Abstract |
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ( ADPKD) is typified by the accumulation of fluid-filled cysts and abnormalities in renal epithelial cell function. The disease is principally caused by mutations in the gene encoding polycystin-1, a large basolateral plasma membrane protein expressed in kidney epithelial cells. Our studies reveal that, in normal kidney cells, polycystin-1 forms a complex with the adherens junction protein E-cadherin and its associated catenins, suggesting a role in cell adhesion or polarity. In primary cells from ADPKD patients, the polycystin-1/ polycystin-2/ E-cadherin/ beta-catenin complex was disrupted and both polycystin-1 and E-cadherin were depleted from the plasma membrane as a result of the increased phosphorylation of polycystin-1. The loss of E-cadherin was compensated by the transcriptional upregulation of the normally mesenchymal N-cadherin. Increased cell surface N-cadherin in the disease cells in turn stabilized the continued plasma membrane localization of beta-catenin in the absence of E-cadherin. The results suggest that enhanced phosphorylation of polycystin-1 in ADPKD cells precipitates changes in its localization and its ability to form protein complexes that are critical for the stabilization of adherens junctions and the maintenance of a fully differentiated polarized renal epithelium.
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Authors | Tamara Roitbak, Christopher J Ward, Peter C Harris, Robert Bacallao, Scott A Ness, Angela Wandinger-Ness |
Journal | Molecular biology of the cell
(Mol Biol Cell)
Vol. 15
Issue 3
Pg. 1334-46
(Mar 2004)
ISSN: 1059-1524 [Print] United States |
PMID | 14718571
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- CTNNB1 protein, human
- Cadherins
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Proteins
- TRPP Cation Channels
- Trans-Activators
- beta Catenin
- polycystic kidney disease 1 protein
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Topics |
- Adherens Junctions
(metabolism)
- Cadherins
(metabolism)
- Cell Membrane
(metabolism)
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
(metabolism)
- Epithelial Cells
(metabolism)
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Kidney
(metabolism)
- Phosphorylation
- Polycystic Kidney Diseases
(metabolism)
- Proteins
(metabolism)
- TRPP Cation Channels
- Trans-Activators
(metabolism)
- beta Catenin
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