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Zhao JY, Liu CQ, Zhao HN, Ding YF, Bi T, Wang B, Lin XC, Guo G, Cui SY. Synchronous detection of miRNAs, their targets and downstream proteins in transferred FFPE sections: applications in clinical and basic research. Methods 2012; 58:156-63. [PMID: 22868004 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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After discovering new miRNAs, it is often difficult to determine their targets and effects on downstream protein expression. In situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) are two commonly used methods for clinical diagnosis and basic research. We used an optimized technique that simultaneously detects miRNAs, their binding targets and corresponding proteins on transferred serial formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) sections from patients. Combined with bioinformatics, this method was used to validate the reciprocal expression of specific miRNAs and targets that were detected by ISH, as well as the expression of downstream proteins that were detected by IHC. A complete analysis was performed using a limited number of transferred serial FFPE sections that had been stored for 1-4 years at room temperature. Some sections had even been previously stained with H&E. We identified a miRNA that regulates epithelial ovarian cancer, along with its candidate target and related downstream protein. These findings were directly validated using sub-cellular components obtained from the same patient sample. In addition, the expression of Nephrin (a podocyte marker) and Stmn1 (a recently identified marker related to glomerular development) were confirmed in transferred FFPE sections of mouse kidney. This procedure may be adapted for clinical diagnosis and basic research, providing a qualitative and efficient method to dissect the detailed spatial expression patterns of miRNA pathways in FFPE tissue, especially in cases where only a small biopsy sample can be obtained.
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- Jin-yao Zhao
- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, China
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Genipin inhibits mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 expression and ameliorates podocyte injury in diabetic mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41391. [PMID: 22848482 PMCID: PMC3405128 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most common causes of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in China, which requires renal replacement therapy. Recent investigations have suggested an essential role of podocyte injury in the initial stage of DN. This study investigated the potential therapeutic role of genipin, an active extract from a traditional Chinese medicine, on progression of DN in diabetic mice induced by intraperitoneally injection of streptozocin (STZ). In diabetic mice, orally administration of genipin postponed the progression of DN, as demonstrated by ameliorating body weight loss and urine albumin leakage, attenuating glomerular basement membrane thickness, restoring the podocyte expression of podocin and WT1 in diabetic mice. The protective role of genipin on DN is probably through suppressing the up-regulation of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) in diabetic kidneys. Meanwhile, through inhibiting the up-regulation of UCP2, genipin restores podocin and WT1 expression in cultured podocytes and attenuates glucose-induced albumin leakage through podocytes monolayer. Therefore, these results revealed that genipin inhibited UCP2 expression and ameliorated podocyte injury in DN mice.
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Blocking tumor angiogenesis is an important goal of cancer therapy, but clinically approved anti-angiogenic agents suffer from limited efficacy and adverse side effects, fueling the need to identify alternative angiogenesis regulators. Tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) is a highly conserved cell surface receptor overexpressed on human tumor vasculature. Genetic disruption of Tem8 in mice revealed that TEM8 is important for promoting tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth but dispensable for normal development and wound healing. The induction of TEM8 in cultured endothelial cells by nutrient or growth factor deprivation suggests that TEM8 may be part of a survival response pathway that is activated by tumor microenvironmental stress. In preclinical studies, antibodies targeted against the extracellular domain of TEM8 inhibited tumor angiogenesis and blocked the growth of multiple human tumor xenografts. Anti-TEM8 antibodies augmented the activity of other anti-angiogenic agents, vascular targeting agents and conventional chemotherapeutic agents and displayed no detectable toxicity. Thus, anti-TEM8 antibodies provide a promising new tool for selective blockade of neovascularization associated with cancer and possibly other angiogenesis-dependent diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/immunology
- Antibodies/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/deficiency
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelial Cells/metabolism
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Microfilament Proteins
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Neoplasms/metabolism
- Neoplasms/pathology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Peptide/deficiency
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Receptors, Peptide/metabolism
- Transfection
- Transplantation, Heterologous
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- Amit Chaudhary
- Tumor Angiogenesis Section; Mouse Cancer Genetics Program; National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Frederick, MD USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section; Mouse Cancer Genetics Program; National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Frederick, MD USA
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Obeidat M, Obeidat M, Ballermann BJ. Glomerular endothelium: A porous sieve and formidable barrier. Exp Cell Res 2012; 318:964-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cinà DP, Onay T, Paltoo A, Li C, Maezawa Y, De Arteaga J, Jurisicova A, Quaggin SE. Inhibition of MTOR disrupts autophagic flux in podocytes. J Am Soc Nephrol 2012; 23:412-20. [PMID: 22193387 PMCID: PMC3294311 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2011070690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (MTOR) belong to a family of drugs with potent immunosuppressive, antiangiogenic, and antiproliferative properties. De novo or worsening proteinuria can occur during treatment with these agents, but the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. We generated and characterized mice carrying a podocyte-selective knockout of the Mtor gene. Although Mtor was dispensable in developing podocytes, these mice developed proteinuria at 3 weeks and end stage renal failure by 5 weeks after birth. Podocytes from these mice exhibited an accumulation of the autophagosome marker LC3 (rat microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3), autophagosomes, autophagolysosomal vesicles, and damaged mitochondria. Similarly, human podocytes treated with the MTOR inhibitor rapamycin accumulated autophagosomes and autophagolysosomes. Taken together, these results suggest that disruption of the autophagic pathway may play a role in the pathogenesis of proteinuria in patients treated with MTOR inhibitors.
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- Davide P. Cinà
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Chaudhary A, Hilton MB, Seaman S, Haines DC, Stevenson S, Lemotte PK, Tschantz WR, Zhang XM, Saha S, Fleming T, Croix BS. TEM8/ANTXR1 blockade inhibits pathological angiogenesis and potentiates tumoricidal responses against multiple cancer types. Cancer Cell 2012; 21:212-26. [PMID: 22340594 PMCID: PMC3289547 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Current antiangiogenic agents used to treat cancer only partially inhibit neovascularization and cause normal tissue toxicities, fueling the need to identify therapeutic agents that are more selective for pathological angiogenesis. Tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8), also known as anthrax toxin receptor 1 (ANTXR1), is a highly conserved cell-surface protein overexpressed on tumor-infiltrating vasculature. Here we show that genetic disruption of Tem8 results in impaired growth of human tumor xenografts of diverse origin including melanoma, breast, colon, and lung cancer. Furthermore, antibodies developed against the TEM8 extracellular domain blocked anthrax intoxication, inhibited tumor-induced angiogenesis, displayed broad antitumor activity, and augmented the activity of clinically approved anticancer agents without added toxicity. Thus, TEM8 targeting may allow selective inhibition of pathological angiogenesis.
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- Amit Chaudhary
- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
- Basic Research Program, SAIC, NCI, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Veterinary Pathology Section, Pathology/Histotechnology Laboratory, SAIC, NCI, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Tumor Angiogenesis Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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McCarthy KJ, Wassenhove-McCarthy DJ. The glomerular basement membrane as a model system to study the bioactivity of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2012; 18:3-21. [PMID: 22258721 PMCID: PMC3351113 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611012682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The glomerular basement membrane and its associated cells are critical elements in the renal ultrafiltration process. Traditionally the anionic charge associated with several carbohydrate moieties in the glomerular basement membrane are thought to form a charge selective barrier that restricts the transmembrane flux of anionic proteins across the glomerular basement membrane into the urinary space. The charge selective function, along with the size selective component of the basement membrane, serves to limit the efflux of plasma proteins from the capillary lumen. Heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans are anionically charged carbohydrate structures attached to proteoglycan core proteins and have a role in establishing the charge selective function of the glomerular basement membrane. Although there are a large number of studies in the literature that support this concept, the results of several recent studies using molecular genetic approaches to minimize the anionic charge of the glomerular basement membrane would suggest that the role of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans in the glomerular capillary wall are still not yet entirely resolved, suggesting that this research area still requires new and novel exploration.
