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Carrasco-Rando M, Culi J, Campuzano S, Ruiz-Gómez M. An acytokinetic cell division creates PIP2-enriched membrane asymmetries leading to slit diaphragm assembly in Drosophila nephrocytes. Development 2023; 150:dev201708. [PMID: 37681291 PMCID: PMC10546876 DOI: 10.1242/dev.201708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Vertebrate podocytes and Drosophila nephrocytes display slit diaphragms, specialised cell junctions that are essential for the execution of the basic excretory function of ultrafiltration. To elucidate the mechanisms of slit diaphragm assembly we have studied their formation in Drosophila embryonic garland nephrocytes. These cells of mesenchymal origin lack overt apical-basal polarity. We find that their initial membrane symmetry is broken by an acytokinetic cell division that generates PIP2-enriched domains at their equator. The PIP2-enriched equatorial cortex becomes a favourable domain for hosting slit diaphragm proteins and the assembly of the first slit diaphragms. Indeed, when this division is either prevented or forced to complete cytokinesis, the formation of diaphragms is delayed to larval stages. Furthermore, although apical polarity determinants also accumulate at the equatorial cortex, they do not appear to participate in the recruitment of slit diaphragm proteins. The mechanisms we describe allow the acquisition of functional nephrocytes in embryos, which may confer on them a biological advantage similar to the formation of the first vertebrate kidney, the pronephros.
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- Marta Carrasco-Rando
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Gass MM, Borkowsky S, Lotz ML, Siwek R, Schröter R, Nedvetsky P, Luschnig S, Rohlmann A, Missler M, Krahn MP. PI(4,5)P2 controls slit diaphragm formation and endocytosis in Drosophila nephrocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:248. [PMID: 35437696 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04273-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Drosophila nephrocytes are an emerging model system for mammalian podocytes and proximal tubules as well as for the investigation of kidney diseases. Like podocytes, nephrocytes exhibit characteristics of epithelial cells, but the role of phospholipids in polarization of these cells is yet unclear. In epithelia, phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) and phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P3) are asymmetrically distributed in the plasma membrane and determine apical–basal polarity. Here, we demonstrate that both phospholipids are present in the plasma membrane of nephrocytes, but only PI(4,5)P2 accumulates at slit diaphragms. Knockdown of Skittles, a phosphatidylinositol(4)phosphate 5-kinase, which produces PI(4,5)P2, abolished slit diaphragm formation and led to strongly reduced endocytosis. Notably, reduction in PI(3,4,5)P3 by overexpression of PTEN or expression of a dominant-negative phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase did not affect nephrocyte function, whereas enhanced formation of PI(3,4,5)P3 by constitutively active phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase resulted in strong slit diaphragm and endocytosis defects by ectopic activation of the Akt/mTOR pathway. Thus, PI(4,5)P2 but not PI(3,4,5)P3 is essential for slit diaphragm formation and nephrocyte function. However, PI(3,4,5)P3 has to be tightly controlled to ensure nephrocyte development.
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Atienza-Manuel A, Castillo-Mancho V, De Renzis S, Culi J, Ruiz-Gómez M. Endocytosis mediated by an atypical CUBAM complex modulates slit diaphragm dynamics in nephrocytes. Development 2021; 148:272711. [PMID: 34738617 PMCID: PMC8710305 DOI: 10.1242/dev.199894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The vertebrate endocytic receptor CUBAM, consisting of three cubilin monomers complexed with a single amnionless molecule, plays a major role in protein reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. Here, we show that Drosophila CUBAM is a tripartite complex composed of Amnionless and two cubilin paralogues, Cubilin and Cubilin2, and that it is required for nephrocyte slit diaphragm (SD) dynamics. Loss of CUBAM-mediated endocytosis induces dramatic morphological changes in nephrocytes and promotes enlarged ingressions of the external membrane and SD mislocalisation. These phenotypes result in part from an imbalance between endocytosis, which is strongly impaired in CUBAM mutants, and exocytosis in these highly active cells. Of note, rescuing receptor-mediated endocytosis by Megalin/LRP2 or Rab5 expression only partially restores SD positioning in CUBAM mutants, suggesting a specific requirement of CUBAM in SD degradation and/or recycling. This finding and the reported expression of CUBAM in podocytes suggest a possible unexpected conserved role for this endocytic receptor in vertebrate SD remodelling. Summary: A genetic study revealing that endocytosis mediated by an atypical CUBAM endocytic receptor, composed of Amnionless and two Cubilin paralogues, regulates slit diaphragm remodelling in Drosophila nephrocytes.
