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
2010
Regulation of ciliary trafficking of polycystin-2 and the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Cai Y, Tang Z. Regulation of ciliary trafficking of polycystin-2 and the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Journal Of Central South University Medical Sciences 2010, 35: 93-9. PMID: 20197605, DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2010.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseasePathogenesis of ADPKDRenal epithelial cellsAccumulated evidenceEpithelial cellsKidney cystsDiseasePathogenesisPossible roleDisorder characteristicsPolycystin-1Polycystin-2Primary cilia
2000
Cardiac defects and renal failure in mice with targeted mutations in Pkd2
Wu G, Markowitz G, Li L, D'Agati V, Factor S, Geng L, Tibara S, Tuchman J, Cai Y, Hoon Park J, van Adelsberg J, Hou H, Kucherlapati R, Edelmann W, Somlo S. Cardiac defects and renal failure in mice with targeted mutations in Pkd2. Nature Genetics 2000, 24: 75-78. PMID: 10615132, DOI: 10.1038/71724.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-2True null mutationEmbryonic day 13.5Liver cyst formationSomatic rearrangementsNull mutationNull allelesProtein productsUnstable alleleTargeted mutationsPKD2Cardiac septationCyst formationRenal failureDay 13.5MutationsADPKD phenotypeKidney cystsAllelesLong-term survivalFirst indicationDeleterious effectsCalcium channelsMouse modelClinical manifestations