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- Kevin J McCarthy
- Department of Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
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Song SM, Wang CC, Qi SH, Xing L, Yang BF, Oite T, Li B. Angiotensin receptor blockade attenuates glomerulosclerosis progression by promoting VEGF expression and bone marrow-derived cells recruitment. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011; 27:2712-9. [PMID: 22140134 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated that angiotensin Type I receptor blockade (ARB) reduces proteinuria, reverses glomerular injury and glomerulosclerosis in rat models of diabetic nephropathy and glomerulonephritis. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms are unclear. To investigate the role of cells of the bone marrow (BM) in glomerular repair seen during ARB administration, we induced progressive glomerulosclerosis in enhanced green fluorescent protein BM chimeric rats by a single injection of anti-Thy 1.1 monoclonal antibody, followed by unilateral nephrectomy. METHODS Cohorts of rats received valsartan or no treatment from Week 2 to Week 8 after induction of disease. Renal function, urinary protein excretion and histological changes were examined 8 weeks after anti-Thy-1.1 monoclonal antibody injection. RESULTS Valsartan administration improved renal function, reduced severity of glomerulosclrosis and markedly reduced mortality. Valsartan administration promoted regeneration of the glomerular tuft, lowered proteinuria and resulted in enhanced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in the cortex and glomerular tuft. In addition, valsartan promoted increased recruitment of BM-derived cells (BMDCs) many of which expressed VEGF and likely contributed directly to glomerular repair. Nearly all BMDCs recruited to the glomerulus expressed the monocyte/macrophage marker CD68. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, the data shows that ARB by valsartan prevents glomerulosclerosis progression by enhancing glomerular capillary repair which is associated with the recruitment of VEGF producing 'reparative' monocytes and macrophages from the BM.
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- Shu-min Song
- Department of Nephrology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, and Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China
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Manjunath V, Moeckel GW, Mahnensmith R, Perazella MA. Proteinuria and glomerular injury associated with the anti-angiogenesis drug Vargatef™. NDT Plus 2011; 4:430-3. [PMID: 25984216 PMCID: PMC4421682 DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Veena Manjunath
- Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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van Roeyen CR, Eitner F, Boor P, Moeller MJ, Raffetseder U, Hanssen L, Bücher E, Villa L, Banas MC, Hudkins KL, Alpers CE, Ostendorf T, Floege J. Induction of progressive glomerulonephritis by podocyte-specific overexpression of platelet-derived growth factor-D. Kidney Int 2011; 80:1292-305. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia is still not completely known; however, in the recent decade, there have been tremendous research efforts leading to impressive results highlighting the role of a disturbed angiogenic balance as one of the key features of the disease. Numerous studies have shown the key role of the placenta in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. A shift in the sFlt-1 (soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1)/PlGF (placental growth factor) ratio is associated with the disease. Although pre-eclampsia seems to be a clearly defined disease, clinical presentation, and particularly the dynamics of the clinical course, can vary enormously. The only available tools to diagnose pre-eclampsia are blood pressure measurement and urine protein sampling. However, these tools have a low sensitivity and specificity regarding the prediction of the course of the disease or maternal and perinatal outcomes. The only cure for the disease is delivery, although a timely diagnosis helps in decreasing maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The sFlt1/PlGF ratio is able to give additional valuable information on the status and progression of the disease and is apt to be implemented in the diagnostic algorithm of pre-eclampsia. In the present review, we aim to provide an overview of the vast literature on angiogenesis and anti-angiogenesis factors in pre-eclampsia that have been published over the last decade. We introduce work from basic research groups who have focused on the pathophysiological basis of the disease. Furthermore, we review studies with a clinical focus in which the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio has been analysed along with other candidates for routine clinical assessment of pre-eclampsia.
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Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Savasan ZA, Kusanovic JP, Ogge G, Soto E, Dong Z, Tarca A, Gaurav B, Hassan SS. Maternal plasma concentrations of angiogenic/anti-angiogenic factors are of prognostic value in patients presenting to the obstetrical triage area with the suspicion of preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2011; 24:1187-207. [PMID: 21827221 PMCID: PMC3384532 DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.589932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether maternal plasma concentrations of placental growth factor (PlGF), soluble endoglin (sEng), soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (sVEGFR-1) and -2 could identify patients at risk for developing preeclampsia (PE) requiring preterm delivery. STUDY DESIGN Patients presenting with the diagnosis "rule out PE" to the obstetrical triage area of our hospital at <37 weeks of gestation (n = 87) were included in this study. Delivery outcomes were used to classify patients into four groups: I) patients without PE or those with gestational hypertension (GHTN) or chronic hypertension (CHTN) who subsequently developed PE at term (n = 19); II): mild PE who delivered at term (n = 15); III): mild disease (mild PE, GHTN, CHTN) who subsequently developed severe PE requiring preterm delivery (n = 26); and IV): diagnosis of severe PE (n = 27). Plasma concentrations of PlGF, sEng, sVEGFR-1 and -2 were determined at the time of presentation by ELISA. Reference ranges for analytes were constructed by quantile regression in our laboratory (n = 180; 1046 samples). Comparisons among groups were performed using multiples of the median (MoM) and parametric statistics after log transformation. Receiver operating characteristic curves, logistic regression and survival analysis were employed for analysis. RESULTS The mean MoM plasma concentration of PlGF/sVEGFR-1, PlGF/sEng, PlGF, sVEGFR-1 and -2, and sEng in Group III was significantly different from Group II (all p < 0.05). A plasma concentration of PlGF/sVEGFR-1 ≤ 0.05 MoM or PlGF/sEng ≤0.07 MoM had the highest likelihood ratio of a positive test (8.3, 95% CI 2.8-25 and 8.6, 95% CI 2.9-25, respectively), while that of PlGF ≤0.396 MoM had the lowest likelihood ratio of a negative test (0.08, 95% CI 0.03-0.25). The association between low plasma concentrations of PlGF/sVEGFR-1 (≤0.05 MoM) as well as that of PlGF/sEng (≤0.07 MoM) and the development of severe PE remained significant after adjusting for gestational age at presentation, average systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and a history of chronic hypertension [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 27 (95% CI 6.4-109) and adjusted OR 30 (95% CI 6.9-126), respectively]. Among patients who presented <34 weeks gestation (n = 59), a plasma concentration of PlGF/sVEGFR-1 < 0.033 MoM identified patients who delivered within 2 weeks because of PE with a sensitivity of 93% (25/27) and a specificity of 78% (25/32). This cut-off was associated with a shorter interval-to-delivery due to PE [hazard ratio = 6 (95% CI 2.5-14.6)]. CONCLUSIONS Plasma concentrations of angiogenic/anti-angiogenic factors are of prognostic value in the obstetrical triage area. These observations support the value of these biomarkers in the clinical setting for the identification of the patient at risk for disease progression requiring preterm delivery.
