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Colavite PM, Vieira AE, Palanch Repeke CE, de Araujo Linhari RP, De Andrade RGCS, Borrego A, De Franco M, Trombone APF, Garlet GP. Alveolar bone healing in mice genetically selected in the maximum (AIRmax) or minimum (AIRmin) inflammatory reaction. Cytokine 2018; 114:47-60. [PMID: 30584949 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The exact role of inflammatory immune response in bone healing process is still unclear, but the success of the alveolar bone healing process seems to be associated with a moderate and transitory inflammatory response, while insufficient or exacerbated responses seems to have a detrimental influence in the healing outcome. In this context, we performed a comparative analysis of mice strains genetically selected for maximum (AIRmax) or minimum (AIRmin) acute inflammatory response to address the influence of inflammation genes in alveolar bone healing outcome. Experimental groups comprised 8-week-old male or female AIRmax and AIRmin submitted to extraction of upper right incisor, and evaluated at 0, 3, 7, 14 and 21 days after upper incision extraction by micro-computed tomography (μCT), histomorphometry, birefringence, immunohistochemistry and molecular (PCRArray) analysis. Overall, the results demonstrate a similar successful bone healing outcome at the endpoint was evidenced in both AIRmin and AIRmax strains. The histormophometric analysis reveal a slight but significant decrease in blood clot and inflammatory cells density, as well a delay in the bone formation in AIRmax strain in the early times, associated with a decreased expression of BMP2, BMP4, BMP7, TGFb1, RUNX2, and ALP. The evaluation of inflammatory cells nature reveals increased GR1+ cells counts in AIRmax strain at 3d, associated with increased levels of neutrophil chemoattractants such as CXCL1 and CXCL2, and its receptor CXCR1, while F4/80+ cell prevails in AIRmin strain at 7d. Also, our results demonstrate a relative predominance of M2 macrophages in AIRmin strain, associated with an increased expression of ARG1, IL10, TGFb, while M1 macrophages prevail in AIRmax, which parallel with increased IL-1B, IL-6 and TNF expression. At late repair stage, AIRmax presents evidences of increased bone remodeling, characterized by increased density of blood vessels and osteoclasts in parallel with decreased bone matrix density, as well increased levels of MMPs, osteoclastogenic and osteocyte markers. In the view of contrasting inflammatory and healing phenotypes of AIRmin and AIRmax strains in other models, the unpredicted phenotype observed suggests the existence of specific QTLs (Quantitative trait loci) responsible for the regulation 'sterile' inflammation and bone healing events. Despite the similar endpoint healing, AIRmax strain delayed repair was associated with increased presence of neutrophils and M1 macrophages, supporting the association of M2 cells with faster bone healing. Further studies are required to clarify the elements responsible for the regulation of inflammatory events at bone healing sites, as well the determinants of bone healing outcome.
