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  2. A point mutation in KINDLIN3 ablates activation of three integrin subfamilies in humans

A point mutation in KINDLIN3 ablates activation of three integrin subfamilies in humans

  • Nat Med. 2009 Mar;15(3):313-8. doi: 10.1038/nm.1917.
Nikolay L Malinin 1 Li Zhang Jeongsuk Choi Alieta Ciocea Olga Razorenova Yan-Qing Ma Eugene A Podrez Michael Tosi Donald P Lennon Arnold I Caplan Susan B Shurin Edward F Plow Tatiana V Byzova
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, NB50, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Abstract

Monogenic deficiency diseases provide unique opportunities to define the contributions of individual molecules to human physiology and to identify pathologies arising from their dysfunction. Here we describe a deficiency disease in two human siblings that presented with severe bleeding, frequent infections and osteopetrosis at an early age. These symptoms are consistent with but more severe than those reported for people with leukocyte adhesion deficiency III (LAD-III). Mechanistically, these symptoms arose from an inability to activate the integrins expressed on hematopoietic cells, including platelets and leukocytes. Immortalized lymphocyte cell lines isolated from the two individuals showed Integrin activation defects. Several proteins previously implicated in Integrin activation, including Ras-associated protein-1 (RAP1) and calcium and diacylglycerol-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factor-1 (CALDAG-GEF1), were present and functional in these cell lines. The genetic basis for this disease was traced to a point mutation in the coding region of the KINDLIN3 (official gene symbol FERMT3) gene. When wild-type KINDLIN-3 was expressed in the immortalized lymphocytes, their integrins became responsive to activation signals. These results identify a genetic disease that severely compromises the health of the affected individuals and establish an essential role of KINDLIN-3 in Integrin activation in humans. Furthermore, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation was shown to alleviate the symptoms of the disease.

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