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- Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa
- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile and Center for Perinatal Research, Sótero del Río Hospital, Santiago, Chile
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, and Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Agustian PA, Schiffer M, Gwinner W, Schäfer I, Theophile K, Modde F, Bockmeyer CL, Traeder J, Lehmann U, Grosshennig A, Kreipe HH, Bröcker V, Becker JU. Diminished met signaling in podocytes contributes to the development of podocytopenia in transplant glomerulopathy. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 178:2007-19. [PMID: 21514418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Revised: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Transplant glomerulopathy (TxG) can show secondary focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). FSGS in native kidneys is caused by podocytopenia. This study examines podocytopenia and the role of decreased paracrine Met activation on podocytes by decreased glomerular hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) levels in the development of podocytopenia in TxG. Podocytes were counted in 10 zero-hour biopsies and 10 specimens each with and without TxG. HGF/Met was examined with immunostains and quantitative RT-PCR in a set of three consecutive biopsies from 10 patients with TxG, including the diagnostic biopsy (DiagnBx) and the two previous biopsies (1stPrevBx and 2ndPrevBx). Antiapoptotic effects of HGF on podocytes were examined in vitro. Mean podocyte numbers per glomerulus were lower and glomerular volume higher in TxG. Fewer of the two preceding biopsies of the patients than of the controls contained phospho-Met(Tyr1349)-positive podocytes (2 of 8 versus 7 of 7, P = 0.0070; 4 of 9 versus 9 of 9, P = 0.0294). Glomerular HGF mRNA levels were lower in the 1stPrevBx of the patients (0.049 ± 0.083 versus 0.284 ± 0.331; P = 0.0155). In vitro, HGF stimulation of podocytes resulted in antiapoptotic phosphorylation of AKT and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and induction of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP). Decreased antiapoptotic Met signaling in podocytes, probably due to decreased HGF secretion by glomerular epithelial cells, could contribute to podocyte loss and FSGS in TxG.
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- Putri A Agustian
- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Charytan DM, Helfand AM, MacDonald BA, Cinelli A, Kalluri R, Zeisberg EM. Circulating endoglin concentration is not elevated in chronic kidney disease. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23718. [PMID: 21886815 PMCID: PMC3158786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Soluble endoglin, a TGF-β receptor, plays a key role in cardiovascular physiology. Whether circulating concentrations of soluble endoglin are elevated in CKD or underlie the high risk of cardiovascular death associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. METHODS Individuals with and without CKD were recruited at a single center. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was estimated using the modified MDRD study equation and the serum creatinine at the time of recruitment, and patients were assigned to specific CKD stage according to usual guidelines. Serum endoglin concentration was measured by ELISA and univariate and multivariable regression was used to analyze the association between eGFR or CKD stage and the concentration of soluble endoglin. RESULTS Serum endoglin was measured in 216 patients including 118 with stage 3 or higher CKD and 9 individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Serum endoglin concentration did not vary significantly with CKD stage (increase of 0.16 ng/mL per 1 stage increase in CKD, P = 0.09) or eGFR (decrease -0.06 ng/mL per 10 mL/min/1.73 m(2) increase in GFR, P = 0.12), and was not higher in individuals with ESRD than in individuals with preserved renal function (4.2±1.1 and 4.3±1.2 ng/mL, respectively). Endoglin concentration was also not significantly associated with urinary albumin excretion. CONCLUSIONS Renal function is not associated with the circulating concentration of soluble endoglin. Elevations in soluble endoglin concentration are unlikely to contribute to the progression of CKD or the predisposition of individuals with CKD to develop cardiovascular disease.
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- David M Charytan
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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Jeansson M, Gawlik A, Anderson G, Li C, Kerjaschki D, Henkelman M, Quaggin SE. Angiopoietin-1 is essential in mouse vasculature during development and in response to injury. J Clin Invest 2011; 121:2278-89. [PMID: 21606590 DOI: 10.1172/jci46322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Angiopoietin-1/Tek signaling is a critical regulator of blood vessel development, with conventional knockout of angiopoietin-1 or Tek in mice being embryonically lethal due to vascular defects. In addition, angiopoietin-1 is thought to be required for the stability of mature vessels. Using a Cre-Lox conditional gene targeting approach, we have studied the role of angiopoietin-1 in embryonic and adult vasculature. We report here that angiopoietin-1 is critical for regulating both the number and diameter of developing vessels but is not required for pericyte recruitment. Cardiac-specific knockout of angiopoietin-1 reproduced the phenotype of the conventional knockout, demonstrating that the early vascular abnormalities arise from flow-dependent defects. Strikingly, deletion in the entire embryo after day E13.5 produced no immediate vascular phenotype. However, when combined with injury or microvascular stress, angiopoietin-1 deficiency resulted in profound organ damage, accelerated angiogenesis, and fibrosis. These findings redefine our understanding of the biological roles of angiopoietin-1: it is dispensable in quiescent vessels but has a powerful ability to modulate the vascular response after injury.
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- Marie Jeansson
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Nikzamir A, Esteghamati A, Hammedian AA, Mahmoudi T. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor +405 G/C polymorphism and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:881-6. [PMID: 21562766 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0812-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Observations on the association between the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphism and nephropathy have been inconsistent, which might be due to ethnic and geographical variations. Furthermore, the relationship between +405 G/C polymorphism and albuminuria in the diabetic population has not been sufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate for the first time the possible association between +405 G/C polymorphism and albuminuria in an population from Tehran of Iran. A total of 255 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria (Group A) and 235 patients with type 2 diabetes and normoalbuminuria (Group B) were included. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) were used to detect the VEGF alleles. In univariate analysis, the groups were statistically similar in all variables except for HbA1c (8.53 ± 1.7 in Group A vs. 8.2 ± 1.73 in Group B; P = 0.034), 24-h urinary albumin (201.33 ± 84.8 in Group A vs. 22.88 ± 3.5 in Group B; P < 0.001), and the frequency of GG genotype (31% in Group A vs. 18.7% in Group B; P = 0.006). The GG genotype was the independent predictor of albuminuria [P = 0.014, OR = 1.771, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.124-2.790]. Our study showed that the G allele was not associated with albuminuria, but the GG genotype in the VEGF gene is independently associated with development of nephropathy in the our diabetic population.
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- Abdolrahim Nikzamir
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jondi Shapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
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Sato W, Tanabe K, Kosugi T, Hudkins K, Lanaspa MA, Zhang L, Campbell-Thompson M, Li Q, Long DA, Alpers CE, Nakagawa T. Selective stimulation of VEGFR2 accelerates progressive renal disease. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 179:155-66. [PMID: 21640973 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) can play both beneficial and deleterious roles in renal diseases, where its specific function might be determined by nitric oxide bioavailability. The complexity of VEGF-A in renal disease could in part be accounted for by the distinct roles of its two receptors; VEGFR1 is involved in the inflammatory responses, whereas VEGFR2 predominantly mediates angiogenesis. Because nondiabetic chronic renal disease is associated with capillary loss, we hypothesized that selective stimulation of VEGFR2 could be beneficial in this setting. However, VEGFR2 activation may be deleterious in the presence of nitric oxide deficiency. We systematically overexpressed a mutant form of VEGF-A binding only VEGFR2 (Flk-sel) using an adeno-associated virus-1 vector in wild-type and eNOS knockout mice and then induced renal injury by uninephrectomy. Flk-sel treatment increased angiogenesis and lowered blood pressure in both mouse types. Flk-sel overexpression caused mesangial injury with increased proliferation associated with elevated expression of PDGF, PDGF-β receptor, and VEGFR2; this effect was greater in eNOS knockout than in wild-type mice. Flk-sel also induced tubulointerstitial injury, with some tubular epithelial cells expressing α-smooth muscle actin, indicating a phenotypic evolution toward myofibroblasts. In conclusion, prestimulation of VEGFR2 can potentiate subsequent renal injury in mice, an effect enhanced in the setting of nitric oxide deficiency.
