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Mutations in approximately 80 genes have been implicated as the cause of various genetic kidney diseases. However, gene delivery to kidney cells from the blood is inefficient because of the natural filtering functions of the glomerulus, and research into and development of gene therapy directed toward kidney disease has lagged behind as compared with hepatic, neuromuscular, and ocular gene therapy. This lack of progress is in spite of numerous genetic mouse models of human disease available to the research community and many vectors in existence that can theoretically deliver genes to kidney cells with high efficiency. In the past decade, several groups have begun to develop novel injection techniques in mice, such as retrograde ureter, renal vein, and direct subcapsular injections to help resolve the issue of gene delivery to the kidney through the blood. In addition, the ability to retarget vectors specifically toward kidney cells has been underutilized but shows promise. This review discusses how recent advances in gene delivery to the kidney and the field of gene therapy can leverage the wealth of knowledge of kidney genetics to work toward developing gene therapy products for patients with kidney disease.
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Hornigold N, Mooney A. Extracellular matrix-induced Hic-5 expression in glomerular mesangial cells leads to a prosclerotic phenotype independent of TGF-β. FASEB J 2015; 29:4956-67. [PMID: 26405299 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-269894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chronic fibroproliferative diseases account for approximately 45% of all deaths in the developed world. In the kidney, glomerulosclerosis is the underlying pathology in approximately half of patients with renal failure receiving dialysis. Mesangial cell expression of the LIM protein hydrogen peroxide-induced clone-5 (Hic-5) is important in its pathogenesis. Hic-5 expression increases following mesangial cell attachment to collagen I, associated with increased collagen I expression and increased susceptibility to apoptosis both in vitro and in experimental glomerulosclerosis. TGF-β has an established role in many fibrotic diseases, including glomerulosclerosis, where it increases collagen I deposition in vivo and promotes mesangial cell apoptosis in vitro. In other cell types, TGF-β induces Hic-5 expression. We investigated whether Hic-5-induced changes in mesangial cell phenotype were TGF-β-dependent. Adding exogenous TGF-β to mesangial cell cultures failed to increase Hic-5 expression; blocking TGF-β signaling did not reduce Hic-5 expression. However, inducing Hic-5 expression in mesangial cells by adhesion to collagen I led to TGF-β expression, which was abolished by small interfering RNA (siRNA) Hic-5 knockdown. Mesangial cells expressing Hic-5 showed altered latent TGF-β-binding protein expression and Smad signaling, with enhanced susceptibility to TGF-β-induced apoptosis. Mesangial cell attachment to collagen I led to increased Hic-5 expression within 2-4 h and increased procollagen I transcription within 12 h, whereas adding TGF-β to siRNA Hic-5 knockdown mesangial cells increased procollagen I transcription to a lesser degree after 48 h. Mesangial cell Hic-5 expression was associated with increased α-smooth muscle actin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expression. Taken together, these data indicate that there is a prosclerotic feedback loop in mesangial cells dependent on matrix-derived signals in which Hic-5 is a pivotal signaling protein. This feedback loop is TGF-β-independent. The role of TGF-β-dependent and -independent sclerotic pathways merit further investigation.
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- Nick Hornigold
- *Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre and Renal Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- *Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre and Renal Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Choi WY, Lee HY. Effect of ultrasonication on the immuno-stimulatory activity of Angelica gigas Nakai in low temperature extraction. Food Sci Biotechnol 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10068-014-0249-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Inhibition of collagen I accumulation reduces glomerulosclerosis by a Hic-5-dependent mechanism in experimental diabetic nephropathy. J Transl Med 2013; 93:553-65. [PMID: 23508044 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2013.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Glomerulosclerosis of any cause is characterized by loss of functional glomerular cells and deposition of excessive amounts of interstitial collagens including collagen I. We have previously reported that mesangial cell attachment to collagen I leads to upregulation of Hic-5 in vitro, which mediates mesangial cell apoptosis. Furthermore, glomerular Hic-5 expression was increased during the progression of experimental glomerulosclerosis. We hypothesized that reducing collagen I accumulation in glomerulosclerosis would in turn lower Hic-5 expression, reducing mesangial cell apoptosis, and thus maintaining glomerular integrity. We examined archive renal tissue from rats undergoing experimental diabetic glomerulosclerosis, treated with the transglutaminase-2 inhibitor NTU281. Untreated animals exhibited increased glomerular collagen I accumulation, associated with increased glomerular Hic-5 expression, apoptosis, and mesangial myofibroblast transdifferentiation characterized by α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression. NTU281 treatment reduced glomerular collagen I accumulation, Hic-5 and α-SMA expression, and apoptosis. Proteinurea and serum creatinine levels were significantly reduced in animals with reduced Hic-5 expression. In vitro studies of Hic-5 knockdown or overexpression show that mesangial cell apoptosis and expression of both α-SMA and collagen I are Hic-5 dependent. Together, these data suggest that there exists, in vitro and in vivo, a positive feedback loop whereby increased levels of collagen I lead to increased mesangial Hic-5 expression favoring not only increased apoptosis, but also mesangial myofibroblast transdifferentiation and increased collagen I expression. Prevention of collagen I accumulation interrupts this Hic-5-dependent positive feedback loop, preserving glomerular architecture, cellular phenotype, and function.
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Upregulation of Hic-5 in glomerulosclerosis and its regulation of mesangial cell apoptosis. Kidney Int 2009; 77:329-38. [PMID: 20010548 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Glomerulosclerosis is characterized by the loss of glomerular cells by apoptosis and deposition of collagen type I into the normal collagen IV-containing mesangial matrix. We sought to determine the alterations that might contribute to these changes by performing proteomic analysis of rat mesangial cell lysates comparing cells cultured on normal collagen type IV to those grown on abnormal collagen type I surfaces. Subculture on collagen type I was associated with changed expression of several proteins, including a significant upregulation of the paxillin-like LIM protein, hydrogen-peroxide-induced clone 5 (Hic-5), and increased the susceptibility of the cells to apoptosis in response to physiological triggers. When we knocked down Hic-5 (using siRNA), we found mesangial cells grown on collagen type I were protected from apoptosis to the same degree as untreated cells grown on collagen type IV. Further we found that the level of Hic-5 in vivo was almost undetectable in control rats but increased dramatically in the glomerular mesangium of remnant kidneys 90 and 120 days after subtotal nephrectomy. This induction of Hic-5 paralleled the upregulation of mesangial collagen type I expression and glomerular cell apoptosis. Our results suggest that Hic-5 is pivotal in mediating the response of mesangial cells to attachment on abnormal extracellular matrix during glomerular scarring.
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Hoff CM, Shockley TR. Genetic Modification of the Peritoneal Membrane: Potential for Improving Peritoneal Dialysis Through Gene Therapy. Semin Dial 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1998.tb00350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yao J, Kitamura M, Zhu Y, Meng Y, Kasai A, Hiramatsu N, Morioka T, Takeda M, Oite T. Synergistic effects of PDGF-BB and cAMP-elevating agents on expression of connexin43 in mesangial cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 290:F1083-93. [PMID: 16263806 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00134.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The gap junction plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth, migration, and differentiation. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is reported to be a potent inhibitor of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC). Short-term exposure of cells to PDGF causes rapid and transient disruption of GJIC without altering connexin43 (Cx43) protein level. In this study, we investigated long-term effects of PDGF-BB on Cx43 expression in mesangial cells (MCs). Exposure of MCs to PDGF-BB affected neither the Cx43 protein level nor GJIC. However, in the presence of cAMP-elevating agents, PDGF-BB dramatically increased the expression of Cx43, which was accompanied by obviously augmented membrane distribution of Cx43 and functional GJIC. The increased expression of Cx43 was closely correlated with reduction in alpha-actin, a dedifferentiation marker of MCs. The effect of PDGF on Cx43 was largely prevented by inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase or mitogen-activated protein kinase, but not by inhibition of protein kinase C. Exposure of MCs to PDGF-BB caused elevation in intracellular cAMP, and it was abolished by indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. However, indomethacin did not affect the synergistic effect. In addition, PDGF-BB also did not affect the degradation of Cx43. With the use of MCs transfected with a Cx43 promoter-luciferase vector, cooperative activation of Cx43 promoter by PDGF and cAMP was found. Together, our data reveal, for the first time, unexpected synergy between PDGF-BB and cAMP-elevating agents in the induction of Cx43 and MC differentiation. Regulation of GJIC could be an important mechanism via which PDGF modulates MC phenotypes.
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- Jian Yao
- Dept. of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, Univ. of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
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Meng Y, Kasai A, Hiramatsu N, Hayakawa K, Yamauchi K, Takeda M, Kawachi H, Shimizu F, Yao J, Kitamura M. Continuous, noninvasive monitoring of local microscopic inflammation using a genetically engineered cell-based biosensor. J Transl Med 2005; 85:1429-39. [PMID: 16127457 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Using an inflammation-responsive regulatory element as a molecular sensor, we established a cell-based biosensor for continuous, noninvasive monitoring of local microscopic inflammation in vivo. Glomerular mesangial cells were stably transfected with a marker gene encoding secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) under the control of the kappaB enhancer elements. The established cells secreted SEAP in vitro in response to proinflammatory cytokines as well as to soluble factors produced by inflamed glomeruli. To examine feasibility of using the established cells for in vivo monitoring of local microscopic inflammation, the sensor cells were transferred selectively into rat glomeruli via the renal circulation. After induction of acute glomerulonephritis, the serum level of SEAP was increased transiently in cell-transferred nephritic rats. The kinetics of serum SEAP was closely correlated with the natural course of the inflammation, and the increase in SEAP was attenuated by suppression of inflammation using an immunosuppressive drug, cyclophosphamide. Neither cell-transferred normal rats nor nephritic rats without cell transfer exhibited increase in the serum level of SEAP. When the sensor cells were transferred extrarenally, elevation of serum SEAP was not observed in nephritic rats, confirming that the locally settled sensor cells responded only to local inflammation. These results suggested that, without invasive procedures like tissue biopsies, continuous monitoring of microscopic inflammation is feasible in vivo via locally created, cell-based biosensors.
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- Yiman Meng
- Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan and Organ Transplantation Unit, 1st Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Meng Y, Kasai A, Hiramatsu N, Hayakawa K, Takeda M, Shimizu F, Kawachi H, Yao J, Kitamura M. Real-time monitoring of mesangial cell-macrophage cross-talk using SEAP in vitro and ex vivo. Kidney Int 2005; 68:886-93. [PMID: 16014070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Macrophage-mesangial cell interaction plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis. We established a novel system for continuous, real-time monitoring of cross-talk between macrophages and mesangial cells in vitro and ex vivo. METHODS Rat mesangial cells were genetically engineered to produce secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) under the control of the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) enhancer elements. The established sensor cells were exposed to macrophages or macrophage-derived factors, and the level of SEAP production was evaluated. RESULTS In vitro, the established cells expressed and secreted SEAP when exposed to activated macrophages or to cytokines produced by macrophages. The kinetics of SEAP activity in culture media was closely correlated with the expression level of SEAP mRNA. The sensor cells also secreted SEAP in response to media conditioned by macrophage-accumulating, inflamed rat glomeruli. When the sensor cells were transferred adoptively into rat glomeruli subjected to acute anti-Thy 1 glomerulonephritis, the isolated glomeruli containing sensor cells secreted SEAP rapidly and progressively. CONCLUSION These data suggested that the established system provides simple and useful tools for monitoring of cross-talk between macrophages and mesangial cells in vitro and ex vivo. This approach would be useful for investigation of molecular mechanisms involved in mesangial cell-macrophage interaction and also for screening of therapeutic agents that efficiently interfere with the link between infiltrating leukocytes and resident glomerular cells.
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- Yiman Meng
- Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Yamanashi, Japan
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Yao J, Hiramatsu N, Zhu Y, Morioka T, Takeda M, Oite T, Kitamura M. Nitric oxide-mediated regulation of connexin43 expression and gap junctional intercellular communication in mesangial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2004; 16:58-67. [PMID: 15537869 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2004060453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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This study investigated a potential role of nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC). Incubation of mesangial cells (MC) with NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) enhanced both basal and 8-bromo-cAMP-stimulated GJIC as well as expression of gap junction protein connexin43 (Cx43). This potentiating action of SNAP on Cx43 expression was mimicked by two other NO donors and significantly blocked by soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-alpha]quinoxalin-1-1. Guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) analogue 8-bromo-cGMP exerted an effect similar to NO, whereas another cGMP analogue, 8-pCPT-cGMP, which selectively activates cGMP-dependent kinase without affecting cGMP-inhibited phosphodiesterase (PDE3), had no effect. Moreover, the synergistic action of NO on Cx43 expression was completely prevented by protein kinase A inhibitor H89 but not by cGMP-dependent kinase inhibitor Rp-8-Br-PET-cGMP. These results suggested a possible involvement of NO-cAMP interaction via cGMP-mediated inhibition of PDE3. Indeed, PDE3 inhibitor cilostamide caused potentiation of 8-bromo-cAMP-elicited elevations of Cx43 expression that is similar to the effect of SNAP, and an elevation of intracellular cAMP was detected in SNAP-treated cells. With the use of genetically engineered reporter MC that express secreted alkaline phosphatase under the control of the cAMP response element, significant potentiation of cAMP-elicited activation of cAMP response element by SNAP was found. This effect was abrogated in the presence of PDE3 inhibitor cilostamide. Taken together, the results suggest that NO is involved in the control of GJIC and Cx43 expression. This effect of NO is due to activation of protein kinase A via cGMP-dependent inhibition of PDE3 activity.
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- Jian Yao
- Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
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Madry H, Padera R, Seidel J, Langer R, Freed LE, Trippel SB, Vunjak-Novakovic G. Gene transfer of a human insulin-like growth factor I cDNA enhances tissue engineering of cartilage. Hum Gene Ther 2002; 13:1621-30. [PMID: 12228017 DOI: 10.1089/10430340260201716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The repair of articular cartilage lesions remains a clinical problem. Two novel approaches to cartilage formation, gene transfer and tissue engineering, have been limited by short-term transgene expression in transplanted chondrocytes and inability to deliver regulatory signals to engineered tissues according to specific temporal and spatial patterns. We tested the hypothesis that the transfer of a cDNA encoding the human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) can provide sustained gene expression in cell-polymer constructs in vitro and in vivo and enhance the structural and functional properties of tissue-engineered cartilage. Bovine articular chondrocytes genetically modified to overexpress human IGF-I were seeded into polymer scaffolds, cultured in bioreactors in serum-free medium, and implanted subcutaneously in nude mice; constructs based on nontransfected or lacZ-transfected chondrocytes served as controls. Transgene expression was maintained throughout the duration of the study, more than 4 weeks in vitro followed by an additional 10 days either in vitro or in vivo. Chondrogenesis progressed toward the formation of cartilaginous tissue that was characterized by the presence of glycosaminoglycans, aggrecan, and type II collagen, and the absence of type I collagen. IGF-I constructs contained increased amounts of glycosaminoglycans and collagen and confined-compression equilibrium moduli as compared with controls; all groups had subnormal cellularity. The amounts of glycosaminoglycans and collagen per unit DNA in IGF-I constructs were markedly higher than in constructs cultured in serum-supplemented medium or native cartilage. This enhancement of chondrogenesis by spatially defined overexpression of human IGF-I suggests that cartilage tissue engineering based on genetically modified chondrocytes may be advantageous as compared with either gene transfer or tissue engineering alone.
