| 2015 |
A recurrent de novo heterozygous missense mutation in ATP6V1B2 (encoding the B2 subunit of the vacuolar H+ ATPase) causes Zimmermann-Laband syndrome (ZLS). Structural analysis predicted a perturbing effect of the mutation on V-ATPase complex assembly. |
Exome sequencing, structural modeling |
Nature genetics |
Medium |
25915598
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| 1988 |
The Neurospora crassa vma-2 gene encodes the 57-kDa B subunit of the vacuolar ATPase (ortholog of ATP6V1B2). The polypeptide has no membrane-spanning domains, shows ~25% amino acid identity with both the vma-1 (A subunit) gene product and the alpha/beta subunits of F0F1 ATPases, suggesting it evolved from a common ancestor and likely fulfills a function analogous to the alpha subunit of F0F1 ATPases (non-catalytic nucleotide binding). |
Gene isolation, DNA sequencing, sequence analysis, genetic mapping |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
2844751
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| 2019 |
Mutations in ATP6V1B2 found in follicular lymphoma activate autophagic flux and maintain mTOR in an active state, enabling survival under low leucine conditions. Engineered lymphoma cell lines and primary FL B cells with mutated ATP6V1B2 were addicted to autophagy for survival, demonstrating that recurrent hotspot mutations in ATP6V1B2 constitutively upregulate autophagic flux as an adaptive mechanism in lymphoma pathogenesis. |
Engineered lymphoma cell lines, primary FL B cells, yeast complementation (S. cerevisiae), autophagy inhibitor treatment, leucine starvation assays |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
30720463
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| 2019 |
The ATP6V1B2 c.1516C>T (p.Arg506X) mutation causes cognitive defects in knockin mice via impaired hippocampal CA1 region function. Co-immunoprecipitation demonstrated a weaker interaction between the V1E and B2 subunits in Atp6v1b2 Arg506X/Arg506X mice, although overall V-ATPase assembly was not abolished, indicating the molecular mechanism involves weakened inter-subunit interactions rather than complete complex disassembly. |
Knockin mice (Atp6v1b2 c.1516C>T), behavioral tests, resting-state fMRI, immunofluorescence, Western blot, co-immunoprecipitation, zebrafish atp6v1b2 knockdown |
EBioMedicine |
High |
31257146
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| 2021 |
In Atp6v1b2 Arg506X knockin mice, lysosomal dysfunction and blockade of autophagic flux in spiral ganglion neurons leads to apoptosis and neurodegeneration, causing progressive hearing loss. Atp6v1b1 transcription was upregulated in hair cells as genetic compensation, explaining milder hearing impairment in hair cells. Intraperitoneal administration of apoptosis inhibitor BIP-V5 improved phenotypic and pathological outcomes. |
Transgenic knockin mice, ABR, DPOAE, immunostaining, Western blotting, RNAscope, apoptosis inhibitor treatment |
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology |
High |
34746137
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| 2024 |
Disease-associated gain-of-function variants in ATP6V1B2 (and ATP6V1C1) upregulate V-ATPase proton-pumping activity, resulting in increased lysosomal acidification, disrupted lysosomal morphology and localization, defective autophagic flux, accumulation of lysosomal substrates, and impaired cilium biogenesis. This classifies these disorders as lysosomal diseases caused by V-ATPase gain-of-function. |
Functional cell biology assays, lysosomal acidification measurements, autophagy flux assays, lysosomal morphology/localization imaging, cilia biogenesis assays |
HGG advances |
High |
39210597
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| 2025 |
In response to starvation, the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase ABL1 directly interacts with ATP6V1B2 and phosphorylates it at tyrosine 68 (Y68). This phosphorylation facilitates recruitment of the ATP6V1D subunit into the V1 subcomplex and potentiates assembly of the V1 subcomplex with the membrane-embedded V0 subcomplex to form functional V-ATPase, thereby enhancing lysosomal acidification and supporting autophagic/mitophagic degradation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro phosphorylation assay, site-directed mutagenesis (Y68), proximity ligation assay, lysosomal pH measurement, lysosomal hydrolase activity assay, autophagy/mitophagy flux assays, ABL1 inhibition/knockdown |