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- Waichi Sato
- Division of Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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George M, Rainey MA, Naramura M, Foster KW, Holzapfel MS, Willoughby LL, Ying G, Goswami RM, Gurumurthy CB, Band V, Satchell SC, Band H. Renal thrombotic microangiopathy in mice with combined deletion of endocytic recycling regulators EHD3 and EHD4. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17838. [PMID: 21408024 PMCID: PMC3052385 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Eps15 Homology Domain-containing 3 (EHD3), a member of the EHD protein family that regulates endocytic recycling, is the first protein reported to be specifically expressed in the glomerular endothelium in the kidney; therefore we generated Ehd3(-/-) mice and assessed renal development and pathology. Ehd3(-/-) animals showed no overt defects, and exhibited no proteinuria or glomerular pathology. However, as the expression of EHD4, a related family member, was elevated in the glomerular endothelium of Ehd3(-/-) mice and suggested functional compensation, we generated and analyzed Ehd3(-/-); Ehd4(-/-) mice. These mice were smaller, possessed smaller and paler kidneys, were proteinuric and died between 3-24 weeks of age. Detailed analyses of Ehd3(-/-); Ehd4(-/-) kidneys demonstrated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA)-like glomerular lesions including thickening and duplication of glomerular basement membrane, endothelial swelling and loss of fenestrations. Other changes included segmental podocyte foot process effacement, mesangial interposition, and abnormal podocytic and mesangial marker expression. The glomerular lesions observed were strikingly similar to those seen in human pre-eclampsia and mouse models of reduced VEGF expression. As altered glomerular endothelial VEGFR2 expression and localization and increased apoptosis was observed in the absence of EHD3 and EHD4, we propose that EHD-mediated endocytic traffic of key surface receptors such as VEGFR2 is essential for physiological control of glomerular function. Furthermore, Ehd3(-/-); Ehd4(-/-) mice provide a unique model to elucidate mechanisms of glomerular endothelial injury which is observed in a wide variety of human renal and extra-renal diseases.
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- Manju George
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Oncology Central Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Kim HW, Lim JH, Kim MY, Chung S, Shin SJ, Chung HW, Choi BS, Kim YS, Chang YS, Park CW. Long-term blockade of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 aggravates the diabetic renal dysfunction associated with inactivation of the Akt/eNOS-NO axis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:1173-88. [PMID: 20935017 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy is characterized by abnormal angiogenesis, and this is driven by several factors, including hyperglycaemia and ischaemia. We investigated the role of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) blockade and its effects on diabetic nephropathy. METHODS Male db/db and db/m mice received long-term treatment with dRK6, an arginine-rich anti-VEGF hexapeptide, for 12 weeks or short-term treatment for only the first 4 weeks, starting from 8 weeks of age. RESULTS The urinary albuminuria and VEGF excretion varied according to the duration of diabetes, and the urinary VEGF levels were strongly correlated with the levels of albuminuria. Diabetes increased the VEGFR-2 expression in the kidneys. At the end of the 12-week study, compared with the db/db control mice, the db/db mice with long-term dRK6 treatment, which selectively inhibited VEGFR-2, had more albuminuria, related to weak nephrin signalling and advanced renal phenotypes, which were associated with hypoxia-oxidative stress, and an increased number of apoptotic endothelial cells. Interestingly, these changes were related to a decrease in phospho-Akt/eNOS-NO bioavailability. On the in vitro study, dRK6 increased the number of apoptotic human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in the high glucose media by blocking phospho-Akt/eNOS-NO signalling, and this was related to the increased oxidative stress. The short-term inhibition of VEGFR-2 neither improved the albuminuria nor the renal phenotype induced by diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Long-term selective blockade of VEGFR-2 by dRK6 had deleterious renal effects, and this was associated with downregulation of the Akt/eNOS-NO axis in db/db mice. Short-term VEGFR-2 blockade did not improve the renal phenotypes and the albuminuria. These findings suggest that VEGF-A-VEGFR-2 inhibition, regardless of how long it may be, does not ameliorate diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes.
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- Hyung Wook Kim
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul and Division of Nephrology, St. Vincent Hospital, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Masuda Y, Shimizu A, Kataoka M, Arai T, Ishikawa A, Du X, Saito SK, Aki K, Nagasaka S, Mii A, Fujita E, Fukuda Y. Inhibition of capillary repair in proliferative glomerulonephritis results in persistent glomerular inflammation with glomerular sclerosis. J Transl Med 2010; 90:1468-81. [PMID: 20644521 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The pathological process of glomerulonephritis (GN) includes glomerular capillary damage, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has an important role in glomerular capillary repair in GN. We examined the effect of inhibition of glomerular capillary repair after capillary injury in GN. Experimental Thy-1 GN was induced in rats that were divided into two groups: rats that received anti-VEGF neutralizing antibody (50 μg per 100 g body weight per day) and those treated with the vehicle from day 2 to day 9. We assessed the renal function and histopathology serially until week 6. Rats of the Thy-1 GN group showed diffuse glomerular mesangiolysis with ballooning destruction of the capillary network by day 3. VEGF(164) protein levels increased in the damaged glomeruli during days 5 to 10, and endothelial-cell proliferation increased with capillary repair in the vehicle-injected group. Proliferative GN resolved subsequently with decreased mesangial hypercellularity, and recovery of most of the glomeruli to the normal structure was evident by week 6. In contrast, administration of anti-VEGF antibody significantly decreased endothelial-cell proliferation and capillary repair in glomeruli by week 2. Thereafter, glomerular mesangial-cell proliferation and activation continued with persistent infiltration of macrophages. At week 6, segmental glomerular sclerosis developed with mesangial matrix accumulation and proteinuria. Deposition of type I collagen was also noted in sclerotic lesions. We conclude that impaired capillary repair was the underlying mechanism in the prolongation of glomerular inflammation in proliferative GN and in the development of glomerular sclerosis. Capillary repair has an important role in the recovery of glomerular damage and in the resolution of proliferative GN.
