title: A mouse model for cystinuria type I.
abstract: Cystinuria, one of the most common inborn errors of metabolism in humans, accounts for 1-2% of all cases of renal lithiasis. It is caused by defects in the heterodimeric transporter system rBAT/b0,+AT, which lead to reduced reabsorption of cystine and dibasic amino acids through the epithelial cells of the renal tubules and the intestine. In an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis screen for recessive mutations we identified a mutant mouse with elevated concentrations of lysine, arginine and ornithine in urine, displaying the clinical syndrome of urolithiasis and its complications. Positional cloning of the causative mutation identified a missense mutation in the solute carrier family 3 member 1 gene (Slc3a1) leading to an amino acid exchange D140G in the extracellular domain of the rBAT protein. The mouse model mimics the aetiology and clinical manifestations of human cystinuria type I, and is suitable for the study of its pathophysiology as well as the evaluation of therapeutic and metaphylactic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Ingenium Pharmaceuticals AG, Fraunhoferstr. 13, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thaete
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sedlmeier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nehls
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russ
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schlueter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000652:urine; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005038:Ethylnitrosourea; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D008239:Lysine / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009154:Mutation; D009952:Ornithine / Q000652:urine; D010641:Phenotype; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000473:pathology*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C499488:Slc7a9 protein, mouse; D003553:Cystine; D001120:Arginine; D009952:Ornithine; D008239:Lysine; D005038:Ethylnitrosourea