PUBLICATION
Defects of CRB2 Cause Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
- Authors
- Ebarasi, L., Ashraf, S., Bierzynska, A., Gee, H.Y., McCarthy, H.J., Lovric, S., Sadowski, C.E., Pabst, W., Vega-Warner, V., Fang, H., Koziell, A., Simpson, M.A., Dursun, I., Serdaroglu, E., Levy, S., Saleem, M.A., Hildebrandt, F., Majumdar, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150106-6
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- American journal of human genetics 96(1): 153-61 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ebarasi, Lwaki, Majumdar, Arindam
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/genetics*
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Exome
- Genes, Recessive
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/etiology
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/genetics*
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nephrotic Syndrome/complications
- Nephrotic Syndrome/genetics*
- Podocytes
- Rats
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 25557779 Full text @ Am. J. Hum. Genet.
Citation
Ebarasi, L., Ashraf, S., Bierzynska, A., Gee, H.Y., McCarthy, H.J., Lovric, S., Sadowski, C.E., Pabst, W., Vega-Warner, V., Fang, H., Koziell, A., Simpson, M.A., Dursun, I., Serdaroglu, E., Levy, S., Saleem, M.A., Hildebrandt, F., Majumdar, A. (2015) Defects of CRB2 Cause Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome. American journal of human genetics. 96(1):153-61.
Abstract
Nephrotic syndrome (NS), the association of gross proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia, edema, and hyperlipidemia, can be clinically divided into steroid-sensitive (SSNS) and steroid-resistant (SRNS) forms. SRNS regularly progresses to end-stage renal failure. By homozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing, we here identify recessive mutations in Crumbs homolog 2 (CRB2) in four different families affected by SRNS. Previously, we established a requirement for zebrafish crb2b, a conserved regulator of epithelial polarity, in podocyte morphogenesis. By characterization of a loss-of-function mutation in zebrafish crb2b, we now show that zebrafish crb2b is required for podocyte foot process arborization, slit diaphragm formation, and proper nephrin trafficking. Furthermore, by complementation experiments in zebrafish, we demonstrate that CRB2 mutations result in loss of function and therefore constitute causative mutations leading to NS in humans. These results implicate defects in podocyte apico-basal polarity in the pathogenesis of NS.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping