DGKE variants cause a glomerular microangiopathy that mimics membranoproliferative GN.

ABSTRACT: Renal microangiopathies and membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) can manifest similar clinical presentations and histology, suggesting the possibility of a common underlying mechanism in some cases. Here, we performed homozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing in a Turkish consanguineous family and identified DGKE gene variants as the cause of a membranoproliferative-like glomerular microangiopathy. Furthermore, we identified two additional DGKE variants in a cohort of 142 unrelated patients diagnosed with membranoproliferative GN. This gene encodes the diacylglycerol kinase DGKε, which is an intracellular lipid kinase that phosphorylates diacylglycerol to phosphatidic acid. Immunofluorescence confocal microscopy demonstrated that mouse and rat Dgkε colocalizes with the podocyte marker WT1

SUBMITTER: Ozaltin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582208 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature