A novel CFHR5 fusion protein causes C3 glomerulopathy in a family without Cypriot ancestry
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
C3 glomerulopathy describes glomerular pathology associated with predominant deposition of complement C3 including dense deposit disease and C3 glomerulonephritis. Familial C3 glomerulonephritis has been associated with rearrangements affecting the complement factor H–related (CFHR) genes. These include a hybrid CFHR3-1 gene and an internal duplication within the CFHR5 gene. CFHR5 nephropathy, to date, occurred exclusively in patients with Cypriot ancestry, and is associated with a heterozygous internal duplication of the CFHR5 gene resulting in duplication of the exons encoding the first two domains of the CFHR5 protein. Affected individuals possess both the wild-type nine-domain CFHR5 protein (CFHR512-9) and an abnormally large mutant CFHR5 protein in which the initial two protein domains are duplicated (CFHR51212-9). We found CFHR51212-9 in association with familial C3 glomerulonephritis in a family without Cypriot ancestry. The genomic rearrangement was distinct from that seen in Cypriot CFHR5 nephropathy. Our findings strengthen the association between CFHR51212-9 and familial C3 glomerulonephritis and recommend screening for CFHR51212-9 in patients with C3 glomerulopathy irrespective of ethnicity. Since CFHR51212-9 can result from at least two genomic rearrangements, screening is most readily achieved through analysis of CFHR5 protein.
Date Issued
2014-04-01
Online Publication Date
2021-04-19T11:44:45Z
Date Acceptance
2013-07-12
ISSN
0085-2538
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
933
End Page
937
Journal / Book Title
Kidney International
Volume
85
Issue
4
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815562716?via%3Dihub
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Grant Number
098476/Z/12/Z
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Urology & Nephrology
COMPLEMENT FACTOR-H
MUTATION
INSIGHTS
Adult
Complement C3
Complement System Proteins
Female
Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Humans
Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
Adult
Middle Aged
Complement System Proteins
Complement C3
Female
Male
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Urology & Nephrology
COMPLEMENT FACTOR-H
MUTATION
INSIGHTS
1103 Clinical Sciences
Urology & Nephrology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-12-16