Schlößer, Lukas (2022). The role of GLIS2 in maintenance of genome integrity in the development of nephronophthisis. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
Nephronophthisis (NPH) is an autosomal-recessive inherited ciliopathy and the most common genetically determined cause of end-stage renal disease in early childhood. Kidney failure is due to the development of excessive fibrosis and cysts at the corticomedullary border in the kidneys of these patients, which replace the functional kidney tissue. Today mutations in ≥20 different genes have been identified to cause NPH. The pathogenesis of NPH seems to be complex and to differ among the NPH subtypes, as well as the exact mechanisms remain largely unknown so far. One unifying concept is the presence of almost all NPH proteins at the base of or in primary cilia. In 2012 the first link between two NPH proteins (ZNF423 and CEP164) and the DDR pathway was identified, providing a new perspective on the pathogenesis of NPH. This finding led to the hypothesis that the DDR in cells lacking one of those NPH proteins is impaired, making the cell more susceptible to genotoxic influences like extracellular genotoxic substances or replication stress leading to the accumulation of DNA damage. This accumulation of DNA damage leads to the induction of cellular programs such as apoptosis and cellular senescence. Furthermore, DNA damage is also a trigger for the innate immune response, which might cause immune cell infiltration in the kidney tissue, providing a profibrotic environment for the tubule epithelial cells in the context of NPH, thus promoting EMT. Seven NPH proteins have been linked to roles in the DDR so far. We focused on GLIS2, which has been identified as NPHP7 7. Because of its primary localization in the nucleus, its known functions in the regulation of transcription, and the finding of activated DDR in GLIS2 knock-out cells, it was reasonable to assume that GLIS2 also plays a crucial role in the DDR. We generated the first GLIS2 interactome derived from mass spectrometry-based analysis of immunoprecipitates from stable cell lines expressing low levels of wild-type GLIS2 and two truncations. Interestingly, this revealed key components of DDR pathways like PARP1, DNA-PKcs, and RAD50. These data support a potential role of GLIS2 in the DDR and thus in the maintenance of genome integrity. Furthermore, many ciliary proteins were also found in this interactome, providing evidence for a ciliary localization of GLIS2.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-645243 | ||||||||||
Date: | 21 November 2022 | ||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Innere Medizin > Klinik II für Innere Medizin - Nephrologie, Rheumatologie, Diabetologie und Allgemeine Innere Medizin | ||||||||||
Subjects: | Medical sciences Medicine | ||||||||||
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Date of oral exam: | 21 November 2022 | ||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/64524 |
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