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Gianesello L, Ceol M, Bertoldi L, Terrin L, Priante G, Murer L, Peruzzi L, Giordano M, Paglialonga F, Cantaluppi V, Musetti C, Valle G, Del Prete D, Anglani F. Genetic Analyses in Dent Disease and Characterization of CLCN5 Mutations in Kidney Biopsies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21020516. [PMID: 31947599 PMCID: PMC7014080 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Dent disease (DD), an X-linked renal tubulopathy, is mainly caused by loss-of-function mutations in CLCN5 (DD1) and OCRL genes. CLCN5 encodes the ClC-5 antiporter that in proximal tubules (PT) participates in the receptor-mediated endocytosis of low molecular weight proteins. Few studies have analyzed the PT expression of ClC-5 and of megalin and cubilin receptors in DD1 kidney biopsies. About 25% of DD cases lack mutations in either CLCN5 or OCRL genes (DD3), and no other disease genes have been discovered so far. Sanger sequencing was used for CLCN5 gene analysis in 158 unrelated males clinically suspected of having DD. The tubular expression of ClC-5, megalin, and cubilin was assessed by immunolabeling in 10 DD1 kidney biopsies. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed in eight DD3 patients. Twenty-three novel CLCN5 mutations were identified. ClC-5, megalin, and cubilin were significantly lower in DD1 than in control biopsies. The tubular expression of ClC-5 when detected was irrespective of the type of mutation. In four DD3 patients, WES revealed 12 potentially pathogenic variants in three novel genes (SLC17A1, SLC9A3, and PDZK1), and in three genes known to be associated with monogenic forms of renal proximal tubulopathies (SLC3A, LRP2, and CUBN). The supposed third Dent disease-causing gene was not discovered.
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- Lisa Gianesello
- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
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- CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy; (L.B.); (G.V.)
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
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- Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padua, Italy;
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, 10126 CDSS Turin, Italy;
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, University Hospital, P.O. Giovanni XXIII, 70126 Bari, Italy;
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- Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), 28100 Novara, Italy; (V.C.); (C.M.)
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- Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), 28100 Novara, Italy; (V.C.); (C.M.)
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- CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy; (L.B.); (G.V.)
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
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- Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, Clinical Nephrology, Department of Medicine—DIMED, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (L.G.); (M.C.); (L.T.); (G.P.); (D.D.P.)
- CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy; (L.B.); (G.V.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-049-8212-155
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Wojciechowski D, Kovalchuk E, Yu L, Tan H, Fahlke C, Stölting G, Alekov AK. Barttin Regulates the Subcellular Localization and Posttranslational Modification of Human Cl -/H + Antiporter ClC-5. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1490. [PMID: 30405442 PMCID: PMC6206076 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Dent disease 1 (DD1) is a renal salt-wasting tubulopathy associated with mutations in the Cl-/H+ antiporter ClC-5. The disease typically manifests with proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, and nephrolithiasis but is characterized by large phenotypic variability of no clear origin. Several DD1 cases have been reported lately with additional atypical hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hyperaldosteronism, symptoms usually associated with another renal disease termed Bartter syndrome (BS). Expression of the Bartter-like DD1 mutant ClC-5 G261E in HEK293T cells showed that it is retained in the ER and lacks the complex glycosylation typical for ClC-5 WT. Accordingly, the mutant abolished CLC ionic transport. Such phenotype is not unusual and is often observed also in DD1 ClC-5 mutants not associated with Bartter like phenotype. We noticed, therefore, that one type of BS is associated with mutations in the protein barttin that serves as an accessory subunit regulating the function and subcellular localization of ClC-K channels. The overlapping symptomatology of DD1 and BS, together with the homology between the proteins of the CLC family, led us to investigate whether barttin might also regulate ClC-5 transport. In HEK293T cells, we found that barttin cotransfection impairs the complex glycosylation and arrests ClC-5 in the endoplasmic reticulum. As barttin and ClC-5 are both expressed in the thin and thick ascending limbs of the Henle's loop and the collecting duct, interactions between the two proteins could potentially contribute to the phenotypic variability of DD1. Pathologic barttin mutants differentially regulated trafficking and processing of ClC-5, suggesting that the interaction between the two proteins might be relevant also for the pathophysiology of BS. Our findings show that barttin regulates the subcellular localization not only of kidney ClC-K channels but also of the ClC-5 transporter, and suggest that ClC-5 might potentially play a role not only in kidney proximal tubules but also in tubular kidney segments expressing barttin. In addition, they demonstrate that the spectrum of clinical, genetic and molecular pathophysiology investigation of DD1 should be extended.
