Renal Hypouricemia 1: Rare Disorder as Common Disease in Eastern Slovakia Roma Population
Renal hypouricemia (RHUC) is caused by an inherited defect in the main reabsorption system of uric acid, <i>SLC22A12</i> (URAT1) and <i>SLC2A9</i> (GLUT9). RHUC is characterized by a decreased serum uric acid concentration and an increase in its excreted fraction. Patients su...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Sumario: | Renal hypouricemia (RHUC) is caused by an inherited defect in the main reabsorption system of uric acid, <i>SLC22A12</i> (URAT1) and <i>SLC2A9</i> (GLUT9). RHUC is characterized by a decreased serum uric acid concentration and an increase in its excreted fraction. Patients suffer from hypouricemia, hyperuricosuria, urolithiasis, and even acute kidney injury. We report clinical, biochemical, and genetic findings in a cohort recruited from the Košice region of Slovakia consisting of 27 subjects with hypouricemia and relatives from 11 families, 10 of whom were of Roma ethnicity. We amplified, directly sequenced, and analyzed all coding regions and exon–intron boundaries of the <i>SLC22A12</i> and <i>SLC2A9</i> genes. Sequence analysis identified dysfunctional variants c.1245_1253del and c.1400C>T in the <i>SLC22A12</i> gene, but no other causal allelic variants were found. One heterozygote and one homozygote for c.1245_1253del, nine heterozygotes and one homozygote for c.1400C>T, and two compound heterozygotes for c.1400C>T and c.1245_1253del were found in a total of 14 subjects. Our result confirms the prevalence of dysfunctional URAT1 variants in Roma subjects based on analyses in Slovak, Czech, and Spanish cohorts, and for the first time in a Macedonian Roma cohort. Although RHUC1 is a rare inherited disease, the frequency of URAT1-associated variants indicates that this disease is underdiagnosed. Our findings illustrate that there are common dysfunctional URAT1 allelic variants in the general Roma population that should be routinely considered in clinical practice as part of the diagnosis of Roma patients with hypouricemia and hyperuricosuria exhibiting clinical signs such as urolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, and acute kidney injury. |
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