1. Molecular Basis for Autosomal-Dominant Renal Fanconi Syndrome Caused by HNF4A.
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Marchesin V, Pérez-Martí A, Le Meur G, Pichler R, Grand K, Klootwijk ED, Kesselheim A, Kleta R, Lienkamp S, and Simons M
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- Animals, Cell Death, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Cellular Reprogramming genetics, Epithelial Cells metabolism, Fibroblasts metabolism, Humans, Lipid Droplets metabolism, Lipid Droplets ultrastructure, Mice, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitochondria ultrastructure, Mutation genetics, Nephrons metabolism, Nephrons pathology, Phenotype, Proteolysis, Signal Transduction, Drosophila genetics, Drosophila Proteins genetics, Fanconi Syndrome genetics, Genes, Dominant, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 genetics
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HNF4A is a nuclear hormone receptor that binds DNA as an obligate homodimer. While all known human heterozygous mutations are associated with the autosomal-dominant diabetes form MODY1, one particular mutation (p.R85W) in the DNA-binding domain (DBD) causes additional renal Fanconi syndrome (FRTS). Here, we find that expression of the conserved fly ortholog dHNF4 harboring the FRTS mutation in Drosophila nephrocytes caused nuclear depletion and cytosolic aggregation of a wild-type dHNF4 reporter protein. While the nuclear depletion led to mitochondrial defects and lipid droplet accumulation, the cytosolic aggregates triggered the expansion of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), autophagy, and eventually cell death. The latter effects could be fully rescued by preventing nuclear export through interfering with serine phosphorylation in the DBD. Our data describe a genomic and a non-genomic mechanism for FRTS in HNF4A-associated MODY1 with important implications for the renal proximal tubule and the regulation of other nuclear hormone receptors., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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