COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

Saskia F Heeringa; Gil Chernin; Moumita Chaki; Weibin Zhou; Alexis J Sloan; Ziming Ji; Letian X Xie; Leonardo Salviati; Toby W Hurd; Virginia Vega-Warner; Paul D Killen; Yehoash Raphael; Shazia Ashraf; Bugsu Ovunc; Dominik S Schoeb; Heather M McLaughlin; Rannar Airik; Christopher N Vlangos; Rasheed Gbadegesin; Bernward Hinkes; Pawaree Saisawat; Eva Trevisson; Mara Doimo; Alberto Casarin; Vanessa Pertegato; Gianpietro Giorgi; Holger Prokisch; Agnès Rötig; Gudrun Nürnberg; Christian Becker; Su Wang; Fatih Ozaltin; Rezan Topaloglu; Aysin Bakkaloglu; Sevcan A Bakkaloglu; Dominik Müller; Antje Beissert; Sevgi Mir; Afig Berdeli; Seza Varpizen; Martin Zenker; Verena Matejas; Carlos Santos-Ocaña; Placido Navas; Takehiro Kusakabe; Andreas Kispert; Sema Akman; Neveen A Soliman; Stefanie Krick; Peter Mundel; Jochen Reiser; Peter Nürnberg; Catherine F Clarke; Roger C Wiggins; Christian Faul; Friedhelm Hildebrandt

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COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

Saskia F Heeringa, Gil Chernin, Moumita Chaki, Weibin Zhou, Alexis J Sloan, Ziming Ji, Letian X Xie, Leonardo Salviati, Toby W Hurd, Virginia Vega-Warner, Paul D Killen, Yehoash Raphael, Shazia Ashraf, Bugsu Ovunc, Dominik S Schoeb, Heather M McLaughlin, Rannar Airik, Christopher N Vlangos, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Bernward HinkesPawaree Saisawat, Eva Trevisson, Mara Doimo, Alberto Casarin, Vanessa Pertegato, Gianpietro Giorgi, Holger Prokisch, Agnès Rötig, Gudrun Nürnberg, Christian Becker, Su Wang, Fatih Ozaltin, Rezan Topaloglu, Aysin Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A Bakkaloglu, Dominik Müller, Antje Beissert, Sevgi Mir, Afig Berdeli, Seza Varpizen, Martin Zenker, Verena Matejas, Carlos Santos-Ocaña, Placido Navas, Takehiro Kusakabe, Andreas Kispert, Sema Akman, Neveen A Soliman, Stefanie Krick, Peter Mundel, Jochen Reiser, Peter Nürnberg, Catherine F Clarke, Roger C Wiggins, Christian Faul, Friedhelm Hildebrandt

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Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a frequent cause of end-stage renal failure. Identification of single-gene causes of SRNS has generated some insights into its pathogenesis; however, additional genes and disease mechanisms remain obscure, and SRNS continues to be treatment refractory. Here we have identified 6 different mutations in coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis monooxygenase 6 (COQ6) in 13 individuals from 7 families by homozygosity mapping. Each mutation was linked to early-onset SRNS with sensorineural deafness. The deleterious effects of these human COQ6 mutations were validated by their lack of complementation in coq6-deficient yeast. Furthermore, knockdown of Coq6 in podocyte cell lines and coq6 in zebrafish embryos caused apoptosis that was partially reversed by coenzyme Q10 treatment. In rats, COQ6 was located within cell processes and the Golgi apparatus of renal glomerular podocytes and in stria vascularis cells of the inner ear, consistent with an oto-renal disease phenotype. These data suggest that coenzyme Q10-related forms of SRNS and hearing loss can be molecularly identified and potentially treated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2013-24
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Clinical Investigation
Volume	121
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI45693
Publication status	Published - May 2011

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Animals
COS Cells
Cercopithecus aethiops
Child
Child, Preschool
HeLa Cells
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Homozygote
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Kidney Glomerulus
Laminin
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Nephrotic Syndrome
Phenotype
Podocytes
Rats
Ubiquinone
WT1 Proteins
Zebrafish

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COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness
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Heeringa, S. F., Chernin, G., Chaki, M., Zhou, W., Sloan, A. J., Ji, Z., Xie, L. X., Salviati, L., Hurd, T. W., Vega-Warner, V., Killen, P. D., Raphael, Y., Ashraf, S., Ovunc, B., Schoeb, D. S., McLaughlin, H. M., Airik, R., Vlangos, C. N., Gbadegesin, R., ... Hildebrandt, F. (2011). COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 121(5), 2013-24. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI45693

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COQ6 mutations in human patients produce nephrotic syndrome with sensorineural deafness

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