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NPHS2, encoding the glomerular protein podocin, is mutated in autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome 总被引:62,自引:0,他引:62
Boute N Gribouval O Roselli S Benessy F Lee H Fuchshuber A Dahan K Gubler MC Niaudet P Antignac C 《Nature genetics》2000,24(4):349-354
Familial idiopathic nephrotic syndromes represent a heterogeneous group of kidney disorders, and include autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, which is characterized by early childhood onset of proteinuria, rapid progression to end-stage renal disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. A causative gene for this disease, NPHS2, was mapped to 1q25-31 and we report here its identification by positional cloning. NPHS2 is almost exclusively expressed in the podocytes of fetal and mature kidney glomeruli, and encodes a new integral membrane protein, podocin, belonging to the stomatin protein family. We found ten different NPHS2 mutations, comprising nonsense, frameshift and missense mutations, to segregate with the disease, demonstrating a crucial role for podocin in the function of the glomerular filtration barrier. 相似文献
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The maltose uptake system of Escherichia coli is a well-characterized member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter superfamily. Here we present the 2.8-A crystal structure of the intact maltose transporter in complex with the maltose-binding protein, maltose and ATP. This structure, stabilized by a mutation that prevents ATP hydrolysis, captures the ATP-binding cassette dimer in a closed, ATP-bound conformation. Maltose is occluded within a solvent-filled cavity at the interface of the two transmembrane subunits, about halfway into the lipid bilayer. The binding protein docks onto the entrance of the cavity in an open conformation and serves as a cap to ensure unidirectional translocation of the sugar molecule. These results provide direct evidence for a concerted mechanism of transport in which solute is transferred from the binding protein to the transmembrane subunits when the cassette dimer closes to hydrolyse ATP. 相似文献
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Jessica M. Stringer Amy Winship Seng H. Liew Karla Hutt 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2018,75(15):2777-2792
Female fertility and offspring health are critically dependent on the maintenance of an adequate supply of high-quality oocytes. Like somatic cells, oocytes are subject to a variety of different types of DNA damage arising from endogenous cellular processes and exposure to exogenous genotoxic stressors. While the repair of intentionally induced DNA double strand breaks in gametes during meiotic recombination is well characterised, less is known about the ability of oocytes to repair pathological DNA damage and the relative contribution of DNA repair to oocyte quality is not well defined. This review will discuss emerging data suggesting that oocytes are in fact capable of efficient DNA repair and that DNA repair may be an important mechanism for ensuring female fertility, as well as the transmission of high-quality genetic material to subsequent generations. 相似文献
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With the rapid rise in the emergence of bacterial strains resistant to multiple classes of antimicrobial agents, there is
an urgent need to develop novel antimicrobial therapies to combat these pathogens. Cationic host defence peptides (HDPs) and
synthetic derivatives termed innate defence regulators (IDRs) represent a promising alternative approach in the treatment
of microbial-related diseases. Cationic HDPs (also termed antimicrobial peptides) have emerged from their origins as nature’s
antibiotics and are widely distributed in organisms from insects to plants to mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates. Although
their original and primary function was proposed to be direct antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, parasites and/or
viruses, cationic HDPs are becoming increasingly recognized as multifunctional mediators, with both antimicrobial activity
and diverse immunomodulatory properties. Here we provide an overview of the antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities
of cationic HDPs, and discuss their potential application as beneficial therapeutics in overcoming infectious diseases. 相似文献
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Testa JR Cheung M Pei J Below JE Tan Y Sementino E Cox NJ Dogan AU Pass HI Trusa S Hesdorffer M Nasu M Powers A Rivera Z Comertpay S Tanji M Gaudino G Yang H Carbone M 《Nature genetics》2011,43(10):1022-1025