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- Yukinari Masuda
- Department of Analytic Human Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Nakagawa T, Izumino K, Ishii Y, Oya T, Hamashima T, Jie S, Ishizawa S, Tomoda F, Fujimori T, Nabeshima YI, Inoue H, Sasahara M. Roles of PDGF receptor-beta in the structure and function of postnatal kidney glomerulus. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:458-68. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Sison K, Eremina V, Baelde H, Min W, Hirashima M, Fantus IG, Quaggin SE. Glomerular structure and function require paracrine, not autocrine, VEGF-VEGFR-2 signaling. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 21:1691-701. [PMID: 20688931 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010030295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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VEGF is a potent vascular growth factor produced by podocytes in the developing and mature glomerulus. Specific deletion of VEGF from podocytes causes glomerular abnormalities including profound endothelial cell injury, suggesting that paracrine signaling is critical for maintaining the glomerular filtration barrier (GFB). However, it is not clear whether normal GFB function also requires autocrine VEGF signaling in podocytes. In this study, we sought to determine whether an autocrine VEGF-VEGFR-2 loop in podocytes contributes to the maintenance of the GFB in vivo. We found that induced, whole-body deletion of VEGFR-2 caused marked abnormalities in the kidney and also other tissues, including the heart and liver. By contrast, podocyte-specific deletion of the VEGFR-2 receptor had no effect on glomerular development or function even up to 6 months old. Unlike cell culture models, enhanced expression of VEGF by podocytes in vivo caused foot process fusion and alterations in slit diaphragm-associated proteins; however, inhibition of VEGFR-2 could not rescue this defect. Although VEGFR-2 was dispensable in the podocyte, glomerular endothelial cells depended on VEGFR-2 expression: postnatal deletion of the receptor resulted in global defects in the glomerular microvasculature. Taken together, our results provide strong evidence for dominant actions of a paracrine VEGF-VEGFR-2 signaling loop both in the developing and in the filtering glomerulus. VEGF produced by the podocyte regulates the structure and function of the adjacent endothelial cell.
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- Karen Sison
- The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lin CL, Wang FS, Hsu YC, Chen CN, Tseng MJ, Saleem MA, Chang PJ, Wang JY. Modulation of notch-1 signaling alleviates vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes 2010; 59:1915-25. [PMID: 20522599 PMCID: PMC2911050 DOI: 10.2337/db09-0663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Disturbances in podocytes are typically associated with marked proteinuria, a hallmark of diabetic nephropathy. This study was conducted to investigate modulation of Notch-1 signaling in high glucose (HG)-stressed human podocytes and in a diabetic animal model. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Expression of the Notch signaling components was examined in HG-treated podocytes, human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293), and kidneys from diabetic animals by RT-qPCR, Western blot analysis, and immunohistochemical staining. The association between the Notch signaling, VEGF expression, and podocyte integrity was evaluated. RESULTS Notch-1 signaling was significantly activated in HG-cultured human podocytes and HEK293 cells and kidneys from diabetic animals. HG also augmented VEGF expression, decreasing nephrin expression and podocyte number-a critical event for the development of proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy. After use of pharmacological modulators or specific shRNA knockdown strategies, inhibition of Notch-1 signaling significantly abrogated VEGF activation and nephrin repression in HG-stressed cells and ameliorated proteinuria in the diabetic kidney. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that upregulation of Notch-1 signaling in HG-treated renal podocytes induces VEGF expression and subsequent nephrin repression and apoptosis. Modulation of Notch-1 signaling may hold promise as a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Chun-Liang Lin
- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital atChiayi, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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Lindenmeyer MT, Eichinger F, Sen K, Anders HJ, Edenhofer I, Mattinzoli D, Kretzler M, Rastaldi MP, Cohen CD. Systematic analysis of a novel human renal glomerulus-enriched gene expression dataset. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11545. [PMID: 20634963 PMCID: PMC2902524 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Glomerular diseases account for the majority of cases with chronic renal failure. Several genes have been identified with key relevance for glomerular function. Quite a few of these genes show a specific or preferential mRNA expression in the renal glomerulus. To identify additional candidate genes involved in glomerular function in humans we generated a human renal glomerulus-enriched gene expression dataset (REGGED) by comparing gene expression profiles from human glomeruli and tubulointerstitium obtained from six transplant living donors using Affymetrix HG-U133A arrays. This analysis resulted in 677 genes with prominent overrepresentation in the glomerulus. Genes with 'a priori' known prominent glomerular expression served for validation and were all found in the novel dataset (e.g. CDKN1, DAG1, DDN, EHD3, MYH9, NES, NPHS1, NPHS2, PDPN, PLA2R1, PLCE1, PODXL, PTPRO, SYNPO, TCF21, TJP1, WT1). The mRNA expression of several novel glomerulus-enriched genes in REGGED was validated by qRT-PCR. Gene ontology and pathway analysis identified biological processes previously not reported to be of relevance in glomeruli of healthy human adult kidneys including among others axon guidance. This finding was further validated by assessing the expression of the axon guidance molecules neuritin (NRN1) and roundabout receptor ROBO1 and -2. In diabetic nephropathy, a prevalent glomerulopathy, differential regulation of glomerular ROBO2 mRNA was found.In summary, novel transcripts with predominant expression in the human glomerulus could be identified using a comparative strategy on microdissected nephrons. A systematic analysis of this glomerulus-specific gene expression dataset allows the detection of target molecules and biological processes involved in glomerular biology and renal disease.
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- Maja T. Lindenmeyer
- Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Physiology with Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Institute of Physiology with Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Renal Research Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico & Fondazione D'Amico per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Renali, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Renal Research Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico & Fondazione D'Amico per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Renali, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Physiology with Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Steenhard BM, Isom K, Stroganova L, St John PL, Zelenchuk A, Freeburg PB, Holzman LB, Abrahamson DR. Deletion of von Hippel-Lindau in glomerular podocytes results in glomerular basement membrane thickening, ectopic subepithelial deposition of collagen {alpha}1{alpha}2{alpha}1(IV), expression of neuroglobin, and proteinuria. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 177:84-96. [PMID: 20522651 PMCID: PMC2893653 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor, which is critical for blood vessel formation, is regulated by hypoxia inducible transcription factors (HIFs). A component of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) facilitates oxygen-dependent polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of HIFalpha subunits. Hypothesizing that deletion of podocyte VHL would result in HIFalpha hyperstabilization, we crossed podocin promoter-Cre transgenic mice, which express Cre recombinase in podocytes beginning at the capillary loop stage of glomerular development, with floxed VHL mice. Vascular patterning and glomerular development appeared unaltered in progeny lacking podocyte VHL. However, urinalysis showed increased albumin excretion by 4 weeks when compared with wild-type littermates with several sever cases (>1000 microg/ml). Many glomerular ultrastructural changes were seen in mutants, including focal subendothelial delamination and widespread podocyte foot process broadening, and glomerular basement membranes (GBMs) were significantly thicker in 16-week-old mutants compared with controls. Moreover, immunoelectron microscopy showed ectopic deposition of collagen alpha1alpha2alpha1(IV) in GBM humps beneath podocytes. Significant increases in the number of Ki-67-positive mesangial cells were also found, but glomerular WT1 expression was significantly decreased, signifying podocyte death and/or de-differentiation. Indeed, expression profiling of mutant glomeruli suggested a negative regulatory feedback loop involving the HIFalpha prolyl hydroxylase, Egln3. In addition, the brain oxygen-binding protein, Neuroglobin, was induced in mutant podocytes. We conclude that podocyte VHL is required for normal maintenance of podocytes, GBM composition and ultrastructure, and glomerular barrier properties.
