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Deparment of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Deparment of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Meor Azlan NF, Koeners MP, Zhang J. Regulatory control of the Na-Cl co-transporter NCC and its therapeutic potential for hypertension. Acta Pharm Sin B 2021; 11:1117-1128. [PMID: 34094823 PMCID: PMC8144889 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hypertension is the largest risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. As blood pressure regulation is influenced by multiple physiological systems, hypertension cannot be attributed to a single identifiable etiology. Three decades of research into Mendelian forms of hypertension implicated alterations in the renal tubular sodium handling, particularly the distal convoluted tubule (DCT)-native, thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC). Altered functions of the NCC have shown to have profound effects on blood pressure regulation as illustrated by the over activation and inactivation of the NCC in Gordon's and Gitelman syndromes respectively. Substantial progress has uncovered multiple factors that affect the expression and activity of the NCC. In particular, NCC activity is controlled by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, and NCC expression is facilitated by glycosylation and negatively regulated by ubiquitination. Studies have even found parvalbumin to be an unexpected regulator of the NCC. In recent years, there have been considerable advances in our understanding of NCC control mechanisms, particularly via the pathway containing the with-no-lysine [K] (WNK) and its downstream target kinases, SPS/Ste20-related proline-alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and oxidative stress responsive 1 (OSR1), which has led to the discovery of novel inhibitory molecules. This review summarizes the currently reported regulatory mechanisms of the NCC and discusses their potential as therapeutic targets for treating hypertension.
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Key Words
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate
- Blood pressure regulation
- CCC, cation-coupled chloride cotransporters
- CCT, conserved carboxy-terminal
- CNI, calcineurin inhibitors
- CUL3, cullin 3
- CUL3/KLHL3-WNK-SPAK/OSR1
- Ca2+, calcium ion
- Cardiovascular disease
- DAG, diacylglycerol
- DCT, distal convoluted tubule
- DUSP, dual specificity phosphatases
- ECF, extracellular fluid
- ELISA, enzyme-bound immunosorbent analysis
- ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinases
- EnaC, epithelial sodium channels
- GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid
- HEK293, human embryonic kidney 293
- Hypertension
- I1, inhibitor 1
- K+, potassium ion
- KCC, potassium-chloride-cotransporters
- KLHL3, kelch-like 3
- KS-WNK1, kidney specific-WNK1
- Kinase inhibitors
- MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MO25, mouse protein-25
- Membrane trafficking
- NCC, sodium–chloride cotransporters
- NKCC, sodium–potassium–chloride-cotransporter
- Na+, sodium ion
- NaCl, sodium chloride
- NaCl-cotransporter NCC
- OSR1, oxidative stress-responsive gene 1
- PCT, proximal convoluted tubule
- PHAII, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II
- PP, protein phosphatase
- PV, parvalbumin
- ROMK, renal outer medullary potassium
- RasGRP1, RAS guanyl-releasing protein 1
- SLC12, solute carrier 12
- SPAK, Ste20-related proline-alanine-rich-kinase
- TAL, thick ascending limb
- Therapeutic targets
- WNK, with-no-lysine kinases
- mDCT, mammalian DCT
- mRNA, messenger RNA
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Alexandru M, Courbebaisse M, Le Pajolec C, Ménage A, Papon JF, Vargas-Poussou R, Nevoux J, Blanchard A. Investigation of Vestibular Function in Adult Patients with Gitelman Syndrome: Results of an Observational Study. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9113790. [PMID: 33238651 PMCID: PMC7700665 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a rare salt-losing tubulopathy caused by an inactivating mutation in the SLC12A3 gene, encoding the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter (NCC). Patients with GS frequently complain of vertigo, usually attributed to hypovolemia. Because NCC is also located in the endolymphatic sac, we hypothesized that patients with GS might have vestibular dysfunction. Between April 2013 and September 2016, 20 (22%) out of 90 patients followed at the reference center complained of vertigo in the absence of orthostatic hypotension. Sixteen of them were referred to an otology department for investigation of vestibular function. The vertigo was of short duration and triggered in half of them by head rotation. Seven patients (44%) had a vestibular syndrome. Vestibular syndrome was defined: (1) clinically, as nystagmus triggered by the head shaking test (n = 5); and/or (2) paraclinically, as an abnormal video head impulse test (n = 0), abnormal kinetic test (n = 4) and/or abnormal bithermal caloric test (n = 3). Five patients had associated auditory signs (tinnitus, aural fullness or hearing loss). In conclusion, we found a high frequency of vestibular disorder in GS patients suffering from vertigo, suggesting a role of NCC in the inner ear. Referent physicians of these patients should be aware of this extrarenal manifestation that requires specific investigations and treatment.
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- Mihaela Alexandru
- AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.A.); (C.L.P.); (A.M.); (J.-F.P.)
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- AP-HP, Centre—Université de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Service de Physiologie-Exploration Fonctionnelles Rénales, 75015 Paris, France;
- Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
- INSERM, U1151-CNRS UMR8253, 75015 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.A.); (C.L.P.); (A.M.); (J.-F.P.)
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- AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.A.); (C.L.P.); (A.M.); (J.-F.P.)
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- AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.A.); (C.L.P.); (A.M.); (J.-F.P.)
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, F-94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- AP-HP, Centre—Université de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Département de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire, 75015 Paris, France;
- INSERM, UMRS 1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France
- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l’Enfant et de l’Adulte (MARHEA), Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, 75015 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.A.); (C.L.P.); (A.M.); (J.-F.P.)
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, F-94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- INSERM, U1120, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, France
- Correspondence: (J.N.); (A.B.); Tel.: +33-1-4521-3688 (J.N.); +33-1-5609-2913 (A.B.)
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- Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France
- INSERM, UMRS 1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France
- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l’Enfant et de l’Adulte (MARHEA), Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, 75015 Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1418, 75015 Paris, France
- Correspondence: (J.N.); (A.B.); Tel.: +33-1-4521-3688 (J.N.); +33-1-5609-2913 (A.B.)
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Are the Clinical Presentations (Phenotypes) of Gitelman's and Bartter's Syndromes Gene Mutations Driven by Their Effects on Intracellular pH, Their "pH" Enotype? Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21165660. [PMID: 32784543 PMCID: PMC7460608 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Gitelman’s syndrome (GS) and Bartter’s syndrome (BS) are rare inherited salt-losing tubulopathies whose variations in genotype do not correlate well with either clinical course or electrolyte requirements. Using GS/BS patients as nature’s experiments, we found them to be a human model of endogenous Ang II antagonism with activated Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS), resulting in high Ang II levels with blunted cardiovascular effects. These patients are also characterized by increased and directly correlated levels of both Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) and Ang 1-7. Understanding the myriad of distinctive and frequently overlapping clinical presentations of GS/BS arises remains challenging. Efforts to find a treatment for COVID-19 has fueled a recent surge in interest in chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine and its effects. Of specific interest are chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine’s ability to inhibit SARS-CoV infection by impairing ACE2, the SARS-CoV2 entry point, through terminal glycosylation via effects on TGN/post-Golgi pH homeostasis. Several different studies with a GS or a BS phenotype, along with a nonsyndromic form of X-linked intellectual disability linked to a mutated SLC9A7, provide additional evidence that specific gene defects can act via misregulation of TGN/post-Golgi pH homeostasis, which leads to a common mechanistic basis resulting in overlapping phenotypes. We suggest that linkage between the specific gene defects identified in GS and BS and the myriad of distinctive and frequently overlapping clinical findings may be the result of aberrant glycosylation of ACE2 driven by altered TGN/endosome system acidification caused by the metabolic alkalosis brought about by these salt-losing tubulopathies in addition to their altered intracellular calcium signaling due to a blunted second messenger induced intracellular calcium release that is, in turn, amplified by the RAS system.
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Williams TL, Bastos C, Faria N, Karet Frankl FE. Making urinary extracellular vesicles a clinically tractable source of biomarkers for inherited tubulopathies using a small volume precipitation method: proof of concept. J Nephrol 2020; 33:383-386. [PMID: 31586298 PMCID: PMC7118034 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-019-00653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Biomarkers of inherited tubulopathies would be useful for clarifying diagnoses in patients where genetic screening is not readily available or where disease-attributable mutations are not found. Urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) obtained by ultracentrifugation can be used as a source of biomarkers for inherited tubulopathies such as Gitelman Syndrome (GS), however, ultracentrifugation requires costly equipment and is thus not usually accessible. In contrast, precipitation methods can extract uEVs using standard laboratory centrifuges, thus making uEVs extracted by this method clinically tractable as a source of biomarkers for GS and other inherited tubulopathies. Here we optimise a precipitation method for extracting urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) and provide proof of concept that these uEVs are a source of biomarkers using GS an exemplar tubulopathy. For method optimisation, uEVs were precipitated from fresh and frozen (for up to 6 years), small volume (1-2 mL) urine samples from healthy volunteers and GS patients. Nanoparticle tracking analysis was used to calculate the concentration of uEVs. Thiazide sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) content was determined by densitometry of Western blots. NCC content of uEVs was lower in GS patients (n = 11) than healthy volunteers (n = 12; P = 0.001). Three of four patients clinically suspected for GS, in whom only a single SLC12A3 mutation was identified, had lower uEV NCC content than all healthy volunteers tested. In the clinical setting, sufficient uEVs can be extracted from frozen, small volume urine samples using precipitation methods to distinguish patients with GS from healthy volunteers, and thus this source of uEVs could be utilised as an additional diagnostic test for GS and similar disorders.