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- Henning Madry
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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Park YS, Lee HS, Won MH, Lee JH, Lee SY, Lee HY. Effect of an exo-polysaccharide from the culture broth of Hericium erinaceus on enhancement of growth and differentiation of rat adrenal nerve cells. Cytotechnology 2002; 39:155-62. [PMID: 19003308 PMCID: PMC3449638 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023963509393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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It was found that an exo-biopolymer (M.W. 1,000,000, molar ratio of 1.5:1.7:1.2:0.6:0.9, glucose:galactose:xylose:mannose:fructose, purity 99%) purified from the liquid culture broth of Hericium erinaceus mycelium enhanced the growth of rat adrenal nerve cells. The polymer also improved the extension of the neurites of PC12 cell. Its efficacy was found to be higher than those from known nerve growth factors such as Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Brain-Derived Nerve Factor (BDNF). The effect of two standards has not been observed above 0.1 (mg l(-1)) of supplementation; however, the polymer did show the effect of cell growth and neurite extension at up to 1.0 (mg l(-1)) of addition. While the polymer improved both cell growth and neurite extension, NGF and BDNF did only outgrowth of the neurites. Maximum cell density and length of the neurites were observed as 1.5x10(5) (viable cells ml(-1)) and 230 mum, respectively in adding 0.8 (mg l(-1)) of the biopolymer for 8 days cultivation. The control growth was observed only as 1.2x10(5) (viable cell ml(-1)) of maximum cell density and 140 mum of maximum length, respectively. It was also confirmed that the polymer reacted with the nerve cells within 30 min after adding the sample, compared to 80 min in adding two other growth factors. Number of neurite-bearing cells remained relatively steady in adding the polymer even when the cell growth started to be decreased. It was interesting that the polymer effectively delayed apoptosis of PC12 cells by dramatically reducing the ratio of apoptotic cells to 20% from 50% of the control.
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- Young Shik Park
- School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701 S. Korea
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- School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701 S. Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, 200-702 S. Korea
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- School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701 S. Korea
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- School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701 S. Korea
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- School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200-701 S. Korea
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Miagkov AV, Varley AW, Munford RS, Makarov SS. Endogenous regulation of a therapeutic transgene restores homeostasis in arthritic joints. J Clin Invest 2002; 109:1223-9. [PMID: 11994411 PMCID: PMC150962 DOI: 10.1172/jci14536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases is complicated by their unpredictable, relapsing clinical course. Here, we describe a new strategy in which an inflammation-regulated therapeutic transgene is introduced into the joints to prevent recurrence of arthritis. To this end, we designed a recombinant adenoviral vector containing a two-component, inflammation-inducible promoter controlling the expression of human IL-10 (hIL-10) cDNA. When tested in vitro, this system had a low-level basal activity and was activated four to five orders of magnitude by various inflammatory stimuli, including TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and LPS. When introduced in joints of rats with recurrent streptococcal cell wall-induced arthritis, the IL-10 transgene was induced in parallel with disease recurrence and effectively prevented the influx of inflammatory cells and the associated swelling of the joints. Levels of inflammation-inducible hIL-10 protein within the joints correlated closely with the severity of recurrence. An endogenously regulated therapeutic transgene can thus establish negative feedback and restore homeostasis in vivo while minimizing host exposure to the recombinant drug.
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- A V Miagkov
- Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Miagkov A, Varley A, Munford R, Makarov S. Endogenous regulation of a therapeutic transgene restores homeostasis in arthritic joints. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0214536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Yokoo T, Ohashi T, Utsunomiya Y, Shiba H, Shen JS, Hisada Y, Eto Y, Kawamura T, Hosoya T. Inflamed glomeruli-specific gene activation that uses recombinant adenovirus with the Cre/loxP system. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:2330-2337. [PMID: 11675409 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v12112330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The authors previously reported that bone marrow-derived CD11b(+)CD18(+) cells could be used as a vehicle to deliver foreign genes into inflamed glomeruli and that this vehicle cell (v-cell) could retard the progression of nephritis by delivering anti-inflammatory molecules. As a next step, the authors tried to establish a switching system by which v-cells are activated only at the inflamed glomeruli. A recombinant adenovirus (Ad) that expressed Cre recombinase under the control of the interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) promoter (AxIL-1pr/Cre) was constructed and transfected into v-cells. After confirming that AxIL-1pr/Cre expresses Cre by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment, AxIL-1pr/Cre was infected together with another Ad bearing a switching reporter unit in which the LacZ gene is activated under the control of the CAG promoter by the Cremediated excisional deletion of interposed stuffer DNA. Only a negligible number of double-infected (Cre/loxPCAG) cells expressed LacZ. This number, however, was significantly increased by LPS, which suggests that LPS-induced Cre effectively deletes the stuffer DNA, which allows for a complete CAG promoter. DBA/2j mice were then transplanted with Cre/loxPCAG cells via a tail vein and treated with anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) serum. To trace the transplanted cells, marker v-cells, infected with AxCANLacZ to constitutively express the LacZ gene, were also used. Although transplanted cells expressing LacZ collected in the spleen independent of anti-GBM treatment, they did not express the LacZ gene in the mice transplanted with Cre/loxPCAG cells. On the other hand, transplanted cells were recruited in the glomeruli and expressed the LacZ gene upon anti-GBM treatment. These results suggested that only the v-cells recruited in the glomeruli could be switched on and activate foreign genes.
