PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Calvet, James P.
TI  - Strategies to Inhibit Cyst Formation in ADPKD
AID  - 10.2215/CJN.05651207
DP  - 2008 Jul 01
TA  - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
PG  - 1205--1211
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/3/4/1205.short
4100  - http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/3/4/1205.full
SO  - CLIN J AM SOC NEPHROL2008 Jul 01; 3
AB  - The many hundreds of cysts that grow and expand and ultimately overwhelm and destroy polycystic kidneys arise from the slow but unrelenting proliferation of tubular epithelial cells, eventually giving rise to very large, thin-walled, fluid-filled structures. The growth of these cystic bodies requires two processes: Cell proliferation and fluid secretion. Cyst epithelial cells seem to have a unique phenotype that could offer opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Current evidence has demonstrated that cAMP drives both abnormal cell proliferation, by stimulating the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, and cyst-filling fluid secretion, by activating the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel. Both of these cAMP-mediated processes should be considered in the design of strategies targeted to slow cyst growth and enlargement in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.