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Doi SQ, Chilakamarri GC, Mendonca MC, Araujo M, Nguyen N, Zuhl I, List EO, Kopchick JJ, Hirata MH, Sellitti DF. Increased class A scavenger receptor and glomerular lipid precede mesangial matrix expansion in the bGH mouse model. Growth Horm IGF Res 2010; 20:326-332. [PMID: 20576456 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Elevated neutral lipid content and mRNA expression of class A scavenger receptor (SRA) have been found in the renal cortex of the bovine growth hormone (bGH) mouse model of progressive glomerulosclerosis (GS). We hypothesize that the increased expression of SRA precedes glomerular scarring in this model. DESIGN Real time RT-PCR and immunofluorescence were employed to measure SRA and collagen types I and IV in the bGH transgenic and control mice at 5 and 12 weeks (wk) of age to determine the chronology of change in SRA expression in relation to glomerular scarring. Alternative mechanisms for increasing glomerular lipid were assessed by measuring mRNA expression levels of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-r), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR), and ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1). In addition, the involvement of macrophages in early GS was assessed by CD68 mRNA expression in kidney cortex. RESULTS Both mRNA and protein levels of SRA were significantly increased in 5-wk bGH compared with control mice, whereas the expression of collagen I and IV was unaltered. Unchanged levels of LDL-r and HMGR mRNA indicate that neither regulated cholesterol uptake via LDL-r nor the cholesterol synthetic pathway played a role in the early lipid increase. The finding of increased ABCA1 expression was an indicator of excess intracellular lipid in the renal cortex of bGH mice at 5 wk. CD68 expression in bGH did not differ significantly from that of controls at 5 wk suggesting that cortical macrophage infiltration was not increased in bGH mice at this time point. CONCLUSION An early increase in SRA mRNA and protein expression in the bGH kidney precedes glomerular scarring and is independent of macrophage influx.
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- Sonia Q Doi
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
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Plank C, Hartner A, Klanke B, Geissler B, Porst M, Amann K, Hilgers KF, Rascher W, Dötsch J. Adrenomedullin reduces mesangial cell number and glomerular inflammation in experimental mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int 2006; 68:1086-95. [PMID: 16105039 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00501.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a vasodilator peptide that is abundantly expressed in the kidney. ADM has antiproliferative effects on glomerular mesangial cells (MC) in vitro. Whether or not treatment with ADM can reduce MC proliferation in vivo [i.e., in mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (GN)] is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that ADM substitution reduces MC proliferation in GN. METHODS GN in rats was induced by injection of an anti-Thy-1.1 antibody. Rats received osmotic minipumps, which continuously delivered rat ADM (500 ng/hour, N = 11), or vehicle (N = 13) from day 3 to day 6 after GN induction. Rats were sacrificed 6 days after induction of GN. On kidney sections, cells staining positive for proliferating cell nuclear antigen, mesangial cells, monocytes, and apoptotic cells were counted. Parameters of inflammation and fibrosis were measured in renal cortex and sieved glomeruli by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS Systolic blood pressure, diuresis, albuminuria, creatinine clearance, microaneurysm formation, and mesangial matrix expansion were not influenced by ADM infusion. However, ADM treatment significantly reduced the number of MC, showed a tendency to reduce total glomerular cell proliferation, and significantly increased apoptosis. ADM-treated GN animals showed significantly less glomerular monocyte infiltration. ADM treatment normalized transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 mRNA expression and reduced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), osteopontin, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), collagen I, and collagen III mRNA expression significantly. CONCLUSION Exogenous ADM infusion reduces MC number and glomerular monocyte infiltration in the state of mesangial proliferation during acute experimental mesangioproliferative GN. These findings indicate that ADM can influence the course of mesangioproliferative GN.
