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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Transgenic mouse strains carrying proviruses were generated by exposing mouse embryos to a recombinant retrovirus. Animals carrying a single provirus were intercrossed to derive mice homozygous for a given proviral insertion. Adult mice homozygous for the Mpv17 integration developed nephrotic syndrome and chronic renal failure. Histologically, affected kidneys showed progressive glomerular sclerosis. Similar lesions are seen in patients with progressive renal function deterioration. A probe to DNA sequences flanking the provirus detected a 1.7 kb RNA ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis and in adults with high levels in kidney, brain, and heart. This RNA was not detected in tissues of homozygous animals, suggesting that the provirus interferes with RNA expression. Sequence analysis of the cDNA revealed that the gene encodes a 176 amino acid peptide containing hydrophobic regions, suggesting membrane association of the putative protein. The Mpv17 mutant is a potentially useful experimental system for studying mechanisms leading to renal disorders in man.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
425-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-DNA Transposable Elements, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Glomerulonephritis, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Kidney Glomerulus, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Nephrotic Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Poly A, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1696177-Retroviridae
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Transgenic mouse model of kidney disease: insertional inactivation of ubiquitously expressed gene leads to nephrotic syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't