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- Priscila Maria Colavite
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Histology and Embryology Laboratory, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences (ICBS), Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Maceió, AL, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Butantan Institute, Secretary of Health, Government of the State of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Diagnostic Section, Pasteur Institute, Secretary of Health, Government of the State of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
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Kennedy DJ, Khalaf FK, Sheehy B, Weber ME, Agatisa-Boyle B, Conic J, Hauser K, Medert CM, Westfall K, Bucur P, Fedorova OV, Bagrov AY, Tang WHW. Telocinobufagin, a Novel Cardiotonic Steroid, Promotes Renal Fibrosis via Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase Profibrotic Signaling Pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19092566. [PMID: 30158457 PMCID: PMC6164831 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cardiotonic steroids (CTS) are Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) ligands that are elevated in volume-expanded states and associated with cardiac and renal dysfunction in both clinical and experimental settings. We test the hypothesis that the CTS telocinobufagin (TCB) promotes renal dysfunction in a process involving signaling through the NKA α-1 in the following studies. First, we infuse TCB (4 weeks at 0.1 µg/g/day) or a vehicle into mice expressing wild-type (WT) NKA α-1, as well as mice with a genetic reduction (~40%) of NKA α-1 (NKA α-1+/−). Continuous TCB infusion results in increased proteinuria and cystatin C in WT mice which are significantly attenuated in NKA α-1+/− mice (all p < 0.05), despite similar increases in blood pressure. In a series of in vitro experiments, 24-h treatment of HK2 renal proximal tubular cells with TCB results in significant dose-dependent increases in both Collagens 1 and 3 mRNA (2-fold increases at 10 nM, 5-fold increases at 100 nM, p < 0.05). Similar effects are seen in primary human renal mesangial cells. TCB treatment (100 nM) of SYF fibroblasts reconstituted with cSrc results in a 1.5-fold increase in Collagens 1 and 3 mRNA (p < 0.05), as well as increases in both Transforming Growth factor beta (TGFb, 1.5 fold, p < 0.05) and Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF, 2 fold, p < 0.05), while these effects are absent in SYF cells without Src kinase. In a patient study of subjects with chronic kidney disease, TCB is elevated compared to healthy volunteers. These studies suggest that the pro-fibrotic effects of TCB in the kidney are mediated though the NKA-Src kinase signaling pathway and may have relevance to volume-overloaded conditions, such as chronic kidney disease where TCB is elevated.
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- David J Kennedy
- Department of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg 194223, Russia.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
- Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Sasaki H, Kimura J, Nagasaki KI, Marusugi K, Agui T, Sasaki N. Mouse chromosome 2 harbors genetic determinants of resistance to podocyte injury and renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis. BMC Genet 2016; 17:69. [PMID: 27230548 PMCID: PMC4882790 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0378-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Tensin2 deficiency results in alterations in podocytes and subsequent glomerular and tubulointerstitial injuries. However, this pathology is critically dependent on genetic background. While the Tensin2-deficient podocytes of resistant murine strains, including C57BL/6J mice, remain almost intact, susceptible murine strains with Tensin2 deficency, including ICGN mice, develop chronic kidney disease following alterations in the podocyte foot processes. In a previous study, genome-wide linkage analysis was utilized to identify the quantitative trait loci associated with the disease phenotypes on mouse chromosome 2. This study investigated the disease phenotypes of chromosome 2 consomic and subcongenic strains. Results ICGN consomic mice introgressed with chromosome 2 from the C57BL/6J mouse were generated and found to exhibit milder renal failure than that in ICGN mice. We developed 6 subcongenic strains that carry C57BL/6J-derived chromosomal segments from the consomic strain. One showed significantly milder albuminuria, another showed significantly milder tubulointerstitial injury, and the both showed significantly milder glomerular injury. Conclusions These data indicate that mouse chromosome 2 harbors two major genes associated with the severities of nephropathy induced by Tensin2 deficiency. The proximal region on chromosome 2 contributes to the resistance to tubulointerstitial fibrosis. In contrast, the distal region on chromosome 2 contributes to the resistance to podocyte injury. This study would be helpful to discover the biological mechanism underlying the renal injury, and may lead to the identification of therapeutic targets. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-016-0378-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hayato Sasaki
- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Higashi 23-35-1, Towada, 034-8628, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18 Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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- Section of Biological Safety Research, Chitose Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Bunkyo 2-3, Chitose, 066-0052, Japan
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- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Higashi 23-35-1, Towada, 034-8628, Japan
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- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18 Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Higashi 23-35-1, Towada, 034-8628, Japan.
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Development of a Model of Chronic Kidney Disease in the C57BL/6 Mouse with Properties of Progressive Human CKD. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:172302. [PMID: 26064882 PMCID: PMC4433637 DOI: 10.1155/2015/172302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major healthcare problem with increasing prevalence in the population. CKD leads to end stage renal disease and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. As such, it is important to study the mechanisms underlying CKD progression. To this end, an animal model was developed to allow the testing of new treatment strategies or molecular targets for CKD prevention. Many underlying risk factors result in CKD but the disease itself has common features, including renal interstitial fibrosis, tubular epithelial cell loss through apoptosis, glomerular damage, and renal inflammation. Further, CKD shows differences in prevalence between the genders with premenopausal women being relatively resistant to CKD. We sought to develop and characterize an animal model with these common features of human CKD in the C57BL/6 mouse. Mice of this genetic background have been used to produce transgenic strains that are commercially available. Thus, a CKD model in this strain would allow the testing of the effects of numerous genes on the severity or progression of CKD with minimal cost. This paper describes such a mouse model of CKD utilizing angiotensin II and deoxycorticosterone acetate as inducers.
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Inoue T, Umezawa A, Takenaka T, Suzuki H, Okada H. The contribution of epithelial-mesenchymal transition to renal fibrosis differs among kidney disease models. Kidney Int 2014; 87:233-8. [PMID: 25007169 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The impact of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to the formation of renal fibrosis has been debated in several lineage-tracing studies, with conflicting findings. Such disparities may have arisen from varying experimental conditions such as different disease models, the mouse strain, and type of genetic alteration used. In order to determine the contribution of these factors to EMT, we generated four kidney disease models in several mouse strains genetically modified to express enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) in cortical tubular epithelial cells under the control of the γ-glutamyl transpeptidase promoter. Using this approach, the EMT was visible and quantifiable based on a count of EGFP-positive interstitial cells in the fibrotic kidney sections of the four renal disease models found to be either EMT-prone or -resistant. The EMT-prone models consisted of unilateral ureteral obstruction and ischemic nephropathy in SJL mice. The EMT-resistant models consisted of ureteral obstruction in C57B/6 and F1(C57B/6 × SJL) mice, adriamycin nephrosis in 129 mice, and nephrotoxic serum nephritis in SJL mice. Analyses of these renal disease models suggest the emergence of EMT-derived fibroblasts arises in a disease-specific and strain-dependent manner. Thus, when considering molecular mechanisms and involvement of the EMT in renal fibrosis, it is important to take into account the experimental conditions, particularly the mouse strain and type of disease model.
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- Tsutomu Inoue
- 1] Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan [2] Division of Project Research, Research Center of Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- 1] Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan [2] Division of Project Research, Research Center of Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- 1] Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan [2] Division of Project Research, Research Center of Genomic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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Walkin L, Herrick SE, Summers A, Brenchley PE, Hoff CM, Korstanje R, Margetts PJ. The role of mouse strain differences in the susceptibility to fibrosis: a systematic review. FIBROGENESIS & TISSUE REPAIR 2013; 6:18. [PMID: 24294831 PMCID: PMC3849643 DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-6-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In humans, a number of genetic factors have been linked to the development of fibrosis in a variety of different organs. Seeking a wider understanding of this observation in man is ethically important. There is mounting evidence suggesting that inbred mouse strains with different genetic backgrounds demonstrate variable susceptibility to a fibrotic injury. We performed a systematic review of the literature describing strain and organ specific response to injury in order to determine whether genetic susceptibility plays a role in fibrogenesis. Data were collected from studies that were deemed eligible for analysis based on set inclusion criteria, and findings were assessed in relation to strain of mouse, type of injury and organ of investigation. A total of 44 studies were included covering 21 mouse strains and focusing on fibrosis in the lung, liver, kidney, intestine and heart. There is evidence that mouse strain differences influence susceptibility to fibrosis and this appears to be organ specific. For instance, C57BL/6J mice are resistant to hepatic, renal and cardiac fibrosis but susceptible to pulmonary and intestinal fibrosis. However, BALB/c mice are resistant to pulmonary fibrosis but susceptible to hepatic fibrosis. Few studies have assessed the effect of the same injury stimulus in different organ systems using the same strains of mouse. Such mouse strain studies may prove useful in elucidating the genetic as well as epigenetic factors in humans that could help determine why some people are more susceptible to the development of certain organ specific fibrosis than others.