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- Christian Plank
- Department of Pediatrics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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International Society of Nephrology. Kidney Int 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.90662.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mitani O, Katoh M, Shigematsu H. Participation of the matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor in Thy-1 nephritis. Pathol Int 2004; 54:241-50. [PMID: 15028025 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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What influence would be shown in Thy-1 glomerulonephritis when the synthetic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor SI-27 is administered? Five groups of 80 male Wistar rats were studied: healthy group; treated healthy group; nephritic group; pretreated nephritic group; and post-treated nephritic group. SI-27 treatment of nephritic animals was initiated either 2 days before or 2 days after anti-Thy-1.1 antibody injection. On days 7, 14, 26 and 42 after disease induction, we examined renal histology, extracellular matrix (ECM) constituent, and MMP activity. SI-27 treated Thy-1 groups resulted in significant reduction of glomerular cells including alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) positive mesangial cells and suppressed expression of type IV collagen at 7 days. Moreover, type I collagen was also decreased by SI-27 at 42 days. However, glomerular cell numbers did not show any significant changes at 14, 26 and 42 days. In gelatin zymography, the gelatinolytic band for MMP-9 was expressed in SI-27 treated Thy-1 nephritis groups, although it was not expressed in the nephritic group at day 7. However, the expression of MMP-9 was no longer seen at 14, 26 and 42 days. The bands for an active form of MMP-2 were expressed throughout the experimental period in the Thy-1 nephritic groups. These results suggest that MMP plays an important role in the development of Thy-1 nephritis, and even if the synthetic MMP inhibitor intercepts the initial increase of glomerular cells and matrices, it does not inhibit recovery to normal glomerular capillary structures in Thy-1 nephritis.
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- Osamu Mitani
- Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Kaneko Y, Shiozawa S, Hora K, Nakazawa K. Glomerulosclerosis develops in Thy-1 nephritis under persistent accumulation of macrophages. Pathol Int 2003; 53:507-17. [PMID: 12895229 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To clarify the relationship between macrophages and development of glomerulosclerosis, the authors developed a new experimental nephritis model with macrophages persisting in Thy-1 nephritis. Methyl-cellulose was administered intraperitoneally in addition to the intravenous injection of the anti-Thy-1 antibody to Wistar rats. Foamy macrophages influxed into the lytic mesangium and stayed to form nodular aggregates. Mesangial cells proliferated with the formation of extracellular matrices around these nodular aggregates of macrophages. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) was expressed in the proliferative area around these nodules of foamy macrophages from day 7. Type I collagen and type IV collagen were also expressed around the foamy macrophages in correspondence with alpha-SMA expression from day 7. The electron microscopic study revealed that collagen fibrils were formed around the transformed mesangial cells. The expression of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1, CD31), a marker of glomerular vasculature endothelial cells, was not found in the area occupied by the foamy macrophages, suggesting the impairment of glomerular reconstruction. Macrophages may participate in the progression of glomerulosclerosis in Thy-1 nephritis by enhancing the production of the extracellular matrix through transformed mesangial cells and preventing reconstruction of the capillary network.
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- Yoko Kaneko
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Saku, Japan.
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Kaneko Y, Nakazawa K, Higuchi M, Hora K, Shigematsu H. Glomerular expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin reflects disease activity of IgA nephropathy. Pathol Int 2001; 51:833-44. [PMID: 11844049 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01283.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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To elucidate the relationship between histological disease states and clinicopathological features in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), 90 needle-biopsy specimens diagnosed as IgAN were analyzed. The specimens were divided into four groups according to histological grade and stage index. Immunohistochemical features of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), macrophages positive for myeloid/histiocyte antigen (MAC387), and expression of type I, III and IV collagens were all examined. Glomerular expression scores of alpha-SMA and the degree of intraglomerular macrophage infiltration were highest in the active and non-sclerotic groups. Type I and IV collagens were significantly more abundant in the sclerotic groups than in the active groups. Type III collagen was strongly expressed in both the active and sclerotic groups. Double immunolabeling of alpha-SMA and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 revealed that ICAM-1 was expressed around the alpha-SMA-positive mesangial area. In multivariate analysis, the glomerular expression score of alpha-SMA was mostly correlated with histological grading in the 10 clinicopathological parameters. Type IV collagen score was mostly correlated with histological staging. These results suggest that glomerular alpha-SMA expression reflects the histological activity of IgAN. Immunohistological staining of alpha-SMA is valuable to estimate the degree of disease activity in IgAN.
