Ion channels expressed in renal tubular epithelium play a significant role in the pathology of polycystic kidney disease. Here we describe experimental protocols used to perform patch-clamp analysis and intracellular calcium level measurements in cystic epithelium freshly isolated from rodent kidneys.
Pavlov, T. S., Ilatovskaya, D. V., Palygin, O., Levchenko, V., Pochynyuk, O., Staruschenko, A. Implementing Patch Clamp and Live Fluorescence Microscopy to Monitor Functional Properties of Freshly Isolated PKD Epithelium. J. Vis. Exp. (103), e53035, doi:10.3791/53035 (2015).