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4) – Zelluläre Biophysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4) – Zelluläre Biophysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4 (ICS-4) – Zelluläre Biophysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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Jentsch TJ, Pusch M. CLC Chloride Channels and Transporters: Structure, Function, Physiology, and Disease. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:1493-1590. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation parthway, assemble to homo- or heteromeric dimers that sometimes require accessory β-subunits for function. CLC proteins come in two flavors: anion channels and anion/proton exchangers. Structures of these two CLC protein classes are surprisingly similar. Extensive structure-function analysis identified residues involved in ion permeation, anion-proton coupling and gating and led to attractive biophysical models. In mammals, ClC-1, -2, -Ka/-Kb are plasma membrane Cl−channels, whereas ClC-3 through ClC-7 are 2Cl−/H+-exchangers in endolysosomal membranes. Biological roles of CLCs were mostly studied in mammals, but also in plants and model organisms like yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans. CLC Cl−channels have roles in the control of electrical excitability, extra- and intracellular ion homeostasis, and transepithelial transport, whereas anion/proton exchangers influence vesicular ion composition and impinge on endocytosis and lysosomal function. The surprisingly diverse roles of CLCs are highlighted by human and mouse disorders elicited by mutations in their genes. These pathologies include neurodegeneration, leukodystrophy, mental retardation, deafness, blindness, myotonia, hyperaldosteronism, renal salt loss, proteinuria, kidney stones, male infertility, and osteopetrosis. In this review, emphasis is laid on biophysical structure-function analysis and on the cell biological and organismal roles of mammalian CLCs and their role in disease.
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- Thomas J. Jentsch
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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Ruhe F, Olling A, Abromeit R, Rataj D, Grieschat M, Zeug A, Gerhard R, Alekov A. Overexpression of the Endosomal Anion/Proton Exchanger ClC-5 Increases Cell Susceptibility toward Clostridium difficile Toxins TcdA and TcdB. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:67. [PMID: 28348980 PMCID: PMC5346576 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Virulent C. difficile toxins TcdA and TcdB invade host intestinal epithelia by endocytosis and use the acidic environment of intracellular vesicles for further processing and activation. We investigated the role of ClC-5, a chloride/proton exchanger expressed in the endosomes of gastrointestinal epithelial cells, in the activation and processing of C. difficile toxins. Enhanced intoxication by TcdA and TcdB was observed in cells expressing ClC-5 but not ClC-4, another chloride/proton exchanger with similar function but different localization. In accordance with the established physiological function of ClC-5, its expression lowered the endosomal pH in HEK293T cells by approximately 0.6 units and enhanced approximately 5-fold the internalization of TcdA. In colon HT29 cells, 34% of internalized TcdA localized to ClC-5-containing vesicles defined by colocalization with Rab5, Rab4a, and Rab7 as early and early-to-late of endosomes but not as Rab11-containing recycling endosomes. Impairing the cellular uptake of TcdA by deleting the toxin CROPs domain did not abolish the effects of ClC-5. In addition, the transport-incompetent mutant ClC-5 E268Q similarly enhanced both endosomal acidification and intoxication by TcdA but facilitated the internalization of the toxin to a lower extent. These data suggest that ClC-5 enhances the cytotoxic action of C. difficile toxins by accelerating the acidification and maturation of vesicles of the early and early-to-late endosomal system. The dispensable role of electrogenic ion transport suggests that the voltage-dependent nonlinear capacitances of mammalian CLC transporters serve important physiological functions. Our data shed light on the intersection between the endocytotic cascade of host epithelial cells and the internalization pathway of the large virulence C. difficile toxins. Identifying ClC-5 as a potential specific host ion transporter hijacked by toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria widens the horizon of possibilities for novel therapies of life-threatening gastrointestinal infections.
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- Frederike Ruhe
- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Toxicology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Toxicology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Toxicology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Hannover Medical SchoolHannover, Germany
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Anglani F, D'Angelo A, Bertizzolo LM, Tosetto E, Ceol M, Cremasco D, Bonfante L, Addis MA, Del Prete D. Nephrolithiasis, kidney failure and bone disorders in Dent disease patients with and without CLCN5 mutations. SPRINGERPLUS 2015; 4:492. [PMID: 26389017 PMCID: PMC4571032 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1294-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dent disease (DD) is a rare X-linked recessive renal tubulopathy characterised by low-molecular-weight proteinuria (LMWP), hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and/or nephrolithiasis. DD is caused by mutations in both the CLCN5 and OCRL genes. CLCN5 encodes the electrogenic chloride/proton exchanger ClC-5 which is involved in the tubular reabsorption of albumin and LMW proteins, OCRL encodes the inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, and was initially associated with Lowe syndrome. In approximately 25 % of patients, no CLCN5 and OCRL mutations were detected. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether calcium phosphate metabolism disorders and their clinical complications are differently distributed among DD patients with and without CLCN5 mutations. Sixty-four male subjects were studied and classified into three groups: Group I (with CLCN5 mutations), Group II (without CLCN5 mutations) and Group III (family members with the same CLCN5 mutation). LMWP, hypercalciuria and phosphaturic tubulopathy and the consequent clinical complications nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis, bone disorders, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were considered present or absent in each patient. We found that the distribution of nephrolithiasis, bone disorders and CKD differs among patients with and without CLCN5 mutations. Only in patients harbouring CLCN5 mutations was age-independent nephrolithiasis associated with hypercalciuria, suggesting that nephrolithiasis is linked to altered proximal tubular function caused by a loss of ClC-5 function, in agreement with ClC-5 KO animal models. Similarly, only in patients harbouring CLCN5 mutations was age-independent kidney failure associated with nephrocalcinosis, suggesting that kidney failure is the consequence of a ClC-5 dysfunction, as in ClC-5 KO animal models. Bone disorders are a relevant feature of DD phenotype, as patients were mainly young males and this complication occurred independently of age. The triad of symptoms, LMWP, hypercalciuria, and nephrocalcinosis, was present in almost all patients with CLCN5 mutations but not in those without CLCN5 mutations. This lack of homogeneity of clinical manifestations suggests that the difference in phenotypes between the two groups might reflect different pathophysiological mechanisms, probably depending on the diverse genes involved. Overall, our results might suggest that in patients without CLCN5 mutations several genes instead of the prospected third DD underpin patients’ phenotypes.