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- Timothy Lee Williams
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Division of Renal Medicine, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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De la Cruz-Cano E, Jiménez-González CDC, Morales-García V, Pineda-Pérez C, Tejas-Juárez JG, Rendón-Gandarilla FJ, Jiménez-Morales S, Díaz-Gandarilla JA. Arg913Gln variation of SLC12A3 gene is associated with diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes and Gitelman syndrome: a systematic review. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:393. [PMID: 31660880 PMCID: PMC6819471 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1590-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Abstract Background Diabetic nephropathy is a global common cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. A lot of research has been conducted in biomedical sciences, which has enhanced understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy and has expanded the potential available therapies. An increasing number of evidence suggests that genetic alterations play a major role in development and progression of diabetic nephropathy. This systematic review was focused on searching an association between Arg913Gln variation in SLC12A3 gene with diabetic nephropathy in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes and Gitelman Syndrome. Methods An extensive systematic review of the literature was completed using PubMed, EBSCO and Cochrane Library, from their inception to January 2018. The PRISMA guidelines were followed and the search strategy ensured that all possible studies were identified to compile the review. Inclusion criteria for this review were: 1) Studies that analyzed the SLC12A3 gene in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes and Gitelman Syndrome. 2) Use of at least one analysis investigating the association between the Arg913Gln variation of SLC12A3 gene with diabetic nephropathy. 3) Use of a case–control or follow-up design. 4) Investigation of type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with Gitelman’s syndrome, with a history of diabetic nephropathy. Results The included studies comprised 2106 individuals with diabetic nephropathy. This review shows a significant genetic association in most studies in the Arg913Gln variation of SLC12A3 gene with the diabetic nephropathy, pointing out that the mutations of this gene could be a key predictor of end-stage renal disease. Conclusions The results showed in this systematic review contribute to better understanding of the association between the Arg913Gln variation of SLC12A3 gene with the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy in individuals with T2DM and GS.
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- Eduardo De la Cruz-Cano
- División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C. P. 86650, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico.,Secretaría de Salud, Hospital General de Comalcalco, Departamento de Laboratorio de Análisis Clínicos, C.P. 86300, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
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- División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C. P. 86650, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
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- División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C. P. 86650, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
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- División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C.P. 86100, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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- División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C. P. 86650, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
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- Universidades para el Bienestar Benito Juárez García, Medicina Integral y Salud Comunitaria, Juan R. Escudero, Guerrero, C.P. 39940, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Laboratorio Genómica del Cáncer, Periférico Sur No. 4809, Col. Arenal Tepepan, Deleg. Tlalpan, C.P. 14610, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C. P. 86650, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico.
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Koirala M, Alexov E. Computational chemistry methods to investigate the effects caused by DNA variants linked with disease. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633619300015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Computational chemistry offers variety of tools to study properties of biological macromolecules. These tools vary in terms of levels of details from quantum mechanical treatment to numerous macroscopic approaches. Here, we provide a review of computational chemistry algorithms and tools for modeling the effects of genetic variations and their association with diseases. Particular emphasis is given on modeling the effects of missense mutations on stability, conformational dynamics, binding, hydrogen bond network, salt bridges, and pH-dependent properties of the corresponding macromolecules. It is outlined that the disease may be caused by alteration of one or several of above-mentioned biophysical characteristics, and a successful prediction of pathogenicity requires detailed analysis of how the alterations affect the function of involved macromolecules. The review provides a short list of most commonly used algorithms to predict the molecular effects of mutations as well.
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- Mahesh Koirala
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29630, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29630, USA
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van der Wijst J, Belge H, Bindels RJM, Devuyst O. Learning Physiology From Inherited Kidney Disorders. Physiol Rev 2019; 99:1575-1653. [PMID: 31215303 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00008.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The identification of genes causing inherited kidney diseases yielded crucial insights in the molecular basis of disease and improved our understanding of physiological processes that operate in the kidney. Monogenic kidney disorders are caused by mutations in genes coding for a large variety of proteins including receptors, channels and transporters, enzymes, transcription factors, and structural components, operating in specialized cell types that perform highly regulated homeostatic functions. Common variants in some of these genes are also associated with complex traits, as evidenced by genome-wide association studies in the general population. In this review, we discuss how the molecular genetics of inherited disorders affecting different tubular segments of the nephron improved our understanding of various transport processes and of their involvement in homeostasis, while providing novel therapeutic targets. These include inherited disorders causing a dysfunction of the proximal tubule (renal Fanconi syndrome), with emphasis on epithelial differentiation and receptor-mediated endocytosis, or affecting the reabsorption of glucose, the handling of uric acid, and the reabsorption of sodium, calcium, and magnesium along the kidney tubule.
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- Jenny van der Wijst
- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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The interplay of renal potassium and sodium handling in blood pressure regulation: critical role of the WNK-SPAK-NCC pathway. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33:508-523. [DOI: 10.1038/s41371-019-0170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Başer H, Topaloğlu O, Çakır B. A Rare Reason of Hypokalemia in a Hyperthyroid Patient: Gitelman Syndrome. ANKARA MEDICAL JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.17098/amj.461663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ravarotto V, Loffing J, Loffing-Cueni D, Heidemeyer M, Pagnin E, Calò LA, Rossi GP. Gitelman's Syndrome: characterization of a novel c.1181G>A point mutation and functional classification of the known mutations. Hypertens Res 2018; 41:578-588. [PMID: 29925901 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-018-0061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We have investigated the mechanisms by which a novel missense point mutation (c.1181G>A) found in two sisters causes Gitelman's syndrome by impairing the sodium chloride co-transporter (NCC, encoded by SLC12A3 gene) function. The cDNA and in vitro transcribed mRNA of either wild-type or mutated SLC12A3 were transfected into HEK293 cells and injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes, respectively. The expression, maturation, trafficking, and function of the mutated and wild-type NCC were assessed by Western blotting, immunohistochemistry and 22Na+ uptake studies. By immunoblotting of lysates from HEK293 cells and oocytes expressing wild-type NCC, two NCC-related bands of approximately 130 kDa and 115 kDa, corresponding to fully and core-glycosylated NCC, respectively, were identified. In contrast, the mutant NCC only showed a single band of approximately 115 kDa, indicating impaired maturation of the protein. Moreover, oocytes injected with wild-type NCC showed thiazide-sensitive 22Na+ uptake, which was absent in those injected with the mutant NCC. The novel mutation was discussed in the context of the functionally characterized NCC mutations causing Gitelman's syndrome, which fit into five classes. In conclusion, the functional characterization of this novel Gly394Asp NCC and its localization on the NCC structure, alongside that of previously known mutations causing Gitelman's syndrome, may provide novel information on the function of the different domains of the human NCC.
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- Verdiana Ravarotto
- Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Nephrology, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Nephrology, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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Rego T, Fonseca F, Cerqueira R, Agapito A. Gitelman syndrome and primary hyperparathyroidism: a rare association. BMJ Case Rep 2018; 2018:bcr-2017-223663. [PMID: 29871958 PMCID: PMC5990061 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Gitelman syndrome(GS) is a rare autosomal recessive salt-losing tubulopathy of young adults, characterised by hypokalaemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypocalciuria and secondary hyperaldosteronism. Hypercalcaemia due to hypocalciuria in these patients is extremely rare.A 25-year-old healthy woman was referred to the Endocrinology clinic for evaluation of persistent hypokalaemia. She presented with fatigue, myalgias, cramps and paraesthesia. Her physical examination was normal. Laboratory workup revealed: K+ 2.7 mEq/L (r.v.3.5-5.1), 24 hours urinary K+ 84.7 mEq/24 hours (r.v.25-125), Mg2+ 0.71 mg/dL (r.v.1.6-2.6), 24 hours urinary Mg2+ 143.1 mg/24 hours (r.v.73-122), Ca2+ 12 mg/dL (r.v.8.4-10.2), aldosterone 47.1 ng/mL (r.v. 4-31) and active renin 374.7 uUI/mL (r.v.4.4-46.1). She was diagnosed with GS and was treated with spironolactone, oral K+ and Mg2+ supplementation. Further investigation confirmed hypercalcaemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism owing to a single parathyroid adenoma. Following parathyroidectomy serum calcium normalised.Current knowledge favours that hypomagnesaemia in patients with GS protects them from hypercalcaemia. In this context of multiple electrolyte imbalances, correction of hypomagnesaemia is a challenge and should be done carefully. Like in our patient, aetiology of hypercalcaemia should be promptly diagnosed and reversed.