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- Louise Walkin
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
- 3.107 Blond McIndoe Laboratory, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Nephrology and Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Grafton St, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Nephrology and Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Grafton St, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Baxter Healthcare, Renal Division Scientific Affairs, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, McGaw Park, Chicago, Illinois, 60015-4625, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main St, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Division of Nephrology, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S4L8, Canada
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Leduc MS, Savage HS, Stearns TM, Cario CL, Walsh KA, Paigen B, Berndt A. A major X-linked locus affects kidney function in mice. Mol Genet Genomics 2012; 287:845-54. [PMID: 23011808 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0720-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chronic kidney disease is a common disease with increasing prevalence in the western population. One common reason for chronic kidney failure is diabetic nephropathy. Diabetic nephropathy and hyperglycemia are characteristics of the mouse inbred strain KK/HlJ, which is predominantly used as a model for metabolic syndrome due to its inherited glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. We used KK/HlJ, an albuminuria-sensitive strain, and C57BL/6J, an albuminuria-resistant strain, to perform a quantitative trait locus (QTL) cross to identify the genetic basis for chronic kidney failure. Albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) was measured in 130 F2 male offspring. One significant QTL was identified on chromosome (Chr) X and four suggestive QTL were found on Chrs 6, 7, 12, and 13. Narrowing of the QTL region was focused on the X-linked QTL and performed by incorporating genotype and expression analyses for genes located in the region. From the 485 genes identified in the X-linked QTL region, a few candidate genes were identified using a combination of bioinformatic evidence based on genomic comparison of the parental strains and known function in urine homeostasis. Finally, this study demonstrates the significance of the X chromosome in the genetic determination of albuminuria.
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- Magalie S Leduc
- Texas Biomedical Research Institute, 7620 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Inoue T, Suzuki H, Okada H. Targeted expression of a pan-caspase inhibitor in tubular epithelium attenuates interstitial inflammation and fibrogenesis in nephritic but not nephrotic mice. Kidney Int 2012; 82:980-9. [PMID: 22785176 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The caspase family of enzymes participates in apoptotic and proinflammatory reactions in any cell. Here we studied the role of caspase activation in the tubular epithelium of diseased kidneys using mice transgenic for the baculovirus pan-caspase inhibitor p35 gene held in a nonexpressed state (control mice) but target-expressed in the renal proximal tubule cells when crossed with mice expressing Cre recombinase under the control of the γ-glutamyltransferase promoter. Proinflammatory and profibrogenic parameters such as the number of monocytes and fibroblasts in the kidneys were significantly increased at 28 days in the control mice, but not in the renal tubule-targeted mice expressing p35 in a nephrotoxic serum nephritis model of disease. These cellular changes paralleled the number of apoptotic tubular cells and protein levels of active caspase-3 in the kidneys at 7 and 28 days of both the control and proximal tubule-targeted mice. Surprisingly, all of these parameters were not significantly affected at 7 and 28 days by targeted p35 expression in tubular epithelium when compared with nontargeted control mice in a model of adriamycin nephrosis. Thus, our study shows the critical role of caspase activation in the tubular epithelium in apoptosis along with proinflammatory and profibrogenic processes in nephrotoxic serum nephritis but not adriamycin nephrosis.
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- Tsutomu Inoue
- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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Tsaih SW, Pezzolesi MG, Yuan R, Warram JH, Krolewski AS, Korstanje R. Genetic analysis of albuminuria in aging mice and concordance with loci for human diabetic nephropathy found in a genome-wide association scan. Kidney Int 2010; 77:201-10. [PMID: 19924099 PMCID: PMC2807478 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Aging in the kidney can cause albuminuria, and discovering molecular mechanisms responsible for this might offer a new perspective on the etiology of this abnormality. Haplotype association mapping in the mouse is a novel approach which uses the haplotypes of the relatively closely related mouse inbred strains and the phenotypic variation among these strains to find associations between haplotypes and phenotype. The albumin-to-creatinine ratios, a measure of urinary albumin excretion, were determined in 30 inbred mouse strains at 12, 18, and 24 months of age. Mapping was performed for males and females separately at all three time points using a high density set of 63,222 single-nucleotide polymorphisms to determine genetic loci involved in albuminuria. One significant and eight suggestive loci were found, some of which map to previously identified loci for traits associated with kidney damage in the mouse, but with a much higher resolution thus narrowing their chromosomal location. These nine loci were then compared with genome-wide association scans for diabetic nephropathy (DN) in human type I diabetes. Our study found that two of the nine mouse loci for age-related albuminuria were significantly associated with DN and consistent across male and female strata. This suggests common underlying genes predispose to kidney disease in mice and humans.
