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Ap2s1 mutation in mice causes familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia type 3


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Link to bioRxiv paper:
http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.10.244244v1?rss=1
Authors: Hannan, F. M., Stevenson, M., Bayliss, A. L., Stokes, V. j., Stewart, M. E., Kooblall, K. G., Gorvin, C. M., Codner, G. F., Teboul, L., Wells, S., Thakker, R. V.
Abstract:
Mutations of the adaptor protein-2 sigma subunit (AP2S1) gene which encodes AP2-sigma2, a component of the ubiquitous AP2 heterotetrameric complex involved in endosomal trafficking of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), cause familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia type 3 (FHH3). FHH3 patients have heterozygous AP2S1 missense Arg15 mutations (p.Arg15Cys, p.Arg15His or p.Arg15Leu) with marked hypercalcemia and occasional hypophosphatemia and osteomalacia. To further characterise the phenotypic spectrum and calcitropic pathophysiology of FHH3, we used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to generate mice harboring the AP2S1 p.Arg15Leu mutation, which causes the most severe FHH3 phenotype. Heterozygous (Ap2s1+/L15) mice were viable, and had marked hypercalcemia, hypermagnesemia, hypophosphatemia, and increased plasma concentrations of parathyroid hormone, fibroblast growth factor 23 and alkaline phosphatase activity, but normal pro-collagen type 1 N-terminal pro-peptide and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D. Homozygous (Ap2s1L15/L15) mice invariably died perinatally. The AP2S1 p.Arg15Leu mutation impaired protein-protein interactions between AP2-sigma2 and the other AP2 subunits, and the CaSR. Cinacalcet, a CaSR allosteric activator, ameliorated the hypercalcemia and elevated PTH concentrations, but not the diminished AP2-sigma2-CaSR interaction. Thus, our studies have established a mouse model with a germline loss-of-function AP2S1 mutation that is representative for FHH3 in humans, and demonstrated that cinacalcet corrects the abnormalities of plasma calcium and PTH.
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