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- Teresa Rego
- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CGC Genetics, Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Genomics, CGC Genetics, Porto, Portugal, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal
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Rosenbaek LL, Rizzo F, MacAulay N, Staub O, Fenton RA. Functional assessment of sodium chloride cotransporter NCC mutants in polarized mammalian epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 313:F495-F504. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00088.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter NCC is important for maintaining serum sodium (Na+) and, indirectly, serum potassium (K+) levels. Functional studies on NCC have used cell lines with native NCC expression, transiently transfected nonpolarized cell lines, or Xenopus laevis oocytes. Here, we developed the use of polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney type I (MDCKI) mammalian epithelial cell lines with tetracycline-inducible human NCC expression to study NCC activity and membrane abundance in the same system. In radiotracer assays, induced cells grown on filters had robust thiazide-sensitive and chloride dependent sodium-22 (22Na) uptake from the apical side. To minimize cost and maximize throughput, assays were modified to use cells grown on plastic. On plastic, cells had similar thiazide-sensitive 22Na uptakes that increased following preincubation of cells in chloride-free solutions. NCC was detected in the plasma membrane, and both membrane abundance and phosphorylation of NCC were increased by incubation in chloride-free solutions. Furthermore, in cells exposed for 15 min to low or high extracellular K+, the levels of phosphorylated NCC increased and decreased, respectively. To demonstrate that the system allows rapid and systematic assessment of mutated NCC, three phosphorylation sites in NCC were mutated, and NCC activity was examined. 22Na fluxes in phosphorylation-deficient mutants were reduced to baseline levels, whereas phosphorylation-mimicking mutants were constitutively active, even without chloride-free stimulation. In conclusion, this system allows the activity, cellular localization, and abundance of wild-type or mutant NCC to be examined in the same polarized mammalian expression system in a rapid, easy, and low-cost fashion.
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- Lena L. Rosenbaek
- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and
- National Centre of Competence in Research “Kidney.ch,” Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and
- National Centre of Competence in Research “Kidney.ch,” Lausanne, Switzerland
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Hartmann AM, Pisella LI, Medina I, Nothwang HG. Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of two cation chloride cotransporter subfamily members of Hydra vulgaris. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179968. [PMID: 28662098 PMCID: PMC5491111 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Cation Chloride Cotransporters (CCCs) comprise secondary active membrane proteins mainly mediating the symport of cations (Na+, K+) coupled with chloride (Cl−). They are divided into K+-Cl− outward transporters (KCCs), the Na+-K+-Cl− (NKCCs) and Na+-Cl− (NCCs) inward transporters, the cation chloride cotransporter interacting protein CIP1, and the polyamine transporter CCC9. KCCs and N(K)CCs are established in the genome since eukaryotes and metazoans, respectively. Most of the physiological and functional data were obtained from vertebrate species. To get insights into the basal functional properties of KCCs and N(K)CCs in the metazoan lineage, we cloned and characterized KCC and N(K)CC from the cnidarian Hydra vulgaris. HvKCC is composed of 1,032 amino-acid residues. Functional analyses revealed that hvKCC mediates a Na+-independent, Cl− and K+ (Tl+)-dependent cotransport. The classification of hvKCC as a functional K-Cl cotransporter is furthermore supported by phylogenetic analyses and a similar structural organization. Interestingly, recently obtained physiological analyses indicate a role of cnidarian KCCs in hyposmotic volume regulation of nematocytes. HvN(K)CC is composed of 965 amino-acid residues. Phylogenetic analyses and structural organization suggest that hvN(K)CC is a member of the N(K)CC subfamily. However, no inorganic ion cotransport function could be detected using different buffer conditions. Thus, hvN(K)CC is a N(K)CC subfamily member without a detectable inorganic ion cotransporter function. Taken together, the data identify two non-bilaterian solute carrier 12 (SLC12) gene family members, thereby paving the way for a better understanding of the evolutionary paths of this important cotransporter family.
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- Anna-Maria Hartmann
- Neurogenetics Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Center for Neuroscience, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurogenetics Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Center for Neuroscience, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Pathare G, Tutakhel OAZ, van der Wel MC, Shelton LM, Deinum J, Lenders JWM, Hoenderop JGJ, Bindels RJM. Hydrochlorothiazide treatment increases the abundance of the NaCl cotransporter in urinary extracellular vesicles of essential hypertensive patients. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 312:F1063-F1072. [PMID: 28274929 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00644.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC), located apically in distal convoluted tubule epithelia, regulates the fine-tuning of renal sodium excretion. Three isoforms of NCC are generated through alternative splicing of the transcript, of which the third isoform has been the most extensively investigated in pathophysiological conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different anti-hypertensive treatments on the abundance and phosphorylation of all three NCC isoforms in urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) of essential hypertensive patients. In uEVs isolated from patients (n = 23) before and after hydrochlorothiazide or valsartan treatment, the abundance and phosphorylation of the NCC isoforms was determined. Additionally, clinical biochemistry and blood pressure of the patients was assessed. Our results show that NCC detected in human uEVs has a glycosylated and oligomeric structure, comparable to NCC present in human kidney membrane fractions. Despite the inhibitory action of hydrochlorothiazide on NCC activity, immunoblot analysis of uEVs showed significantly increased abundance of NCC isoforms 1 and 2 (NCC1/2), total NCC (NCC1-3), and the phosphorylated form of total NCC (pNCC1-3-T55/T60) in essential hypertensive patients treated with hydrochlorothiazide but not with valsartan. This study highlights that NCC1/2, NCC1-3, and pNCC1-3-T55/T60 are upregulated by hydrochlorothiazide, and the increase in NCC abundance in uEVs of essential hypertensive patients correlates with the blood pressure response to hydrochlorothiazide.
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- Ganesh Pathare
- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and.,Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;
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van der Merwe PDT, Rensburg MA, Haylett WL, Bardien S, Davids MR. Gitelman syndrome in a South African family presenting with hypokalaemia and unusual food cravings. BMC Nephrol 2017; 18:38. [PMID: 28125972 PMCID: PMC5270235 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-017-0455-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder characterised by renal salt wasting with hypokalaemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesaemia and hypocalciuria. It is caused by mutations in SLC12A3 encoding the sodium-chloride cotransporter on the apical membrane of the distal convoluted tubule. We report a South African family with five affected individuals presenting with hypokalaemia and unusual food cravings. METHODS The affected individuals and two unaffected first degree relatives were enrolled into the study. Phenotypes were evaluated through history, physical examination and biochemical analysis of blood and urine. Mutation screening was performed by sequencing of SLC12A3, and determining the allele frequencies of the sequence variants found in this family in 117 ethnically matched controls. RESULTS The index patient, her sister, father and two aunts had a history of severe salt cravings, fatigue and tetanic episodes, leading to consumption of large quantities of salt and vinegar. All affected individuals demonstrated hypokalaemia with renal potassium wasting. Genetic analysis revealed that the pseudo-dominant pattern of inheritance was due to compound heterozygosity with two novel mutations: a S546G substitution in exon 13, and insertion of AGCCCC at c.1930 in exon 16. These variants were present in the five affected individuals, but only one variant each in the unaffected family members. Neither variant was found in any of the controls. CONCLUSIONS The diagnosis of GS was established in five members of a South African family through clinical assessment, biochemical analysis and mutation screening of the SLC12A3 gene, which identified two novel putative pathogenic mutations.
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- Pieter Du Toit van der Merwe
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Chemical Pathology, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Valdez-Flores MA, Vargas-Poussou R, Verkaart S, Tutakhel OAZ, Valdez-Ortiz A, Blanchard A, Treard C, Hoenderop JGJ, Bindels RJM, Jeleń S. Functionomics of NCC mutations in Gitelman syndrome using a novel mammalian cell-based activity assay. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 311:F1159-F1167. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00124.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive salt-wasting tubular disorder resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC). Functional analysis of these mutations has been limited to the use of Xenopus laevis oocytes. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to analyze the functional consequences of NCC mutations in a mammalian cell-based assay, followed by analysis of mutated NCC protein expression as well as glycosylation and phosphorylation profiles using human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells. NCC activity was assessed with a novel assay based on thiazide-sensitive iodide uptake in HEK293 cells expressing wild-type or mutant NCC (N59I, R83W, I360T, C421Y, G463R, G731R, L859P, or R861C). All mutations caused a significantly lower NCC activity. Immunoblot analysis of the HEK293 cells revealed that 1) all NCC mutants have decreased NCC protein expression; 2) mutant N59I, R83W, I360T, C421Y, G463R, and L859P have decreased NCC abundance at the plasma membrane; 3) mutants C421Y and L859P display impaired NCC glycosylation; and 4) mutants N59I, R83W, C421Y, C731R, and L859P show affected NCC phosphorylation. In conclusion, we developed a mammalian cell-based assay in which NCC activity assessment together with a profiling of mutated protein processing aid our understanding of the pathogenic mechanism of the NCC mutations.