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- Franca Anglani
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine DIMED, Laboratory of Histomorphology and Molecular Biology of the Kidney, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani n° 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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In-depth phenotyping of a Donnai-Barrow patient helps clarify proximal tubule dysfunction. Pediatr Nephrol 2015; 30:1027-31. [PMID: 25822460 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-3037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The megalin/cubilin/amnionless complex is essential for albumin and low molecular weight (LMW) protein reabsorption by renal proximal tubules (PT). Mutations of the LRP2 gene encoding megalin cause autosomal recessive Donnai-Barrow/facio-oculo-acoustico-renal syndrome (DB/FOAR), which is characterized by LMW proteinuria. The pathophysiology of DB/FOAR-associated PT dysfunction remains unclear. CLINICAL CASE A 3-year-old girl presented with growth retardation and proteinuria. Clinical examination was unremarkable, except for a still-opened anterior fontanel and myopia. Psychomotor development was delayed. At 6, she developed sensorineural hearing loss. Hypertelorism was noted when she turned 12. Blood analyses, including renal function parameters, were normal. Urine sediment was bland. Proteinuria was significant and included albumin and LMW proteins. Immunoblotting analyses detected cubilin and type 3 carbonic anhydrase (CA3) in the urine. Renal ultrasound was unremarkable. Optical examination of a renal biopsy did not disclose any tubular or glomerular abnormality. Electron microscopy revealed that PT apical endocytic apparatus was significantly less developed. Immunostaining for megalin showed a faint signal in PT cytosol contrasting with the distribution of cubilin at the apical membrane. The diagnostic procedure led to identifying two mutations of the LRP2 gene. CONCLUSIONS The functional loss of megalin in DB/FOAR causes PT dysfunction characterized by increased urinary shedding of CA3 and cubilin.
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Devuyst O, Luciani A. Chloride transporters and receptor-mediated endocytosis in the renal proximal tubule. J Physiol 2015; 593:4151-64. [PMID: 25820368 DOI: 10.1113/jp270087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS The reabsorptive activity of renal proximal tubule cells is mediated by receptor-mediated endocytosis and polarized transport systems that reflect final cell differentiation. Loss-of-function mutations of the endosomal chloride-proton exchanger ClC-5 (Dent's disease) cause a major trafficking defect in proximal tubule cells, associated with lysosomal dysfunction, oxidative stress and dedifferentiation/proliferation. A similar but milder defect is associated with mutations in CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator). Vesicular chloride transport appears to be important for the integrity of the endolysosomal pathway in epithelial cells. ABSTRACT The epithelial cells lining the proximal tubules of the kidney reabsorb a large amount of filtered ions and solutes owing to receptor-mediated endocytosis and polarized transport systems that reflect final cell differentiation. Dedifferentiation of proximal tubule cells and dysfunction of receptor-mediated endocytosis characterize Dent's disease, a rare disorder caused by inactivating mutations in the CLCN5 gene that encodes the endosomal chloride-proton exchanger, ClC-5. The disease is characterized by a massive urinary loss of solutes (renal Fanconi syndrome), with severe metabolic complications and progressive renal failure. Investigations of mutations affecting the gating of ClC-5 revealed that the proximal tubule dysfunction may occur despite normal endosomal acidification. In addition to defective endocytosis, proximal tubule cells lacking ClC-5 show a trafficking defect in apical receptors and transporters, as well as lysosomal dysfunction and typical features of dedifferentiation, proliferation and oxidative stress. A similar but milder defect is observed in mouse models with defective CFTR, a chloride channel that is also expressed in the endosomes of proximal tubule cells. These data suggest a major role for endosomal chloride transport in the maintenance of epithelial differentiation and reabsorption capacity of the renal proximal tubule.
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- Olivier Devuyst
- Institute of Physiology, Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physiology, Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Tanaka K, Terryn S, Geffers L, Garbay S, Pontoglio M, Devuyst O. The transcription factor HNF1α regulates expression of chloride-proton exchanger ClC-5 in the renal proximal tubule. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 299:F1339-47. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00077.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Cl−/H+ exchanger ClC-5 is essential for the endocytic activity of the proximal tubule cells and the tubular clearance of proteins filtered in the glomeruli. The mechanisms that regulate the expression of ClC-5 in general and its specific expression in the proximal tubule are unknown. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that the hepatocyte nuclear transcription factor HNF1α, which is predominantly expressed in proximal tubule segments, may directly regulate the expression of ClC-5. In situ hybridization demonstrated that the expression of Clcn5 overlaps with that of Hnf1α in the developing kidney as well as in absorptive epithelia, including the digestive tract and yolk sac. Multiple binding sites for HNF1 were mapped in the 5′-regulatory sequences of the mouse and human Clcn5/CLCN5 genes. The transactivation of the Clcn5/CLCN5 promoter by HNF1α was verified in vitro, and the binding of HNF1α to the Clcn5 promoter in vivo was confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation in mouse kidney. The expression of Clcn5 was reduced in the proximal tubule segments of HNF1α-null kidneys, and it was rescued upon transfection of HNF1α-null cells with wild-type but not with mutant HNF1α. These data demonstrate that HNF1α directly regulates the expression of ClC-5 in the renal proximal tubule and yield insights into the mechanisms governing epithelial differentiation and specialized transport activities in the kidney.
