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Query: Aminoglycoside-induced premature termination codon readthrough of COL4A5 nonsense mutations that cause Alport syndrome Alport syndrome (AS) is characterized by glomerular basement membrane (GBM) abnormalities leading to progressive glomerulosclerosis. Mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4 or COL4A5 genes encoding type IV collagen 345 cause AS. Truncated 3, 4, and 5 chains lacking an intact COOH-terminal noncollagenous domain due to a premature termination codon (PTC) cannot assemble into heterotrimers or incorporate into the GBM. Therefore, achieving full-length protein expression is a potential therapy for AS caused by truncating nonsense mutations. Small molecule-based PTC readthrough (PTC-RT) therapy has been well studied in other genetic diseases, but whether PTC-RT is applicable to AS is unexplored. To investigate the feasibility of PTC-RT therapy in AS, we made a cDNA to express COL4A5 fused to a C-terminal NanoLuc luciferase (NLuc) to monitor full-length translation. Full-length COL4A5-NLuc produces luminescence, but mutants truncated due to a PTC do not. To screen for COL4A5 nonsense mutants susceptible to PTC-RT, we introduced 49 individual nonsense mutations found in AS patients into the COL4A5-NLuc cDNA. Luciferase assays revealed that 11 mutations (C29X, S36X, E130X, C1521X, R1563X, C1567X, W1594X, S1632X, R1683X, C1684X and K1689X) were susceptible to PTC-RT induced by G418, which is known to have high readthrough activity. Moreover, we found that some next-generation "designer" PTC-RT drugs induced RT, and RT enhancer compounds increased the efficacy of PTC-RT in a G418-susceptible PTC mutant. These results suggest that PTC-RT therapy is a feasible approach for some patients with AS. Our luciferase-based COL4A5 translation reporter system will contribute to further development of PTC-RT therapies in a personalized medicine approach to treating AS.
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