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Yuan YP, Zhao H, Peng LQ, Li ZF, Liu S, Yuan CY, Mwamunyi MJ, Pearce D, Yao LJ. The SGK3-triggered ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of podocalyxin (PC) and ezrin in podocytes was associated with the stability of the PC/ezrin complex. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9:1114. [PMID: 30385740 PMCID: PMC6212497 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-018-1161-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Podocyte damage is commonly accompanied by destabilization of the podocalyxin (PC)/ezrin complex. Serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 3 (SGK3) plays a role in the maintenance of podocyte function, but the details of this role are poorly understood. Herein we demonstrated that SGK3 and its downstream target protein neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 4 subtype 2 (Nedd4-2) triggered PC and ezrin interaction. In adriamycin (ADR)-induced nephritic mice, and after puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-induced podocyte damage in vitro, PC and ezrin protein expression levels decreased significantly, while Nedd4-2 activity increased. Moreover, PAN treatment increased PC and ezrin ubiquitination and decreased PC/ezrin interaction in cultured mouse podocytes. The downregulation of SGK3 activity in mouse podocytes resulted in decreased PC and ezrin protein expression and increased the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of PC and ezrin. Furthermore, upregulation of SGK3 activity mostly reversed the PAN-induced decrease in PC and ezrin protein expression. Overexpression of Nedd4-2 led to decreased ezrin protein expression via the upregulation of ezrin ubiquitination. In contrast, Nedd4-2 knockdown resulted in increased ezrin protein expression but decreased ezrin ubiquitination. In PC-transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK293T) cells, SGK3 activity downregulation and Nedd4-2 overexpression resulted in decreased PC/ezrin interaction. These results suggested that SGK3 triggers the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation of PC and ezrin, while the SGK3/Nedd4-2 signaling pathway regulates ezrin, but not PC, ubiquitination. Thus SGK3 helps to regulate podocyte function by maintaining the stability of the PC/ezrin complex.
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- Ya-Pei Yuan
- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510120, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94107-2140, USA.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94107-2140, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, China.
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Ha TS, Park HY, Seong SB, Ahn HY. Puromycin aminonucleoside increases podocyte permeability by modulating ZO-1 in an oxidative stress-dependent manner. Exp Cell Res 2015; 340:139-49. [PMID: 26683996 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-induced nephrosis is a widely studied animal model of human idiopathic nephrotic syndrome because PAN injection into rats results in increased glomerular permeability with the characteristic ultrastructural changes in podocytes similar to human nephrosis. To investigate the role of zonula occludens (ZO)-1 and oxidative stress on PAN-induced podocyte phenotypical changes and hyperpermeability in vitro, we cultured rat and mouse podocytes and treated with various concentrations of PAN. PAN treatment increased oxidative stress level of podocytes significantly with the induction of Nox4. In addition, PAN changed the ultrastructure of podocytes, such as shortening and fusion of microvilli, and the separation of intercellular gaps, which were improved by anti-oxidative vitamin C and Nox4 siRNA. PAN also disrupted the intercellular linear ZO-1 staining and induced inner cytoplasmic re-localization of ZO-1 protein, resulting in increased podocyte intercellular permeability. PAN reduced ZO-1 protein amount and mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner, which means that PAN could also modulate ZO-1 protein transcriptionally. However, the decreased ZO-1 protein of podocytes by PAN was improved by Nox4 siRNA transfection. Furthermore, vitamin C mitigated the quantitative and distributional disturbances of ZO-1 protein caused by PAN. Our results demonstrate that the phenotypical changes of intercellular ZO-1 by oxidative stress via Nox4 likely contribute to the glomerular hyperpermeability caused by PAN.
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- Tae-Sun Ha
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea.
