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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 47(1): 42-49, 01/2014. tab, graf
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-697672

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Membranous nephropathy (MN), characterized by the presence of diffuse thickening of the glomerular basement membrane and subepithelial in situ immune complex disposition, is the most common cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in adults, with an incidence of 5-10 per million per year. A number of studies have confirmed the relevance of several experimental insights to the pathogenesis of human MN, but the specific biomarkers of MN have not been fully elucidated. As a result, our knowledge of the alterations in histone methylation in MN is unclear. We used chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) to analyze the variations in a methylated histone (H3K9me3) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 10 MN patients and 10 healthy subjects. There were 108 genes with significantly different expression in the MN patients compared with the normal controls. In MN patients, significantly increased activity was seen in 75 H3K9me3 genes, and decreased activity was seen in 33, compared with healthy subjects. Five positive genes, DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 6 (DGCR6), sorting nexin 16 (SNX16), contactin 4 (CNTN4), baculoviral IAP repeat containing 3 (BIRC3), and baculoviral IAP repeat containing 2 (BIRC2), were selected and quantified. There were alterations of H3K9me3 in MN patients. These may be candidates to help explain pathogenesis in MN patients. Such novel findings show that H3K9me3 may be a potential biomarker or promising target for epigenetic-based MN therapies.


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Adulte , Femelle , Humains , Mâle , Glomérulonéphrite extra-membraneuse/génétique , Histone/génétique , Agranulocytes/métabolisme , Lysine/génétique , Études cas-témoins , Immunoprécipitation de la chromatine , Glomérulonéphrite extra-membraneuse/métabolisme , Histone/métabolisme , Lysine/métabolisme , Méthylation
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Article Dans Anglais | IMSEAR | ID: sea-135821

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Background & objectives: The α4 chain of the type 4 collagen family is an important component of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) in the kidney. It is encoded by the COL4A4 gene, and mutations of this gene are known to be associated with thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN). To better understand the contribution of variants in the COL4A4 gene to TBMN, we investigated the sequence of the complete COL4A4 gene in 45 Korean patients with TBMN. Method: Genomic DNA was obtained from the peripheral blood lymphocytes. For the analysis of the COL4A4 gene, all the exons including splicing sites were amplififi ed by PCR and screened by direct sequencing analysis. Results: Eight novel COL4A4 sequence variants were found in these patients. Two of these variants, G199R and G1606E, were possibly pathogenic variants affecting the phenotype. None of these variants were observed in 286 chromosomes from normal Korean control subjects. In addition, 39 polymorphisms including 7 novel SNPs were identifi ed in this study. Interpretation & conclusion: The frequency of COL4A4 mutations in Korean patients with TBMN is low and the other cases may have mutations in other genes like COL4A3. Screening of the COL4A3 gene and fi nding a novel causative gene for TBMN will help clarify the pathogenesis of this disorder and perhaps for distinguishing TBMN from Alport syndrome.


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Séquence nucléotidique , Membrane basale/anatomopathologie , Collagène de type IV/génétique , Analyse de mutations d'ADN , Glomérulonéphrite extra-membraneuse/génétique , Glomérulonéphrite extra-membraneuse/anatomopathologie , Humains , Corée , Déséquilibre de liaison , Données de séquences moléculaires , Polymorphisme génétique
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