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- Marco A. Valdez-Flores
- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Programa Regional en Doctorado en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; and
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Programa Regional en Doctorado en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- Clinical Research Center, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; and
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Interleukin-18 deficiency protects against renal interstitial fibrosis in aldosterone/salt-treated mice. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:1727-39. [DOI: 10.1042/cs20160183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-18 is a member of the IL-1 family of cytokines and was described originally as an interferon γ-inducing factor. Aldosterone plays a central role in the regulation of sodium and potassium homoeostasis by binding to the mineralocorticoid receptor and contributes to kidney and cardiovascular damage. Aldosterone has been reported to induce IL-18, resulting in cardiac fibrosis with induced IL-18-mediated osteopontin (OPN). We therefore hypothesized that aldosterone-induced renal fibrosis via OPN may be mediated by IL-18. To verify this hypothesis, we compared mice deficient in IL-18 and wild-type (WT) mice in a model of aldosterone/salt-induced hypertension. IL-18−/− and C57BL/6 WT mice were used for the uninephrectomized aldosterone/salt hypertensive model, whereas NRK-52E cells (rat kidney epithelial cells) were used in an in vitro model. In the present in vivo study, IL-18 protein expression was localized in medullary tubules in the WT mice, whereas in aldosterone-infused WT mice this expression was up-regulated markedly in the proximal tubules, especially in injured and dilated tubules. This renal damage caused by aldosterone was attenuated significantly by IL-18 knockout with down-regulation of OPN expression. In the present in vitro study, aldosterone directly induced IL-18 gene expression in renal tubular epithelial cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. These effects were inhibited completely by spironolactone. IL-18 may be a key mediator of aldosterone-induced renal fibrosis by inducing OPN, thereby exacerbating renal interstitial fibrosis. Inhibition of IL-18 may therefore provide a potential target for therapeutic intervention aimed at preventing the progression of renal injury.
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Li C, Zhou X, Han W, Jiang X, Liu J, Fang L, Wang H, Guan Q, Gao L, Zhao J, Xu J, Xu C. Identification of two novel mutations in SLC12A3 gene in two Chinese pedigrees with Gitelman syndrome and review of literature. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2015; 83:985-93. [PMID: 25990047 DOI: 10.1111/cen.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Gitelman syndrome (GS) is one of the most common causes of inherited hypokalaemia. As it was caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene, GS is a highly heterogeneous disease. Here, we aimed to investigate the clinical and genetic characteristics of two Chinese pedigrees and summarize the advance in GS genetics, diagnosis and management. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Two three-generation families with GS were identified and screened for mutations in the SLC12A3 gene. Genotype-phenotype correlations were analysed. RESULTS The two probands (A and B) were characterized by hypokalaemia, hypomagnesaemia and hypocalciuria without hypertension. Complete DNA sequencing of the SLC12A3 gene revealed two novel compound heterozygous mutations (c.179C>T and c.234delG; c.486-490delTACGGinsA and c.1925G>A), which are predicted to drastically affect normal protein structure. The female members of the pedigrees showed mild-to-no phenotype, although they carried the same mutations as the probands. Moreover, proband B presented with more severe symptoms than did proband A, which might be related to a lower serum magnesium level. During the 1-year follow-up, both probands showed satisfactory symptom improvement following the use of potassium and magnesium supplements. CONCLUSION Our findings strongly suggested that the two novel mutations in the SLC12A3 gene are the causative agents of GS, which may provide further insights into the function of this gene and help clinicians better understand this disorder.
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- Congcong Li
- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Scientific Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Jiang L, Peng X, Ma J, Yuan T, Qin Y, Wang O, Wang H, Wang Y, Chen G, Yue C, Li C, Nie M, Xing X, Li X, Lee X, Chen L. NORMOMAGNESEMIC GITELMAN SYNDROME PATIENTS EXHIBIT A STRONGER REACTION TO THIAZIDE THAN HYPOMAGNESEMIC PATIENTS. Endocr Pract 2015; 21:1017-25. [PMID: 26121437 DOI: 10.4158/ep14432.or] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In recent decades, the thiazide test has been introduced to aid the diagnosis of Gitelman syndrome (GS), but the effect of thiazide in normomagnesemic GS patients is currently unknown. This study was conducted to compare the thiazide test results of normomagnesemic and hypomagnesemic GS patients. METHODS Seventeen GS patients with SLC12A3 gene mutations were enrolled, five of whom did not have a history of hypomagnesemia. The clinical data were documented, and SLC12A3 gene screening was performed. The thiazide test was performed in all of the patients and 20 healthy controls. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the thiazide test in the diagnosis of GS. RESULTS A 7-fold increase in sodium and chloride excretion was observed after thiazide application in healthy controls, and an approximately 2-fold increase was found in the 5 normomagnesemic GS patients; however, there was no change in the 12 hypomagnesemic GS patients. A weaker reaction to thiazide was observed in hypomagnesemic compared with normomagnesemic GS patients. The clearance of chloride in 1 patient was overestimated because of chronic renal function insufficiency (CRI). When a reasonable cutoff value for chloride fractional excretion was selected, the thiazide test was 95% sensitive and 94.1% specific for the diagnosis of GS. CONCLUSION Hypomagnesemic GS patients exhibited greater sodium-chloride cotransporter dysfunction than normomagnesemic GS patients. When CRI occurs, the chloride and sodium clearance rates, rather than the fractional excretion, should be used in the evaluation of the thiazide test results.
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Wang J, Sun C, Gerdes N, Liu C, Liao M, Liu J, Shi MA, He A, Zhou Y, Sukhova GK, Chen H, Cheng XW, Kuzuya M, Murohara T, Zhang J, Cheng X, Jiang M, Shull GE, Rogers S, Yang CL, Ke Q, Jelen S, Bindels R, Ellison DH, Jarolim P, Libby P, Shi GP. Interleukin 18 function in atherosclerosis is mediated by the interleukin 18 receptor and the Na-Cl co-transporter. Nat Med 2015; 21:820-6. [PMID: 26099046 PMCID: PMC4554539 DOI: 10.1038/nm.3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Interleukin-18 (IL18) participates in atherogenesis through several putative mechanisms. Interruption of IL18 action reduces atherosclerosis in mice. Here, we show that absence of the IL18 receptor (IL18r) does not affect atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe(-/-)) mice, nor does it affect IL18 cell surface binding to or signaling in endothelial cells. As identified initially by co-immunoprecipitation with IL18, we found that IL18 interacts with the Na-Cl co-transporter (NCC; also known as SLC12A3), a 12-transmembrane-domain ion transporter protein preferentially expressed in the kidney. NCC is expressed in atherosclerotic lesions, where it colocalizes with IL18r. In Apoe(-/-) mice, combined deficiency of IL18r and NCC, but not single deficiency of either protein, protects mice from atherosclerosis. Peritoneal macrophages from Apoe(-/-) mice or from Apoe(-/-) mice lacking IL18r or NCC show IL18 binding and induction of cell signaling and cytokine and chemokine expression, but macrophages from Apoe(-/-) mice with combined deficiency of IL18r and NCC have a blunted response. An interaction between NCC and IL18r on macrophages was detected by co-immunoprecipitation. IL18 binds to the cell surface of NCC-transfected COS-7 cells, which do not express IL18r, and induces cell signaling and cytokine expression. This study identifies NCC as an IL18-binding protein that collaborates with IL18r in cell signaling, inflammatory molecule expression, and experimental atherogenesis.
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- Jing Wang
- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Pathophysiology, Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Institute of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology and Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Departments of Cardiology and Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Departments of Cardiology and Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Wang L, Dong C, Xi YG, Su X. Thiazide-sensitive Na+-Cl- cotransporter: genetic polymorphisms and human diseases. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2015; 47:325-34. [PMID: 25841442 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmv020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive Na(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter (TSC) is responsible for the major sodium chloride reabsorption pathway, which is located in the apical membrane of the epithelial cells of the distal convoluted tubule. TSC is involved in several physiological activities including transepithelial ion absorption and secretion, cell volume regulation, and setting intracellular Cl(-) concentration below or above its electrochemical potential equilibrium. In addition, TSC serves as the target of thiazide-type diuretics that are the first line of therapy for the treatment of hypertension in the clinic, and its mutants are also reported to be associated with the hereditary disease, Gitelman's syndrome. This review aims to summarize the publications with regard to the TSC by focusing on the association between TSC mutants and human hypertension as well as Gitelman's syndrome.
