Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Aug;291(2):F395-406. Epub 2006 Apr 11.
More than colocalizing with polycystin-1, polycystin-L is in the centrosome.
Bui-Xuan, E. F., Li, Q., Chen, X. Z., Boucher, C. A., Sandford, R., Zhou, J., Basora, N.,
["Departement de Physiologie et Biophysique, Faculte de Medecine et des Sciences de la Sante, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada."]
["Departement de Physiologie et Biophysique, Faculte de Medecine et des Sciences de la Sante, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada."]
Polycystin-1 and polycystin-2 are involved in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease by unknown mechanisms. These two proteins are located in primary cilia where they mediate mechanosensation, suggesting a link between cilia function and renal disease. In this study, we sought to characterize the subcellular localization of polycystin-L, a closely related member of polycystin-2, in epithelial renal cell lines. We have shown that endogenous polycystin-l subcellular distribution is different in proliferative and nonproliferative cultures. Polycystin-L is found mostly in the endoplasmic reticulum in subconfluent cell cultures, while in confluent cells it is redistributed to sites of cell-cell contact and to the primary cilium as is polycystin-1. Subcellular fractionation confirmed a common distribution of polycystin-L and polycystin-1 in the fractions corresponding to those containing the plasma membrane of postconfluent cells. Reciprocal coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that polycystin-L was associated with polycystin-1 in a common complex in both subconfluent and confluent cell cultures. Interestingly, we also identified a novel site for a polycystin member (polycystin-L) in unciliated cells, the centrosome, which allowed us to reveal an involvement of polycystin-l in cell proliferation.
PMID: 16609150

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Validation: In vivo validation
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PKD1/Polycystin-1 | Co-immunoprecipitation | mIMCD-3 | 16609150 |
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Functional consequence
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PKD1/Polycystin-1 | Co-immunofluorescence staining | Increase in plasma membrane level | 16609150 |
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