Impaired basolateral sorting of pro-EGF causes isolated recessive renal hypomagnesemia
Impaired basolateral sorting of pro-EGF causes isolated recessive renal hypomagnesemia
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DOI:
10.1172/jci31680
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发表时间:
2007-08-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
Bindels, Rene J.
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作者:
Groenestege, Wouter M. Tiel;Thebault, Stephanie;Bindels, Rene J.
Primary hypomagnesemia constitutes a rare heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by renal or intestinal magnesium (Mg2+) wasting resulting in generally shared symptoms of Mg2+ depletion, such as tetany and generalized convulsions, and often including associated disturbances in calcium excretion. However, most of the genes involved in the physiology of Mg2+ handling are unknown. Through the discovery of a mutation in the EGF gene in isolated autosomal recessive renal hypomagnesemia, we have, for what we believe is the first time, identified a magnesiotropic hormone crucial for total body Mg2+ balance. The mutation leads to impaired basolateral sorting of pro-EGF. As a consequence, the renal EGFR is inadequately stimulated, resulting in insufficient activation of the epithelial Mg2+ channel TRPM6 (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 6) and thereby Mg2+ loss. Furthermore, we show that colorectal cancer patients treated with cetuximab, an antagonist of the EGFR, develop hypomagnesemia, emphasizing the significance of EGF in maintaining Mg2+ balance.