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Fanconi-Bickel syndrome and autosomal recessive proximal tubulopathy with hypercalciuria (ARPTH) are allelic variants caused by GLUT2 mutations.
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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism [J Clin Endocrinol Metab] 2012 Oct; Vol. 97 (10), pp. E1978-86. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Aug 03. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Context: Many inherited disorders of calcium and phosphate homeostasis are unexplained at the molecular level.<br />Objective: The objective of the study was to identify the molecular basis of phosphate and calcium abnormalities in two unrelated, consanguineous families.<br />Patients: The affected members in family 1 presented with rickets due to profound urinary phosphate-wasting and hypophosphatemic rickets. In the previously reported family 2, patients presented with proximal renal tubulopathy and hypercalciuria yet normal or only mildly increased urinary phosphate excretion.<br />Methods: Genome-wide linkage scans and direct nucleotide sequence analyses of candidate genes were performed. Transport of glucose and phosphate by glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) was assessed using Xenopus oocytes. Renal sodium-phosphate cotransporter 2a and 2c (Npt2a and Npt2c) expressions were evaluated in transgenically rescued Glut2-null mice (tgGlut2-/-).<br />Results: In both families, genetic mapping and sequence analysis of candidate genes led to the identification of two novel homozygous mutations (IVS4-2A>G and R124S, respectively) in GLUT2, the gene mutated in Fanconi-Bickel syndrome, a rare disease usually characterized by renal tubulopathy, impaired glucose homeostasis, and hepatomegaly. Xenopus oocytes expressing the [R124S]GLUT2 mutant showed a significant reduction in glucose transport, but neither wild-type nor mutant GLUT2 facilitated phosphate import or export; tgGlut2-/- mice demonstrated a profound reduction of Npt2c expression in the proximal renal tubules.<br />Conclusions: Homozygous mutations in the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT2, which cause Fanconi-Bickel syndrome, can lead to very different clinical and biochemical findings that are not limited to mild proximal renal tubulopathy but can include significant hypercalciuria and highly variable degrees of urinary phosphate-wasting and hypophosphatemia, possibly because of the impaired proximal tubular expression of Npt2c.
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- Adolescent
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets
Family Health
Fanconi Syndrome metabolism
Female
Genes, Recessive genetics
Genetic Variation
Genome-Wide Association Study
Glucose Transporter Type 1 genetics
Glucose Transporter Type 2 metabolism
Humans
Hypercalciuria metabolism
Hypophosphatemia, Familial metabolism
Kidney Tubules, Proximal metabolism
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Molecular Sequence Data
Oocytes physiology
Pedigree
Rickets metabolism
Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIa genetics
Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIc genetics
Xenopus laevis
Fanconi Syndrome genetics
Glucose Transporter Type 2 genetics
Hypercalciuria genetics
Hypophosphatemia, Familial genetics
Rickets genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1945-7197
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22865906
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2012-1279