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- Takashi Yokoo
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gene Therapy, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Chung WT, Lee SH, Kim JD, Sung NS, Hwang B, Lee SY, Yu CY, Lee HY. Effect of the extracts from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch on the growth characteristics of human cell lines: Anti-tumor and immune activation activities. Cytotechnology 2001; 37:55-64. [PMID: 19002915 PMCID: PMC3449970 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016111713056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Immune modulating activity of ethanol extracts from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch was investigated by conserving growth characteristics of several human cell lines. All of the samples did not show severe cytotoxicity on normal human liver cell line, WRL-68, showing less than 25% inhibition of cell growth. The crude extract and its fractionized samples (F1 and F3) inhibited the growth of human hepatoma, Hep3B, down to ca. 70% of normal cell growth in adding 1.0 g l(-1) of fraction F3. The result of anticancer experiments was well matched to the results of antimutagenicity using Chinese Hamster Lung cell lines(CHL V79). In adding 1.0 g l(-1) of fraction F1, the growth of human B cell was enhanced, up to 60% of control growth. The secretion of two kinds of cytokines, Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha from human B cells was also enhanced in adding the crude extract, but not the standards such as Glycyrrhizin (GL) or 18,beta-glycyrrhetinic acid (GM). It was found that both of the apoptosis and differentiation were more accelerated in supplementing the crude extract and fraction F1 than in adding the standards. A spot was found only in the crude extract and fractions, not standards by Thin Layer Chromatography(TLC) analysis. It tells that there must be another unknown component in crude and/or fraction F1 as a possible candidate of immune modulators. This component seems to be a derivative of a monomer, GM since its R(f) was close to the monomer. It was also interesting that glycyrrhizin, a major component in G. uralensis Fisch was biologically activated by first being hydrolyzed by an enzyme.
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- Woo Teak Chung
- Division of Food and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200–701 Korea
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- Division of Food and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200–701 Korea
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- Division of Food and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200–701 Korea
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- National Crop Experiment Station, RDA, Suwon, 441–100 Korea
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- Department of Biology, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, 520–830 Korea
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- Division of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200–701 Korea
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- Division of Applied Plant Science, Kangwon National University, Chunhon, 200–701 Korea
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- Division of Food and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, 200–701 Korea
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Nakayama K, Furusu A, Xu Q, Konta T, Kitamura M. Unexpected transcriptional induction of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 by proteasome inhibition: involvement of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase-activator protein 1 pathway. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:1145-50. [PMID: 11466328 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.3.1145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Proteasome inhibitors, the well-known inhibitors of NF-kappaB, are recently considered therapeutic agents for inflammation. However, the anti-inflammatory properties of these agents have not been fully evaluated. In this report we describe a novel effect of proteasome inhibitors on the expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) in mesangial cells. We found that proteasome inhibitor MG132 dose-dependently induced expression of MCP-1 at the transcriptional level. The stimulatory effect was similarly observed with other proteasome inhibitors (proteasome inhibitor 1 and lactacystin) and in other cell types (NRK fibroblasts). The 5'-flanking region of the MCP-1 gene contains multiple AP-1 sites. To explore the mechanisms involved, we examined the effects of proteasome inhibition on the AP-1 pathway. Northern blot analysis showed that MG132 rapidly induced the expression of c-jun, but not c-fos. Immunoblot analysis showed that MG132 prevented degradation of c-Jun protein. Kinase assay revealed that c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was rapidly activated by MG132. Consistent with these results, a reporter assay showed that AP-1 activity was up-regulated after treatment with MG132. Curcumin, a pharmacological inhibitor of the JNK-AP-1 pathway, abrogated the induction of MCP-1 by MG132. Similarly, stable transfection with a dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun attenuated both MG132-induced activation of AP-1 and expression of MCP-1. The transcriptional activation by proteasome inhibitors was observed not only in MCP-1, but also in other AP-1-dependent genes, including stromelysin and mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1. These data revealed that proteasome inhibition triggered the expression of MCP-1 and other genes via the multistep induction of the JNK-c-Jun/AP-1 pathway.
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- K Nakayama
- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1T 3AA, UK
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Lucio-Cazana J, Nakayama K, Xu Q, Konta T, Moreno-Manzano V, Furusu A, Kitamura M. Suppression of constitutive but not Il-1beta-inducible expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in mesangial cells by retinoic acids: intervention in the activator protein-1 pathway. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:688-694. [PMID: 11274229 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v124688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Retinoic acid regulates a wide range of biologic processes, including inflammation. This study investigated the effect of all-trans-retinoic acid (t-RA) on the constitutive and cytokine-inducible expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) in rat mesangial cells. Serum-deprived mesangial cells exhibited substantial levels of MCP-1 mRNA, and the expression was markedly upregulated by interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). Pretreatment with t-RA abrogated the constitutive mRNA expression but did not inhibit the IL-1beta-inducible expression. The similar effects were observed by 9-cis-RA. The suppressive effect of t-RA required retinoic acid receptors. t-RA did not affect the stability of MCP-1 mRNA, indicating that its suppressive effect was at the transcriptional level. Experiments that used pharmacologic and genetic inhibitors showed that the IL-1beta-inducible MCP-1 expression was dependent on nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and independent of activator protein 1 (AP-1). In contrast, the constitutive expression of MCP-1 was dependent on both NF-kappaB and AP-1. t-RA substantially inhibited the constitutive activity of AP-1 but did not inhibit NF-kappaB activity in mesangial cells. These data suggested that (1) constitutive and IL-1beta-inducible expression of MCP-1 was differently regulated by AP-1 and NF-kappaB and (2) t-RA inhibited selectively the constitutive expression of MCP-1 via intervention in the AP-1 pathway.