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- Linghong Wang
- Clinical Medical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China
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Hartmann AM, Nothwang HG. Molecular and evolutionary insights into the structural organization of cation chloride cotransporters. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 8:470. [PMID: 25653592 PMCID: PMC4301019 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cation chloride cotransporters (CCC) play an essential role for neuronal chloride homeostasis. K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter (KCC2), is the principal Cl(-)-extruder, whereas Na(+)-K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter (NKCC1), is the major Cl(-)-uptake mechanism in many neurons. As a consequence, the action of the inhibitory neurotransmitters gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine strongly depend on the activity of these two transporters. Knowledge of the mechanisms involved in ion transport and regulation is thus of great importance to better understand normal and disturbed brain function. Although no overall 3-dimensional crystal structures are yet available, recent molecular and phylogenetic studies and modeling have provided new and exciting insights into structure-function relationships of CCC. Here, we will summarize our current knowledge of the gross structural organization of the proteins, their functional domains, ion binding and translocation sites, and the established role of individual amino acids (aa). A major focus will be laid on the delineation of shared and distinct organizational principles between KCC2 and NKCC1. Exploiting the richness of recently generated genome data across the tree of life, we will also explore the molecular evolution of these features.
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- Anna-Maria Hartmann
- Systematics and Evolutionary Biology Group, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neurogenetics Group, Center of Excellence Hearing4All, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Oldenburg, Germany ; Research Center for Neurosensory Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Oldenburg, Germany
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The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) is a short nephron segment, interposed between the macula densa and collecting duct. Even though it is short, it plays a key role in regulating extracellular fluid volume and electrolyte homeostasis. DCT cells are rich in mitochondria, and possess the highest density of Na+/K+-ATPase along the nephron, where it is expressed on the highly amplified basolateral membranes. DCT cells are largely water impermeable, and reabsorb sodium and chloride across the apical membrane via electroneurtral pathways. Prominent among this is the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter, target of widely used diuretic drugs. These cells also play a key role in magnesium reabsorption, which occurs predominantly, via a transient receptor potential channel (TRPM6). Human genetic diseases in which DCT function is perturbed have provided critical insights into the physiological role of the DCT, and how transport is regulated. These include Familial Hyperkalemic Hypertension, the salt-wasting diseases Gitelman syndrome and EAST syndrome, and hereditary hypomagnesemias. The DCT is also established as an important target for the hormones angiotensin II and aldosterone; it also appears to respond to sympathetic-nerve stimulation and changes in plasma potassium. Here, we discuss what is currently known about DCT physiology. Early studies that determined transport rates of ions by the DCT are described, as are the channels and transporters expressed along the DCT with the advent of molecular cloning. Regulation of expression and activity of these channels and transporters is also described; particular emphasis is placed on the contribution of genetic forms of DCT dysregulation to our understanding.
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- James A McCormick
- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Oregon Health & Science University, & VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States
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Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a salt-wasting tubulointerstitial disease of autosomal recessive inheritance (OMIM613395) caused by genic mutation of SLC12A3, which codes thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCCT) gene. The gene mutation of the majority of GS patients is compound heterozygous. This study analyzes two cases of GS gene mutation and the clinical phenotype. Twenty patients of two GS pedigrees underwent direct sequence alignment of 26 exons of SLC12A3 to spot and locate mutant site. Proband A of Pedigree I had three mutant sites: Arg928Cys, a homozygote, missense mutation, and two homozygous silent mutations, Ala122Ala and Thr465Thr, and 8 members of Pedigree I carried Arg928Cy heterozygous mutation. Proband B of Pedigree II had a homozygote, Ser710X, and a termination codon was spotted, which would inevitably be translated into abridged and defective protein, and 7 members had Ser710X heterozygous mutation. The heterozygous mutation carriers of the two pedigrees often have stimulus-controlled hypokalemia after strenuous exercise. The parents of Proband A are cousins, a case of intermarriage. Both probands show hypokalemia, hypochloraemia, hypocalcinuria, hyperreninemia, and hyperaldosteronemia; Proband A has normal serum magnesium and increased urinary sodium excretion, while Proband B has hypomagnesemia and increased urinary magnesium ion excretion. Both probands have normal or lower blood pressure, weakness and numbness of lower extremities, muscular soreness, and occasional palpitations and chest discomfort. Proband A wearies easily and Proband B has occasional joint numbness and pain. These two homozygous mutations are responsible for the morbidity of two GS families and they show heterogenicity of clinical phenotype.
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- Jiewei Luo
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Takeuchi Y, Mishima E, Shima H, Akiyama Y, Suzuki C, Suzuki T, Kobayashi T, Suzuki Y, Nakayama T, Takeshima Y, Vazquez N, Ito S, Gamba G, Abe T. Exonic mutations in the SLC12A3 gene cause exon skipping and premature termination in Gitelman syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 26:271-9. [PMID: 25060058 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2013091013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A variety of genetic backgrounds cause the loss of function of thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter, encoded by SLC12A3, responsible for the phenotypes in Gitelman syndrome. Recently, the phenomenon of exon skipping, in which exonic mutations result in abnormal splicing, has been associated with various diseases. Specifically, mutations in exonic splicing enhancer (ESE) sequences can promote exon skipping. Here, we used a bioinformatics program to analyze 88 missense mutations in the SLC12A3 gene and identify candidate mutations that may induce exon skipping. The three candidate mutations that reduced ESE scores the most were further investigated by minigene assay, and two (p.A356V and p.M672I) caused abnormal splicing in vitro. Furthermore, we identified the p.M672I (c.2016G>A) mutation in a patient with Gitelman syndrome and found that this single nucleotide mutation causes exclusion of exon 16 in the SLC12A3 mRNA transcript. Functional analyses revealed that the protein encoded by the aberrant SLC12A3 transcript does not transport sodium. These results suggest that aberrant exon skipping is one previously unrecognized mechanism by which missense mutations in SLC12A3 can lead to Gitelman syndrome.
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- Yoichi Takeuchi
- Department of Clinical Biology and Hormonal Regulation and Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, and
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- Department of Education and Training, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; and
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- Molecular Physiology Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Molecular Physiology Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Clinical Biology and Hormonal Regulation and Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Rosenbaek LL, Kortenoeven MLA, Aroankins TS, Fenton RA. Phosphorylation decreases ubiquitylation of the thiazide-sensitive cotransporter NCC and subsequent clathrin-mediated endocytosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:13347-61. [PMID: 24668812 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.543710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter, NCC, is the major NaCl transport protein in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT). The transport activity of NCC can be regulated by phosphorylation, but knowledge of modulation of NCC trafficking by phosphorylation is limited. In this study, we generated novel tetracycline-inducible Madin-Darby canine kidney type I (MDCKI) cell lines expressing NCC to examine the role of NCC phosphorylation and ubiquitylation on NCC endocytosis. In MDCKI-NCC cells, NCC was highly glycosylated at molecular weights consistent with NCC monomers and dimers. NCC constitutively cycles to the apical plasma membrane of MDCKI-NCC cells, with 20-30% of the membrane pool of NCC internalized within 30 min. The use of dynasore, PitStop2, methyl-β-cyclodextrin, nystatin, and filipin (specific inhibitors of either clathrin-dependent or -independent endocytosis) demonstrated that NCC is internalized via a clathrin-mediated pathway. Reduction of endocytosis resulted in greater levels of NCC in the plasma membrane. Immunogold electron microscopy confirmed the association of NCC with the clathrin-mediated internalization pathway in rat DCT cells. Compared with controls, inducing phosphorylation of NCC via low chloride treatment or mimicking phosphorylation by replacing Thr-53, Thr-58, and Ser-71 residues with Asp resulted in increased membrane abundance and reduced rates of NCC internalization. NCC ubiquitylation was lowest in the conditions with greatest NCC phosphorylation, thus providing a mechanism for the reduced endocytosis. In conclusion, our data support a model where NCC is constitutively cycled to the plasma membrane, and upon stimulation, it can be phosphorylated to both increase NCC activity and decrease NCC endocytosis, together increasing NaCl transport in the DCT.
