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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2010

Telomerase immortalization of principal cells from mouse collecting duct.

Stacy L Steele, Yongren Wu, Robert J Kolb, Monika Gooz, Courtney J Haycraft, Kent T Keyser, Lisa Guay-Woodford, Hai Yao, P Darwin Bell

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Article in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stacy L SteeleRalph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA.
Yongren Wu
Robert J Kolb
Monika Gooz
Courtney J Haycraft
Kent T Keyser
Lisa Guay-Woodford
Hai Yao
P Darwin Bell
Clemson University · USMedical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB Recessive PKD Research and Translational Core CenterP30DK074038 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI YODER, BRADLEY K. · 2005 to 2019
$16.6M
Cystin, a lipid raft and cilia-associated protein in PKDR01DK055534 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GUAY-WOODFORD, LISA MARIE · 2000 to 2008
$2.5M
CELLULAR MECHANISMS--TUBULOGLOMERULAR FEEDBACK SYSTEMR01DK032032 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BELL, PHILLIP DARWIN · 1986 to 2009
$2.5M
The role of the primary cilium in glomerular podocyte cellsK01DK075652 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI KOLB, ROBERT JOHN · 2008 to 2012
$651k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK32032NIDDK NIH HHS KO1 DK075652NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK074038NIDDK NIH HHS P30DK074038NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK55534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, the use of overexpression of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) has led to the generation of immortalized human cell lines. However, this cell immortalization approach has not been reported in well-differentiated mouse cells, such as renal epithelial cells. We sought to establish and then characterize a mouse collecting duct cell line, using ectopic expression of mTERT. Isolated primary cortical collecting duct (CCD) cell lines were transduced with mouse (m)TERT, using a lentiviral vector. mTERT-negative cells did not survive blasticidin selection, whereas mTERT-immortalized cells proliferated in selection media for over 40 subpassages. mTERT messenger RNA and telomerase activity was elevated in these cells, compared with an SV40-immortalized cell line. Flow cytometry with Dolichos biflorus agglutinin was used to select the CCD principal cells, and we designated this cell line mTERT-CCD. Cells were well differentiated and exhibited morphological characteristics typically found in renal epithelial cells, such as tight junction formation, microvilli, and primary cilia. Further characterization using standard immunofluorescence revealed abundant expression of aquaporin-2 and the vasopressin type 2 receptor. mTERT-CCD cells exhibited cAMP-stimulated/benzamil-inhibited whole cell currents. Whole cell patch-clamp currents were also enhanced after a 6-day treatment with aldosterone. In conclusion, we have successfully used mTERT to immortalize mouse collecting duct cells that retain the basic in vivo phenotypic characteristics of collecting duct cells. This technique should be valuable in generating cell lines from genetically engineered mouse models.

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Cell LineAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesKidney Tubules, CollectingMiceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTelomeraseTelomeraseTert protein, mouse

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PMID20926633
PMCPMC3006301
OpenAlexW2143727706

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