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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Lee HW, Khan SQ, Faridi MH, Wei C, Tardi NJ, Altintas MM, Elshabrawy HA, Mangos S, Quick KL, Sever S, Reiser J, Gupta V. A Podocyte-Based Automated Screening Assay Identifies Protective Small Molecules. J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 26:2741-52. [PMID: 25858967 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014090859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Podocyte injury and loss mark an early step in the pathogenesis of various glomerular diseases, making these cells excellent targets for therapeutics. However, cell-based high-throughput screening assays for the rational development of podocyte-directed therapeutics are currently lacking. Here, we describe a novel high-content screening-based phenotypic assay that analyzes thousands of podocytes per assay condition in 96-well plates to quantitatively measure dose-dependent changes in multiple cellular features. Our assay consistently produced a Z' value >0.44, making it suitable for compound screening. On screening with >2100 pharmacologically active agents, we identified 24 small molecules that protected podocytes against injury in vitro (1% hit rate). Among the identified hits, we confirmed an β1-integrin agonist, pyrintegrin, as a podocyte-protective agent. Treatment with pyrintegrin prevented damage-induced decreases in F-actin stress fibers, focal adhesions, and active β1-integrin levels in cultured cells. In vivo, administration of pyrintegrin protected mice from LPS-induced podocyte foot process effacement and proteinuria. Analysis of the murine glomeruli showed that LPS administration reduced the levels of active β1 integrin in the podocytes, which was prevented by cotreatment with pyrintegrin. In rats, pyrintegrin reduced peak proteinuria caused by puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephropathy. Our findings identify pyrintegrin as a potential therapeutic candidate and show the use of podocyte-based screening assays for identifying novel therapeutics for proteinuric kidney diseases.
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- Ha Won Lee
- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Cellular Imaging and Analysis, PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Waltham, Massachusetts; and
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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- Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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Pawluczyk IZA, Ghaderi Najafabadi M, Patel S, Desai P, Vashi D, Saleem MA, Topham PS. Sialic acid attenuates puromycin aminonucleoside-induced desialylation and oxidative stress in human podocytes. Exp Cell Res 2013; 320:258-68. [PMID: 24200502 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Sialoglycoproteins make a significant contribution to the negative charge of the glomerular anionic glycocalyx-crucial for efficient functioning of the glomerular permselective barrier. Defects in sialylation have serious consequences on podocyte function leading to the development of proteinuria. The aim of the current study was to investigate potential mechanisms underlying puromycin aminonucleosisde (PAN)-induced desialylation and to ascertain whether they could be corrected by administration of free sialic acid. PAN treatment of podocytes resulted in a loss of sialic acid from podocyte proteins. This was accompanied by a reduction, in the expression of sialyltransferases and a decrease in the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE). PAN treatment also attenuated expression of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (mSOD) and concomitantly increased the generation of superoxide anions. Sialic acid supplementation rescued podocyte protein sialylation and partially restored expression of sialyltransferases. Sialic acid also restored mSOD mRNA expression and quenched the oxidative burst. These data suggest that PAN-induced aberrant sialylation occurs as a result of modulation of enzymes involved sialic acid metabolism some of which are affected by oxidative stress. These data suggest that sialic acid therapy not only reinstates functionally important negative charge but also acts a source of antioxidant activity.
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- Izabella Z A Pawluczyk
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK; John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK; John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK
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- Academic and Children's Renal Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Maurice Shock Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK; John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Seckin I, Uzunalan M, Pekpak M, Kokturk S, Sonmez H, Öztürk Z, Demirci S, Yaprak E. Experimentally induced puromycine aminonucleoside nephrosis (PAN) in rats: evaluation of angiogenic protein platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF) expression in glomeruli. J Biomed Sci 2012; 19:24. [PMID: 22335899 PMCID: PMC3305375 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-19-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In experimentally induced puromycine aminonucleoside nephrosis (PAN) animal models, nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease and focal and segmental sclerosis-like nephritis similar to that in human is demonstrated; however, the real mechanism of PAN is not yet elucidated. Platelet derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF), an endothelial mitogen protein, is believed to take part in microvessel formation and in stimulation of angiogenesis and its expression has not been totally demonstrated in PAN rats yet. In this study, we aimed to examine PD-ECGF expression in acute and chronic PAN induced in rats and find out the association between its expression and the stages of angiogenesis in kidney. METHODS For the experiment, twenty-four Male Wistar Albino rats were used and divided into four groups; control group (n = 6), pre-proteinuria group (n = 6), acute group (n = 6) and chronic group (n = 6). We compared statistically all data by One-way ANOVA Test followed by Dunn Multiple Comparison Test. RESULTS Proteinurea levels in control and pre-proteinuria groups were not statistically different; however, it was remarkably higher in the acute nephrosis group and significantly greater in the chronic nephrosis group than control group (p < 0.0025). In pre-proteinuria group, the serum albumin and creatinine clearances also did not significantly differ from the control group. On the other hand, in the acute and chronic nephrosis groups, serum albumin and creatinine clearances progressively decreased (p < 0.05). In our immunohistochemical studies, we showed elevated PD-ECGF expression in glomeruli of acute and chronic PAN rats. Microscopic and ultrastructural appearances of the glomeruli of acute and chronic PAN showed various sequential steps of angiogenesis, macrophages and immature capillaries with primitive lumens and apoptotic endothelial cells in the increased mesangial matrix. CONCLUSIONS It is reported that acute and chronic PAN progressively increase PD-ECGF expression and following induction of angiogenesis in the affected glomeruli.
