title: Generating conditionally immortalised podocyte cell lines from wild-type mice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Understanding podocyte biology is key to deciphering the pathogenesis of numerous glomerular diseases. However, cultivation of primary podocytes results in dedifferentiation with loss of specialised architecture. Human conditionally immortalised podocytes partly overcome this problem, utilising a temperature-sensitive transgene. Conditionally immortalised murine podocytes exist, but are derived from the Immortomouse.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using retroviral temperature-sensitive SV40 transfection, we created a conditionally immortalised podocyte cell line from wild-type mice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These cells develop characteristic mature podocyte morphology and robustly express slit diaphragm proteins. Functionally, these cells demonstrate comparable responses in motility and glucose uptake to human conditionally immortalised podocytes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Podocyte-specific transgenic mice are extensively used to study glomerular disease and this technique could be used to make podocyte cell lines from any mouse, allowing study at the cellular level. This will help characterise these disease models and add to the laboratory resources used to study podocytopathies and glomerular disease.
authors.forename: Lindsay S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Keir
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Firth
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Gavin I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Moin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saleem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D050199:Podocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D061251:Primary Cell Culture; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins