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Background  Tensin2 is a focal adhesion-localized multidomain protein expressed in various tissues, and its dysfunction leads to alterations in podocytes. However, these podocyte-related manifestations are dependent on murine strain. Tensin2 dysfunction results in susceptible strains developing podocyte foot process effacement and massive albuminuria, whereas podocytes in resistant strains remain almost intact. In our previous studies, quantitative trait loci analysis and congenic analysis using resistant C57BL/6J and susceptible ICGN mice identified a modifier locus associated with podocyte injury caused by tensin2 dysfunction on chromosome 2. However, the effect of this modifier locus on chromosome 2 is insufficient to explain the resistance of C57BL/6J mice to tensin2 dysfunction, indicating the existence of other modifier genes.    Results  Whereas previous studies focused on the severity of chronic kidney disease, the present study focused on podocyte injury. We performed a genome-wide linkage analysis of backcrosses between two tensin2-deficient mouse strains, B6.ICGN- Tns2   nph   and FVB.ICGN- Tns2   nph  , and detected a novel major modifier locus on chromosome 10. The combined effect of the C57BL/6J alleles of the two loci on chromosomes 2 and 10 reduced the urinary albumin excretion caused by tensin2 dysfunction to a level comparable to that of C57BL/6J mice.    Conclusions  These data indicate that the resistance to podocyte injury caused by tensin2 dysfunction is mainly produced by the effects of the modifier genes on the two loci. The identification of these modifier genes is expected to help elucidate the mechanism underlying podocyte injury.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s12863-018-0611-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Genetic loci for resistance to podocyte injury caused by the tensin2 gene deficiency in mice