2019
Polycystin 2 regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling, bioenergetics, and dynamics through mitofusin 2
Kuo IY, Brill AL, Lemos FO, Jiang JY, Falcone JL, Kimmerling EP, Cai Y, Dong K, Kaplan DL, Wallace DP, Hofer AM, Ehrlich BE. Polycystin 2 regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling, bioenergetics, and dynamics through mitofusin 2. Science Signaling 2019, 12 PMID: 31064883, PMCID: PMC6855602, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aat7397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumPC2 knockdownMitochondrial CaCell culture modelKnockdown of Mfn2Polycystin-2 functionsHuman ADPKD kidneysAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseKey mitochondrial proteinsAberrant cell proliferationMitochondria-ER contactsCell proliferationER-mitochondrial interfaceKidney cystsIntimate functional relationshipNumerous fluid-filled cystsMitochondrial proteinsCyst-lining epithelial cellsMitofusin 2 expressionCulture modelPolycystin-2Knockdown cellsMitochondrial biogenesisMitofusin 2Mitochondrial respiration
2006
Polycystin-2 traffics to cilia independently of polycystin-1 by using an N-terminal RVxP motif
Geng L, Okuhara D, Yu Z, Tian X, Cai Y, Shibazaki S, Somlo S. Polycystin-2 traffics to cilia independently of polycystin-1 by using an N-terminal RVxP motif. Journal Of Cell Science 2006, 119: 1383-1395. PMID: 16537653, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02818.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Polycystin-2 is an intracellular calcium release channel
Koulen P, Cai Y, Geng L, Maeda Y, Nishimura S, Witzgall R, Ehrlich BE, Somlo S. Polycystin-2 is an intracellular calcium release channel. Nature Cell Biology 2002, 4: 191-197. PMID: 11854751, DOI: 10.1038/ncb754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalcium ChannelsCalcium SignalingEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansIn Vitro TechniquesKidneyLLC-PK1 CellsMembrane PotentialsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationMutation, MissensePolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantRecombinant ProteinsSequence DeletionSignal TransductionSwineTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseIntracellular calcium release channelsPolycystic kidney diseaseCalcium release channelKidney diseaseTransient receptor potential channelsIntracellular calcium releaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseRelease channelCalcium release signalsPolycystin-2 functionsType 2 autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseCalcium releasePolycystin-2Single-channel studiesEpithelial cellsPotential channelsDiseaseMissense mutationsRelease signalsCarboxy-terminal truncationDisease-causing missense mutations