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- Ismail Seckin
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Krtil J, Pláteník J, Kazderová M, Tesar V, Zima T. Culture methods of glomerular podocytes. Kidney Blood Press Res 2007; 30:162-74. [PMID: 17502717 DOI: 10.1159/000102520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Podocytes (glomerular visceral epithelial cells) cover the exterior surface of the glomerular capillaries and contribute to the glomerular filtration membrane. Failure of podocyte function is involved in the progression of chronic glomerular disease; accordingly, research interest into podocyte biology is driven by the need for better protection and perhaps recovery of these cells in renal diseases. This review aims at summarizing available techniques for podocyte cell cultures from both the past and present, with special attention to the currently used methods. The establishment of classical primary cultures is based on isolation of glomeruli by differential sieving. Plating of glomeruli onto a collagen surface is followed by an outgrowth of cobblestone-like cells that, after replating, differentiate into arborized, mature podocytes. Currently, the majority of research studies use immortalized podocytic cell lines most often derived from transgenic mice bearing a conditional immortalizing gene. The podocytes can also be collected and cultured from healthy or diseased animal or patient urine. The urinary podocytes obtained from subjects with active glomerulopathies display higher proliferation potential and viability in vitro, perhaps due to disease-induced transdifferentiation. Finally, a list of phenotypic markers useful for identification and characterization of the cultured podocytic elements is provided.
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- J Krtil
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Marshall CB, Pippin JW, Krofft RD, Shankland SJ. Puromycin aminonucleoside induces oxidant-dependent DNA damage in podocytes in vitro and in vivo. Kidney Int 2006; 70:1962-73. [PMID: 17035936 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A decline in podocyte number correlates with progression to glomerulosclerosis. A mechanism underlying reduced podocyte number is the podocyte's relative inability to proliferate in response to injury. Injury by the podocyte toxin puromycin aminonucleoside (PA) is mediated via reactive oxygen species (ROS). The precise role of ROS in the pathogenesis of PA-induced glomerulosclerosis remains to be determined. We sought to examine whether PA-induced ROS caused podocyte DNA damage, possibly accounting for the podocyte's inability to proliferate in response to PA. In vitro, podocytes were exposed to PA, with or without the radical scavenger 1,3-dimethyl-2-thiourea (DMTU). In vivo, male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into experimental groups (n = 6/group/time point): PA, PA with DMTU, and control, killed at days 1.5, 3, or 7. DNA damage was measured by DNA precipitation, apurinic/apyrimidinic site, Comet, and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine assays. Cell cycle checkpoint protein upregulation (by immunostaining and Western blotting), histopathology, and biochemical parameters were examined. DNA damage was increased in cultured podocytes that received PA, but not PA with DMTU. PA exposure activated specific cell cycle checkpoint proteins, with attenuation by DMTU. DNA repair enzymes were activated, providing evidence for attempted DNA repair. The PA-treated animals developed worse proteinuria and histopathologic disease and exhibited more DNA damage than the DMTU pretreated group. No significant apoptosis was detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling staining. A mechanism underlying the lack of podocyte proliferation following PA-induced injury in vitro and in vivo may be ROS-mediated DNA damage, with upregulation of specific cell cycle checkpoints leading to cell cycle arrest.
