2024
Glis2 is an early effector of polycystin signaling and a target for therapy in polycystic kidney disease
Zhang C, Rehman M, Tian X, Pei S, Gu J, Bell T, Dong K, Tham M, Cai Y, Wei Z, Behrens F, Jetten A, Zhao H, Lek M, Somlo S. Glis2 is an early effector of polycystin signaling and a target for therapy in polycystic kidney disease. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3698. PMID: 38693102, PMCID: PMC11063051, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48025-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse models of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseModel of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystin signalingAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystin-1Polycystic kidney diseaseTreat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseGlis2Primary ciliaKidney tubule cellsSignaling pathwayMouse modelDominant polycystic kidney diseasePotential therapeutic targetTranslatomeAntisense oligonucleotidesKidney diseasePolycystinMouse kidneyFunctional effectorsCyst formationTherapeutic targetInactivationFunctional targetPharmacological targets
2011
A genetic interaction network of five genes for human polycystic kidney and liver diseases defines polycystin-1 as the central determinant of cyst formation
Fedeles SV, Tian X, Gallagher AR, Mitobe M, Nishio S, Lee SH, Cai Y, Geng L, Crews CM, Somlo S. A genetic interaction network of five genes for human polycystic kidney and liver diseases defines polycystin-1 as the central determinant of cyst formation. Nature Genetics 2011, 43: 639-647. PMID: 21685914, PMCID: PMC3547075, DOI: 10.1038/ng.860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell ProliferationCystsFemaleGlucosidasesImmunoenzyme TechniquesImmunoprecipitationIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLiver DiseasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMutationPolycystic Kidney DiseasesReceptors, Cell SurfaceTRPP Cation Channels
2002
Altered expression pattern of polycystin-2 in acute and chronic renal tubular diseases.
Obermüller N, Cai Y, Kränzlin B, Thomson RB, Gretz N, Kriz W, Somlo S, Witzgall R. Altered expression pattern of polycystin-2 in acute and chronic renal tubular diseases. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2002, 13: 1855-64. PMID: 12089381, DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000018402.33620.c7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystic kidney diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseRenal failureDistal tubulesProximal tubulesIschemic acute renal failureCyst formationAcute renal failureAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseChronic renal failureRenal tubular diseaseCyst-lining cellsBasal compartmentPolycystin-2Renal injuryAcute injuryTubular diseaseKidney tissueAltered expression patternsPronounced upregulationNative kidney tissueS3 segmentDiseaseInjury
1999
The rat Pkd2 protein assumes distinct subcellular distributions in different organs
Obermüller N, Gallagher A, Cai Y, Gassler N, Gretz N, Somlo S, Witzgall R. The rat Pkd2 protein assumes distinct subcellular distributions in different organs. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: f914-f925. PMID: 10600939, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.6.f914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPKD2 proteinDifferent cellular compartmentsDistinct subcellular distributionCellular compartmentsBasolateral distributionExpression patternsCytoplasmic locationSubcellular distributionPKD2 geneWidespread expressionCellular distributionAdrenal glandProteinSmooth muscle cellsSalivary glandsMuscle cellsPKD2Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseDifferent organsRenal distal tubulesMutationsIndividual organsDifferent rat organsPKD2 mutationsMutations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 2 gene: Reduced expression of PKD2 protein in lymphoblastoid cells
Aguiari G, Manzati E, Penolazzi L, Micheletti F, Augello G, De Vitali E, Cappelli G, Cai Y, Reynolds D, Somlo S, Piva R, del Senno L. Mutations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 2 gene: Reduced expression of PKD2 protein in lymphoblastoid cells. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 1999, 33: 880-885. PMID: 10213643, DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70420-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystic kidney disease 2 (PKD2) geneMembrane-spanning domainsIntegral membrane proteinsLymphoblastoid cellsFirst extracellular loopAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD2 proteinMembrane proteinsRestriction enzyme analysisCommon genetic diseaseLymphoblastoid cell linesProtein productsMutant allelesExtracellular loopWestern blot analysisPKD2 genePolymerase chain reactionGenetic diseasesNormal proteinAmino acidsMessenger RNA levelsNonsense mutationFrameshift mutationGenesProtein
1996
PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein
Mochizuki T, Wu G, Hayashi T, Xenophontos S, Veldhuisen B, Saris J, Reynolds D, Cai Y, Gabow P, Pierides A, Kimberling W, Breuning M, Deltas C, Peters D, Somlo S. PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein. Science 1996, 272: 1339-1342. PMID: 8650545, DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5266.1339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansCalcium ChannelsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 4Cloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceCrystallography, X-RayFemaleGlycosylationHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPedigreePhenotypePolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalProteinsSodium ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsCaenorhabditis elegans homologIntegral membrane proteinsAmino acid similarityPKD2 gene productCalcium-binding domainPKD2 proteinTransmembrane spansPolycystic kidney diseasePositional cloningPotential calcium-binding domainsSecond geneMembrane proteinsGene productsAcid sequenceIntracellular aminoNonsense mutationGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD1Dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD2 familiesProteinVoltage-activated calcium channelsHomologCalcium channels