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- Javier Lucio-Cazana
- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Jules Thorn Institute, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Ye X, Liu X, Li Z, Ray PE. Efficient gene transfer to rat renal glomeruli with recombinant adenoviral vectors. Hum Gene Ther 2001; 12:141-8. [PMID: 11177551 DOI: 10.1089/104303401750061203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Recombinant adenoviruses are attractive vectors for renal gene transfer since they can efficiently transduce nondividing cells. However, despite the fact that renal glomeruli are easily accessible via the renal circulation, attempts to deliver foreign genes specifically into renal glomeruli, using adenoviral vectors, have had limited success in rodents. A simple intraarterial injection of adenoviral vectors into the renal circulation or incubation of the virus with the kidney for an extended period of time was found to be insufficient for this purpose. In this study, we have established an efficient gene transfer protocol to express foreign genes in rat renal glomerular cells, using adenoviral vectors. We demonstrated, for the first time, that rat glomerular endothelial cells could be efficiently transduced by slowly infusing a recombinant adenovirus (Ad.CBlacZ) into the right renal artery for a period of 15 min. High levels of lacZ expression were achieved in renal glomeruli without causing significant damage to renal glomeruli or other kidney structures. The virus-mediated expression lasted for at least 21 days. These data demonstrate the feasibility of using recombinant adenoviral vectors as a tool with which to study the effect of foreign gene expression on the structure and function of rat renal glomeruli in vivo.
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- X Ye
- Center for Genetic Medicine, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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Abstract. For many years, ex vivo gene transfer has been used for genetic manipulation of various organs. In the kidney, ex vivo gene transfer was reported using mesangial cells and macrophages. In rats, cultured cells injected into the renal artery are accumulated selectively in the glomerulus. With this approach, it is possible to transfer genetically engineered cells to normal and diseased glomeruli. The transfer of genetically engineered cells to glomeruli can be used for several purposes. With the use of resident glomerular cells engineered in vitro, it is possible to examine how the cells that overexpress certain genes behave differently in normal and diseased glomeruli. Both gain-of-function and loss-of-function strategies are useful for this purpose. For the latter, stable expression of antisense cDNA, ribosomes, or dominant-negative mutants is available. By transfer of engineered cells producing secretory, recombinant proteins, it is possible to modify glomerular microenvironment in vivo. Transfer of genes encoding therapeutically relevant molecules could be useful for therapeutic intervention. Transfer of engineered leukocytes to the glomerulus also allows investigation of cross talk between leukocytes and resident cells. Transfer of stimulated leukocytes is useful for investigation of the pathologic actions of infiltrating cells on glomerular structure and function. Leukocytes in which certain gene functions are selectively reinforced or deleted would be useful for elucidation of the exact functions of leukocyte-associated genes in glomerular diseases. This article summarizes current experience with the adoptive transfer of engineered cells to the glomerulus for investigation of and therapy for glomerular diseases.
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Ishikawa Y, Sugiyama H, Stylianou E, Kitamura M. Bioflavonoid quercetin inhibits interleukin-1-induced transcriptional expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in glomerular cells via suppression of nuclear factor-kappaB. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10:2290-6. [PMID: 10541287 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v10112290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Flavonoids are semiessential food components that possess anti-inflammatory properties. This report describes a novel potential of bioflavonoid quercetin as an inhibitor of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in glomerular cells. Cultured mesangial cells as well as isolated glomeruli expressed MCP-1 mRNA in response to interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). Quercetin dramatically inhibited the cytokine-triggered MCP-1 expression. To explore the mechanisms involved, effects of quercetin on the putative transcriptional activators of MCP-1, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1), were examined. Exposure of the cells to IL-1beta caused activation of NF-kappaB without significant upregulation of AP-1 activity. NF-kappaB inhibitor MG132 diminished the IL-1-induced expression of MCP-1 in mesangial cells and isolated glomeruli, whereas c-Jun/AP-1 inhibitor curcumin did not affect this process. Consistently, NF-kappaB-inactive mesangial cells expressing a super-repressor mutant of IkappaBalpha showed blunted expression of MCP-1 by IL-1beta. In contrast, AP-1-inactive mesangial cells expressing a dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun exhibited the same level of MCP-1 mRNA as that in control cells. These results suggest that: (1) quercetin has the ability to attenuate activation of NF-kappaB; and (2) it inhibits IL-1-triggered MCP-1 expression via suppression of NF-kappaB, but not AP-1, in glomerular cells.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, United Kingdom
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BACKGROUND Heparin, the multifunctional glycosaminoglycan, has been considered a therapeutic agent for glomerular diseases. Although a number of biological properties are postulated to explain its therapeutic utility, it is unknown whether heparin affects cell survival in the glomerulus. In this report, we investigated the effect of heparin on apoptosis of glomerular cells. METHODS Cultured rat mesangial cells were pretreated with heparin or heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) and were exposed to proapoptotic stimuli. To examine an effect of heparin on spontaneous apoptosis that occurs in explanted glomeruli, isolated rat glomeruli were incubated in the presence or absence of heparin. Apoptosis was evaluated by Hoechst 33258 staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling, and agarose gel electrophoresis to detect DNA fragmentation. The effect of heparin on activator protein 1 (AP-1), a crucial mediator for oxidant-induced apoptosis, was examined by Northern blot analysis and a reporter assay. RESULTS Heparin and HSPG inhibited apoptosis of mesangial cells triggered by hydrogen peroxide. It was associated with blunted expression of c-fos/c-jun mRNAs and suppression of AP-1 activation. The cytoprotective effect of heparin was also observed in other cell types and in apoptosis triggered by different stimuli. That is, (a) heparin inhibited mesangial cell apoptosis induced by staurosporine, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, and ultraviolet light, and (b) heparin suppressed oxidant-induced apoptosis of NRK49F fibroblasts and Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells. Furthermore, heparin attenuated spontaneous apoptosis of podocytes in explanted glomeruli. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate the novel potential of heparin as an inhibitor of apoptosis in several cell types, including glomerular cells.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, England, United Kingdom
