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. 2022 Jul;102(1):61-65.
doi: 10.1111/cge.14128. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

A null founder variant in NPNT, encoding nephronectin, causes autosomal recessive renal agenesis

Mohamed H Al-Hamed  1 , Norah Altuwaijri  2 , Nada Alsahan  3 , Wafaa Ali  1 , Firdous Abdulwahab  2 , Fatema Alzahrani  2 , Nada Majrashi  2 , Fowzan S Alkuraya  2   4
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A null founder variant in NPNT, encoding nephronectin, causes autosomal recessive renal agenesis

Mohamed H Al-Hamed et al. Clin Genet. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are a spectrum of abnormalities affecting morphogenesis of the kidneys and other structures of the urinary tract. Bilateral renal agenesis (BRA) is the most severe presentation of CAKUT. Loss of either nephronectin (NPNT) or its receptor ITGA8 leads to failure of metanephric kidney development with resulting renal agenesis in murine models. Very recently, a single family with renal agenesis and a homozygous truncating variant in NPNT was reported. We report two families in whom genome-wide linkage analysis showed an autozygous locus linked to BRA (at least one member has unilateral renal agenesis) at 4q24, with an LOD score of ~3. Exome sequencing detected a nonsense variant in NPNT in both families within the linkage interval. The pathogenicity of this variant was supported by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction data showing complete nonsense-mediated decay of the NPNT transcript. Our report confirms the candidacy of NPNT in renal agenesis in humans and shows that even complete loss of function can be compatible with the formation of a single kidney.

Keywords: NPNT; nephronectin; renal agenesis.

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