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- Y Kaneko
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Nangaku M, Miyata T, Suzuki D, Umezono T, Hashimoto T, Wada T, Yagi M, Nagano N, Inagi R, Kurokawa K. Cloning of rodent megsin revealed its up-regulation in mesangioproliferative nephritis. Kidney Int 2001; 60:641-52. [PMID: 11473647 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.060002641.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND We recently cloned a new human mesangium-predominant gene, megsin. Megsin is a novel member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily. To elucidate functional roles of this gene, we cloned megsin in rodents and investigated its role in a rat nephritis model. METHODS Megsin homologues were cloned from cultured rat and mouse mesangial cDNAs utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with degenerative primers. Expression of megsin in three different types of resident glomerular cells was investigated by PCR. Levels of megsin mRNA expression at various time points in the anti-Thy1 rat nephritis model were studied by semiquantitative PCR and Northern blotting analysis. In order to investigate megsin protein expression in anti-Thy1 nephritis rats, we raised antibody against rat megsin-specific synthetic peptide, with which immunohistochemical studies were performed. RESULTS Rat and mouse megsins were composed of 380 amino acids, which revealed 75.3 and 73.9% identity, respectively, with human megsin at the amino acid level. Characteristic features as an inhibitory serpin were conserved in both rat and megsin megsins. PCR analysis revealed expression of megsin in cultured mesangial cells but not in glomerular epithelial or endothelial cells. In anti-Thy1 nephritis rats, semiquantitative PCR and Northern blotting showed that expression of megsin mRNA was up-regulated in glomeruli at day 8. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated the prominent accumulation of megsin in glomeruli at the same time point. Megsin was mainly localized in mesangial area. The megsin expression level returned to the basal level at day 28. CONCLUSION Sequences of megsin were well conserved among different species. Rat megsin was also predominantly expressed in mesangial cells. Expression of megsin was up-regulated at the peak of hypercellularity and matrix accumulation in the mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis model, suggesting that megsin may participate in the process of glomerulosclerosis by modulating extracellular matrix deposition or cell survival.
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- M Nangaku
- Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Institute of Medical Sciences Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Zhang L, Nakazawa K, Shigematsu H. Participation of endothelial cells and transformed mesangial cells in remodeling of glomerular capillary loops in Thy-1 nephritis. Pathol Int 2001; 51:227-39. [PMID: 11350604 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The relationship between mesangial cells (MC) and endothelial cells (EC) in the remodeling of glomerular capillary loops was investigated in a rat model of anti-Thy-1 antibody (Ab)-induced glomerulonephritis. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that cells positive for alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) appeared in the mesangial stalks at day three, and had increased in number at day seven, after injection of Thy-1 Ab. Double staining for alpha-SMA and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) showed that some MC expressing PCNA were negative for alpha-SMA at day three, but by day seven almost all PCNA-positive MC expressed alpha-SMA. Western blotting for alpha-SMA from isolated glomeruli was negative at day one after injection of Thy-1 Ab, but positive at day seven. Type III collagen appeared at day seven, followed by an increase of EC in the capillary loops, as determined by double immunofluorescent staining for rat endothelial cell antigen-1 (RECA-1) and type III collagen. RECA-1-positive cells increased rapidly in number after day seven and eventually showed the same distribution pattern as that in control rats. Both type I and type III collagens were expressed in the mesangial and the ballooning area of the glomerulus at day seven. Electron microscopy revealed that immature MC and EC forming small capillary lumina appeared in the enlarged mesangial area at day seven. In accordance with the increase of capillaries and the enlargement of the lumina, the number of MC and the amount of mesangial matrix decreased gradually, and most of the glomeruli returned to a normal structure by week 4. These data show that type I and type III collagen produced by transformed MC may be of benefit to proliferation of EC and remodeling of the capillary in Thy-1-induced nephritis.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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He JS, Hayashi K, Horikoshi S, Funabiki K, Shirato I, Tomino Y. Identification of cellular origin of type I collagen in glomeruli of rats with crescentic glomerulonephritis induced by anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16:704-11. [PMID: 11274263 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.4.704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Type I collagen is an interstitial collagen, which is not present in normal glomeruli. As type I collagen was observed in advanced glomerular lesions, it appears to be associated with deterioration of renal function. However, the origins of cells expressing type I collagen mRNA in glomeruli of diseased kidneys remains controversial. METHODS We examined the expression of type I collagen in glomeruli at protein and mRNA levels in rat crescentic glomerulonephritis induced by anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibody. In addition, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical staining of serial sections were performed to identify the cellular origin of type I collagen in glomeruli. RESULTS Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in isolated glomeruli showed that mRNA expression of type I collagen was remarkably increased on days 7, 14, and 28 after anti-GBM antibody injection (12.2+/-1.4, 20.2+/-2.1 and 14.6+/-1.0-fold over day 0, respectively). Immunofluorescence for type I collagen demonstrated marked staining in the fibrocellular and fibrous crescents, and weak staining within glomerular mesangial areas. In close association with mRNA levels analysed by RT-PCR, in situ hybridization revealed predominant presence of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA in cells within crescentic areas and Bowman's capsules. Serial section analysis for immunostaining and in situ hybridization showed that some alpha1(I) collagen mRNA-positive cells were also positive for cytokeratin. In contrast, no alpha1(I) collagen mRNA-positive cells were stained by ED-1 and podocalyxin. CONCLUSIONS It appears that increased expression of type I collagen at the protein and mRNA levels in glomeruli is involved in the progression of glomerulonephritis. At least in this crescentic model, parietal epithelial cells (PECs) may partially contribute to the dysregulated production of type I collagen, which leads to glomerulosclerosis.