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- Karo Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Nephrology Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Genes and Behavior, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany; and
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- INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 8104, Université Paris-Descartes, Team 26, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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- INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 8104, Université Paris-Descartes, Team 26, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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- Nephrology Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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Enoki Y, Katoh G, Okabe H, Yanagisawa A. Clinicopathological features and CD57 expression in renal cell carcinoma in acquired cystic disease of the kidneys: with special emphasis on a relation to the duration of haemodialysis, the degree of calcium oxalate deposition, histological type, and possible tumorigenesis. Histopathology 2010; 56:384-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03480.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ahrabi AK, Jouret F, Marbaix E, Delporte C, Horie S, Mulroy S, Boulter C, Sandford R, Devuyst O. Glomerular and proximal tubule cysts as early manifestations of Pkd1 deletion. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009; 25:1067-78. [PMID: 19945952 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The homozygous deletion of Pkd1 in the mouse results in embryonic lethality with renal cysts and hydrops fetalis, but there is no precise data on the segmental origin of cysts and potential changes associated with polyhydramnios. METHODS We used Pkd1-null mice to investigate cystogenesis and analyze the amniotic fluid composition from embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) to birth (n = 257 embryos). RESULTS Polyhydramnios was consistently observed from E13.5 in Pkd1(-/-) embryos, in absence of placental abnormalities but with a significantly higher excretion of sodium and glucose from E13.5 through E16.5, and increased cyclic adenosine 3'5-monophosphate (cAMP) levels at E14.5 and E15.5. The Pkd1(-/-) embryos started to die at E13.5, with lethality peaking at E15.5, corresponding to the onset of cystogenesis. The first cysts in Pkd1(-/-) kidneys emerged at E15.5 in mesenchyme-derived segments at the cortico-medullary junction, with a majority of glomerular cysts and fewer proximal tubule cysts (positive for megalin). The cysts extended to ureteric bud-derived collecting ducts (positive for Dolichos biflorus agglutinin lectin) from E16.5. CONCLUSIONS These studies indicate that Pkd1 deletion is associated with a massive loss of solutes (from E13.5) and increased cAMP levels (E14.5) associated with polyhydramnios. These abnormalities precede renal cysts (E15.5), first derived from glomeruli and proximal tubules and later from the collecting ducts, reflecting the expression pattern of Pkd1 in maturing epithelial cells.
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- Ali K Ahrabi
- Division of Nephrology, Université catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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Reed AAC, Loh NY, Terryn S, Lippiat JD, Partridge C, Galvanovskis J, Williams SE, Jouret F, Wu FTF, Courtoy PJ, Nesbit MA, Rorsman P, Devuyst O, Ashcroft FM, Thakker RV. CLC-5 and KIF3B interact to facilitate CLC-5 plasma membrane expression, endocytosis, and microtubular transport: relevance to pathophysiology of Dent's disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 298:F365-80. [PMID: 19940036 PMCID: PMC2822520 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00038.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Renal tubular reabsorption is important for extracellular fluid homeostasis and much of this occurs via the receptor-mediated endocytic pathway. This pathway is disrupted in Dent’s disease, an X-linked renal tubular disorder that is characterized by low-molecular-weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrolithiasis, and renal failure. Dent's disease is due to mutations of CLC-5, a chloride/proton antiporter, expressed in endosomes and apical membranes of renal tubules. Loss of CLC-5 function alters receptor-mediated endocytosis and trafficking of megalin and cubilin, although the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Here, we report that CLC-5 interacts with kinesin family member 3B (KIF3B), a heterotrimeric motor protein that facilitates fast anterograde translocation of membranous organelles. Using yeast two-hybrid, glutathione-S-transferase pull-down and coimmunoprecipitation assays, the COOH terminus of CLC-5 and the coiled-coil and globular domains of KIF3B were shown to interact. This was confirmed in vivo by endogenous coimmunoprecipitation of CLC-5 and KIF3B and codistribution with endosomal markers in mouse kidney fractions. Confocal live cell imaging in kidney cells further demonstrated association of CLC-5 and KIF3B, and transport of CLC-5-containing vesicles along KIF3B microtubules. KIF3B overexpression and underexpression, using siRNA, had reciprocal effects on whole cell chloride current amplitudes, CLC-5 cell surface expression, and endocytosis of albumin and transferrin. Clcn5Y/− mouse kidneys and isolated proximal tubular polarized cells showed increased KIF3B expression, whose effects on albumin endocytosis were dependent on CLC-5 expression. Thus, the CLC-5 and KIF3B interaction is important for CLC-5 plasma membrane expression and for facilitating endocytosis and microtubular transport in the kidney.
