Primary cilia of inv/inv mouse renal epithelial cells sense physiological fluid flow:: Bending of primary cilia and Ca2+ influx
Primary cilia of inv/inv mouse renal epithelial cells sense physiological fluid flow:: Bending of primary cilia and Ca2+ influx
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DOI:
10.1247/csf.30.93
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发表时间:
2005-12-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Yokoyama, T
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作者:
Shiba, D;Takamatsu, T;Yokoyama, T
Primary cilia are hypothesized to act as a mechanical sensor to detect renal tubular fluid flow. Anomalous structure of primary cilia and/or impairment of increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration in response to fluid flow are thought to result in renal cyst formation in conditional kif3a knockout, Tg737 and pkd1/pkd2 mutant mice.The mutant inv/inv mouse develops multiple renal cysts like kif3a, Tg737 and pkd1/pkd2 mutants. Inv proteins have been shown to be localized in the renal primary cilia, but response of inv/inv cilia to fluid stress has not been examined. In the present study, we examined the mechanical response of primary cilia to physiological nuid flow using a video microscope, as well as intracellular Ca2+ increases in renal epithelial cells from normal and inv/inv mice in response to flow stress. Percentages of ciliated cells and the length of primary cilia were not significantly different between primary renal cell cultures from normal and inv/inv mutant mice. Localization of inv protein was restricted to the base of primary cilia even under now stress. Inv/inv mutant cells had similar bending mechanics of primary cilia in response to physiological nuid flow compared to normal cells. Furthermore, no difference was found in intracellular Ca2+ increases in response to physiological fluid flow between normal and inv/inv mutant cells. Our present study suggests that the function of the inv protein is distinct from polaris (the Tg737 gene product), polycystins (pkd1 and pkd2 gene products).