2024
A synthetic agent ameliorates polycystic kidney disease by promoting apoptosis of cystic cells through increased oxidative stress
Fedeles B, Bhardwaj R, Ishikawa Y, Khumsubdee S, Krappitz M, Gubina N, Volpe I, Andrade D, Westergerling P, Staudner T, Campolo J, Liu S, Dong K, Cai Y, Rehman M, Gallagher A, Ruchirawat S, Croy R, Essigmann J, Fedeles S, Somlo S. A synthetic agent ameliorates polycystic kidney disease by promoting apoptosis of cystic cells through increased oxidative stress. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2317344121. PMID: 38241440, PMCID: PMC10823221, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317344121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyst cellsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseMouse models of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseModel of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseDeveloped primersMitochondrial oxidative stressPathophysiology of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseOxidative stressInduce apoptosisMitochondrial respirationCystic cellsUp-regulating aerobic glycolysisHomozygous inactivationMonogenic causeDominant polycystic kidney diseaseAerobic glycolysisRenal replacement therapyApoptosisEnd-stage kidney diseaseAnti-tumor agentsAdult mouse modelChronic kidney diseaseAlkylate DNA
2017
Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function
Besse W, Dong K, Choi J, Punia S, Fedeles SV, Choi M, Gallagher AR, Huang EB, Gulati A, Knight J, Mane S, Tahvanainen E, Tahvanainen P, Sanna-Cherchi S, Lifton RP, Watnick T, Pei YP, Torres VE, Somlo S. Isolated polycystic liver disease genes define effectors of polycystin-1 function. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 1772-1785. PMID: 28375157, PMCID: PMC5409105, DOI: 10.1172/jci90129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Line, TransformedCystsEndoplasmic ReticulumFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyGlucosidasesGlucosyltransferasesHeterozygoteHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLiver DiseasesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular ChaperonesMutationRNA-Binding ProteinsSEC Translocation ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsPolycystin-1 functionPolycystin-1Protein biogenesis pathwaysGenome-wide basisPolycystic liver diseaseLoss-of-function mutationsWhole-exome sequencingHeterozygous loss-of-function mutationsBiogenesis pathwayLoss of functionAdditional genesDisease genesGene productsCell line modelsCandidate genesExome sequencingEndoplasmic reticulumCausative genesFunction mutationsGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseSec63Defective maturationKidney cysts
2014
Polycystin-1: a master regulator of intersecting cystic pathways
Fedeles SV, Gallagher AR, Somlo S. Polycystin-1: a master regulator of intersecting cystic pathways. Trends In Molecular Medicine 2014, 20: 251-260. PMID: 24491980, PMCID: PMC4008641, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic liver diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseasePolycystic liver diseaseRecessive polycystic kidney diseaseDominant polycystic kidney diseaseLiver diseasePolycystic diseaseCyst growthLethal monogenic disorderCyst formationTranslational implicationsDiseaseMonogenic disordersCausative genesCystic phenotypeRecent dataPolycystin-1Polycystin-2Master regulator
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