2014
Altered trafficking and stability of polycystins underlie polycystic kidney disease
Cai Y, Fedeles SV, Dong K, Anyatonwu G, Onoe T, Mitobe M, Gao JD, Okuhara D, Tian X, Gallagher AR, Tang Z, Xie X, Lalioti MD, Lee AH, Ehrlich BE, Somlo S. Altered trafficking and stability of polycystins underlie polycystic kidney disease. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 124: 5129-5144. PMID: 25365220, PMCID: PMC4348948, DOI: 10.1172/jci67273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG-protein-coupled receptor proteolytic sitePolycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseGPS cleavageAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseMissense mutationsDominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystin-1Polycystin-2Murine modelSevere formPathogenic missense mutationsPKD1 mutationsCOOH-terminal fragmentDiseaseMissense variantsExpression levelsFunctional assaysCell-based systemsAltered trafficking
2003
Polycystin-1 Distribution Is Modulated by Polycystin-2 Expression in Mammalian Cells*
Grimm DH, Cai Y, Chauvet V, Rajendran V, Zeltner R, Geng L, Avner ED, Sweeney W, Somlo S, Caplan MJ. Polycystin-1 Distribution Is Modulated by Polycystin-2 Expression in Mammalian Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2003, 278: 36786-36793. PMID: 12840011, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306536200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell LineCell MembraneCells, CulturedCOS CellsDNA, ComplementaryEndoplasmic ReticulumGene Expression RegulationMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalMutationPrecipitin TestsProtein BindingProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, MessengerTransfectionTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsPolycystin-1Polycystin-2Mammalian cellsLevel of expressionPolycystin-2 expressionEndoplasmic reticulumCell surfaceCOS-7 cellsNull cell lineRelative expression levelsSubcellular localizationFusion proteinGradient of expressionExpression levelsProteinCell linesPolycystinsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseDivergent patternsExpressionPolycystic kidney diseaseReticulumCellsLocalization