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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 281, Issue 36, Pages 26329-26339Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M601373200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK065109, DK057328] Funding Source: Medline
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Polycystin 1, the product of the PKD1 gene, is mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, a disease characterized by renal cyst formation and progressive renal failure. We show that expression of the C-terminal domain of human polycystin-1 (PKD1-CT) triggers spreading of isolated inner medullary collecting duct cells, a process mediated by Erk. As inner medullary collecting duct cells spread, PKD1-CT localizes to cell-extracellular matrix contacts, interacts with focal adhesion proteins Fak and paxillin, and stimulates Fak phosphorylation, paxillin phosphorylation, Fak-paxillin association, and formation of small focal complexes. PKD1-CT-mediated spreading requires membrane localization and the integrity of the C-terminal protein binding sites. We additionally show that Pkd1 null proximal tubule cells generated from Pkd1(flox/-): TSLargeT mice by in vitro Cre recombinase transfection demonstrate diminished spreading when compared with Pkd(flox/-) heterozygous parental cells. These findings suggest that membrane-bound PC1 has a central role in regulating morphogenic protein signaling at cell-matrix interfaces in non-confluent cells.
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