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23686279
TITLE
Unique X-linked familial FSGS with co-segregating heart block disorder is associated with a mutation in the NXF5 gene.
ABSTRACT
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the consequence of a disease process that attacks the kidney's filtering system, causing serious scarring. More than half of FSGS patients develop chronic kidney failure within 10 years, ultimately requiring dialysis or renal transplantation. There are currently several genes known to cause the hereditary forms of FSGS (ACTN4, TRPC6, CD2AP, INF2, MYO1E and NPHS2). This study involves a large, unique, multigenerational Australian pedigree in which FSGS co-segregates with progressive heart block with apparent X-linked recessive inheritance. Through a classical combined approach of linkage and haplotype analysis, we identified a 21.19 cM interval implicated on the X chromosome. We then used a whole exome sequencing approach to identify two mutated genes, NXF5 and ALG13, which are located within this linkage interval. The two mutations NXF5-R113W and ALG13-T141L segregated perfectly with the disease phenotype in the pedigree and were not found in a large healthy control cohort. Analysis using bioinformatics tools predicted the R113W mutation in the NXF5 gene to be deleterious and cellular studies support a role in the stability and localization of the protein suggesting a causative role of this mutation in these co-morbid disorders. Further studies are now required to determine the functional consequence of these novel mutations to development of FSGS and heart block in this pedigree and to determine whether these mutations have implications for more common forms of these diseases in the general population.
DATE PUBLISHED
2013 Sep 15
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
aheadofprint 2013/05/16
aheadofprint 2013/06/03
entrez 2013/05/21 06:00
pubmed 2013/05/21 06:00
medline 2014/03/19 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Esposito T Esposito Teresa T Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Adriano Buzzati-Traverso, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
Lea RA Lea Rod A RA
Maher BH Maher Bridget H BH
Moses D Moses Dianne D
Cox HC Cox Hannah C HC
Magliocca S Magliocca Sara S
Angius A Angius Andrea A
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Titus T Titus Thomas T
Kay T Kay Troy T
Gray NA Gray Nicholas A NA
Rastaldi MP Rastaldi Maria P MP
Parnham A Parnham Alan A
Gianfrancesco F Gianfrancesco Fernando F
Griffiths LR Griffiths Lyn R LR
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 22
ISSUE: 18
TITLE: Human molecular genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Hum. Mol. Genet.
YEAR: 2013
MONTH: Sep
DAY: 15
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1460-2083
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Hum Mol Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 0964-6906
NLMUNIQUEID: 9208958
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Australia
Child
Child, Preschool
Exome
Female
Genes, X-Linked
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked genetics
Genetic Linkage genetics
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental genetics
HEK293 Cells genetics
Heart Block genetics
Humans genetics
Male genetics
Mice genetics
Middle Aged genetics
Mutation genetics
N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases genetics
Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins genetics
Organ Specificity genetics
Pedigree genetics
RNA-Binding Proteins genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA genetics
Young Adult genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 NXF5 protein, human
0 Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
0 RNA-Binding Proteins
EC 2.4.1.- ALG13 protein, human
EC 2.4.1.- N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases
OTHER ID's