Beyond the tubule: pathological variants of LRP2, encoding the megalin receptor, result in glomerular loss and early progressive chronic kidney disease

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2020

Authors

Charlton, JR (Author) Other; Tan, WZ (Author) Other; Daouk, G (Author) Other; Teot, L (Author) Other; Rosen, S (Author) Other; Bennett, KM (Author) Other; Cwiek, A (Author) Other; Nam, S (Author) Other; Emma, F (Author) Other; Jouret, F (Author) Other; João Paulo Oliveira (Author) FMUP; Tranebjaerg, L (Author) Other; Frykholm, C (Author) Other; Mane, S (Author) Other; Hildebrandt, F (Author) Other; Srivastava, T (Author) Other; Storm, T (Author) Other; Christensen, EI (Author) Other; Nielsen, R (Author) Other

Journal

Title: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology

Vol. 319

Pages: F988-F999

ISSN: 0363-6127

Publisher: American Physiological Society

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Authenticus ID: P-00T-2KG

DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00295.2020

Abstract (EN): Pathogenic variants in the LRP2 gene, encoding the multiligand receptor megalin, cause a rare autosomal recessive syndrome: Donnai-Barrow/Facio-Oculo-Acoustico-Renal (DB/FOAR) syndrome. Because of the rarity of the syndrome, the long-term consequences of the tubulopathy on human renal health have been difficult to ascertain, and the human clinical condition has hitherto been characterized as a benign tubular condition with asymptomatic low-molecularweight proteinuria. We investigated renal function and morphology in a murine model of DB/FOAR syndrome and in patients with DB/FOAR. We analyzed glomerular filtration rate in mice by FETC-inulin clearance and clinically characterized six families, including nine patients with DB/FOAR and nine family members. Urine samples from patients were analyzed by Western blot analysis and biopsy materials were analyzed by histology. In the mouse model, we used histological methods to assess nephrogenesis and postnatal renal structure and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess glomerular number. In megalin-deficient mice, we found a lower glomerular filtration rate and an increase in the abundance of injury markers, such as kidney injury molecule-1 and N-acetyl-11-n-glucosaminidase. Renal injury was validated in patients, who presented with increased urinary kidney injury molecule-1, classical markers of chronic kidney disease, and glomerular proteinuria early in life. Megalin-deficient mice had normal nephrogenesis, but they had 19% fewer nephrons in early adulthood and an increased fraction of nephrons with disconnected glomerulotubular junction. In conclusion, megalin dysfunction, as present in DB/FOAR syndrome, confers an increased risk of progression into chronic kidney disease.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12