Interdependent Regulation of Polycystin Expression Influences Starvation-Induced Autophagy and Cell Death
Decuypere JP, Van Giel D, Janssens P, Dong K, Somlo S, Cai Y, Mekahli D, Vennekens R. Interdependent Regulation of Polycystin Expression Influences Starvation-Induced Autophagy and Cell Death. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22: 13511. PMID: 34948309, PMCID: PMC8706473, DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal tubular epithelial cellsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseEarly-stage ADPKD patientsCell deathPC2 expressionDominant polycystic kidney diseaseTubular epithelial cellsRenal cell survivalPolycystin-1Polycystic kidney diseaseCell survivalPolycystin-2Basal autophagyAutophagic cell survivalCell death resistanceADPKD progressionKidney diseaseADPKD patientsLess cell deathPC1 levelsChronic starvationHealthy individualsDuct cellsEpithelial cellsDeathFC 008INTERDEPENDENT REGULATION OF POLYCYSTIN EXPRESSION INFLUENCES STARVATION-INDUCED AUTOPHAGY AND CELL DEATH
Decuypere J, Van Giel D, Janssens P, Dong K, Somlo S, Cai Y, Mekahli D, Vennekens R. FC 008INTERDEPENDENT REGULATION OF POLYCYSTIN EXPRESSION INFLUENCES STARVATION-INDUCED AUTOPHAGY AND CELL DEATH. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2021, 36: gfab125.001. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab125.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseEarly-stage ADPKD patientsProximal tubular epithelial cellsProteins polycystin-1Renal stressADPKD patientsEarly-stage autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePC1 levelsCell deathCyst formationTruncating PKD1 mutationsSevere disease progressionAutophagy upregulationDominant polycystic kidney diseaseTubular epithelial cellsRenal cell survivalPolycystic kidney diseasePolycystin-2Cell survivalCell death resistanceKidney diseaseDisease progressionGFP-LC3 punctaeSiRNA-mediated knockdownChronic starvation