Primary Structure of Mouse and Rat Nephrin cDNA and Structure and Expression of the Mouse Gene

Author:

PUTAALA HELI,SAINIO KIRSI,SARIOLA HANNU,TRYGGVASON KARL

Abstract

Abstract. Nephrin is a central component of the glomerular podocyte slit diaphragm and is essential for the normal renal filtration process. This study describes the complete structure of the mouse nephrin gene, which was shown to be homologous to the human gene, the major difference being 30 exons in the mouse gene as opposed to 29 in human. The complete primary structure of mouse and rat nephrins was also determined. The sequence identity between the mouse and rat proteins was shown to be 93%, while both rodent proteins have only about 83% sequence identity with human nephrin. The availability of the three mammalian sequences is significant for the interpretation of sequence variants and mutations in the nephrin gene in patients with congenital nephrotic syndrome.In situhybridization analyses of whole mouse embryos and tissues revealed high expression of nephrin in kidney glomeruli and, surprisingly, an intense and highly restricted expression in a set of cells in hindbrain and spinal cord. No expression was observed elsewhere. This expression pattern may explain occasionally occurring neural symptoms caused by inactivating mutations in the nephrin gene in patients with congenital nephrotic syndrome.

Publisher

American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Subject

Nephrology,General Medicine

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