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Mooney A, Jackson K, Bacon R, Streuli C, Edwards G, Bassuk J, Savill J. Type IV collagen and laminin regulate glomerular mesangial cell susceptibility to apoptosis via beta(1) integrin-mediated survival signals. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1999; 155:599-606. [PMID: 10433952 PMCID: PMC1866860 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65155-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Postinflammatory scarring is characterized by changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and progressive loss of normal resident cells. In glomerular inflammation there is now evidence that unscheduled apoptosis (programmed cell death) of mesangial and other resident cells may mediate progression to irreversible glomerulosclerosis. In the current study we examined the hypothesis that ECM components may differ in their capacity to support mesangial cell survival by suppression of apoptosis. Using a well-established in vitro model of mesangial cell apoptosis, we found that collagen IV and laminin, components of normal mesangial ECM, protected rat mesangial cells from apoptosis induced by serum starvation and DNA damage, by a beta(1) integrin-mediated, but arg-gly-asp (RGD)-independent mechanism. In contrast, collagen I, fibronectin, and osteonectin/SPARC, which are overexpressed in diseased glomeruli, failed to promote rat mesangial cell survival. However, the survival-promoting effect of collagen IV and laminin was not associated with changes in cellular levels of apoptosis regulatory proteins of the Bcl-2 family. These experiments demonstrate that glomerular mesangial cell survival is dependent on interactions with ECM and provide insights into potential mechanisms by which resident cell loss may occur during acute inflammation and postinflammatory scarring of the kidney and other organs.
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- Division of Renal and Inflammatory Disease, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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The balance between local offense factors and defense machinery determines the fate of tissue injury: progression or resolution. In glomerular research, the most interest has been on the offensive side, for example, the roles of leukocytes, platelets, complement, cytokines, eicosanoids, and oxygen radical intermediates. There has been little focus on the defensive side, which is responsible for the attenuation and resolution of disease. The aim of this review is to address possible mechanisms of local defense that may be exerted during glomerular injury. Cytokine inhibitors, proteinase inhibitors, complement regulatory proteins, anti-inflammatory cytokines, anti-inflammatory eicosanoids, antithrombotic molecules, and extracellular matrix proteins can participate in the extracellular and/or cell surface defense. Heat shock proteins, antioxidants, protein phosphatases, and cyclin kinase inhibitors may contribute to the intracellular defense. This article outlines how the glomerulus, when faced with injurious cells or exposed to pathogenic mediators, defends itself via the intrinsic machinery that is brought into play in resident glomerular cells.
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- M Kitamura
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, England, United Kingdom.
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Kitamura M. Bystander macrophages silence transgene expression driven by the retroviral long terminal repeat. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 257:74-8. [PMID: 10092512 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Moloney murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based retroviral vector has been widely used for transfer of exogenous genes to various organs and tissues. Although the long terminal repeat (LTR) of MLV allows for transgene expression in a wide range of cell type, its activity is often silenced in vivo. In reporter macrophages transduced with a MLV-based retroviral vector, activity of the LTR was transiently and reversibly suppressed following stimulation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). When unstimulated reporter macrophages were co-cultured with LPS-stimulated, untransduced macrophages, the LTR activity was similarly depressed. Activity of the LTR in retrovirus-transduced, mesangial cells was also down-regulated when co-cultured with activated macrophages. This suppressive effect was reproduced by cross-feeding with culture media conditioned by activated macrophages. LPS-stimulated macrophages abundantly expressed cytokines including IL-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1). When externally added, TNF-alpha and/or TGF-beta1, but not IL-1beta, depressed activity of the LTR in reporter macrophages and reporter mesangial cells. These results raise a possibility that expression of transgenes driven by the MLV-LTR may be silenced in vivo when the retrovirally-transduced cells are co-localized with activated macrophages.
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- M Kitamura
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, The Rayne Institute, 5 University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom.
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Kitamura M. The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine induces mesangial cells to create three-dimensional cytoarchitecture that underlies cellular differentiation. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10:746-51. [PMID: 10203358 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v104746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Prolonged culture of mesangial cells produces multifocal nodular structures, i.e., "hillocks," consisting of cells and extracellular matrix. Hillock formation is associated with induction of a differentiated phenotype of mesangial cells, with suppressed mitogenesis and downregulation of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA). Currently, little is understood regarding physiologically relevant factors that facilitate this cytodifferentiation. This study explores whether and how the cellular redox state modulates hillock formation. Exposure of confluent rat mesangial cells to the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an inducer of glutathione, dramatically facilitated hillock formation. This effect was mimicked by external addition of the reduced form of glutathione ethyl ester. In contrast, the oxidizing agents diamide and menadione inhibited the development of hillocks triggered by either NAC, glutathione, or prolonged culture. The induction of hillocks by NAC was correlated with downregulation of alpha-SMA as well as attenuated activity of the CArG box element (the cis-element relevant to the expression of the alpha-SMA gene and growth-associated genes). These results indicate that, by a redox-sensitive mechanism, NAC induces mesangial cells to create three-dimensional cytoarchitecture that underlies cellular differentiation.