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- Lena L Rosenbaek
- From the Department of Biomedicine and Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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Christensen EI, Wagner CA, Kaissling B. Uriniferous tubule: structural and functional organization. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:805-61. [PMID: 23961562 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The uriniferous tubule is divided into the proximal tubule, the intermediate (thin) tubule, the distal tubule and the collecting duct. The present chapter is based on the chapters by Maunsbach and Christensen on the proximal tubule, and by Kaissling and Kriz on the distal tubule and collecting duct in the 1992 edition of the Handbook of Physiology, Renal Physiology. It describes the fine structure (light and electron microscopy) of the entire mammalian uriniferous tubule, mainly in rats, mice, and rabbits. The structural data are complemented by recent data on the location of the major transport- and transport-regulating proteins, revealed by morphological means(immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and/or mRNA in situ hybridization). The structural differences along the uriniferous tubule strictly coincide with the distribution of the major luminal and basolateral transport proteins and receptors and both together provide the basis for the subdivision of the uriniferous tubule into functional subunits. Data on structural adaptation to defined functional changes in vivo and to genetical alterations of specified proteins involved in transepithelial transport importantly deepen our comprehension of the correlation of structure and function in the kidney, of the role of each segment or cell type in the overall renal function,and our understanding of renal pathophysiology.
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Stefl S, Nishi H, Petukh M, Panchenko AR, Alexov E. Molecular mechanisms of disease-causing missense mutations. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:3919-36. [PMID: 23871686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genetic variations resulting in a change of amino acid sequence can have a dramatic effect on stability, hydrogen bond network, conformational dynamics, activity and many other physiologically important properties of proteins. The substitutions of only one residue in a protein sequence, so-called missense mutations, can be related to many pathological conditions and may influence susceptibility to disease and drug treatment. The plausible effects of missense mutations range from affecting the macromolecular stability to perturbing macromolecular interactions and cellular localization. Here we review the individual cases and genome-wide studies that illustrate the association between missense mutations and diseases. In addition, we emphasize that the molecular mechanisms of effects of mutations should be revealed in order to understand the disease origin. Finally, we report the current state-of-the-art methodologies that predict the effects of mutations on protein stability, the hydrogen bond network, pH dependence, conformational dynamics and protein function.
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- Shannon Stefl
- Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Yang SS, Fang YW, Tseng MH, Chu PY, Yu IS, Wu HC, Lin SW, Chau T, Uchida S, Sasaki S, Lin YF, Sytwu HK, Lin SH. Phosphorylation regulates NCC stability and transporter activity in vivo. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; 24:1587-97. [PMID: 23833262 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2012070742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A T60M mutation in the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter (NCC) is common in patients with Gitelman's syndrome (GS). This mutation prevents Ste20-related proline and alanine-rich kinase (SPAK)/oxidative stress responsive kinase-1 (OSR1)-mediated phosphorylation of NCC and alters NCC transporter activity in vitro. Here, we examined the physiologic effects of NCC phosphorylation in vivo using a novel Ncc T58M (human T60M) knock-in mouse model. Ncc(T58M/T58M) mice exhibited typical features of GS with a blunted response to thiazide diuretics. Despite expressing normal levels of Ncc mRNA, these mice had lower levels of total Ncc and p-Ncc protein that did not change with a low-salt diet that increased p-Spak. In contrast to wild-type Ncc, which localized to the apical membrane of distal convoluted tubule cells, T58M Ncc localized primarily to the cytosolic region and caused an increase in late distal convoluted tubule volume. In MDCK cells, exogenous expression of phosphorylation-defective NCC mutants reduced total protein expression levels and membrane stability. Furthermore, our analysis found diminished total urine NCC excretion in a cohort of GS patients with homozygous NCC T60M mutations. When Wnk4(D561A/+) mice, a model of pseudohypoaldosteronism type II expressing an activated Spak/Osr1-Ncc, were crossed with Ncc(T58M/T58M) mice, total Ncc and p-Ncc protein levels decreased and the GS phenotype persisted over the hypertensive phenotype. Overall, these data suggest that SPAK-mediated phosphorylation of NCC at T60 regulates NCC stability and function, and defective phosphorylation at this residue corrects the phenotype of pseudohypoaldosteronism type II.
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- Sung-Sen Yang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Donnelly BF, Needham PG, Snyder AC, Roy A, Khadem S, Brodsky JL, Subramanya AR. Hsp70 and Hsp90 multichaperone complexes sequentially regulate thiazide-sensitive cotransporter endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation and biogenesis. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:13124-35. [PMID: 23482560 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.455394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC) is the primary mediator of salt reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule and is a key determinant of the blood pressure set point. Given its complex topology, NCC is inefficiently processed and prone to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD), although the mechanisms governing this process remain obscure. Here, we identify factors that impact the ER quality control of NCC. Analyses of NCC immunoprecipitates revealed that the cotransporter formed complexes with the core chaperones Hsp90, Hsp70, and Hsp40. Disruption of Hsp90 function accelerated NCC degradation, suggesting that Hsp90 promotes NCC folding. In addition, two cochaperones, the C terminus of Hsp70-interacting protein (CHIP) and the Hsp70/Hsp90 organizer protein, were associated with NCC. Although CHIP, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, promoted NCC ubiquitination and ERAD, the Hsp70/Hsp90 organizer protein stabilized NCC turnover, indicating that these two proteins differentially remodel the core chaperone systems to favor cotransporter degradation and biogenesis, respectively. Adjusting the folding environment in mammalian cells via reduced temperature enhanced NCC biosynthetic trafficking, increased Hsp90-NCC interaction, and diminished binding to Hsp70. In contrast, cotransporters harboring disease-causing mutations that impair NCC biogenesis failed to escape ERAD as efficiently as the wild type protein when cells were incubated at a lower temperature. Instead, these mutants interacted more strongly with Hsp70, Hsp40, and CHIP, consistent with a role for the Hsp70/Hsp40 system in selecting misfolded NCC for ERAD. Collectively, these observations indicate that Hsp70 and Hsp90 comprise two functionally distinct ER quality control checkpoints that sequentially monitor NCC biogenesis.
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- Bridget F Donnelly
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Hossain Khan MZ, Sohara E, Ohta A, Chiga M, Inoue Y, Isobe K, Wakabayashi M, Oi K, Rai T, Sasaki S, Uchida S. Phosphorylation of Na-Cl cotransporter by OSR1 and SPAK kinases regulates its ubiquitination. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 425:456-61. [PMID: 22846565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC) is phosphorylated in its amino terminus based on salt intake under the regulation of the WNK-OSR1/SPAK kinase cascade. We have observed that total protein abundance of NCC and its apical membrane expression varies in the kidney based on the phosphorylation status. To clarify the mechanism, we examined NCC ubiquitination status in mice fed low, normal and high salt diets, as well as in a model mouse of pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHAII) where NCC phosphorylation is constitutively elevated. Low-salt diet decreased NCC ubiquitination, while high-salt diet increased NCC ubiquitination in the kidney, and this was inversely correlated with total and phosphorylated NCC abundance. In the PHAII model, the ubiquitination of NCC in kidney was also lower when compared to that in wild-type littermates. To evaluate the relationship between phosphorylation and ubiquitination of NCC, we expressed wild-type, phospho-deficient and -mimicking NCC in COS7 cells, and the ubiquitination of immunoprecipitated total and biotinylated surface NCC was evaluated. NCC ubiquitination was increased in the phospho-deficient NCC and decreased in phospho-mimicking NCC in both total and surface NCC. Thus, we demonstrated that NCC phosphorylation decreased NCC ubiquitination, which may contribute to the increase of NCC abundance mostly on plasma membranes.
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- Muhammad Zakir Hossain Khan
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Ito Y, Yoshida M, Nakayama M, Tsutaya S, Ogawa K, Maeda H, Miyata M, Oiso Y. Eplerenone improved hypokalemia in a patient with Gitelman's syndrome. Intern Med 2012; 51:83-6. [PMID: 22214629 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.5723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 47-year-old woman presented with hypokalemia (2.4 mmol/L). She also had hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria, and hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism. Sequence analysis revealed a compound heterozygous mutation, R655C and R955Q, in the SLC12A3 gene. These findings were compatible with Gitelman's syndrome (GS). Eplerenone, a selective aldosterone blocker, in combination with oral potassium chloride improved serum potassium level (3.6 mmol/L) with no apparent adverse effect. Although eplerenone has an advantage over spironolactone for its selective affinity for the aldosterone receptor, the efficacy and safety of eplerenone for GS is little understood. Our observation suggests that eplerenone is a useful treatment option for GS.
