| 11352618 | Inorganic phosphate export by the retrovirus receptor XPR1 in metazoans. | Giovannini D, etal., Cell Rep. 2013 Jun 27;3(6):1866-73. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.05.035. Epub 2013 Jun 20. | Inorganic phosphate uptake is a universal function accomplished by transporters that are present across the living world. In contrast, no phosphate exporter has ever been identified in metazoans. Here, we show that depletion of XPR1, a multipass membrane molecu le initially identified as the cell-surface receptor for xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia retroviruses (X- and P-MLV), induced a decrease in phosphate export and that reintroduction of various XPR1 proteins, from fruit fly to human, rescued this defect. Inhibition of phosphate export was also obtained with a soluble ligand generated from the envelope-receptor-binding domain of X-MLV in all human cell lines tested, as well as in diverse stem cells and epithelial cells derived from renal proximal tubules, the main site of phosphate homeostasis regulation. These results provide new insights on phosphate export in metazoans and the role of Xpr1 in this function. | 23791524 | 2013-07-01 |
| 11341463 | XPR1 mutations are a rare cause of primary familial brain calcification. | Anheim M, etal., J Neurol. 2016 May 26. | Mutations in XPR1, a gene encoding an inorganic phosphate exporter, have recently been identified in patients with primary familial brain calcification (PFBC). Using Sanger sequencing, we screened XPR1 in 18 unrelated patien ts with PFBC and no SLC20A2, PDGFB, or PDGFRB mutation. XPR1 variants were tested in an in vitro physiological complementation assay and patient blood cells were assessed ex vivo for phosphate export. We identified a novel c.260T > C, p.(Leu87Pro) XPR1 variant in a 41-year-old man complaining of micrographia and dysarthria and demonstrating mild parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and executive dysfunction. Brain 123I-Ioflupane scintigraphy showed marked dopaminergic neuron loss. Peripheral blood cells from the patient exhibited decreased phosphate export. XPR1 in which we introduced the mutation was not detectable at the cell surface and did not lead to phosphate export. These results confirm that loss of XPR1-mediated phosphate export function causes PFBC, occurring in less than 8 % of cases negative for the other genes, and may be responsible for parkinsonism. | 27230854 | 2016-06-01 |
| 598119351 | Mutations in XPR1 cause primary familial brain calcification associated with altered phosphate export. | Legati A, etal., Nat Genet. 2015 Jun;47(6):579-81. doi: 10.1038/ng.3289. Epub 2015 May 4. | Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a neurological disease characterized by calcium phosphate deposits in the basal ganglia and other brain regions and has thus far been associated with SLC20A2, PDGFB or PDGFRB mutations. We identified in multiple families with PFBC mutations in XPR1 le='font-weight:700;'>XPR1, a gene encoding a retroviral receptor with phosphate export function. These mutations alter phosphate export, implicating XPR1 and phosphate homeostasis in PFBC. | 25938945 | 2015-06-01 |
| 11341523 | XPR1: a Gene Linked to Primary Familial Brain Calcification Might Help Explain a Spectrum of Neuropsychiatric Disorders. | Moura DA and Oliveira JR, J Mol Neurosci. 2015 Dec;57(4):519-21. doi: 10.1007/s12031-015-0631-5. Epub 2015 Aug 1. | Primary familial brain calcifications (PFBC) compose a rare neurologic condition characterized by a bilateral pattern of hydroxyapatite deposits in basal ganglia, dentate nuclei, and thalamus. PFBC is identified through neuroimaging screenings such as computerized tomography. Patients with PFBC mi ght present a wide variety of neurological symptoms such as mental and motor impairments, often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and migraine. Four genes were confirmed as causative of PFBC: SLC20A2, PDGFB, PDGFRB, and XPR1. Curiously, other studies made occasional links between XPR1 variations or expression changes, in a few neuropsychiatric models. This letter is an assembly on XPR1 variants and expression change pattern data that were published in recent scientific reports, even before the current connection between that gene and brain calcification. | 26231937 | 2015-06-01 |