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- M Kitamura
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, The Rayne Institute, United Kingdom.
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Kitamura M. Gene Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy. Perit Dial Int 1999. [DOI: 10.1177/089686089901902s40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gene therapy has been considered for a broad array of diseases. Recent investigation has suggested that gene therapy may be applied to the treatment of diabetes mellitus and associated pathologies involving several organs. In the kidney, glomerulopathy is the most typical pathologic feature. This article addresses potential strategies towards gene therapy for diabetic glomerular disease.
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- Masanori Kitamura
- Glomerular Bioengineering Unit, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Gene transfer approaches offer the promise of revolutionizing medicine. In this review, we focus on the current and future prospects of somatic gene transfer into the kidney. The advantages and disadvantages of current vector systems are described, and the ex vivo and in vitro approaches applicable to the kidney are reviewed. We discuss uses of gene transfer approaches to dissect the pathogenesis of kidney disease and the future directions and applications of gene transfer to combat kidney destruction.
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- V R Kelley
- Renal Division, Molecular Autoimmunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Ogura M, Kitamura M. Oxidant Stress Incites Spreading of Macrophages via Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.7.3569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cultured macrophages exhibit spreading in response to external stimuli. It is relevant to in vivo morphologic changes of macrophages during extravasation, migration, and differentiation. The present study was performed to elucidate molecular mechanisms that regulate spreading of macrophages. Redox is a crucial factor that modulates a wide range of cell function. We found that macrophages undergo spreading in response to oxidant stress caused by hydrogen peroxide or an oxidant generating agent menadione. To identify signaling pathways involved, a role of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases was investigated. Western blot analysis showed that treatment of macrophages with menadione rapidly induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1, ERK2) and p38 MAP kinase, but not c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Pharmacologic inhibition of either ERK or p38 activation blunted the macrophage spreading. Similarly, transfection with dominant-negative mutants of ERKs or a mutant p38 significantly suppressed the oxidant-triggered spreading. ERKs and p38 are known to activate serum response element (SRE) via phosphorylation of the ternary complex factor Elk-1. To further identify downstream events, we focused on a role of SRE. Stimulation of macrophages with menadione induced activation of SRE. Intervention in the SRE activation by a dominant-negative mutant of Elk-1 inhibited the menadione-induced spreading. These results suggest that oxygen radical metabolites, the well-known mediators for tissue injury, incite spreading of macrophages via the MAP kinase-SRE signaling pathways.
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- Makoto Ogura
- Glomerular Bioengineering Unit, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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- Glomerular Bioengineering Unit, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Ishikawa Y, Kitamura M. Unexpected suppression of alpha-smooth muscle actin, the activation marker of mesangial cells, by pp60v-src tyrosine kinase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 244:806-11. [PMID: 9535747 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cultured mesangial cells constitutively express alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), a marker of cellular activation. We unexpectedly found that tyrosine kinase pp60v-src, a known activator for a wide range of signalling cascades, suppressed the alpha-SMA expression in mesangial cells. The present study was conducted to elucidate molecular events involved in this phenomenon. Transfection with a reporter plasmid revealed that the serum response element (SRE), the cis-element required for alpha-SMA expression, was constitutively active in mesangial cells. When mesangial cells were transfected with pp60v-src, activity of both SRE and the alpha-SMA promoter was down-regulated. This was associated with depressed levels of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), but not c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Selective inhibition of ERKs by PD098059 abrogated constitutive SRE activity, leading to suppressed alpha-SMA expression. These results uncovered a novel potential of pp60v-src for suppression of alpha-SMA via intervention in the ERK-SRE signalling pathway.
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- Y Ishikawa
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, United Kingdom
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Kitamura M, Ishikawa Y. Three-dimensional matrix primes mesangial cells to down-regulation of alpha-smooth muscle actin via deactivation of CArG box elements. Kidney Int 1998; 53:690-7. [PMID: 9507215 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Prolonged culture of mesangial cells forms multifocal nodular structures, termed "hillocks," composed of cells and extracellular matrix (ECM), which may mimic the situation in the glomerular mesangium. Mesangial cells incorporated in hillocks show repressed expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin, a marker of mesangial cell activation/dedifferentiation. The aim of this study is to elucidate molecular mechanisms involved in this phenomenon, focusing on the activity of CArG box elements located in 5'-flanking region of the alpha-smooth muscle actin gene. Reporter mesangial cells were created to monitor the activity of CArG elements. These clones expressed beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ) under the control of CArG boxes. Within the hillocks, reporter cells showed repressed expression of lacZ as well as alpha-smooth muscle actin compared to the cells in two-dimensional cultures. Consistent with this result, the reporter cells embedded in collagen gel exhibited down-regulation of lacZ and alpha-smooth muscle actin transcripts. Deactivation of CArG box elements by transfection with either a dominant negative mutant of serum response factor or a dominant negative form of ternary complex factor Elk-1 led to depressed expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin gene. These data suggested that three-dimensional ECM primes mesangial cells to down-regulation of alpha-smooth muscle actin via deactivation of CArG box elements.
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- M Kitamura
- Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, England, United Kingdom.
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