Gain-of-function variants in CLCN7 cause hypopigmentation and lysosomal storage disease

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Title:	Gain-of-function variants in CLCN7 cause hypopigmentation and lysosomal storage disease
Creators Name:	Polovitskaya, M.M., Rana, T., Ullrich, K., Murko, S., Bierhals, T., Vogt, G., Stauber, T., Kubisch, C., Santer, R. and Jentsch, T.J.
Abstract:	Together with its β-subunit OSTM1, ClC-7 performs 2Cl(-)/H(+) exchange across lysosomal membranes. Pathogenic variants in either gene cause lysosome-related pathologies, including osteopetrosis, lysosomal storage, and pigmentation defects. CLCN7 variants can cause recessive or dominant disease. Different variants entail different sets of symptoms. Loss of ClC-7 causes osteopetrosis and mostly neuronal lysosomal storage. A recently reported de novo CLCN7 mutation (p.Tyr715Cys) causes widespread severe lysosome pathology and hypopigmentation ('HOD syndrome'), but no osteopetrosis. We now describe two additional HOD individuals with the previously described p.Tyr715Cys and a novel p.Lys285Thr mutation, respectively. Both mutations decreased ClC-7 inhibition by PI(3,5)P(2) and affected residues lining its binding pocket, and shifted voltage-dependent gating to less positive potentials, an effect partially conferred to WT subunits in WT/mutant heteromers. This shift predicts augmented pH gradient-driven Cl(-) uptake into vesicles. Overexpressing either mutant induced large lysosome-related vacuoles. This effect depended on Cl(-)/H(2)-exchange, as shown using mutants carrying uncoupling mutations. Fibroblasts from the p.Y715C patient also displayed giant vacuoles. This was not observed with p.K285T fibroblasts probably due to some ClC-7(K285T)-retained PI(3,5)P(2) sensitivity. The gain of function caused by the shifted voltage-dependence of either mutant likely is the main cause of their pathogenicity. Their loss of PI(3,5)P(2) inhibition will further increase currents, but may not be a general feature of HOD. Overactivity of ClC-7 induces pathologically enlarged vacuoles in many tissues, which is distinct from lysosomal storage observed with the loss of ClC-7 function. Osteopetrosis results from a loss of ClC-7, but osteoclasts remain resilient to increased ClC-7 activity.
Keywords:	Chloride Transport, Electrophysiology, Gating, Genetic Disease, Neurological Disease, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Organellar pH Homeostasis, Patch Clamp, Vacuolar Acidification, Organomegaly
Source:	Journal of Biological Chemistry
ISSN:	1083-351X
Publisher:	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Page Range:	107437
Date:	3 June 2024
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107437
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