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- The Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
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- The Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Makita Y, Kobayashi N, Mochizuki Y, Yoshida Y, Asano S, Heida N, Deshpande M, Bhatia R, Matsushima A, Ishii M, Kawaguchi S, Iida K, Hanada K, Kuromori T, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Toyoda T. PosMed-plus: an intelligent search engine that inferentially integrates cross-species information resources for molecular breeding of plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 50:1249-59. [PMID: 19528193 PMCID: PMC2709553 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Molecular breeding of crops is an efficient way to upgrade plant functions useful to mankind. A key step is forward genetics or positional cloning to identify the genes that confer useful functions. In order to accelerate the whole research process, we have developed an integrated database system powered by an intelligent data-retrieval engine termed PosMed-plus (Positional Medline for plant upgrading science), allowing us to prioritize highly promising candidate genes in a given chromosomal interval(s) of Arabidopsis thaliana and rice, Oryza sativa. By inferentially integrating cross-species information resources including genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, localizomes, phenomes and literature, the system compares a user's query, such as phenotypic or functional keywords, with the literature associated with the relevant genes located within the interval. By utilizing orthologous and paralogous correspondences, PosMed-plus efficiently integrates cross-species information to facilitate the ranking of rice candidate genes based on evidence from other model species such as Arabidopsis. PosMed-plus is a plant science version of the PosMed system widely used by mammalian researchers, and provides both a powerful integrative search function and a rich integrative display of the integrated databases. PosMed-plus is the first cross-species integrated database that inferentially prioritizes candidate genes for forward genetics approaches in plant science, and will be expanded for wider use in plant upgrading in many species.
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- Yuko Makita
- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Plant Science Center (PSC), RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Plant Science Center (PSC), RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Plant Science Center (PSC), RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Plant Science Center (PSC), RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
- *Corresponding author: E-mail, ; Fax: +81-45-503-9553
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Yoshida Y, Makita Y, Heida N, Asano S, Matsushima A, Ishii M, Mochizuki Y, Masuya H, Wakana S, Kobayashi N, Toyoda T. PosMed (Positional Medline): prioritizing genes with an artificial neural network comprising medical documents to accelerate positional cloning. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:W147-52. [PMID: 19468046 PMCID: PMC2703941 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
PosMed (http://omicspace.riken.jp/) prioritizes candidate genes for positional cloning by employing our original database search engine GRASE, which uses an inferential process similar to an artificial neural network comprising documental neurons (or 'documentrons') that represent each document contained in databases such as MEDLINE and OMIM. Given a user-specified query, PosMed initially performs a full-text search of each documentron in the first-layer artificial neurons and then calculates the statistical significance of the connections between the hit documentrons and the second-layer artificial neurons representing each gene. When a chromosomal interval(s) is specified, PosMed explores the second-layer and third-layer artificial neurons representing genes within the chromosomal interval by evaluating the combined significance of the connections from the hit documentrons to the genes. PosMed is, therefore, a powerful tool that immediately ranks the candidate genes by connecting phenotypic keywords to the genes through connections representing not only gene-gene interactions but also other biological interactions (e.g. metabolite-gene, mutant mouse-gene, drug-gene, disease-gene and protein-protein interactions) and ortholog data. By utilizing orthologous connections, PosMed facilitates the ranking of human genes based on evidence found in other model species such as mouse. Currently, PosMed, an artificial superbrain that has learned a vast amount of biological knowledge ranging from genomes to phenomes (or 'omic space'), supports the prioritization of positional candidate genes in humans, mouse, rat and Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuko Yoshida
- Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering division, RIKEN. 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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