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Exploring the Contribution of the Transporter AGT1/rBAT in Cystinuria Progression: Insights from Mouse Models and a Retrospective Cohort Study
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More than 20 years have passed since the identification of SLC3A1 and SLC7A9 as causative genes for cystinuria. However, cystinuria patients exhibit significant variability in the age of lithiasis onset, recurrence, and response to treatment, suggesting the presence of modulatory factors influencing cystinuria severity. In 2016, a second renal cystine transporter, AGT1, encoded by the SLC7A13 gene, was discovered. Although it was discarded as a causative gene for cystinuria, its possible effect as a modulatory gene remains unexplored. Thus, we analyzed its function in mouse models of cystinuria, screened the SLC7A13 gene in 34 patients with different lithiasic phenotypes, and functionally characterized the identified variants. Mice results showed that AGT1/rBAT may have a protective role against cystine lithiasis. In addition, among the four missense variants detected in patients, two exhibited a 25% impairment in AGT1/rBAT transport. However, no correlation between SLC7A13 genotypes and lithiasis phenotypes was observed in patients, probably because these variants were found in heterozygous states. In conclusion, our results, consistent with a previous study, suggest that AGT1/rBAT does not have a relevant effect on cystinuria patients, although an impact in patients carrying homozygous pathogenic variants cannot be discarded.
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GRÀCIA-GARCIA, Silvia, MAYAYO VALLVERDÚ, Clara, PRAT, Esther, VECINO-PÉREZ, Marta, GONZÁLEZ, Laura, SAN MIGUEL, Luz, LOPERA, Noelia, ARIAS, Ángela, ARTUCH, Rafael, LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA, Miguel, TORRECILLA, Carlos, ROUSAUD-BARÓN, Ferran, ANGERRI, Oriol, ERRASTI-MURUGARREN, Ekaitz, NUNES MARTÍNEZ, Virginia. Exploring the Contribution of the Transporter AGT1/rBAT in Cystinuria Progression: Insights from Mouse Models and a Retrospective Cohort Study. _International Journal of Molecular Sciences_. 2023. Vol. 24, núm. 24. [consulta: 23 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1661-6596. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/208552]