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In vivo Modeling Implicates APOL1 in Nephropathy: Evidence for Dominant Negative Effects and Epistasis under Anemic Stress.

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2015-07
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Anderson, Blair R
Howell, David N
Soldano, Karen
Garrett, Melanie E
Katsanis, Nicholas
Telen, Marilyn J
Davis, Erica E
Ashley-Koch, Allison E
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African Americans have a disproportionate risk for developing nephropathy. This disparity has been attributed to coding variants (G1 and G2) in apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1); however, there is little functional evidence supporting the role of this protein in renal function. Here, we combined genetics and in vivo modeling to examine the role of apol1 in glomerular development and pronephric filtration and to test the pathogenic potential of APOL1 G1 and G2. Translational suppression or CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of apol1 in zebrafish embryos results in podocyte loss and glomerular filtration defects. Complementation of apol1 morphants with wild-type human APOL1 mRNA rescues these defects. However, the APOL1 G1 risk allele does not ameliorate defects caused by apol1 suppression and the pathogenicity is conferred by the cis effect of both individual variants of the G1 risk haplotype (I384M/S342G). In vivo complementation studies of the G2 risk allele also indicate that the variant is deleterious to protein function. Moreover, APOL1 G2, but not G1, expression alone promotes developmental kidney defects, suggesting a possible dominant-negative effect of the altered protein. In sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, we reported previously a genetic interaction between APOL1 and MYH9. Testing this interaction in vivo by co-suppressing both transcripts yielded no additive effects. However, upon genetic or chemical induction of anemia, we observed a significantly exacerbated nephropathy phenotype. Furthermore, concordant with the genetic interaction observed in SCD patients, APOL1 G2 reduces myh9 expression in vivo, suggesting a possible interaction between the altered APOL1 and myh9. Our data indicate a critical role for APOL1 in renal function that is compromised by nephropathy-risk encoding variants. Moreover, our interaction studies indicate that the MYH9 locus is also relevant to the phenotype in a stressed microenvironment and suggest that consideration of the context-dependent functions of both proteins will be required to develop therapeutic paradigms.
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Journal article
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Animals
Apolipoproteins
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Flow Cytometry
Gene Knockdown Techniques
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Variation
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
Humans
Kidney Glomerulus
Lipoproteins, HDL
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Molecular Motor Proteins
Morpholinos
Myosin Heavy Chains
Zebrafish
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10832
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1005349
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Anderson, Blair R; Howell, David N; Soldano, Karen; Garrett, Melanie E; Katsanis, Nicholas; Telen, Marilyn J; ... Ashley-Koch, Allison E (2015). In vivo Modeling Implicates APOL1 in Nephropathy: Evidence for Dominant Negative Effects and Epistasis under Anemic Stress. PLoS Genet, 11(7). pp. e1005349. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005349. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10832.
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Ashley-Koch

Allison Elizabeth Ashley-Koch

Professor in Medicine
One of my major research foci is in the genetic basis of psychiatric and neurological disorders. I am currently involved in studies to dissect the genetic etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, chiari type I malformations, essential tremor, and neural tube defects. Additional research foci include genetic modifiers of sickle cell disease, and genetic contributions to birth outcomes, particularly among African American women.
Davis

Erica Ellen Davis

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Two key questions thematically underscore my research in the Center for Human Disease Modeling at Duke University: First of all, how can variation at the DNA level be functionally interpreted beyond the resolution of genetics arguments alone? Secondly, once empowered with functional information about genetic variants, how can pathogenic alleles be mapped back to disease phenotypes? Using the ciliary disease module as a model system of investigation, we are using multidisciplinary tactics to addr
Howell

David Noble Howell

Professor of Pathology
A major focus of both my clinical practice and investigative work is the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting solid-organ transplant recipients, particularly infectious complications. For the past 15 years, I have served as the primary pathologist for one of the largest lung transplant programs in the world; in the process contributing to over 20 peer-reviewed publications on complications of lung transplantation, including infections, gastroesophageal reflux, tumors, and antibod
Katsanis

Nicholas Katsanis

Jean and George W. Brumley, Jr., M.D. Professor of Developmental Biology
Telen

Marilyn Jo Telen

Wellcome Clinical Distinguished Professor of Medicine in Honor of R. Wayne Rundles, M.D.
Dr. Telen is recognized as an expert in the biochemistry and molecular genetics of blood group antigens and the pathophysiological mechanisms of vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease. She is the Director of the Duke Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. Dr. Telen's laboratory focuses on structure/function analysis of membrane proteins expressed by erythroid cells, as well as the role of these proteins in non-erythroid cells. Proteins are also studied in transfectant systems, and re
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