Loss-of-function and gain-of-function phenotypes of stomatocytosis mutant RhAG F65S
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
- Vol. 301 (6), C1325-C1343
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00054.2011
Abstract
Four patients with overhydrated cation leak stomatocytosis (OHSt) exhibited the heterozygous RhAG missense mutation F65S. OHSt erythrocytes were osmotically fragile, with elevated Na and decreased K contents and increased cation channel-like activity. Xenopus oocytes expressing wild-type RhAG and RhAG F65S exhibited increased ouabain and bumetanide-resistant uptake of Li+and86Rb+, with secondarily increased86Rb+influx sensitive to ouabain and to bumetanide. Increased RhAG-associated14C-methylammonium (MA) influx was severely reduced in RhAG F65S-expressing oocytes. RhAG-associated influxes of Li+,86Rb+, and14C-MA were pharmacologically distinct, and Li+uptakes associated with RhAG and RhAG F65S were differentially inhibited by NH4+and Gd3+. RhAG-expressing oocytes were acidified and depolarized by 5 mM bath NH3/NH4+, but alkalinized and depolarized by subsequent bath exposure to 5 mM methylammonium chloride (MA/MA+). RhAG F65S-expressing oocytes exhibited near-wild-type responses to NH4Cl, but MA/MA+elicited attenuated alkalinization and strong hyperpolarization. Expression of RhAG or RhAG F65S increased steady-state cation currents unaltered by bath Li+substitution or bath addition of 5 mM NH4Cl or MA/MA+. These oocyte studies suggest that 1) RhAG expression increases oocyte transport of NH3/NH4+and MA/MA+; 2) RhAG F65S exhibits gain-of-function phenotypes of increased cation conductance/permeability, and loss-of-function phenotypes of decreased and modified MA/MA+transport, and decreased NH3/NH4+-associated depolarization; and 3) RhAG transports NH3/NH4+and MA/MA+by distinct mechanisms, and/or the substrates elicit distinct cellular responses. Thus, RhAG F65S is a loss-of-function mutation for amine transport. The altered oocyte intracellular pH, membrane potential, and currents associated with RhAG or RhAG F65S expression may reflect distinct transport mechanisms.Keywords
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