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- Brooke M Steenhard
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Mail Stop 3038, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Boor P, van Roeyen CRC, Kunter U, Villa L, Bücher E, Hohenstein B, Hugo CPM, Eriksson U, Satchell SC, Mathieson PW, Eitner F, Floege J, Ostendorf T. PDGF-C mediates glomerular capillary repair. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 177:58-69. [PMID: 20489153 PMCID: PMC2893651 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Glomerular endothelial cell injury is a key component of a variety of diseases. Factors involved in glomerular endothelial cell repair are promising therapeutic agents for such diseases. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-C has pro-angiogenic properties; however, nothing is known about such functions in the kidney. We therefore investigated the consequences of either PDGF-C infusion or inhibition in rats with mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis, which is accompanied by widespread glomerular endothelial cell damage. We also assessed the role of PDGF-C in a mouse model of thrombotic microangiopathy as well as in cultured glomerular endothelial cells. PDGF-C infusion in nephritic rats significantly reduced mesangiolysis and microaneurysm formation, whereas glomerular endothelial cell area and proliferation increased. PDGF-C infusion specifically up-regulated glomerular fibroblast growth factor-2 expression. In contrast, antagonism of PDGF-C in glomerulonephritis specifically reduced glomerular endothelial cell area and proliferation and increased mesangiolysis. Similarly, PDGF-C antagonism in murine thrombotic microangiopathy aggravated the disease and reduced glomerular endothelial area. In conditionally immortalized glomerular endothelial cells, PDGF-C was mitogenic and induced a 27-fold up-regulation of fibroblast growth factor-2 mRNA. PDGF-C also exerted indirect pro-angiogenic effects, since it induced endothelial cell mitogens and pro-angiogenic factors in mesangial cells and macrophages. These results identify PDGF-C as a novel, potent pro-angiogenic factor in the kidney that can accelerate capillary healing in experimental glomerulonephritis and thrombotic microangiopathy.
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- Peter Boor
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Ito Y, Goldschmeding R, Kasuga H, Claessen N, Nakayama M, Yuzawa Y, Sawai A, Matsuo S, Weening JJ, Aten J. Expression patterns of connective tissue growth factor and of TGF-beta isoforms during glomerular injury recapitulate glomerulogenesis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 299:F545-58. [PMID: 20576680 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00120.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1), -beta(2), and -beta(3) are involved in control of wound repair and development of fibrosis. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression is stimulated by all TGF-beta isoforms and is abundant in glomerulosclerosis and other fibrotic disorders. CTGF is hypothesized to mediate profibrotic effects of TGF-beta(1) or to facilitate interaction of TGF-beta(1) with its receptor, but its interactions with TGF-beta isoforms in nonpathological conditions are unexplored so far. Tissue repair and remodeling may recapitulate gene transcription at play in organogenesis. To further delineate the relationship between CTGF and TGF-beta, we compared expression patterns of CTGF and TGF-beta isoforms in rat and human glomerulogenesis and in various human glomerulopathies. CTGF mRNA was present in the immediate precursors of glomerular visceral and parietal epithelial cells in the comma- and S-shaped stages, but not in earlier stages of nephron development. During the capillary loop and maturing glomerular stages and simultaneous with the presence of TGF-beta(1), -beta(2), and -beta(3) protein, CTGF mRNA expression was maximal and present only in differentiating glomerular epithelial cells. CTGF protein was also present on precursors of mesangium and glomerular endothelium, suggesting possible paracrine interaction. Concomitant with the presence of TGF-beta(2) and -beta(3) protein, and in the absence of TGF-beta(1), CTGF mRNA and protein expression was restricted to podocytes in normal adult glomeruli. However, TGF-beta(1) and CTGF were again coexpressed, often with TGF-beta(2) and -beta(3), in particular in podocytes in proliferative glomerulonephritis and also in mesangial cells in diabetic nephropathy and IgA nephropathy (IgA NP). Coordinated expression of TGF-beta isoforms and of CTGF may be involved in normal glomerulogenesis and possibly in maintenance of glomerular structure and function at adult age. Prolonged overexpression of TGF-beta(1) and CTGF is associated with development of severe glomerulonephritis and glomerulosclerosis.
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- Yasuhiko Ito
- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cheng H, Harris RC. The glomerulus--a view from the outside--the podocyte. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:1380-7. [PMID: 20542138 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In the past decade, podocyte research has been greatly aided by the development of powerful new molecular, cellular and animal tools, leading to elucidation of an increasing number of proteins involved in podocyte function and identification of mutated genes in hereditary glomerulopathies. Accumulating evidence indicates that podocyte disorders may not only underlie these hereditary glomerulopathies but also play crucial role in a broad spectrum of acquired glomerular diseases. Genetic susceptibility, environmental influence and systemic responses are all involved in the mediation of the pathogenesis of podocytopathies. Injured podocytes may predisopose to further injury of other podocytes and other adjacent/distant renal cells in a vicious cycle, leading to inexorable progression of glomerular injury. The classic view is that podocytes have a limited ability to proliferate in the normal mature kidney. However, recent research in rodents has provided suggestive evidence for podocyte regeneration resulting from differentiation of progenitor cells within Bowman's capsule.
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- Huifang Cheng
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2372, USA.
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Rask-Madsen C, King GL. Kidney complications: factors that protect the diabetic vasculature. Nat Med 2010; 16:40-1. [PMID: 20057426 DOI: 10.1038/nm0110-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Kosugi T, Nakayama T, Li Q, Chiodo VA, Zhang L, Campbell-Thompson M, Grant M, Croker BP, Nakagawa T. Soluble Flt-1 gene therapy ameliorates albuminuria but accelerates tubulointerstitial injury in diabetic mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 298:F609-16. [PMID: 20015944 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00377.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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VEGF is recognized as a major mediator in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Soluble Flt-1 (sFlt-1) is the endogenous inhibitor of VEGF, and recently genetic overexpression of sFlt-1 in the podocyte was shown to be protective in murine diabetic nephropathy. In this study, we performed a translational study to determine whether an intramuscular gene transfer of sFlt-1 can prevent the progression of renal disease in diabetic db/db mice. Adeno-associated virus-1 (AAV1) encoding human sFlt-1 in two different doses was intramuscularly administrated in db/db and wild-type mice. The sFlt-1-AAV1 treatment significantly increased serum sFlt-1 level at 4 and 8 wk. A dose that was developed in this study caused minimal abnormalities in normal mice but reduced albuminuria in diabetic db/db mice. In renal histology, sFlt-1 treatment at this dose had minimal effects on mesangial expansion in diabetic mice, whereas podocyte injury was significantly improved, at 8 wk. Unfortunately, tubulointerstitial injury was markedly exacerbated by sFlt-1 treatment in association with a reduction in endogenous VEGF expression and peritubular capillary loss. In conclusion, gene therapy with sFlt-1-AAV1 protects podocytes but accelerates tubulointerstitial injury in diabetic db/db mice. These data suggest systemic overexpression of sFlt-1 will not likely be useful for treating diabetic nephropathy.