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- C B Marshall
- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Chen CA, Hwang JC, Guh JY, Chang JM, Lai YH, Chen HC. Reduced podocyte expression of alpha3beta1 integrins and podocyte depletion in patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and chronic PAN-treated rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 147:74-82. [PMID: 16459165 DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2005.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Revised: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Integrins attach cells to extracellular matrix (ECM) and mediate signals from ECM to cells or from cells to ECM. They regulate cell functions, including adhesion, migration, cell cycle regulation, and differentiation. Podocytes may detach from the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and be excreted in the urine, and proteinuria is found in patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS); both may be associated with loss of alpha3beta1integrins. In this study, we have examined the podocyte number in patients with primary FSGS and normal controls, and the alpha3- and beta1-integrin subunits expression of podocytes in patients with primary FSGS and chronic puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-treated rats by the morphometric, immunoperoxidase histochemical, and immunoelectron microscopic examination. We also measured their expression serially in rats that received repeated PAN injection. The results showed that the podocyte number was significantly decreased in patients with primary FSGS than in normal control (P < 0.05). The immunostaining score showed that both alpha3- and beta1-integrin subunits on podocytes in patients with primary FSGS were significantly lower than in normal controls (both P < 0.01). The number of immuno-gold particles of alpha3- and beta1-integrins at the effaced foot process area of patients with primary FSGS were also significantly decreased than that of normal controls (both P < 0.05). The immunostaining score of both alpha3- and beta1-integrin subunits was negatively correlated with the degree of glomerular sclerosing score and the amount of daily protein loss, and they were positively correlated with the number of podocytes. Chronic 12-week PAN-treated rats showed similar findings with decreased immunostaining expression and immuno-gold particles of alpha3-integrin on podocytes than in normal control (both P < 0.05). The chronic PAN-treated rats also showed a trend toward gradually decreased immunostaining expression of alpha3-integrin subunit on podocyte during the progress from normal to FSGS state. These studies indicate that podocyte expression of alpha3- and beta1-integrin subunits is significantly reduced in humans with primary FSGS and chronic PAN-treated rats, before the morphological changes of FSGS are observed. The decreased podocyte expression of alpha3beta1 integrins is closely related with podocyte depletion, glomerular sclerosis, and daily protein loss in patients with primary FSGS.
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- Chien-An Chen
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Björnson Granqvist A, Ebefors K, Saleem MA, Mathieson PW, Haraldsson B, Nyström JS. Podocyte proteoglycan synthesis is involved in the development of nephrotic syndrome. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006; 291:F722-30. [PMID: 16622173 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00433.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Proteoglycans (PGs) are important for the glomerular barrier, for cell signaling, and for the anchorage of cells to the glomerular basement membrane. They are, however, complex macromolecules, and their production has not yet been thoroughly investigated in podocytes. In the present study, we studied the biosynthesis of PGs by highly differentiated human podocytes and in rats. The cells were treated with puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN; a nephrosis-inducing agent), steroids (used as primary treatment for nephrotic syndrome), or both. Analysis was made by TaqMan real-time PCR, Western blotting, and by metabolic labeling with (35)S and (3)H. We found that podocytes produce versican, syndecan-1, decorin, and biglycan together with the previously known PG syndecan-4, glypican, and perlecan. PAN treatment downregulated the mRNA and the protein expression of both versican (by 24 +/- 6%, P < 0.01, for mRNA and by 50% for protein) and perlecan (by 14 +/- 5%, P < 0.05, for mRNA and by 50% for protein). The decreased expression was confirmed by studying the glomerular gene expression in rats treated with PAN during a time course study. In addition, puromycin decreased the expression of enzymes involved in the glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis. Steroid treatment decreased perlecan (by 24 +/- 3%, P < 0.01) and syndecan-1 expression (by 30 +/- 4%, P < 0.01) but increased the expression of decorin 2.5-fold. The observed alterations of PG synthesis induced by PAN may lead to decreased glomerular anionic charge and disturbed podocyte morphology, factors that are important for the development of a nephrotic syndrome.
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Björnson A, Moses J, Ingemansson A, Haraldsson B, Sörensson J. Primary human glomerular endothelial cells produce proteoglycans, and puromycin affects their posttranslational modification. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 288:F748-56. [PMID: 15585670 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00202.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This article describes the possible role of the endothelial cell-surface coat, containing proteoglycans (PGs) with connected glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), in maintaining glomerular permselectivity. Primary human glomerular endothelial cells (HGEC) in culture were treated with the nephrosis-inducing agent puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN). Analysis was made by TaqMan real-time PCR, Western blot analysis, and by metabolic labeling with [35S]sulfate. The HGECs express several PGs: syndecan, versican, glypican, perlecan, decorin, and biglycan, which may contribute to the glomerular charge barrier. PAN treatment downregulated both the protein expression (by 25%) and the mRNA expression (by 37 ± 6%, P < 0.001, n = 8) of versican compared with control. Transferases important for chondroitin and heparan sulfate biosynthesis were also significantly downregulated by PAN, resulting in less sulfate groups, shorter GAG chains, and reduced PG net-negative charge. Moreover, analysis of the cell media after PAN treatment revealed a reduced content of [35S]sulfate-labeled PGs (40% of control). We conclude that PAN may cause proteinuria by affecting the endothelial cell-surface layer and not only by disrupting the foot process arrangement of the podocytes. Thus the endothelium may be a more important component of the glomerular barrier than hitherto acknowledged.