Because only a small fraction of asbestos-exposed individuals develop malignant mesothelioma, and because mesothelioma clustering is observed in some families, we searched for genetic predisposing factors. We discovered germline mutations in the gene encoding BRCA1 associated protein-1 (BAP1) in two families with a high incidence of mesothelioma, and we observed somatic alterations affecting BAP1 in familial mesotheliomas, indicating biallelic inactivation. In addition to mesothelioma, some BAP1 mutation carriers developed uveal melanoma. We also found germline BAP1 mutations in 2 of 26 sporadic mesotheliomas; both individuals with mutant BAP1 were previously diagnosed with uveal melanoma. We also observed somatic truncating BAP1 mutations and aberrant BAP1 expression in sporadic mesotheliomas without germline mutations. These results identify a BAP1-related cancer syndrome that is characterized by mesothelioma and uveal melanoma. We hypothesize that other cancers may also be involved and that mesothelioma predominates upon asbestos exposure. These findings will help to identify individuals at high risk of mesothelioma who could be targeted for early intervention. 相似文献
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Wyatt AR Yerbury JJ Berghofer P Greguric I Katsifis A Dobson CM Wilson MR 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2011,68(23):3919-3931
The extracellular deposition of misfolded proteins is a characteristic of many debilitating age-related disorders. However,
little is known about the specific mechanisms that act to suppress this process in vivo. Clusterin (CLU) is an extracellular
chaperone that forms stable and soluble complexes with misfolded client proteins. Here we explore the fate of complexes formed
between CLU and misfolded proteins both in vitro and in a living organism. We show that proteins injected into rats are cleared
more rapidly from circulation when complexed with CLU as a result of their more efficient localization to the liver and that
this clearance is delayed by pre-injection with the scavenger receptor inhibitor fucoidan. The CLU–client complexes were found
to bind preferentially, in a fucoidan-inhibitable manner, to human peripheral blood monocytes and isolated rat hepatocytes
and in the latter cell type were internalized and targeted to lysosomes for degradation. The data suggest, therefore, that
CLU plays a key role in an extracellular proteostasis system that recognizes, keeps soluble, and then rapidly mediates the
disposal of misfolded proteins. 相似文献
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Bender A Krishnan KJ Morris CM Taylor GA Reeve AK Perry RH Jaros E Hersheson JS Betts J Klopstock T Taylor RW Turnbull DM 《Nature genetics》2006,38(5):515-517
Here we show that in substantia nigra neurons from both aged controls and individuals with Parkinson disease, there is a high level of deleted mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) (controls, 43.3% +/- 9.3%; individuals with Parkinson disease, 52.3% +/- 9.3%). These mtDNA mutations are somatic, with different clonally expanded deletions in individual cells, and high levels of these mutations are associated with respiratory chain deficiency. Our studies suggest that somatic mtDNA deletions are important in the selective neuronal loss observed in brain aging and in Parkinson disease. 相似文献
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CpG island methylator phenotype underlies sporadic microsatellite instability and is tightly associated with BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Weisenberger DJ Siegmund KD Campan M Young J Long TI Faasse MA Kang GH Widschwendter M Weener D Buchanan D Koh H Simms L Barker M Leggett B Levine J Kim M French AJ Thibodeau SN Jass J Haile R Laird PW 《Nature genetics》2006,38(7):787-793
Aberrant DNA methylation of CpG islands has been widely observed in human colorectal tumors and is associated with gene silencing when it occurs in promoter areas. A subset of colorectal tumors has an exceptionally high frequency of methylation of some CpG islands, leading to the suggestion of a distinct trait referred to as 'CpG island methylator phenotype', or 'CIMP'. However, the existence of CIMP has been challenged. To resolve this continuing controversy, we conducted a systematic, stepwise screen of 195 CpG island methylation markers using MethyLight technology, involving 295 primary human colorectal tumors and 16,785 separate quantitative analyses. We found that CIMP-positive (CIMP+) tumors convincingly represent a distinct subset, encompassing almost all cases of tumors with BRAF mutation (odds ratio = 203). Sporadic cases of mismatch repair deficiency occur almost exclusively as a consequence of CIMP-associated methylation of MLH1 . We propose a robust new marker panel to classify CIMP+ tumors. 相似文献
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