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INF2 mutations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with glomerulopathy.

Olivia Boyer 1, 2, 3 Fabien Nevo 1, 3 Emmanuelle Plaisier 4, 5 Benoît Funalot 6, 7, 8 Olivier Gribouval 1, 3 Geneviève Benoit 1, 9 Evelyne Huynh Cong 1, 3, 10 Christelle Arrondel 1, 11, 12 Marie-Josèphe Tête 1, 3 Rodrick Montjean 3, 1 Laurence Richard 8 Alexandre Karras 3 Claire Pouteil-Noble 13 Leila Balafrej 3 Alain Bonnardeaux 14 Guillaume Canaud 15, 3 Christophe Charasse 16 Jacques Dantal 17 Georges Deschenes 18, 19 Patrice Deteix 20 Odile Dubourg 21 Philippe Petiot 22 Dominique Pouthier 23 Eric Leguern 5, 24, 25 Anne Guiochon-Mantel 26 Isabelle Broutin 27 Marie-Claire Gubler 1, 3 Sophie Saunier 3, 1 Pierre Ronco 4, 5, 28 Jean-Michel Vallat 7, 8 Miguel Angel Alonso 29 Corinne Antignac 1, 3, 30, * Géraldine Mollet 1, 3
* Corresponding author
1 UMR_S 983 - Néphropathies héréditaires et rein en développement
2 Service de néphrologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker]
3 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5
4 CHU Tenon [AP-HP]
5 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
6 Service de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire [CHU Limoges]
7 Centre de référence national neuropathies périphériques rares [CHU Limoges]
8 Service de Neurologie [CHU Limoges]
9 Service de néphrologie pédiatrique
10 SARS International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology
11 Neuropathies héréditaires et rein en développement
12 Equipe Avenir Tour Lavoisier
13 Service de néphrologie et transplantation
14 Centre de Recherche Guy- Bernier
15 Service de transplantation et soins intensifs
16 CH de Saint-Brieuc
17 Service de Néphrologie et Immunologie Clinique
18 Service de néphrologie pédiatrique
19 UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7
20 CHU - CHU Gabriel Montpied
21 Institut de Myologie
22 Service de neurologie
23 Service de Néphrologie
24 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
25 CRICM - Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière
26 Service de génétique moléculaire, pharmacogénétique et hormonologie
27 LCRB - UMR 8015 - Laboratoire de cristallographie et RMN biologiques
28 Remodelage et Reparation du Tissu Renal
29 CBMSO - Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa [Madrid]
30 Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker]
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy has been reported to be associated with renal diseases, mostly focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). However, the common mechanisms underlying the neuropathy and FSGS remain unknown. Mutations in INF2 were recently identified in patients with autosomal dominant FSGS. INF2 encodes a formin protein that interacts with the Rho-GTPase CDC42 and myelin and lymphocyte protein (MAL) that are implicated in essential steps of myelination and myelin maintenance. We therefore hypothesized that INF2 may be responsible for cases of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy associated with FSGS. METHODS: We performed direct genotyping of INF2 in 16 index patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy and FSGS who did not have a mutation in PMP22 or MPZ, encoding peripheral myelin protein 22 and myelin protein zero, respectively. Histologic and functional studies were also conducted. RESULTS: We identified nine new heterozygous mutations in 12 of the 16 index patients (75%), all located in exons 2 and 3, encoding the diaphanous-inhibitory domain of INF2. Patients presented with an intermediate form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy as well as a glomerulopathy with FSGS on kidney biopsy. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed strong INF2 expression in Schwann-cell cytoplasm and podocytes. Moreover, we demonstrated that INF2 colocalizes and interacts with MAL in Schwann cells. The INF2 mutants perturbed the INF2-MAL-CDC42 pathway, resulting in cytoskeleton disorganization, enhanced INF2 binding to CDC42 and mislocalization of INF2, MAL, and CDC42. CONCLUSIONS: INF2 mutations appear to cause many cases of FSGS-associated Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, showing that INF2 is involved in a disease affecting both the kidney glomerulus and the peripheral nervous system. These findings provide new insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms linking formin proteins to podocyte and Schwann-cell function. (Funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and others.).
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Olivia Boyer, Fabien Nevo, Emmanuelle Plaisier, Benoît Funalot, Olivier Gribouval, et al.. INF2 mutations in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with glomerulopathy.. New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, 2011, 365 (25), pp.2377-88. ⟨10.1056/NEJMoa1109122⟩. ⟨inserm-00919173⟩

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