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- Anna Björnson
- Dept. of Nephrology, Göteborg Univ., Sahlgrenska Univ. Hospital, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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McCarthy ET, Sharma R, Sharma M. Protective effect of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) on glomerular protein permeability barrier. Kidney Int 2005; 67:152-6. [PMID: 15610238 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Proteinuria is a significant problem in medicine today, although glomerular events underlying it are unknown. Products of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism are increasingly recognized as playing major roles in renal function. We used in vitro albumin permeability (P(alb)) as a measure of injury and puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) as an injurious agent to test the hypothesis that 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) protects the glomerular filtration barrier from increased P(alb). METHODS We determined P(alb) in the following experimental groups: (1) isolated rat glomeruli incubated with PAN (5 microg/mL) for 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes; (2) isolated glomeruli preincubated with 20-HETE (1.0 nmol/L to 100 nmol/L) for 15 minutes followed by additional incubation with PAN (5 microg/mL) for 15 minutes; (3) isolated glomeruli from rats treated with the CYP450 4A inducer clofibrate, and incubated with PAN (5 microg/mL) for 15 minutes; and (4) appropriate controls for each group. CYP450 4A levels were measured in glomeruli isolated from rats treated with clofibrate or vehicle. RESULTS PAN increased P(alb) of isolated glomeruli as early as 5 minutes (P(alb) 0.33 +/- 0.21, P < 0.05 vs. control). Maximal effect occurred at 30 minutes (P(alb) 0.75 +/- 0.16, P < 0.001 vs. control). Inclusion of 20-HETE (100 nmol/L) blocked the increased P(alb) caused by PAN (P(alb) 0.05 +/- 0.13). Likewise, glomeruli isolated from rats treated with clofibrate were protected from PAN-induced increase in P(alb) (P(alb) 0.19 +/- 0.03). Treatment with clofibrate significantly increased glomerular CYP450 4A expression. CONCLUSION PAN directly and immediately affects the glomerular permeability barrier. Furthermore, exogenous 20-HETE or clofibrate treatment protects glomeruli from increased P(alb) caused by PAN. Relative lack of 20-HETE may be a general characteristic of proteinuric states. Conversely, measures used to treat and/or prevent proteinuria may act to restore or increase glomerular 20-HETE levels.
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- Ellen T McCarthy
- Divison of Nephrology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Economou CG, Kitsiou PV, Tzinia AK, Panagopoulou E, Marinos E, Kershaw DB, Kerjaschki D, Tsilibary EC. Enhanced podocalyxin expression alters the structure of podocyte basal surface. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:3281-94. [PMID: 15226400 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and podocalyxin are essential for podocyte morphology. We provide evidence of functional interconnections between basement membrane components (collagen IV and laminin), the expression of podocalyxin and the morphology of human glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes). We demonstrated that GBM and laminin, but not collagen IV, up-regulated the expression of podocalyxin. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that laminin induced a modified morphology of podocytes with process formation, which was more extensive in the presence of GBM. Under high magnification, podocytes appeared ruffled. Using transmission electron microscopy we observed that raised areas occurred in the basal cell surface. Furthermore, the presence of anti-podocalyxin antibody increased the extent of adhesion and spreading of podocytes to both collagen IV and laminin, thus podocalyxin apparently inhibits cell-matrix interactions. We also performed adhesion and spreading assays on podocytes grown under increased glucose concentration (25 mM). Under these conditions, the expression of podocalyxin was almost totally suppressed. The cells adhered and spread to basement membrane components but there was no increase in the extent of adhesion and spreading in the presence of anti-podocalyxin antibody, or ruffling of the cell edges. Additionally, in podocytes expressing podocalyxin, the presence of anti-podocalyxin antibody partially reversed the inhibition of adhesion to collagen IV provoked by anti-β1 integrin antibody, thus podocalyxin should compete with β1-related cell adhesion. We suggest that the observed podocalyxin-mediated inhibition of binding to the matrix could be in part responsible for the specialized conformation of the basal surface of podocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acids, Diamino/metabolism
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry
- Basement Membrane/physiology
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Separation
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen Type IV/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Densitometry
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Flow Cytometry
- Glucose/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Integrin beta1/metabolism
- Laminin/chemistry
- Laminin/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Sialoglycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Sialoglycoproteins/metabolism
- Up-Regulation
- Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
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Affiliation(s)
- Constantinos G Economou
- Institute of Biology, National Center for Scientific Research, Demokritos, Agia Paraskevi, 15310 Athens, Greece