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- Anita A C Reed
- Academic Endocrine Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kinins are vasoactive peptides that stimulate two G-protein coupled bradykinin receptors (B1R and B2R). B2R-knockout mice are salt sensitive and develop renal dysgenesis and hypertension if salt stressed during embryogenesis. B1R-knockout mice, on the other hand, are protected from inflammation and fibrosis. This study examined the spatiotemporal expression of B1R during renal organogenesis. The segmental nephron identity of B1R immunoreactivity was determined by costaining with markers of the collecting duct (Dolichos biflorus), proximal tubule (Dolichos tetraglonus), and nephron progenitors (Pax2). At E14.5, the B1R was confined to few cells in the metanephric mesenchyme. Abundance of B1R increased progressively during development. On E17.5, B1R was enriched in differentiating proximal tubular cells and by postnatal day 1, B1R was clearly expressed on the luminal aspect of the proximal tubule. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that the levels of B1R mRNA more than double during renal maturation. We conclude that 1) B1R expression correlates closely with nephron maturation; 2) lack of B1R in nephron progenitors suggests that B1R is unlikely to play a role in early nephrogenesis; and 3) enrichment of B1R in maturing proximal tubule suggests a potential role for this receptor in terminal differentiation of the proximal nephron.
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- Ozlem Pinar Bulut
- Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Novel CLCN5 mutations in patients with Dent’s disease result in altered ion currents or impaired exchanger processing. Kidney Int 2009; 76:999-1005. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Expression patterns of the aquaporin gene family during renal development: influence of genetic variability. Pflugers Arch 2009; 458:745-59. [PMID: 19367412 PMCID: PMC2756349 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0667-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2009] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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High-throughput analyses have shown that aquaporins (AQPs) belong to a cluster of genes that are differentially expressed during kidney organogenesis. However, the spatiotemporal expression patterns of the AQP gene family during tubular maturation and the potential influence of genetic variation on these patterns and on water handling remain unknown. We investigated the expression patterns of all AQP isoforms in fetal (E13.5 to E18.5), postnatal (P1 to P28), and adult (9 weeks) kidneys of inbred (C57BL/6J) and outbred (CD-1) mice. Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we evidenced two mRNA patterns during tubular maturation in C57 mice. The AQPs 1-7-11 showed an early (from E14.5) and progressive increase to adult levels, similar to the mRNA pattern observed for proximal tubule markers (Megalin, NaPi-IIa, OAT1) and reflecting the continuous increase in renal cortical structures during development. By contrast, AQPs 2-3-4 showed a later (E15.5) and more abrupt increase, with transient postnatal overexpression. Most AQP genes were expressed earlier and/or stronger in maturing CD-1 kidneys. Furthermore, adult CD-1 kidneys expressed more AQP2 in the collecting ducts, which was reflected by a significant delay in excreting a water load. The expression patterns of proximal vs. distal AQPs and the earlier expression in the CD-1 strain were confirmed by immunoblotting and immunostaining. These data (1) substantiate the clustering of important genes during tubular maturation and (2) demonstrate that genetic variability influences the regulation of the AQP gene family during tubular maturation and water handling by the mature kidney.
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Terryn S, Jouret F, Vandenabeele F, Smolders I, Moreels M, Devuyst O, Steels P, Van Kerkhove E. A primary culture of mouse proximal tubular cells, established on collagen-coated membranes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 293:F476-85. [PMID: 17475898 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00363.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A simple method is described to establish primary cultures of kidney proximal tubule cells (PTC) on membranes. The permeable membranes represent a unique culture surface, allowing a high degree of differentiation since both apical and basolateral membranes are accessible for medium. Proximal tubule (PT) segments from collagenase-digested mouse renal cortices were grown for 7 days, by which time cells were organized as a confluent monolayer. Electron microscopic evaluation revealed structurally polarized epithelial cells with numerous microvilli, basolateral invaginations, and apical tight junctions. Immunoblotting for markers of distinct parts of the nephron demonstrated that these primary cultures only expressed PT-specific proteins. Moreover immunodetection of distinct components of the receptor-mediated endocytic pathway and uptake of FITC-albumin indicated that these cells expressed a functional endocytotic apparatus. In addition, primary cultures possessed the PT brush-border enzymes, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma-glutamyl-transferase, and a phloridzin-sensitive sodium-dependent glucose transport at their apical side. Electrophysiological measurements show that the primary cultured cells have a low transepithelial resistance and high short-circuit current that was completely carried by Na(+) similar to a leaky epithelium like proximal tubule cells. This novel method established well-differentiated PTC cultures.
