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Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol ; 3(6): 465-87, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25186187

ABSTRACT

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life-threatening genetic disorder characterized by the presence of fluid-filled cysts primarily in the kidneys. PKD can be inherited as autosomal recessive (ARPKD) or autosomal dominant (ADPKD) traits. Mutations in either the PKD1 or PKD2 genes, which encode polycystin 1 and polycystin 2, are the underlying cause of ADPKD. Progressive cyst formation and renal enlargement lead to renal insufficiency in these patients, which need to be managed by lifelong dialysis or renal transplantation. While characteristic features of PKD are abnormalities in epithelial cell proliferation, fluid secretion, extracellular matrix and differentiation, the molecular mechanisms underlying these events are not understood. Here we review the progress that has been made in defining the function of the polycystins, and how disruption of these functions may be involved in cystogenesis.


Subject(s)
Kidney/pathology , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/pathology , Animals , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Humans , Kidney/embryology , Mechanotransduction, Cellular/genetics , Models, Biological , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/embryology , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/genetics , Wnt Signaling Pathway/genetics
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Kidney Int ; 85(2): 383-92, 2014 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23760289

ABSTRACT

Mutations to PKD1 and PKD2 are associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The absence of apparent PKD1/PKD2 linkage in five published European or North American families with ADPKD suggested a third locus, designated PKD3. Here we re-evaluated these families by updating clinical information, re-sampling where possible, and mutation screening for PKD1/PKD2. In the French-Canadian family, we identified PKD1: p.D3782_V3783insD, with misdiagnoses in two individuals and sample contamination explaining the lack of linkage. In the Portuguese family, PKD1: p.G3818A segregated with the disease in 10 individuals in three generations with likely misdiagnosis in one individual, sample contamination, and use of distant microsatellite markers explaining the linkage discrepancy. The mutation PKD2: c.213delC was found in the Bulgarian family, with linkage failure attributed to false positive diagnoses in two individuals. An affected son, but not the mother, in the Italian family had the nonsense mutation PKD1: p.R4228X, which appeared de novo in the son, with simple cysts probably explaining the mother's phenotype. No likely mutation was found in the Spanish family, but the phenotype was atypical with kidney atrophy in one case. Thus, re-analysis does not support the existence of a PKD3 in ADPKD. False positive diagnoses by ultrasound in all resolved families shows the value of mutation screening, but not linkage, to understand families with discrepant data.


Subject(s)
Genetic Loci , Mutation , Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/genetics , TRPP Cation Channels/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Canada , Child , DNA Mutational Analysis , Diagnostic Errors , Europe , False Positive Reactions , Female , Genetic Linkage , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genetic Testing/methods , Haplotypes , Heredity , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pedigree , Phenotype , Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/diagnostic imaging , Predictive Value of Tests , Ultrasonography , Young Adult
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Dev Dyn ; 240(6): 1493-501, 2011 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21465620

ABSTRACT

Polycystic kidney diseases (PKD) are inherited disorders characterized by fluid-filled cysts primarily in the kidneys. We previously reported differences between the expression of Cux1, p21, and p27 in the cpk and Pkd1 null mouse models of PKD. Embryonic lethality of Pkd1 null mice limits its study to early stages of kidney development. Therefore, we examined mice with a collecting duct specific deletion in the Pkd1 gene. Cux1 was ectopically expressed in the cyst lining epithelial cells of newborn, P7 and P15 Pkd1(CD) mice. Cux1 expression correlated with cell proliferation in early stages of cystogenesis, however, as the disease progressed, fewer cyst lining cells showed increased cell proliferation. Rather, Cux1 expression in late stage cystogenesis was associated with increased apoptosis. Taken together, our results suggest that increased Cux1 expression associated with apoptosis is a common feature of late stage cyst progression in both the cpk and Pkd1(CD) mouse models of PKD.


Subject(s)
Apoptosis/genetics , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27/genetics , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Kidney Diseases, Cystic/genetics , Nuclear Proteins/genetics , Repressor Proteins/genetics , TRPP Cation Channels/genetics , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27/metabolism , Disease Progression , Down-Regulation , Enzyme Activation/genetics , Female , Gene Expression Regulation , Gene Silencing , Kidney Diseases, Cystic/metabolism , Kidney Diseases, Cystic/pathology , Kidney Tubules, Collecting/metabolism , Male , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , TRPP Cation Channels/metabolism , Transfection , Up-Regulation/genetics
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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol ; 295(6): F1725-34, 2008 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18829740

ABSTRACT

Polycystic kidney diseases (PKD) are inherited as autosomal dominant (ADPKD) or autosomal recessive (ARPKD) traits and are characterized by progressive enlargement of renal cysts. Aberrant cell proliferation is a key feature in the progression of PKD. Cux1 is a homeobox gene that is related to Drosophila cut and is the murine homolog of human CDP (CCAAT Displacement Protein). Cux1 represses the cyclin kinase inhibitors p21 and p27, and transgenic mice ectopically expressing Cux1 develop renal hyperplasia. However, Cux1 transgenic mice do not develop PKD. Here, we show that a 246 amino acid deletion in Cux1 accelerates PKD progression in cpk mice. Cystic kidneys isolated from 10-day-old cpk/Cux1 double mutant mice were significantly larger than kidneys from 10-day-old cpk mice. Moreover, renal function was significantly reduced in the Cux1 mutant cpk mice, compared with cpk mice. The mutant Cux1 protein was ectopically expressed in cyst-lining cells, where expression corresponded to increased cell proliferation and apoptosis, and a decrease in expression of the cyclin kinase inhibitors p27 and p21. While the mutant Cux1 protein altered PKD progression, kidneys from mice carrying the mutant Cux1 protein alone were phenotypically normal, suggesting the Cux1 mutation modifies PKD progression in cpk mice. During cell cycle progression, Cux1 is proteolytically processed by a nuclear isoform of the cysteine protease cathepsin-L. Analysis of the deleted sequences reveals that a cathepsin-L processing site in Cux1 is deleted. Moreover, nuclear cathepsin-L is significantly reduced in both human ADPKD cells and in Pkd1 null kidneys, corresponding to increased levels of Cux1 protein in the cystic cells and kidneys. These results suggest a mechanism in which reduced Cux1 processing by cathepsin-L results in the accumulation of Cux1, downregulation of p21/p27, and increased cell proliferation in PKD.


Subject(s)
Nuclear Proteins/deficiency , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/genetics , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/physiopathology , Animals , Cathepsin L , Cathepsins/genetics , Crosses, Genetic , Cysteine Endopeptidases/genetics , Disease Progression , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Humans , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Mutation , Nuclear Proteins/genetics , Organ Size , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/pathology , Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/genetics , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Sequence Deletion
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