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- Yukiko Ito
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital, Japan
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Needham PG, Mikoluk K, Dhakarwal P, Khadem S, Snyder AC, Subramanya AR, Brodsky JL. The thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter is targeted for chaperone-dependent endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:43611-43621. [PMID: 22027832 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.288928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC, SLC12A3) mediates salt reabsorption in the distal nephron of the kidney and is the target of thiazide diuretics, which are commonly prescribed to treat hypertension. Mutations in NCC also give rise to Gitelman syndrome, a hereditary salt-wasting disorder thought in most cases to arise from impaired NCC biogenesis through enhanced endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD). Because the machinery that mediates NCC quality control is completely undefined, we employed yeast as a model heterologous expression system to identify factors involved in NCC degradation. We confirmed that NCC was a bona fide ERAD substrate in yeast, as the majority of NCC polypeptide was integrated into ER membranes, and its turnover rate was sensitive to proteasome inhibition. NCC degradation was primarily dependent on the ER membrane-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase Hrd1. Whereas several ER luminal chaperones were dispensable for NCC ERAD, NCC ubiquitination and degradation required the activity of Ssa1, a cytoplasmic Hsp70 chaperone. Compatible findings were observed when NCC was expressed in mammalian kidney cells, as the cotransporter was polyubiquitinated and degraded by the proteasome, and mammalian cytoplasmic Hsp70 (Hsp72) coexpression stimulated the degradation of newly synthesized NCC. Hsp70 also preferentially associated with the ER-localized NCC glycosylated species, indicating that cytoplasmic Hsp70 plays a critical role in selecting immature forms of NCC for ERAD. Together, these results provide the first survey of components involved in the ERAD of a mammalian SLC12 cation chloride cotransporter and provide a framework for future studies on NCC ER quality control.
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- Patrick G Needham
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Novel NCC mutants and functional analysis in a new cohort of patients with Gitelman syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2011; 20:263-70. [PMID: 22009145 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis in conjunction with significant hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria. The GS phenotype is caused by mutations in the solute carrier family 12, member 3 (SLC12A3) gene that encodes the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC). We analyzed DNA samples of 163 patients with a clinical suspicion of GS by direct sequencing of all 26 exons of the SLC12A3 gene. In total, 114 different mutations were identified, 31 of which have not been reported before. These novel variants include 3 deletions, 18 missense, 6 splice site and 4 nonsense mutations. We selected seven missense mutations to investigate their effect on NCC activity and plasma membrane localization by using the Xenopus laevis oocyte expression system. The Thr392Ile mutant did not display transport activity (probably class 2 mutation), while the Asn442Ser and Gln1030Arg NCC mutants showed decreased plasma membrane localization and consequently function, likely due to impaired trafficking (class 3 mutation). Even though the NaCl uptake was hampered for NCC mutants Glu121Asp, Pro751Leu, Ser475Cys and Tyr489His, the transporters reached the plasma membrane (class 4 mutation), suggesting an effect on NCC regulation or ion affinity. The present study shows the identification of 38 novel mutations in the SLC12A3 gene and provides insight into the mechanisms that regulate NCC.
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Rare mutations in SLC12A1 and SLC12A3 protect against hypertension by reducing the activity of renal salt cotransporters. J Hypertens 2011; 29:475-83. [PMID: 21157372 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328341d0fd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Screening for variants in SLC12A1 and SLC12A3 genes, encoding the renal Na:Cl (NCC) and Na:K:2Cl (NKCC2) cotransporters, respectively, in 3125 members of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) revealed that carrying a rare mutation in one of these genes was associated with a significant reduction in blood pressure, in the risk of arterial hypertension, and of death due to cardiovascular disease. Because near 60% of the rare mutations identified have not been related to Bartter's or Gitelman's disease, the consequence of such mutations on cotransporter activity is unknown. METHODS We used the heterologous expression system of Xenopus laevis oocytes, microinjected with wild-type or mutant NCC or NKCC2 cRNAs, to examine the effect of these inferred NCC and NKCC2 mutations on the cotransporters' functional properties. Cotransporter activity was defined as the diuretic-sensitive radioactive tracer uptake and response to known modulators was assessed. RESULTS Basal NCC activity was significantly reduced in all NCC mutants and, excluding NCC-S186F, response to WNK3, WNK4, or intracellular chloride depletion was conserved. Similarly, basal activity was reduced in six out of nine NKCC2 mutants and response to WNK3 was maintained. No effect on protein expression was seen, except for NCC-S186F, which was significantly reduced. CONCLUSIONS The rare NCC or NKCC2 mutations found in the FHS significantly reduced the basal activity of the cotransporters. This observation supports that even a small, but chronic reduction of NCC or NKCC2 function results in a lower blood pressure and decreased risk of hypertension in otherwise healthy individuals in the general population.
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Vargas-Poussou R, Dahan K, Kahila D, Venisse A, Riveira-Munoz E, Debaix H, Grisart B, Bridoux F, Unwin R, Moulin B, Haymann JP, Vantyghem MC, Rigothier C, Dussol B, Godin M, Nivet H, Dubourg L, Tack I, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Houillier P, Blanchard A, Devuyst O, Jeunemaitre X. Spectrum of mutations in Gitelman syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22:693-703. [PMID: 21415153 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010090907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is a rare, autosomal recessive, salt-losing tubulopathy caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene, which encodes the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC). Because 18 to 40% of suspected GS patients carry only one SLC12A3 mutant allele, large genomic rearrangements may account for unidentified mutations. Here, we directly sequenced genomic DNA from a large cohort of 448 unrelated patients suspected of having GS. We found 172 distinct mutations, of which 100 were unreported previously. In 315 patients (70%), we identified two mutations; in 81 patients (18%), we identified one; and in 52 patients (12%), we did not detect a mutation. In 88 patients, we performed a search for large rearrangements by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and found nine deletions and two duplications in 24 of the 51 heterozygous patients. A second technique confirmed each rearrangement. Based on the breakpoints of seven deletions, nonallelic homologous recombination by Alu sequences and nonhomologous end-joining probably favor these intragenic deletions. In summary, missense mutations account for approximately 59% of the mutations in Gitelman's syndrome, and there is a predisposition to large rearrangements (6% of our cases) caused by the presence of repeated sequences within the SLC12A3 gene.
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- Rosa Vargas-Poussou
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, Paris, France.
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Dimke H, San-Cristobal P, de Graaf M, Lenders JW, Deinum J, Hoenderop JGJ, Bindels RJM. γ-Adducin stimulates the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 22:508-17. [PMID: 21164023 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010060606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC) plays a key role in renal salt reabsorption and the determination of systemic BP, but the molecular mechanisms governing the regulation of NCC are not completely understood. Here, through pull-down experiments coupled to mass spectrometry, we found that γ-adducin interacts with the NCC transporter. γ-Adducin colocalized with NCC to the distal convoluted tubule. (22)Na(+) uptake experiments in the Xenopus laevis oocyte showed that γ-adducin stimulated NCC activity in a dose-dependent manner, an effect that occurred upstream from With No Lysine (WNK) 4 kinase. The binding site of γ-adducin mapped to the N terminus of NCC and encompassed three previously reported phosphorylation sites. Supporting this site of interaction, competition with the N-terminal domain of NCC abolished the stimulatory effect of γ-adducin on the transporter. γ-Adducin failed to increase NCC activity when these phosphorylation sites were constitutively inactive or active. In addition, γ-adducin bound only to the dephosphorylated N terminus of NCC. Taken together, our observations suggest that γ-adducin dynamically regulates NCC, likely by amending the phosphorylation state, and consequently the activity, of the transporter. These data suggest that γ-adducin may influence BP homeostasis by modulating renal NaCl transport.
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- Henrik Dimke
- Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Lo YF, Nozu K, Iijima K, Morishita T, Huang CC, Yang SS, Sytwu HK, Fang YW, Tseng MH, Lin SH. Recurrent deep intronic mutations in the SLC12A3 gene responsible for Gitelman's syndrome. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 6:630-9. [PMID: 21051746 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.06730810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder caused by mutations in the SLC12A3 gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive Na(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter (NCC). Despite meticulous sequencing of genomic DNA, approximately one-third of GS patients are negative or heterozygotes for the known mutations. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Because blood leukocytes express NCC mRNA, we evaluate whether deep intronic mutations contribute to GS patients with uniallelic or undetectable SLC12A3 mutations. Twenty-nine patients with GS (men/women = 16/13), including eight negative and 21 uniallelic SLC12A3 mutations from 19 unrelated families, and normal controls were enrolled in an academic medical center. Analysis of cDNA from blood leukocytes, sequencing of the corresponding introns of genomic DNA for abnormal transcript, and analysis of NCC protein expression from renal biopsy were performed. RESULTS We identified nine Taiwan aboriginal patients carrying c.1670-191C→T mutations in intron 13 and 10 nonaboriginal patients carrying c.2548+253C→T mutations in intron 21 from 14 families (14/19). These two mutations undetected in 100 healthy subjects created pseudoexons containing new premature termination codons. Haplotype analysis with markers flanking SLC12A3 revealed that both mutations did not have founder effects. Apical NCC expression in the DCT of renal tissue was markedly diminished in two patients carrying deep intronic mutations. CONCLUSIONS Deep intronic mutations in SLC12A3 causing defective NCC expression can be identified with the RNA-based approach in patients with GS. c.1670-191C→T and c.2548+253C→T are hot spot mutations that can be screened in GS patients with uniallelic or negative SLC12A3 mutations.