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- Tomoki Kosugi
- Division of Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Müller-Deile J, Worthmann K, Saleem M, Tossidou I, Haller H, Schiffer M. The balance of autocrine VEGF-A and VEGF-C determines podocyte survival. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2009; 297:F1656-67. [PMID: 19828679 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00275.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Podocytes are an important component of the glomerular filtration barrier and are the major source of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the glomerulus. The role of VEGF for the phenotype of the glomerular endothelium has been intensely studied; however, the direct effects of autocrine VEGF on the podocyte are largely unknown. In this study we characterized the expression of VEGF isoforms and VEGF receptors in cultured human podocytes and examined direct effects on cell signaling and apoptosis after stimulation with exogenous VEGF or ablation of autocrine VEGF. We identified VEGF-A and VEGF-C as the dominant isoforms in human podocytes and showed that autocrine levels of both are important for the intracellular activation of antiapoptotic phosphoinositol 3-kinase/AKT and suppression of the proapoptotic p38MAPK via VEGFR-2. We demonstrated that ablation of VEGF-A or VEGF-C as well as treatment with bevacizumab or a VEGFR-2/-3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor led to reduced podocyte survival. In contrast, ablation of VEGF-B had no effect on podocyte survival. Treatment with exogenous VEGF-C reversed the effect of VEGF-A neutralization, and exogenous VEGF-A abrogated the effect of VEGF-C ablation in human podocytes. Our results underline the importance of autocrine VEGF for podocyte survival and indicate the delicate balance of VEGF-A and VEGF-C to influence progression of glomerular diseases.
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- Janina Müller-Deile
- Dept. of Medicine/Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Mollet G, Ratelade J, Boyer O, Muda AO, Morisset L, Lavin TA, Kitzis D, Dallman MJ, Bugeon L, Hubner N, Gubler MC, Antignac C, Esquivel EL. Podocin inactivation in mature kidneys causes focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and nephrotic syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:2181-9. [PMID: 19713307 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009040379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Podocin is a critical component of the glomerular slit diaphragm, and genetic mutations lead to both familial and sporadic forms of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. In mice, constitutive absence of podocin leads to rapidly progressive renal disease characterized by mesangiolysis and/or mesangial sclerosis and nephrotic syndrome. Using established Cre-loxP technology, we inactivated podocin in the adult mouse kidney in a podocyte-specific manner. Progressive loss of podocin in the glomerulus recapitulated albuminuria, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and renal failure seen in nephrotic syndrome in humans. Lesions of FSGS appeared after 4 wk, with subsequent development of diffuse glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial damage. Interestingly, conditional inactivation of podocin at birth resulted in a gradient of glomerular lesions, including mesangial proliferation, demonstrating a developmental stage dependence of renal histologic patterns of injury. The development of significant albuminuria in this model occurred only after early and focal foot process effacement had progressed to diffuse involvement, with complete absence of podocin immunolabeling at the slit diaphragm. Finally, we identified novel potential mediators and perturbed molecular pathways, including cellular proliferation, in the course of progression of renal disease leading to glomerulosclerosis, using global gene expression profiling.
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Granger JP. Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors and hypertension: a central role for the kidney and endothelial factors? Hypertension 2009; 54:465-7. [PMID: 19652083 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.132274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Therapeutic role of sirolimus in non-transplant kidney disease. Pharmacol Ther 2009; 123:187-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Floege J, Smeets B, Moeller MJ. The SDF-1/CXCR4 axis is a novel driver of vascular development of the glomerulus. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:1659-61. [PMID: 19608697 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009060621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Schlöndorff D, Banas B. The Mesangial Cell Revisited: No Cell Is an Island. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:1179-87. [DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008050549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Gu JW, Manning RD, Young E, Shparago M, Sartin B, Bailey AP. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor enhances dietary salt-induced hypertension in Sprague-Dawley rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R142-8. [PMID: 19420288 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90972.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Clinical evidence links the inhibition of VEGF to hypertension. However, the mechanisms by which VEGF affects the pathogenesis of hypertension remain in question. We determined 1) whether administration of VEGF receptor inhibitor SU5416 enhances dietary salt-induced hypertension in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, and 2) whether VEGF or SU5416 directly affects proliferation of cultured human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (HRPTEC) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in cultured human glomerular microvessel endothelial cells (HGMEC). Ten 10-wk-old male SD rats received a high sodium diet (HS; 8%) and the other 10 SD rats received a normal sodium diet (NS; 0.5%) for 4 wks. After 2 wks of the dietary program, five rats were administered with SU5416 at 10 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1) ip or DMSO (vehicle) for 14 days in HS and NS groups. Mean arterial pressure was significantly higher in rats treated with SU5416, as opposed to those treated with DMSO and fed with HS for 4 wk (157.6 +/- 3.9 vs. 125.9 +/- 4.3 mmHg, P < 0.01). Increased proteinuria and albuminuria were associated with marked renal histological abnormalities in HS group with SU5416 administration, compared with those in the vehicle HS group. 3H-thymidine incorporation assay showed that SU5416 blocked the actions of both exogenous and endogenous VEGF on the proliferation of HRPTEC. VEGF (10 ng/ml) significantly increased eNOS protein levels by 29% in cultured HGMEC, but its action was completely abolished by SU5416. These results suggest that VEGF receptor inhibition enhances dietary salt-induced hypertension and kidney injury, possibly by direct damage on renal cells and decreasing NO production by eNOS.
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- Jian-Wei Gu
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA.
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Crowley SD, Vasievich MP, Ruiz P, Gould SK, Parsons KK, Pazmino AK, Facemire C, Chen BJ, Kim HS, Tran TT, Pisetsky DS, Barisoni L, Prieto-Carrasquero MC, Jeansson M, Foster MH, Coffman TM. Glomerular type 1 angiotensin receptors augment kidney injury and inflammation in murine autoimmune nephritis. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:943-53. [PMID: 19287096 DOI: 10.1172/jci34862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Studies in humans and animal models indicate a key contribution of angiotensin II to the pathogenesis of glomerular diseases. To examine the role of type 1 angiotensin (AT1) receptors in glomerular inflammation associated with autoimmune disease, we generated MRL-Faslpr/lpr (lpr) mice lacking the major murine type 1 angiotensin receptor (AT1A); lpr mice develop a generalized autoimmune disease with glomerulonephritis that resembles SLE. Surprisingly, AT1A deficiency was not protective against disease but instead substantially accelerated mortality, proteinuria, and kidney pathology. Increased disease severity was not a direct effect of immune cells, since transplantation of AT1A-deficient bone marrow did not affect survival. Moreover, autoimmune injury in extrarenal tissues, including skin, heart, and joints, was unaffected by AT1A deficiency. In murine systems, there is a second type 1 angiotensin receptor isoform, AT1B, and its expression is especially prominent in the renal glomerulus within podocytes. Further, expression of renin was enhanced in kidneys of AT1A-deficient lpr mice, and they showed evidence of exaggerated AT1B receptor activation, including substantially increased podocyte injury and expression of inflammatory mediators. Administration of losartan, which blocks all type 1 angiotensin receptors, reduced markers of kidney disease, including proteinuria, glomerular pathology, and cytokine mRNA expression. Since AT1A-deficient lpr mice had low blood pressure, these findings suggest that activation of type 1 angiotensin receptors in the glomerulus is sufficient to accelerate renal injury and inflammation in the absence of hypertension.
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- Steven D Crowley
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University Medical Center, and Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
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Advanced glycation end-products suppress neuropilin-1 expression in podocytes. Kidney Int 2009; 75:605-16. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Abrahamson DR. Development of kidney glomerular endothelial cells and their role in basement membrane assembly. Organogenesis 2009; 5:275-87. [PMID: 19568349 PMCID: PMC2659369 DOI: 10.4161/org.7577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Data showing that the embryonic day 12 (E12) mouse kidney contains its own pool of endothelial progenitor cells is presented. Mechanisms that regulate metanephric endothelial recruitment and differentiation, including the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors and vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling system, are also discussed. Finally, evidence that glomerular endothelial cells contribute importantly to assembly of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), especially the laminin component, is reviewed. Together, this forum offers insights on blood vessel development in general, and formation of the glomerular capillary in particular, which inarguably is among the most unique vascular structures in the body.
