Deregulation of Pax-2 expression in transgenic mice generates severe kidney abnormalities (original) (raw)
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- J. Erby Wilkinson1 na1,
- Uwe W. Rothenpieler1,
- Larry T. Patterson1,
- Lisa Williams-Simons1 &
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- Heiner Westphal1
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THE Pax genes comprise a family of transcription factors active in specific tissues during embryonic development and are associated with at least three developmental mutations in mouse and man1,2. In the developing kidney, Pax-2 is expressed in the induced mesenchyme, in the ureter epithelium, and in early epithelial structures derived from the mesenchyme3. Pax-2 expression is repressed upon terminal differentiation of the renal tubule epithelium, but persists in the undifferentiated epithelium of human Wilms' tumours4,5. We have produced a dominant gain-of-function mutation in transgenic mice by deregulating the expression of the mouse Pax-2 gene. The data obtained with four independently derived transgenic embryos and with one transgenic line demonstrate that deregulated Pax-2 expression results in histologically abnormal and dysfunctional renal epithelium with properties similar to congenital nephrotic syndrome. Thus, repression of Pax-2 is required for normal kidney development and persistent expression of Pax-2 may restrict the differentiation potential of renal epithelial cells.
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- J. Erby Wilkinson: Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901, USA
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Dressler, G., Wilkinson, J., Rothenpieler, U. et al. Deregulation of Pax-2 expression in transgenic mice generates severe kidney abnormalities.Nature 362, 65–67 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/362065a0
- Received: 14 December 1992
- Accepted: 05 January 1993
- Published: 01 March 1993
- Issue Date: 04 March 1993
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/362065a0