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- J S He
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Haralson MA, DiMari SJ, Hoover RL, Harris RC. Effects of epidermal growth factor on collagen expression by rat kidney mesangial cells in culture. Matrix Biol 2000; 19:47-59. [PMID: 10686425 DOI: 10.1016/s0945-053x(99)00057-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Increased collagen production by mesangial cells plays a key role in the development and progression of glomerular sclerosis. These changes reflect in part the impact of growth factors on mesangial cells. Since mesangial cells possess receptors for epidermal growth factor (EGF) and since previous studies have documented that EGF affects collagen synthesis in other cell types, we have examined the effects of EGF on collagen biosynthesis by rat kidney mesangial (RKM) cells in culture. Exposure for 24 h to EGF did not substantially affect the growth rate of RKM cells. While the types of collagen produced by RKM cells (types I, III, IV and V) were unaltered by exposure to EGF, total collagen production was reduced ( approximately 50%). This decrease in collagen expression was not uniform for each collagen type. Type I collagen production was inhibited by approximately 50%, both type III and type IV expression were each reduced by approximately 30%, but type V collagen production was suppressed by only approximately 15%. The reduction in type I collagen synthesis was accounted for mainly by a decrease in type I homotrimer production. Since type I molecules represent approximately 95% of the total collagen produced, the decrease in overall collagen expression reflects a specific suppression by EGF on type I homotrimer production in mesangial cells. As EGF exposure resulted in a decrease in collagen production, these results suggest that the increases in synthesis and deposition of collagen observed in several glomerular diseases likely do not reflect the short-term effects of EGF on mesangial cells. Rather, these findings suggest the possibility that EGF or EGF-like growth factors may ameliorate the effects of other soluble factors that cause enhanced matrix production and deposition in renal diseases.
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- M A Haralson
- Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Hori Y, Yamada K, Hanafusa N, Okuda T, Okada N, Miyata T, Couser WG, Kurokawa K, Fujita T, Nangaku M. Crry, a complement regulatory protein, modulates renal interstitial disease induced by proteinuria. Kidney Int 1999; 56:2096-106. [PMID: 10594785 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00765.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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UNLABELLED Crry, a complement regulatory protein, modulates renal interstitial disease induced by proteinuria. BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested a role for urinary complement components in mediating tubulointerstitial damage, which is known to have a good correlation with progression of chronic renal diseases. Although accumulating evidence suggests that complement regulatory proteins play an important protective role in glomeruli, their role in renal tubules remains unclear. In order to establish the role of a complement regulatory protein, Crry, in renal tubular injury, we employed a molecular biological approach to block the expression of Crry in tubules of animals with proteinuria induced with puromycin aminonucleoside nephritis (PAN). Methods and Results. Two different antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) against Crry were designed and applied to cultured rat mesangial cells in vitro in order to establish their efficacy. Antisense ODN treatment resulted in decreased expression of Crry protein associated with increased sensitivity to complement attack in cell lysis assays compared with control ODN treatment or no treatment (44.7, 1.50, and 1.34%, respectively). Antisense ODNs did not affect the expression of Thy1 as a control, confirming the specificity of our ODNs. In vivo, we performed selective right renal artery perfusion to administer antisense ODNs to the kidney and showed prominent uptake of ODNs by proximal tubular cells. Reduced expression of Crry protein was demonstrated in proximal tubular cells in antisense ODNs-treated kidneys. Normal rats treated with the antisense ODNs did not show any pathological changes. However, in PAN, rats with massive proteinuria showed increased deposition of C3 and C5b-9 in tubules in antisense-treated kidneys, and histological assessment revealed more severe tubulointerstitial injury in antisense-treated animals compared with controls. CONCLUSION These results establish a pathogenic role for complement in leading to tubulointerstitial injury during proteinuria and, to our knowledge for the first time, show a protective role of a complement regulatory protein, Crry, in renal interstitial disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Surface
- Antisense Elements (Genetics)/pharmacokinetics
- Cells, Cultured
- Complement C3/analysis
- Complement C3/metabolism
- Complement System Proteins/metabolism
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Glomerular Mesangium/chemistry
- Glomerular Mesangium/cytology
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/cytology
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/physiology
- Male
- Nephritis, Interstitial/etiology
- Nephritis, Interstitial/pathology
- Nephrotic Syndrome/complications
- Nephrotic Syndrome/pathology
- Oligonucleotides/pharmacokinetics
- Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction
- Proteinuria/complications