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Suzuki A, Ito T, Imai E, Yamato M, Iwatani H, Kawachi H, Hori M. Retinoids regulate the repairing process of the podocytes in puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrotic rats. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14:981-91. [PMID: 12660332 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000057857.66268.8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The foot processes forming the slit diaphragm are disrupted in diseases associated with proteinuria. Although they are often repairable, regulators for the repairing process remain unknown. By extrapolating from the fact that vitamin A is essential for the nephrogenesis, this study examined whether or not injured podocytes in the middle of the repairing process require retinaldehyde dehydrogenase type 2 (RALDH2), one of the key enzymes to produce all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA). RALDH2 was dramatically upregulated in podocytes of puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis (PAN nephrosis) rats. On day 5 of PAN nephrosis, RALDH2 showed the remarkable induction, whereas glomerular expression levels of nephrin and midkine, one of the ATRA target genes, were downregulated. Daily administration of ATRA ameliorated proteinuria, which was accompanied by the improvement in the effacement of the foot processes and by the induction of nephrin and midkine. In contrast, recovery from PAN nephrosis was delayed in rats fed with a vitamin A-deficient diet. Consistently, the promoter region of human nephrin gene (NPHS1) contained three putative retinoic acid response elements (RARE) and showed the enhancer activity in response to ATRA in a dose-dependent manner. This transcriptional activation was regulated through the receptors for retinoids because BMS-189453, an antagonist to the retinoid receptors, counteracted it in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, active metabolites of vitamin A, especially ATRA produced by RALDH2 play relevant roles during the repairing process of injured podocytes. The results obtained from PAN nephrosis rats might be applicable to human renal diseases.
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- Akira Suzuki
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Doornaert B, Leblond V, Galiacy S, Gras G, Planus E, Laurent V, Isabey D, Lafuma C. Negative impact of DEP exposure on human airway epithelial cell adhesion, stiffness, and repair. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 284:L119-32. [PMID: 12471014 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00039.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) may be associated with increased respiratory mortality and morbidity. Several recent studies have also shown that DEPs increase the production of inflammatory cytokines by human bronchial epithelium (HBE) cells in vitro. The present study investigates the effects of DEPs on the interaction of l-HBE cells (16HBE14o-) with the cell and matrix microenvironment based on evaluation of integrin-type cell/matrix ligand expression, cytoskeleton (CSK) stiffness, and matrix remodeling via matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 expression. The results showed that DEP exposure induced: 1) a net dose-dependent decrease in CSK stiffness through actin fibers, 2) a concomitant specific reduction of both alpha(3)- and beta(1)-integrin subunits extensively expressed on the HBE cell surface, 3) a decrease in the level of CD44, which is a major HBE cell-cell and HBE cell-matrix adhesion molecule; and 4) an isolated decrease in MMP-1 expression without any change in tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 or TIMP-2 tissue inhibitors. Restrictive modulation of cell-matrix interaction, cell-cell connection, CSK stiffness, and fibrillary collagen remodeling results in a decreased wound closure capacity and an increased deadhesion capacity. In conclusion, on the basis of these results, we can propose that, in addition to their ability to increase the production of inflammatory cytokines, DEPs could also alter the links between actin CSK and the extracellular matrix, suggesting that they might facilitate HBE cell detachment in vivo.
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- Blandine Doornaert
- Faculté de Médecine, Faculté des Sciences Université Paris XII, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 492 de Physiopathologie et Thérapeutique Respiratoire, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Glomerular podocytes are highly specialized cells with a complex cytoarchitecture. Their most prominent features are interdigitated foot processes with filtration slits in between. These are bridged by the slit diaphragm, which plays a major role in establishing the selective permeability of the glomerular filtration barrier. Injury to podocytes leads to proteinuria, a hallmark of most glomerular diseases. New technical approaches have led to a considerable increase in our understanding of podocyte biology including protein inventory, composition and arrangement of the cytoskeleton, receptor equipment, and signaling pathways involved in the control of ultrafiltration. Moreover, disturbances of podocyte architecture resulting in the retraction of foot processes and proteinuria appear to be a common theme in the progression of acquired glomerular disease. In hereditary nephrotic syndromes identified over the last 2 years, all mutated gene products were localized in podocytes. This review integrates our recent physiological and molecular understanding of the role of podocytes during the maintenance and failure of the glomerular filtration barrier.
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- Hermann Pavenstädt
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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