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Ciliary ARL13B inhibits developmental kidney cystogenesis in mouse.


ABSTRACT: ARL13B is a small GTPase enriched in cilia. Deletion of Arl13b in mouse kidney results in renal cysts and an associated absence of primary cilia. Similarly, ablation of cilia leads to kidney cysts. To investigate whether ARL13B functions from within cilia to direct kidney development, we examined kidneys of mice expressing an engineered cilia-excluded ARL13B variant, ARL13BV358A. These mice retained renal cilia and developed cystic kidneys. Because ARL13B functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for ARL3, we examined kidneys of mice expressing an ARL13B variant that lacks ARL3 GEF activity, ARL13BR79Q. We found normal kidney development with no evidence of cysts in these mice. Taken together, our results show that ARL13B functions within cilia to inhibit renal cystogenesis during mouse development, and that this function does not depend on its role as a GEF for ARL3.

SUBMITTER: Van Sciver RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10330881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ciliary ARL13B inhibits developmental kidney cystogenesis in mouse.

Van Sciver Robert E RE   Long Alyssa B AB   Katz Harrison G HG   Gigante Eduardo D ED   Caspary Tamara T  

Developmental biology 20230518


ARL13B is a small GTPase enriched in cilia. Deletion of Arl13b in mouse kidney results in renal cysts and an associated absence of primary cilia. Similarly, ablation of cilia leads to kidney cysts. To investigate whether ARL13B functions from within cilia to direct kidney development, we examined kidneys of mice expressing an engineered cilia-excluded ARL13B variant, ARL13B<sup>V358A</sup>. These mice retained renal cilia and developed cystic kidneys. Because ARL13B functions as a guanine nucleo  ...[more]

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