Transcriptome profiling of NUP133 mutant podocytes

We generated NUP133 mutant podocytes to model human hereditary SRNS in vitro. A subtype of SRNS is caused by monogenetic mutations of the nuclear pore complex including NUP133. Human immortalized podocytes were genome edited applying the CRISPR/Cas9 technique to create NUP133 KO cells (“KO-1”). cDNA of NUP133-WT or causative variants NUP133 c.2922T>G (“Mutation-1”) or NUP133 c.3335-11T>A (“Mutation-2”) were stable expressed into this KO background by lentiviral transduction. Transcriptome profiling (RNA-Sequencing) and differential gene expression analysis was performed in triplicate for each cell line. NUP133 mutant podocytes showed no overt transcriptional changes compared to NUP133-WT cells. mRNA analysis of NUP133-WT, NUP133-Mutant-1, NUP133-Mutant-2 immortalized human podocyte cell lines (3 replicates respectively)