DISCOVERY & CHARACTERIZATION OF PKD PROTEIN INTERACTIONS

发现

• 批准号: 6524248
• 负责人: GREGORY G. GERMINO
• 金额: $ 93.26万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-30 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6524248
• 关键词: glycoproteins; membrane proteins; polycystic kidney; protein localization; protein protein interaction

ADPKD is a systemic disorder characterized by cysts involving multiple organs, cerebral and aortic aneurysms, cardiac valvular abnormalities and renal failure. The genes responsible for the two most common forms of the disease have been identified. The PKD1 genes responsible for the most common forms of the disease have been identified. The PKD1 gene product is a probably membrane glycoprotein thought to mediate cell-cell or cell- matrix interactions. PKD2 is predicted to have 6 transmembrane domains and has modest homology to several types of ion channels. The cellular role of either protein has not yet been elucidated. This proposal brings together the collective expert5ise of investigators from multiple disciplines to tackle the problem in a "Center without walls". One project is a competitive renewal that aims to identify and characterize binding partners of human PKD1. The PI has shown that the C-terminus of PKD1 can bind to PKD2 and to an unusual Db1 family member of using multiple in vitro and in vivo methods. This proposal seeks to determine the biological relevance of the pr3eviously observed interactions. It also will continue the search for PKD1 binding partners in relevance of the previously observed interactions. It also will continue the search for PKD1 binding partners in fetal murine tissues obtained at a stage when PKD1 protein is known to be essential. Another project will characterize the functions of PKD2 in vivo and in vitro using a model experimental organism, Drosophila melanogaster. The proposed research takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the characterization of the Drosophila homologue of PKD2 using a combination of genetic, electrophysiological, cell biological, biochemical and molecular approaches. In the next project, the power of C. elegans molecular genetics to identify and define pathways of gene action will be applied to PKD function. The PI has found that the C. elegans homologue of PKD1 (LOV1) is essential for normal mating behavior and that the C. elegans homologue of PKD2 co- localizes to the same cell types. He will use this behavioral phenotype to determine the genetic pathways in which these gene products types. He will use this behavioral phenotype to determine the genetic pathways in which these gene products participate. The last project will determine the 3D structures of functionally important domains of PKD1 and PKD2 expressed in their native, non-disease state alone and in complex with each other. The PI of the Pilot and Feasibility has previously found that approximately 25% of vertebrate PKD1 has high homology to the Receptor for Egg Jelly of sea urchin sperm. In the current proposal, he will identify and characterize the sea urchin PKD2.

ADPKD 是一种全身性疾病，其特征是囊肿累及多个器官、脑和主动脉瘤、心脏瓣膜异常和肾功能衰竭。导致这种疾病的两种最常见形式的基因已经被确定。导致该疾病最常见形式的 PKD1 基因已被确定。 PKD1 基因产物可能是一种膜糖蛋白，被认为介导细胞-细胞或细胞-基质相互作用。预计 PKD2 具有 6 个跨膜结构域，并且与几种类型的离子通道具有适度的同源性。这两种蛋白质的细胞作用尚未阐明。该提案汇集了来自多个学科的研究人员的集体专业知识，以在“无围墙中心”中解决该问题。其中一个项目是一项竞争性更新，旨在识别和表征人类 PKD1 的结合伴侣。 PI 使用多种体外和体内方法表明 PKD1 的 C 末端可以与 PKD2 和不寻常的 Db1 家族成员结合。该提案旨在确定先前观察到的相互作用的生物学相关性。它还将继续寻找与先前观察到的相互作用相关的 PKD1 结合伴侣。它还将继续在已知 PKD1 蛋白至关重要的阶段获得的胎儿鼠组织中寻找 PKD1 结合伴侣。另一个项目将使用模型实验生物体——黑腹果蝇来表征 PKD2 在体内和体外的功能。拟议的研究采用多学科方法，结合遗传、电生理学、细胞生物学、生化和分子方法来表征 PKD2 的果蝇同源物。在下一个项目中，线虫分子遗传学识别和定义基因作用途径的能力将应用于 PKD 功能。 PI 发现 PKD1 (LOV1) 的线虫同源物对于正常交配行为至关重要，并且 PKD2 的线虫同源物共定位于相同的细胞类型。他将利用这种行为表型来确定这些基因产物类型的遗传途径。他将利用这种行为表型来确定这些基因产物参与的遗传途径。最后一个项目将确定 PKD1 和 PKD2 的功能重要结构域的 3D 结构，这些结构域在其天然、非疾病状态下单独表达以及彼此复合表达。 Pilot and Feasibility的PI此前发现，大约25%的脊椎动物PKD1与海胆精子的卵果冻受体具有高度同源性。在当前的提案中，他将识别并表征海胆 PKD2。