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- Sara Terryn
- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, Hasselt University, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Nielsen R, Courtoy PJ, Jacobsen C, Dom G, Lima WR, Jadot M, Willnow TE, Devuyst O, Christensen EI. Endocytosis provides a major alternative pathway for lysosomal biogenesis in kidney proximal tubular cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:5407-12. [PMID: 17369355 PMCID: PMC1838438 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700330104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recruitment of acid hydrolases to lysosomes generally occurs by intracellular sorting based on recognition of a common mannose 6-phosphate signal in the transGolgi network and selective transport to late endosomes/lysosomes. Here we provide evidence for an alternative, efficient secretion-recapture pathway mediated by megalin and exemplified by cathepsin B in kidney proximal convoluted tubules (PCT). We found that in mouse kidneys with defective megalin expression [megalin knockout (KO)] or apical PCT trafficking (ClC-5 KO), the (pro)cathepsin B mRNA level was essentially preserved, but the protein content was greatly decreased and the enzyme was excreted in the urine as mannose 6-phosphate-devoid species. In polarized PCT-derived cells, purified cathepsin B was avidly and selectively taken up at the apical membrane, and uptake was abolished by the megalin competitor, receptor-associated protein. Direct interaction of cathepsin B with megalin was demonstrated by surface plasmon resonance. Procathepsin B was detected in normal mouse serum. Purified cathepsin B injected into mice was efficiently taken up by kidneys (approximately 10% of injection) and targeted to lysosomes where it remained active, as shown by autoradiography and subcellular fractionation. A single cathepsin B injection into cathepsin B KO mice could reconstitute full lysosomal enzyme activity in the kidneys. These findings demonstrate a pathway whereby circulating lysosomal enzymes are continuously filtered in glomeruli, reabsorbed by megalin-mediated endocytosis, and transferred into lysosomes to exert their function, providing a major source of enzymes to PCT. These results also extend the significance of megalin in PCT and have several physiopathological and clinical implications.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- CELL Unit, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, and
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique, Unité de Recherche en Physiologie Moléculaire, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, B-5000 Namur, Belgium; and
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- Division of Nephrology, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Jouret F, Bernard A, Hermans C, Dom G, Terryn S, Leal T, Lebecque P, Cassiman JJ, Scholte BJ, de Jonge HR, Courtoy PJ, Devuyst O. Cystic fibrosis is associated with a defect in apical receptor-mediated endocytosis in mouse and human kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18:707-18. [PMID: 17287432 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2006030269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Inactivation of the chloride channel cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) causes cystic fibrosis (CF). Although CFTR is expressed in the kidney, no overwhelming renal phenotype has been documented in patients with CF. This study investigated the expression, subcellular distribution, and processing of CFTR in the kidney; used various mouse models to assess the role of CFTR in proximal tubule (PT) endocytosis; and tested the relevance of these findings in patients with CF. The level of CFTR mRNA in mouse kidney approached that found in lung. CFTR was located in the apical area of PT cells, with a maximal intensity in the straight part (S3) of the PT. Fractionation showed that CFTR co-distributed with the chloride/proton exchanger ClC-5 in PT endosomes. Cftr(-/-) mice showed impaired (125)I-beta(2)-microglobulin uptake, together with a decreased amount of the multiligand receptor cubilin in the S3 segment and a significant loss of cubilin and its low molecular weight (LMW) ligands into the urine. Defective receptor-mediated endocytosis was found less consistently in Cftr(DeltaF/DeltaF) mice, characterized by a large phenotypic heterogeneity and moderate versus mice that lacked ClC-5. A significant LMW proteinuria (and particularly transferrinuria) also was documented in a cohort of patients with CF but not in patients with asthma and chronic lung inflammation. In conclusion, CFTR inactivation leads to a moderate defect in receptor-mediated PT endocytosis, associated with a cubilin defect and a significant LMW proteinuria in mouse and human. The magnitude of the endocytosis defect that is caused by CFTR versus ClC-5 loss likely reflects functional heterogeneity along the PT.
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- François Jouret
- Division of Nephrology, Université catholique de Louvain, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Chloride channels and endocytosis: new insights from Dent's disease and ClC-5 knockout mice. Nephron Clin Pract 2006; 99:p69-73. [PMID: 15637424 DOI: 10.1159/000083210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dent's disease is a hereditary renal tubular disorder characterized by low-molecular weight (LMW) proteinuria, hypercalciuria and nephrolithiasis. The disease is due to mutations of ClC-5, a member of the family of voltage-gated CLC chloride channels. ClC-5 is expressed in part in cells lining the proximal tubule (PT) of the kidney, where it colocalizes with albumin-containing endocytic vesicles belonging to the receptor-mediated endocytic pathway that ensures efficient reabsorption of ultrafiltrated LMW proteins. Since progression along the endocytic apparatus requires endosomal acidification, it has been suggested that dysfunction of ClC-5 in endosomes may lead to inefficient reabsorption of LMW proteins and dysfunction of PT cells. Analysis of a ClC-5 knockout (KO) mouse model, displaying all the characteristic renal tubular defects of Dent's disease, showed evidence of a severe LMW proteinuria. Cytochemical studies with the endocytic tracer, peroxidase, showed poor transfer into early endocytic vesicles, suggesting that impairment of receptor-mediated endocytosis in PT cells is the basis for the defective uptake of LMW proteins in patients with Dent's disease. Endocytosis and processing of LMW proteins involve the multiligand tandem receptors, megalin and cubilin, that are abundantly expressed at the brush border of PT cells. Characterization of the endocytic defect in ClC-5 KO mice revealed that ligands of both megalin and cubilin were affected. The total kidney content of megalin and especially cubilin at the protein level was decreased but, more importantly, using analytical subcellular fractionation and quantitative immunogold labelling we demonstrated a selective disappearance of megalin and cubilin at the brush border of PT cells. These observations allowed us to conclude that defective protein endocytosis linked to ClC-5 inactivation is due at least in part to a major and selective loss of megalin and cubilin at the brush border, reflecting a trafficking defect in renal PT cells. These results improve our understanding of Dent's disease, taken as a paradigm for renal Fanconi syndrome and nephrolithiasis, and demonstrate multiple roles for ClC-5 in the kidney. These studies also provided insights into important functions such as apical endocytosis, handling of proteins by renal tubular cells, calcium metabolism, and urinary acidification.
