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Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access originally published online on October 11, 2007
Human Molecular Genetics 2007 16(24):3188-3196; doi:10.1093/hmg/ddm299
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Kidney-specific inactivation of the Pkd1 gene induces rapid cyst formation in developing kidneys and a slow onset of disease in adult mice

Irma S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen1, Wouter N. Leonhard1, Annemieke van der Wal2, Martijn H. Breuning1, Emile de Heer2 and Dorien J.M. Peters1,*

1 Department of Human Genetics and 2 Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300RC, The Netherlands

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +31 715269490; Fax: +31 715268285; Email: d.j.m.peters{at}lumc.nl

Received August 14, 2007; Accepted October 8, 2007

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, caused by mutations in the PKD1 gene, is characterized by progressive deterioration of kidney function due to the formation of thousands of cysts leading to kidney failure in mid-life or later. How cysts develop and grow is currently unknown, although extensive research revealed a plethora of cellular changes in cyst lining cells. We have constructed a tamoxifen-inducible, kidney epithelium-specific Pkd1-deletion mouse model. Upon administration of tamoxifen to these mice, a genomic fragment containing exons 2–11 of the Pkd1-gene is specifically deleted in the kidneys and cysts are formed. Interestingly, the timing of Pkd1-deletion has strong effects on the phenotype. At 1 month upon gene disruption, adult mice develop only a very mild cystic phenotype showing some small cysts and dilated tubules. Young mice, however, show massive cyst formation. In these mice, at the moment of gene disruption, cell proliferation takes place to elongate the nephron. Our data indicate that Pkd1 gene deficiency does not initiate sufficient autonomous cell proliferation leading to cyst formation and that additional stimuli are required. Furthermore, we show that one germ-line mutation of Pkd1 is already associated with increased proliferation.


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