Plunc

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Palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone protein[1] (PLUNC) is a gene encoding a secretory protein. It is also called Secretory protein in upper respiratory tracts (SPURT). In humans, it is encoded by the BPIFA1 (Bactericidal/permeability-increasing fold-containing family A1) gene, previously called PLUNC.[2][3]

Function

This gene is the human homolog of murine plunc, and like the mouse gene, is specifically expressed in the airways and nasopharyngeal regions. Plunc inhibits the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC),[4] and also has anti-microbial functions.[5] As such, plunc is believed to play a role in innate immune defense in the airways. PLUNC's ability to regulate ENaC is pH-sensitive and fails in acidic cystic fibrosis airways.[6] Thus, defective PLUNC1 function is thought to contribute to the development of lung pathology in cystic fibrosis patients.

It may also serve as a potential molecular marker for detection of micrometastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ghafouri, B. (2003). "PLUNC (palate, lung and nasal epithelial clone) proteins in human nasal lavage fluid". Biochem Soc Trans. 31 (4): 810–4. doi:10.1042/bst0310810. PMID 12887311.
  2. ^ Bingle CD, Bingle L (Oct 2000). "Characterisation of the human plunc gene, a gene product with an upper airways and nasopharyngeal restricted expression pattern". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1493 (3): 363–7. doi:10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00196-2. PMID 11018263.
  3. ^ Iwao K, Watanabe T, Fujiwara Y, Takami K, Kodama K, Higashiyama M, Yokouchi H, Ozaki K, Monden M, Tanigami A (Feb 2001). "Isolation of a novel human lung-specific gene, LUNX, a potential molecular marker for detection of micrometastasis in non-small-cell lung cancer". International Journal of Cancer. 91 (4): 433–7. doi:10.1002/1097-0215(200002)9999:9999<::AID-IJC1059>3.0.CO;2-B. PMID 11251963.
  4. ^ Garcia-Caballero A, Rasmussen JE, Gaillard E, Watson MJ, Olsen JC, Donaldson SH, Stutts MJ, Tarran R (Jul 2009). "SPLUNC1 regulates airway surface liquid volume by protecting ENaC from proteolytic cleavage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (27): 11412–7. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10611412G. doi:10.1073/pnas.0903609106. PMC 2708735. PMID 19541605.
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  6. ^ Garland AL, Walton WG, Coakley RD, Tan CD, Gilmore RC, Hobbs CA, Tripathy A, Clunes LA, Bencharit S, Stutts MJ, Betts L, Redinbo MR, Tarran R (Oct 2013). "Molecular basis for pH-dependent mucosal dehydration in cystic fibrosis airways". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (40): 15973–8. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11015973G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1311999110. PMC 3791714. PMID 24043776.
  7. ^ "Entrez Gene: PLUNC".

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.