2022
XBP1 Activation Reduces Severity of Polycystic Kidney Disease due to a Nontruncating Polycystin-1 Mutation in Mice
Krappitz M, Bhardwaj R, Dong K, Staudner T, Yilmaz DE, Pioppini C, Westergerling P, Ruemmele D, Hollmann T, Nguyen TA, Cai Y, Gallagher AR, Somlo S, Fedeles S. XBP1 Activation Reduces Severity of Polycystic Kidney Disease due to a Nontruncating Polycystin-1 Mutation in Mice. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2022, 34: 110-121. PMID: 36270750, PMCID: PMC10101557, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2021091180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-1Polycystin-2Functional polycystin-1Amino acid substitution mutationsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseIntegral membrane proteinsTranscription factor XBP1Unfolded protein responsePost-translational maturationAcid substitution mutationsEndoplasmic reticulum chaperoneCiliary traffickingXBP1 activityChaperone functionIntegral membraneActive XBP1Polycystic kidney diseaseMembrane proteinsPC1 functionsPrimary ciliaProtein responseHypomorphic mutationsTransgenic activationSubstitution mutationsTransgenic expression
1999
Aberrant splicing in the PKD2 gene as a cause of polycystic kidney disease.
Reynolds DM, Hayashi T, Cai Y, Veldhuisen B, Watnick TJ, Lens XM, Mochizuki T, Qian F, Maeda Y, Li L, Fossdal R, Coto E, Wu G, Breuning MH, Germino GG, Peters DJ, Somlo S. Aberrant splicing in the PKD2 gene as a cause of polycystic kidney disease. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 1999, 10: 2342-51. PMID: 10541293, DOI: 10.1681/asn.v10112342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-2Mutant polycystin-2Future functional studiesNovel intragenic polymorphismsFrame splice variantsMissense variantsSingle base substitution mutationsPolycystin-2 proteinCryptic splice siteAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseBase substitution mutationsTransmembrane spansSingle base substitutionPolycystic kidney diseaseSplicing signalsSubunit functionAberrant splicingLymphoblast RNAMutant chromosomesSplice siteSubstitution mutationsPKD2 geneThird mutationBase substitutionsSplice variants