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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2019

Polycystin-1 regulates bone development through an interaction with the transcriptional coactivator TAZ.

David Merrick, Kavita Mistry, Jingshing Wu, Nikolay Gresko, Julie E Baggs, John B Hogenesch, Zhaoxia Sun, Michael J Caplan

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Important Role of Polycystin in the Skeletal System.Calcified tissue international · 2026
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  7. Integrating Network Pharmacology, Quantitative Metabolic Network Analysis,Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025
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  8. Progress on the mechanism of Polycystin-1 in bone remodeling.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David MerrickDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT USA.
Kavita MistryDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT USA.
Jingshing WuDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT USA.
Nikolay GreskoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT USA.
Julie E BaggsOmega-Biotek, Norcross, GA, Cincinnati, OH USA.
John B HogeneschDivisions of Perinatal Biology and Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA.
Zhaoxia SunDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA.
Michael J CaplanDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT USA.
OFS (United States) · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USYale University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007205 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAZMIERCZAK, BARBARA I · 1985 to 2019
$42.9M
YALE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASEP50DK057328 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOMLO, STEFAN · 1999 to 2009
$11.1M
Center for Polycystic Kidney Disease Research at YaleP30DK090744 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CAPLAN, MICHAEL J. · 2010 to 2014
$5.6M
Function of Ruvbl1-Ruvbl2 in dynein arm assembly in motile ciliated epithelial cellsR01HL175156 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHAOXIA SUN · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Characterization of the cleaved carboxy-terminal tail of Polycysin-1F30DK083227 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MERRICK, DAVID MICHAEL · 2009 to 2010
$93k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175156NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK083227NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK090744NIDDK NIH HHS P50 DK057328NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycystin-1 (PC1), encoded by the PKD1 gene that is mutated in the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, regulates a number of processes including bone development. Activity of the transcription factor RunX2, which controls osteoblast differentiation, is reduced in Pkd1 mutant mice but the mechanism governing PC1 activation of RunX2 is unclear. PC1 undergoes regulated cleavage that releases its C-terminal tail (CTT), which translocates to the nucleus to modulate transcriptional pathways involved in proliferation and apoptosis. We find that the cleaved CTT of PC1 (PC1-CTT) stimulates the transcriptional coactivator TAZ (Wwtr1), an essential coactivator of RunX2. PC1-CTT physically interacts with TAZ, stimulating RunX2 transcriptional activity in pre-osteoblast cells in a TAZ-dependent manner. The PC1-CTT increases the interaction between TAZ and RunX2 and enhances the recruitment of the p300 transcriptional co-regulatory protein to the TAZ/RunX2/PC1-CTT complex. Zebrafish injected with morpholinos directed against pkd1 manifest severe bone calcification defects and a curly tail phenotype. Injection of messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the PC1-CTT into pkd1-morphant fish restores bone mineralization and reduces the severity of the curly tail phenotype. These effects are abolished by co-injection of morpholinos directed against TAZ. Injection of mRNA encoding a dominant-active TAZ construct is sufficient to rescue both the curly tail phenotype and the skeletal defects observed in pkd1-morpholino treated fish. Thus, TAZ constitutes a key mechanistic link through which PC1 mediates its physiological functions.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisBone DevelopmentCell DifferentiationE1A-Associated p300 ProteinGene Expression RegulationGenes, RegulatorHEK293 CellsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKidneyModels, AnimalMorpholinosOsteoblastsOsteogenesisPolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantE1A-Associated p300 ProteinEP300 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMorpholinosTrans-ActivatorsTranscriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif ProteinsTranscription FactorsTRPP Cation ChannelsWWTR1 protein, humanWWTR1 protein, zebrafishZebrafish Proteins

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PMID30215740
PMCPMC6298236
OpenAlexW2889824417

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