Characterisation of renal chloride channel, CLCN5, mutations in hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) disorders

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Characterisation of renal chloride channel, CLCN5, mutations in hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) disorders
Creators Name:	Lloyd, S.E. and Gunther, W. and Pearce, S.H. and Thomson, A. and Bianchi, M.L. and Bosio, M. and Craig, I.W. and Fisher, S.E. and Scheinman, S.J. and Wrong, O. and Jentsch, T.J. and Thakker, R.V.
Abstract:	Mutations of the renal-specific chloride channel (CLCN5) gene, which is located on chromosome Xp11.22, are associated with hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) in the Northern European and Japanese populations. CLCN5 encodes a 746 amino acid channel (CLC-5) that has approximately 12 transmembrane domains, and heterologous expression of wild-type CLC-5 in Xenopus oocytes has yielded outwardly rectifying chloride currents that were markedly reduced or abolished by these mutations. In order to assess further the structural and functional relationships of this recently cloned chloride channel, additional CLCN5 mutations have been identified in five unrelated families with this disorder. Three of these mutations were missense (G57V, G512R and E527D), one was a nonsense (R648Stop) and one was an insertion (30:H insertion). In addition, two of the mutations (30:H insertion and E527D) were demonstrated to be de novo, and the G57V and E527D mutations were identified in families of Afro-American and Indian origin, respectively. The G57V and 30:H insertion mutations represent the first CLCN5 mutations to be identified in the N-terminus region, and the R648Stop mutation, which has been observed previously in an unrelated family, suggests that this codon may be particularly prone to mutations. Heterologous expression of the mutations resulted in a marked reduction or abolition of the chloride currents, thereby establishing their functional importance. These results help to elucidate further the structure-function relationships of this renal chloride channel.
Keywords:	Amino Acid Sequence, Chloride Channels, Kidney Calculi, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Nephrocalcinosis, Animals, Xenopus Laevis
Source:	Human Molecular Genetics
ISSN:	0964-6906
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Volume:	6
Number:	8
Page Range:	1233-1239
Date:	August 1997
Official Publication:	http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/6/8/1233
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