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van den Hove MF, Croizet-Berger K, Jouret F, Guggino SE, Guggino WB, Devuyst O, Courtoy PJ. The loss of the chloride channel, ClC-5, delays apical iodide efflux and induces a euthyroid goiter in the mouse thyroid gland. Endocrinology 2006; 147:1287-96. [PMID: 16306076 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Genetic inactivation of ClC-5, a voltage-gated chloride channel prominently expressed in the kidney, leads to proteinuria because of defective apical endocytosis in proximal tubular cells. Because thyroid hormone secretion depends on apical endocytosis of thyroglobulin (Tg), we investigated whether ClC-5 is expressed in the thyroid and affects its function, using Clcn5-deficient knockout (KO) mice. We found that ClC-5 is highly expressed in wild-type mouse thyroid ( approximately 40% of mRNA kidney level). The protein was immunolocalized at the apical pole of thyrocytes. In Percoll gradients, ClC-5 overlapped with plasma membrane and early endosome markers, but best codistributed with the late endosomal marker, Rab7. ClC-5 KO mice were euthyroid (normal T4 and TSH serum levels) but developed a goiter with parallel iodine and Tg accumulation (i.e. normal Tg iodination level). When comparing ClC-5 KO with wild-type mice, thyroid 125I uptake after 1 h was doubled, incorporation into Tg was decreased by approximately 2-fold, so that trichloroacetic acid-soluble 125I increased approximately 4-fold. Enhanced 125I- efflux upon perchlorate and presence of 125I-Tg as autoradiographic rings at follicle periphery demonstrated delayed iodide organification. Endocytic trafficking of 125I-Tg toward lysosomes was not inhibited. Expression of pendrin, an I-/Cl- exchanger involved in apical iodide efflux, was selectively decreased by 60% in KO mice at mRNA and protein levels. Thus, ClC-5 is well expressed in the thyroid but is not critical for apical endocytosis, contrary to the kidney. Instead, the goiter associated with ClC-5 KO results from impaired rate of apical iodide efflux by down-regulation of pendrin expression.
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Jouret F, Auzanneau C, Debaix H, Wada GHS, Pretto C, Marbaix E, Karet FE, Courtoy PJ, Devuyst O. Ubiquitous and kidney-specific subunits of vacuolar H+-ATPase are differentially expressed during nephrogenesis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:3235-46. [PMID: 16177003 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2004110935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) is a ubiquitous multisubunit pump that is responsible for acidification of intracellular organelles. In the kidney, a particular form of V-ATPase, made of specific subunits isoforms, has been located at the plasma membrane of intercalated cells (IC). Mutations in genes encoding IC-specific subunits cause infant distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), suggesting that the segmental distribution of these subunits is acquired at birth or during early infancy. However, the comparative ontogeny of the IC-specific versus the ubiquitous subunits of V-ATPase and the mechanisms involved in their segmental expression remain unknown. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR, in situ hybridization, immunoblotting, immunostaining, and subcellular fractionation analyses characterized the expression and distribution of V-ATPase subunits, transcription factors, and differentiation markers during mouse nephrogenesis. Ubiquitous A, E1, B2, G1, and C1 subunits showed an early (embryonic day 13.5 [E13.5]) and stable expression throughout nephrogenesis, followed by a slight increase around birth. The developmental pattern of a1 was bimodal, with early induction, gradual decrease during organogenesis, and neonatal increase. These patterns contrasted with the later (from E15.5) and progressive expression of IC-specific a4, B1, G3, and C2 subunits, after the induction of the forkhead transcription factor Foxi1. From E15.5, Foxi1 mRNA was detected in IC, where it co-distributed with B1 in late nephrogenesis. Immunostaining showed that the distribution of ubiquitous E1 and B2 was acquired from E15.5, whereas a4 was located in IC during late nephrogenesis. Subcellular fractionation showed that in both fetal and mature (cortex and medulla) kidneys, E1 and a4 were located in endosomes. These data demonstrate a differential expression and a coordinate regulation of IC-specific versus ubiquitous V-ATPase subunits during nephrogenesis. They provide new insights into the complex regulation of V-ATPase subunits, the maturation of IC along the nephron, and the pathophysiology of hereditary dRTA.