- Proteinuria/pathology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Complement/analysis
- Receptors, Complement/genetics
- Renal Artery
- Transfection
- Vimentin/analysis
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- Y Hori
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Shikata Y, Shikata K, Matsuda M, Sugimoto H, Wada J, Makino H. Signaling transduction pathway of angiotensin II in human mesangial cells: mediation of focal adhesion and GTPase activating proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 257:234-8. [PMID: 10092539 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human mesangial cells (HMCs) respond to angiotensin II stimulation, which modulates their physiological activities, i.e., contraction and proliferation. It has been revealed that focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and paxillin participate in the angiotensin II-mediated signaling and cytoskeletal rearrangements at focal adhesion. We investigated the influences of cell adhesion upon angiotensin II effects in HMCs. In adherent cells, both FAK and paxillin were tyrosine phosphorylated by angiotensin II, while the cell detachment completely inhibited the tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin. Activation of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase by angiotensin II was accentuated in suspended cells. Moreover, p190, a member of Rho GTPase activating protein (GAP), and RasGAP were coprecipitated with paxillin in adherent cells and angiotensin II stimulation reduced the formation of paxillin-p190 and paxillin-RasGAP complexes. These results suggest that the formation of focal adhesion complexes accelerated by accumulation of mesangial matrices may inhibit the proliferation of HMCs by modulating MAP kinase activity and be related to mesangial cell depletion.
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- Y Shikata
- Department of Medicine III, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Yagi M, Kato S, Kobayashi Y, Kobayashi N, Iinuma N, Nakamura K, Kubo K, Ohyama SI, Murooka H, Shimizu T, Nishitoba T, Osawa T, Nagano N. Beneficial effects of a novel inhibitor of platelet-derived growth factor receptor autophosphorylation in the rat with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1998; 31:765-73. [PMID: 9809476 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-3623(98)00104-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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1. Our original compound, Ki6896 ((4-t-butylphenyl)(4-[(6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinolyl) oxy]phenyl) methanone) strongly inhibited the autophosphorylation of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) beta-receptor (IC50=0.31 microM) and that of basic fibroblast growth factor receptor (IC50=3.1 microM), whereas it did not inhibit some other kinases. 2. The [3H]thymidine incorporation and the growth of mesangial cells under the stimulation of PDGF were inhibited by Ki6896 in a dose-dependent manner. 3. In the mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis rats induced by anti-Thy-1 monoclonal antibody, glomerulosclerosis was ameliorated and the number of glomerular proliferating cells was decreased by the daily administration of Ki6896. However, the accumulation of type I collagen and fibronectin in the glomeruli was not suppressed by Ki6896.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/metabolism
- Fibronectins/metabolism
- Glomerular Mesangium/drug effects
- Glomerular Mesangium/metabolism
- Glomerular Mesangium/pathology
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/immunology
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/metabolism
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/pathology
- Isoantibodies/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Phosphorylation
- Phosphotransferases/metabolism
- Quinolines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/blood
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/metabolism
- Sclerosis
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymidine/metabolism
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- M Yagi
- Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd., Gunma, Japan.
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Yagi M, Yamamoto T, Kato S, Nagano N, Kihara I. Long-term observation of glomerulonephritis induced by multiple injections with anti-Thy-1 antibody in rats. Pathol Int 1998; 48:491-8. [PMID: 9701010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03939.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Multiple injections with a mouse monoclonal anti-rat Thy-1 antibody (five times, at weekly intervals) induced marked glomerular sclerotic lesions which are characterized by adhesion of glomerular capillaries to Bowman's capsule and persistent proteinuria in rats. Abnormal production of type I collagen and increased accumulation of type IV collagen and fibronectin were observed in these glomeruli. The glomerular expression of mRNA for these matrix components and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) were markedly increased at 4 days after the last injections with anti-Thy-1 antibody, but decreased to below the levels of control rats at 5 weeks. This may be down-regulation of mRNA in mesangial cells. The glomerular sclerotic lesions were not progressive but the process of glomerular healing seemed to be retarded. The proteinuria and the glomerular adhesion were irreversible.
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- M Yagi
- Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
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