Autophagy |
High |
39757940
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| 2014 |
In Candida albicans (ortholog VMA2/V1B subunit), the V1B subunit is required for V-ATPase assembly at the vacuolar membrane, proton transport activity, and ATPase-specific activity. Repression of VMA2 caused vacuolar alkalinization, abnormal vacuolar morphology, impaired filamentation and virulence, defective autophagy under nitrogen starvation, and increased osmotic stress susceptibility. |
Tetracycline-regulatable VMA2 mutant, proton transport assay, ATPase activity assay, vacuolar morphology imaging, filamentation assays, C. elegans infection model |
Eukaryotic cell |
High |
25038082
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| 2023 |
Atp6v1b2 Arg506* heterozygous knockin mice display locomotor hyperactivity, reduced anxiety, interictal epileptic activity on EEG, and reduced seizure threshold to pentylenetetrazol, confirming that the ATP6V1B2 p.Arg506* variant causes seizure susceptibility in vivo. |
IMPC phenotyping pipeline, EEG recording, pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold assay, behavioral tests |
Genes |
Medium |
37628590
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| 2024 |
Knockdown of Vha55 (the Drosophila ortholog of ATP6V1B2) in flies causes seizure-like behaviors and climbing defects, establishing a causal relationship between ATP6V1B2 loss-of-function and epilepsy phenotypes. |
Drosophila Vha55 knockdown model, seizure-like behavior assay, climbing assay, NMD analysis |
Clinical genetics |
Medium |
39075926
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| 2025 |
AAV-mediated delivery of wild-type Atp6v1b2 into the scala media of hair cell-specific Atp6v1b2 knockout mice (Atp6v1b2fl/fl;Atoh1Cre/+) prevented hair cell degeneration, restored lysosomal morphology, and rescued auditory and vestibular function for at least 24 weeks, establishing that Atp6v1b2 is critical for lysosomal function in hair cells and that its loss drives hair cell degeneration and hearing loss. |
Hair cell-specific conditional knockout mice, AAV-ie-Eh3 gene delivery, ABR, vestibular function tests, lysosomal morphology imaging |
Advanced science |
High |
40068100
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| 2026 |
l-Lactate-driven lactylation of ATP6V1B2 at K108/K109 restricts its conformational flexibility, causing disassembly of the V1-V0 complex and loss of proton pump activity, leading to lysosomal alkalinization and membrane permeabilization. This triggers cathepsin B leakage, mitochondrial ROS, and Caspase-8/3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis. AAV delivery of a lactylation-deficient ATP6V1B2 (K108R/K109R) mutant attenuated airway inflammation in an asthma model. |
Quantitative lactylomics, molecular dynamics simulations, biochemical assays, V-ATPase assembly assay, lysosomal pH measurement, LMP assay, primary HBEs, HDM asthma model, AAV-delivered 2KR mutant |
Redox biology |
High |
41637881
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| 2026 |
ATP6V1B2 promotes lysosomal degradation of fatty acid synthase (FASN) by maintaining the acidic environment of lysosomes; loss of ATP6V1B2 in hepatocytes impairs lysosomal acidification and autophagic activity, leading to FASN accumulation and increased lipid deposition, oxidative stress, and hepatic steatosis. |
ATP6V1B2 siRNA knockdown in liver cells, lipid accumulation assays, oxidative stress assays, autophagic flux assays, lysosomal pH measurement, FASN protein level analysis |
Cell death discovery |
Medium |
41876447
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| 2025 |
In response to DNA damage, a subset of senescent cells upregulates ATP6V1B2 (V1B2) on the cell surface (csV1B2). This surface localization is associated with altered lysosomal activity and changes in intracellular pH. Cells expressing csV1B2 show increased resistance to ABT-737-induced apoptosis and a transcriptional signature of DNA repair and apoptosis resistance. |
Flow cytometry, live-cell imaging, transcriptional profiling, in vitro apoptosis resistance assay, analysis of naturally occurring senescent cells in ageing and fibrotic lungs |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2025.11.30.691415
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