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- François Jouret
- Division of Nephrology, Université catholique de Louvain, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, Brussels, Belgium B-1200
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Ludwig M, Doroszewicz J, Seyberth HW, Bökenkamp A, Balluch B, Nuutinen M, Utsch B, Waldegger S. Functional evaluation of Dent's disease-causing mutations: implications for ClC-5 channel trafficking and internalization. Hum Genet 2005; 117:228-37. [PMID: 15895257 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1303-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2004] [Accepted: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ClC-5 is a member of the ClC family of voltage-gated chloride channels. Loss-of-function mutations of its corresponding gene (CLCN5) cause Dent's disease, an X-linked kidney disorder, characterized by low-molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis/nephrolithiasis, and progressive renal failure. Here, we examined the effect of different mutations on function and cellular trafficking of the recombinant protein. Mutant CLCN5 cDNAs were generated by site directed mutagenesis for two premature stop codon variants (R347X and M517IfsX528), and several missense mutations (C221R, L324R, G462 V, and R516 W). We also tested L521R (instead of L521RfsX526 observed) and mutants G506E and R648X (previously reported by others). After heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes, ClC-5 channel activity and surface expression were determined by two-electrode voltage-clamp analysis and ClC-5 surface ELISA, respectively. Except for the R516 W and R648X variants, none of the mutated proteins induced functional chloride currents or reached the plasma membrane. This is readily understandable for the truncation mutations. Yet, the tested missense mutations are distributed over different transmembrane regions, implying that correct channel structure and orientation in the membrane is not only a prerequisite for proper ClC-5 function but also for Golgi exit. Interestingly, the R648X mutant although functionally compromised, displayed a significant increase in surface expression. This finding might be explained by the deletion of a ClC-5 carboxy-terminal PY-like internalization signal, which in turn impairs channel removal from the membrane. Our observations further imply that recruitment of ClC-5 to alternative routes (plasma membrane or early endosomes) in the trans-Golgi network is mediated via different signal sequences.
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- Michael Ludwig
- Institut für Klinische Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
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Smith AN, Jouret F, Bord S, Borthwick KJ, Al-Lamki RS, Wagner CA, Ireland DC, Cormier-Daire V, Frattini A, Villa A, Kornak U, Devuyst O, Karet FE. Vacuolar H+-ATPase d2 subunit: molecular characterization, developmental regulation, and localization to specialized proton pumps in kidney and bone. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:1245-56. [PMID: 15800125 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2004090761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous multisubunit vacuolar-type proton pump (H+- or V-ATPase) is essential for acidification of diverse intracellular compartments. It is also present in specialized forms at the plasma membrane of intercalated cells in the distal nephron, where it is required for urine acidification, and in osteoclasts, playing an important role in bone resorption by acid secretion across the ruffled border membrane. It was reported previously that, in human, several of the renal pump's constituent subunits are encoded by genes that are different from those that are ubiquitously expressed. These paralogous proteins may be important in differential functions, targeting or regulation of H+-ATPases. They include the d subunit, where d1 is ubiquitous whereas d2 has a limited tissue expression. This article reports on an investigation of d2. It was first confirmed that in mouse, as in human, kidney and bone are two of the main sites of d2 mRNA expression. d2 mRNA and protein appear later during nephrogenesis than does the ubiquitously expressed E1 subunit. Mouse nephron-segment reverse transcription-PCR revealed detectable mRNA in all segments except thin limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubule. However, with the use of a novel d2-specific antibody, high-intensity d2 staining was observed only in intercalated cells of the collecting duct in fresh-frozen human kidney, where it co-localized with the a4 subunit in the characteristic plasma membrane-enhanced pattern. In human bone, d2 co-localized with the a3 subunit in osteoclasts. This different subunit association in different tissues emphasizes the possibility of the H+-ATPase as a future therapeutic target.
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- Annabel N Smith
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Pham PC, Devuyst O, Pham PT, Matsumoto N, Shih RNG, Jo OD, Yanagawa N, Sun AM. Hypertonicity increases CLC-5 expression in mouse medullary thick ascending limb cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 287:F747-52. [PMID: 15161605 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00229.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Genetic studies indicated that mutations of the chloride channel CLC-5 in the kidney are responsible for a group of clinical disorders, collectively called Dent's disease. In the kidney, CLC-5 was found to be expressed in the proximal tubule, medullary thick ascending limb (mTAL) of loop of Henle, and intercalated cells of the collecting tubule. In proximal tubular cells, CLC-5 was found to play an important role in receptor-mediated endocytosis. However, the functional roles of CLC-5 in mTAL and collecting tubules remain unclear. Because mTAL is normally exposed to a hypertonic environment, we aimed to examine the effect of hypertonicity on CLC-5 expression in this nephron segment. Our studies revealed that exposure to hypertonicity (up to 550 mosM) increased CLC-5 mRNA and protein levels in a murine mTAL cell line (MTAL) but not in an opossum kidney (OK) proximal tubular cell line. A similar effect was also found in mouse kidneys, where CLC-5 expression was enhanced in renal medulla, but not cortex, after 48 h of water deprivation. We also tested the effect of hypertonicity on endocytotic activity and found that exposure to hypertonicity caused a significant decrease in cellular uptake of FITC-labeled albumin in OK but not in MTAL cells. Our results suggest that CLC-5 expression is upregulated by hypertonicity in mTAL cells but not in proximal tubular cells. We speculate that the increased CLC-5 levels in mTAL may serve to maintain the endocytotic activity in a hypertonic environment.
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- Phuong-Chi Pham
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA.
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