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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hamartomas in multiple organs, notably the brain and kidneys. The disease is caused by mutations in TSC1 or TSC2 genes, coding hamartin and tuberin, respectively. Immunofluorescence analysis of tuberin and hamartin performed here demonstrates that both proteins are specifically expressed in the distal urinary tubule, comprising the distal tubules, connecting segment, and collecting ducts. Hamartin, distinct from tuberin, is expressed in the thick ascending limbs of Henle and in juxtaglomerular cells, where it colocalizes with renin. In positive epithelial cells, tuberin localizes to the cytoplasm as well as the apical membrane. Hamartin, however, preferentially localizes to the apical membrane. The two proteins colocalize at the apical membrane of type A intercalated cells and connecting tubule cells, whereas in type B intercalated cells they reveal a variable pattern of expression. The cell-specific expression of tuberin and hamartin described here will provide critical insight into the cell types that give rise to kidney lesions, and the tumor suppressor role of these proteins in TSC.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F737-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10807585-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Kidney Tubules, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Kidney Tubules, Collecting, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Tuberous Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:10807585-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Similarities and differences in the subcellular localization of hamartin and tuberin in the kidney.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't