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- Yi-Fen Lo
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yang SS, Lo YF, Yu IS, Lin SW, Chang TH, Hsu YJ, Chao TK, Sytwu HK, Uchida S, Sasaki S, Lin SH. Generation and analysis of the thiazide-sensitive Na+ -Cl- cotransporter (Ncc/Slc12a3) Ser707X knockin mouse as a model of Gitelman syndrome. Hum Mutat 2010; 31:1304-15. [PMID: 20848653 DOI: 10.1002/humu.21364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gitelman syndrome (GS) is characterized by salt-losing hypotension, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, and hypocalciuria. To better model human GS caused by a specific mutation in the thiazide-sensitive Na(+) -Cl(-) cotransporter (NCC) gene SLC12A3, we generated a nonsense Ncc Ser707X knockin mouse corresponding to human p.Ser710X (c.2135C>A), a recurrent mutation with severe phenotypes in Chinese GS patients. Compared with wild-type or heterozygous littermates, homozygous (Hom) knockin mice fully recapitulated the phenotype of human GS. The markedly reduced Ncc mRNA and virtually absent Ncc protein expression in kidneys of Hom mice was primarily due to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) surveillance mechanisms. Expression of epithelial Na(+) channel (Enac), Ca(2+) channels (Trpv5 and Trpv6), and K(+) channels (Romk1 and maxi-K) were significantly increased. Late distal convoluted tubules (DCT) volume was increased and DCT cell ultrastructure appeared intact. High K(+) intake could not correct hypokalemia but caused a further increase in maxi-K but not Romk1 expression. Renal tissue from a patient with GS also showed the enhanced TRPV5 and ROMK1 expression in distal tubules. We suggest that the upregulation of TRPV5/6 and of ROMK1 and Maxi-K may contribute to hypocalciuria and hypokalemia in Ncc Ser707X knockin mice and human GS, respectively.
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- Sung-Sen Yang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Graziani G, Fedeli C, Moroni L, Cosmai L, Badalamenti S, Ponticelli C. Gitelman syndrome: pathophysiological and clinical aspects. QJM 2010; 103:741-8. [PMID: 20650971 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Giltelman syndrome (GS) is a recessive salt-losing tubulopathy of children or young adults caused by a mutation of genes encoding the human sodium chloride cotransporters and magnesium channels in the thiazide-sensitive segments of the distal convoluted tubule. The plasma biochemical picture is characterized by hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria, metabolic alkalosis and hypereninemic hyperaldosteronism. However, patients with GS present some clinical and biochemical alterations resembling that observed in thiazide diuretics abuse. On the pathophysiological point of view, GS represents a useful and interesting human model to better understand the clinical consequences of plasma hydro-electrolytes and acid-base derangements, associated with multiple hormonal alterations. The impact of this complex disorder involves cardiovascular, muscle-skeletal and some other physiological functions, adversely affecting the patient's quality of life. This review tries to summarize and better explain the linkage between the electrolytes, neurohormonal derangements and clinical picture. Moreover, the differential diagnosis between other similar electrolyte-induced clinical disorders and GS is also discussed.
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- G Graziani
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy.
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Syrén ML, Borsa Ghiringhelli N, Bettinelli A, Colussi G, Vargas-Poussou R, Tammaro F, Coviello DA, Tedeschi S. The mutation c.1196_1202dup7bp (p.Ser402X) in the SLC12A3 gene clusters in Italian Gitelman syndrome patients and reflects the presence of a common ancestor. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:557-61. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Marie-Louise Syrén
- Dipartimento di Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- SC di Nefrologia, A.O. Ospedale Niguarda-Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, F75006, France
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- SC di Pediatria, Ospedale S. Leopoldo Mandic, Merate, Lecco, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Fava C, Montagnana M, Rosberg L, Burri P, Jönsson A, Wanby P, Wahrenberg H, Hulthén UL, Aurell M, Guidi GC, Melander O. Novel mutations in theSLC12A3gene causing Gitelman's syndrome in Swedes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 18:395-9. [PMID: 17654016 DOI: 10.1080/10425170701400456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder due to loss of function mutations in the SLC12A3 gene encoding the Na-Cl co-transporter (NCCT), the target of thiazide diuretics. The defective function of the NCCT, which normally is expressed in the apical membrane of the distal convolute tubule in the kidney, leads to mild hypotension, hypokalemia, hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism, mild metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria. Up to now, more than 100 mutations of the SLC12A3 gene have been described in GS patients. METHODS We have collected 30 patients from Sweden with a clinical diagnosis of GS and undertaken a mutation screening by SSCP and successive sequencing of the 26 exons and intronic boundaries. Both mutations were identified in most (n = 28, 93%) and at least one mutation was identified in all patients. RESULTS We found 22 different mutations evenly distributed throughout the gene, 11 of which have not been described previously. The new variants include 8 missense mutations (Glu68Lys, His69Asn, Argl45His, Vall53Met, Gly230Asp, Gly342Ala, Val677Leu and Gly867Ser), 1 insertion (c.834_835insG on exon 6) and 2 splice-site mutations (c.2667 + lT>G substitution in splicing donor site after exon 22, c.1569-1G>A substitution in the splicing acceptor site before exon 13). CONCLUSION In Swedish patients with the clinical features of GS, disease-causing mutations in the SLC12A3 gene were identified in most patients. The spectrum of GS mutations is wide making full mutation screening of the SLC12A3 gene necessary to confirm the diagnosis.
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- Cristiano Fava
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Malmö, Malmo, Sweden.
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Kim YK, Song HC, Kim YS, Choi EJ. Acquired gitelman syndrome. Electrolyte Blood Press 2009; 7:5-8. [PMID: 21468178 PMCID: PMC3041481 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2009.7.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Acquired renal tubular disorder can be observed in various disease processes, especially autoimmune diseases. Gitelman syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalciuria. This disorder is caused by mutation in the SLC12A3 gene, which encodes the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCCT). Acquired Gitelman syndrome has been reported and the majority has been associated with Sjögren's syndrome. The presence of circulating auto-antibodies to NCCT was suggested as a mechanism of acquired Gitelman syndrome. Treatment of acquired Gitelman syndrome was done with supplements of potassium and magnesium and prednisone was effective in some cases. Acquired Gitelman syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of renal involvement in patients with autoimmune diseases, especially Sjögren's syndrome.
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- Yong Kyun Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Gamba G. The thiazide-sensitive Na+-Cl- cotransporter: molecular biology, functional properties, and regulation by WNKs. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F838-48. [PMID: 19474192 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00159.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive Na+-Cl(-) cotransporter is the major salt reabsorption pathway in the distal convoluted tubule, which is located just after the macula densa at the beginning of the aldosterone-sensitive nephron. This cotransporter was identified at the molecular level in the early 1990s by the pioneering work of Steven C. Hebert and coworkers, opening the molecular area, not only for the Na+-Cl(-) cotransporter but also for the family of electroneutral cation-coupled chloride cotransporters that includes the loop diuretic-sensitive Na+-K+-2Cl(-) cotransporter of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. This work honoring the memory of Steve Hebert presents a brief review of our current knowledge about salt and water homeostasis generated as a consequence of cloning the cotransporter, with particular emphasis on the molecular biology, physiological properties, human disease due to decreased or increased activity of the cotransporter, and regulation of the cotransporter by a family of serine/threonine kinases known as WNK. Thus one of the legacies of Steve Hebert is a better understanding of salt and water homeostasis.
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- Gerardo Gamba
- Molecular Physiology Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, and Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Nezu A, Parvin MN, Turner RJ. A conserved hydrophobic tetrad near the C terminus of the secretory Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1) is required for its correct intracellular processing. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:6869-76. [PMID: 19129177 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804302200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Little is known about the intracellular folding and trafficking of integral membrane proteins. Here we identify a hydrophobic amino acid tetrad (ILLV) close to the C terminus of the secretory Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1) that is important for the proper intracellular processing of this protein. This tetrad appears in a C-terminal sequence pattern that is conserved across species in a number of members of the NKCC1 gene family (slc12) of electroneutral salt transporters. We studied the effects of various mutations of these amino acids on NKCC1 transiently transfected into HEK-293 cells. Our results show that mutation of two of these residues to alanine leads to a >50% reduction in expression and complex glycosylation levels and that multiple mutations to alanine have cumulative effects. By contrast, scrambling of these amino acids, or mutation of other nearby conserved C-terminal residues, has little effect on these parameters. Mutation of ILLV to AAAA reduces complex glycosylation of NKCC1 by approximately 90% and results in a protein that does not form stable dimers and is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum in a highly aggregated state. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that mutation of the hydrophobic tetrad ILLV to AAAA leads to the ab initio misfolding and concomitant aggregation of this NKCC1 mutant, resulting in its retention in the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Akihiro Nezu
- Membrane Biology Section, Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1190, USA
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