CLDN2

CLDN2
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases CLDN2
External IDs MGI: 1276110 HomoloGene: 9621 GeneCards: CLDN2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

9075

12738

Ensembl

ENSG00000165376

ENSMUSG00000047230

UniProt

P57739

O88552

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020384
NM_001171092
NM_001171095

NM_016675

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001164563.1
NP_001164566.1
NP_065117.1

NP_057884.1

Location (UCSC) Chr X: 106.9 – 106.93 Mb Chr X: 139.8 – 139.81 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Claudin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN2 gene.[3][4] It belongs to the group of claudins.

Members of the claudin protein family, such as CLDN2, are expressed in an organ-specific manner and regulate the tissue-specific physiologic properties of tight junctions (Sakaguchi et al., 2002).[supplied by OMIM][4]

Function

Claudin-2 is expressed in cation-leaky epithelia such as that of the kidney proximal tubule.[5] Mice that are deficient in claudin-2 have reduced reabsorption of Na+ in the proximal tubule, consistent with a role in paracellular transport. Similar results have been obtained with cultured cells, as overexpression in claudin-2 lacking cells leads to increase of permeability for small cations.[6] Furthermore, claudin-2 has been shown to form paracellular channels for water.[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (Mar 1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 96 (2): 511–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.511. PMC 15167Freely accessible. PMID 9892664.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CLDN2 claudin 2".
  5. Muto, S.; Hata, M.; Taniguchi, J.; Tsuruoka, S.; Moriwaki, K.; Saitou, M.; Furuse, K.; Sasaki, H.; Fujimura, A.; Imai, M.; Kusano, E.; Tsukita, S.; Furuse, M. (2010). "Claudin-2-deficient mice are defective in the leaky and cation-selective paracellular permeability properties of renal proximal tubules". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (17): 8011–8016. doi:10.1073/pnas.0912901107. PMC 2867900Freely accessible. PMID 20385797.
  6. Amasheh, S; Meiri, N; Gitter, A. H.; Schöneberg, T; Mankertz, J; Schulzke, J. D.; Fromm, M (2002). "Claudin-2 expression induces cation-selective channels in tight junctions of epithelial cells". Journal of Cell Science. 115 (Pt 24): 4969–76. doi:10.1242/jcs.00165. PMID 12432083.
  7. Rosenthal, R.; Milatz, S.; Krug, S. M.; Oelrich, B.; Schulzke, J. -D.; Amasheh, S.; Gunzel, D.; Fromm, M. (2010). "Claudin-2, a component of the tight junction, forms a paracellular water channel". Journal of Cell Science. 123 (11): 1913–1921. doi:10.1242/jcs.060665. PMID 20460438.

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