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- Dale R Abrahamson
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Kansas Medical Center; Kansas City, Kansas USA
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Sandrim VC, Palei ACT, Cavalli RC, Araújo FM, Ramos ES, Duarte G, Tanus-Santos JE. Vascular endothelial growth factor genotypes and haplotypes are associated with pre-eclampsia but not with gestational hypertension. Mol Hum Reprod 2008; 15:115-20. [PMID: 19060000 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is relevant for normal pregnancy, and abnormalities in VEGF functions are associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Because there are few studies on how VEGF genetic polymorphisms affect susceptibility to pre-eclampsia (PE), and no studies on how they affect susceptibility to gestational hypertension (GH), we compared VEGF genotype and haplotype distributions in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies. Genotypes and haplotypes for VEGF polymorphisms (C-2578A, G-1154A and G-634C) were determined in 303 pregnant women (108 healthy pregnant, HP; 101 with GH and 94 with PE). When white and non-white pregnant women were considered together, no significant differences were found in the distributions of VEGF genotypes or haplotypes (P > 0.05) in the three groups. However, with only white subjects, significant differences were found in genotypes distributions for two (C-2578A and G-634C) VEGF polymorphisms (both P < 0.05) between the HP and the PE groups. Importantly, the haplotype including the variants C-2578, G-1154 and C-634, which is associated with higher VEGF gene expression, was less common in the PE group compared with the HP group (4% versus 16%; P = 0.0047). However, we found no significant differences in VEGF haplotypes distributions when the HP and GH groups were compared (P > 0.05). These findings suggest a protective effect for the 'C-2578, G-1154 and C-634' haplotype against the development of PE, but no major effects of VEGF gene variants on susceptibility to GH.
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- Valeria C Sandrim
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Tesař V, Zima T. Recent Progress in the Pathogenesis of Nephrotic Proteinuria. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2008; 45:139-220. [DOI: 10.1080/10408360801934865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ku CH, White KE, Dei Cas A, Hayward A, Webster Z, Bilous R, Marshall S, Viberti G, Gnudi L. Inducible overexpression of sFlt-1 in podocytes ameliorates glomerulopathy in diabetic mice. Diabetes 2008; 57:2824-33. [PMID: 18647955 PMCID: PMC2551695 DOI: 10.2337/db08-0647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Podocyte-specific, doxycycline (DOX)-inducible overexpression of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-1 (sFlt-1) in adult mice was used to investigate the role of the VEGF-A/VEGF receptor (VEGFR) system in diabetic glomerulopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied nondiabetic and diabetic transgenic mice and wild-type controls treated with vehicle (VEH) or DOX for 10 weeks. Glycemia was measured by a glucose-oxidase method and blood pressure by a noninvasive technique. sFlt-1, VEGF-A, VEGFR2, and nephrin protein expression in renal cortex were determined by Western immunoblotting; urine sFlt-1, urine free VEGF-A, and albuminuria by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; glomerular ultrastructure by electron microscopy; and VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 cellular localization with Immunogold techniques. RESULTS Nondiabetic DOX-treated transgenic mice showed a twofold increase in cortex sFlt-1 expression and a fourfold increase in sFlt-1 urine excretion (P < 0.001). Urine free VEGF-A was decreased by 50%, and cortex VEGF-A expression was upregulated by 30% (P < 0.04). VEGFR2 expression was unchanged, whereas its activation was reduced in DOX-treated transgenic mice (P < 0.02). Albuminuria and glomerular morphology were similar among groups. DOX-treated transgenic diabetic mice showed a 60% increase in 24-h urine sFlt-1 excretion and an approximately 70% decrease in urine free VEGF-A compared with VEH-treated diabetic mice (P < 0.04) and had lower urine albumin excretion at 10 weeks than VEH-treated diabetic (d) mice: d-VEH vs. d-DOX, geometric mean (95% CI), 117.5 (69-199) vs. 43 (26.8-69) mug/24 h (P = 0.003). Diabetes-induced mesangial expansion, glomerular basement membrane thickening, podocyte foot-process fusion, and transforming growth factor-beta1 expression were ameliorated in DOX-treated diabetic animals (P < 0.05). Diabetes-induced VEGF-A and nephrin expression were not affected in DOX-treated mice. CONCLUSIONS Podocyte-specific sFlt-1 overexpression ameliorates diabetic glomerular injury, implicating VEGF-A in the pathogenesis of this complication.
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- Ching-Hsin Ku
- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, U.K
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, U.K
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, U.K
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, U.K
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- Medical Research Council, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, U.K
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, U.K
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, U.K
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, U.K
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, U.K
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Dronavalli S, Duka I, Bakris GL. The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 4:444-52. [PMID: 18607402 DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 405] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 05/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Between 20% and 40% of patients with diabetes ultimately develop diabetic nephropathy, which in the US is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis. Diabetic nephropathy has several distinct phases of development and multiple mechanisms contribute to the development of the disease and its outcomes. This Review provides a summary of the latest published data dealing with these mechanisms; it focuses not only on candidate genes associated with susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy but also on alterations in various cytokines and their interaction with products of advanced glycation and oxidant stress. Additionally, the interactions between fibrotic and hemodynamic cytokines, such as transforming growth factor beta1 and angiotensin II, respectively, are discussed in the context of new information concerning nephropathy development. We touch on the expanding clinical data regarding markers of nephropathy, such as microalbuminuria, and put them into context; microalbuminuria reflects cardiovascular and not renal risk. If albuminuria levels continue to increase over time then nephropathy is present. Lastly, we look at advances being made to enable identification of genetically predisposed individuals.
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- Suma Dronavalli
- Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Hochegger K, Jansky GL, Soleiman A, Wolf AM, Tagwerker A, Seger C, Griesmacher A, Mayer G, Rosenkranz AR. Differential effects of rapamycin in anti-GBM glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 19:1520-9. [PMID: 18480312 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2007121375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The immunosuppressive mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor rapamycin is widely used in solid-organ transplantation, but the effect of rapamycin on kidney disease is controversial. This study evaluated the effect of rapamycin in the autologous phase of anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) glomerulonephritis. Disease was induced by preimmunizing the animals with rabbit IgG 5 d before administration of rabbit anti-mouse GBM antiserum. When rapamycin was started on the day of immunization (group 1), mice were protected from glomerulonephritis, suggested by a dramatic decrease in albuminuria, influx of inflammatory cells, and Th1-cytokine expression in the kidneys. Activation of T cells and production of autologous mouse anti-rabbit IgG were also significantly reduced in rapamycin-treated animals. In contrast, when rapamycin was started 14 d after immunization (group 2), mice had a significant increase in albuminuria and renal infiltration of inflammatory cells compared with vehicle-treated animals, and there were no differences in T and B cell responses. A significant decrease in vascular endothelial growth factor-A and an increase in IL-6 were detected in kidneys of these rapamycin-treated mice. In conclusion, rapamycin has the potential to significantly reduce the B and T cell responses and thereby protect from glomerulonephritis when administered early in disease. Once disease is established, however, rapamycin seems to worsen glomerulonephritis by disturbing the endothelial cell/vascular endothelial growth factor system in the kidney.
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- Kathrin Hochegger
- Division of Nephrology, Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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