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- Alexandra Atienza-Manuel
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC and UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Zhang Y, Fukusumi Y, Kayaba M, Nakamura T, Sakamoto R, Ashizawa N, Kawachi H. Xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitor topiroxostat ameliorates podocyte injury by inhibiting the reduction of nephrin and podoplanin. Nefrologia 2021; 41:539-547. [PMID: 36165136 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Topiroxostat, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) was shown to reduce urinary albumin excretion of hyperuricemic patients with chronic kidney disease. However, its pharmacological mechanism is not well understood. In this study, we examined the effects of topiroxostat on glomerular podocytes. Podocyte is characterized by foot process and a unique cell-cell junction slit diaphragm functioning as a final barrier to prevent proteinuria. METHODS The effects of topiroxostat on the expressions of podocyte functional molecules were analysed in db/db mice, a diabetic nephropathy model, anti-nephrin antibody-induced rat podocyte injury model and cultured podocytes treated with adriamycin. RESULTS Topiroxostat treatment ameliorated albuminuria in db/db mice. The expression of desmin, a podocyte injury marker was increased, and nephrin and podocin, key molecules of slit diaphragm, and podoplanin, an essential molecule in maintaining foot process were downregulated in db/db mice. Topiroxostat treatment prevented the alterations in the expressions of these molecules in db/db mice. XOR activity in kidney was increased in rats with anti-nephrin antibody-induced podocyte injury. Topiroxostat treatment reduced XOR activity and restored the decreased expression of nephrin, podocin and podoplanin in the podocyte injury. Furthermore, topiroxostat enhanced the expression of podoplanin in injured human cultured podocytes. CONCLUSIONS Podocyte injury was evident in db/db mice. Topiroxostat ameliorated albuminuria in diabetic nephropathy model by preventing podocyte injury. Increase of XOR activity in kidney contributes to development of podocyte injury caused by stimulation to slit diaphragm. Topiroxostat has an effect to stabilize slit diaphragm and foot processes by inhibiting the reduction of nephrin, podocin and podoplanin.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Pharmacological Study Group, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Mie, Japan
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- Pharmacological Study Group, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Mie, Japan
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- Biological Research Group, Research Department, Medical R&D Division, Fuji Yakuhin, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
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Afsar B, Afsar RE, Demiray A, Covic A, Kanbay M. Deciphering nutritional interventions for podocyte structure and function. Pharmacol Res 2021; 172:105852. [PMID: 34450318 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite increasing awareness and therapeutic options chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still and important health problem and glomerular diseases constitute and important percentage of CKD. Proteinuria/albuminuria is not just a marker; but it also plays a direct pathogenic role in renal disease progression of CKD. Glomerular filtration barrier (GFB) which consists of fenestrated endothelial cells, fused basal membrane and interdigitating podocyte foot process and filtration slits between foot process is the major barrier for proteinuria/albuminuria. Many glomerular diseases are characterized by disruption of GFB podocytes, foot process and slit diaphragm. Many proteinuric diseases are non-specifically targeted by therapeutic agents such as steroids and calcineurin inhibitors with systemic side effects. Thus, there is unmet need for more efficient and less toxic therapeutic options to treat glomerular diseases. In recent years, modification of dietary intake, has been gained to treat pathologic processes introducing the concept of 'food as a medicine'. The effect of various nutritional products on podocyte function and structure is also trending, especially in recent years. In the current review, we summarized the effect of nutritional interventions on podocyte function and structure.
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- Baris Afsar
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology, Suleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology, Suleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey
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- Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology, Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine, Iasi, Romania
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ivanov V, Fukusumi Y, Zhang Y, Yasuda H, Kitazawa M, Kawachi H. Synbindin Downregulation Participates in Slit Diaphragm Dysfunction. Am J Nephrol 2021; 52:620-629. [PMID: 34515036 DOI: 10.1159/000517975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Synbindin, originally identified as a neuronal cytoplasmic molecule, was found in glomeruli. The cDNA subtractive hybridization technique showed the mRNA expression of synbindin in glomeruli was downregulated in puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy, a mimic of minimal-change nephrotic syndrome. METHODS The expression of synbindin in podocytes was analyzed in normal rats and 2 types of rat nephrotic models, anti-nephrin antibody-induced nephropathy, a pure slit diaphragm injury model, and PAN nephropathy, by immunohistochemical analysis and RT-PCR techniques. To elucidate the function of synbindin, a gene silencing study with human cultured podocytes was performed. RESULTS Synbindin was mainly expressed at the slit diaphragm area of glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes). In both nephrotic models, decreased mRNA expression and the altered staining of synbindin were already detected at the early phase when proteinuria and the altered staining of nephrin, a key molecule of slit diaphragm, were not detected yet. Synbindin staining was clearly reduced when severe proteinuria was observed. When the cultured podocytes were treated with siRNA for synbindin, the cell changed to a round shape, and filamentous actin structure was clearly altered. The expression of ephrin-B1, a transmembrane protein at slit diaphragm, was clearly lowered, and synaptic vesicle-associated protein 2B (SV2B) was upregulated in the synbindin knockdown cells. CONCLUSION Synbindin participates in maintaining foot processes and slit diaphragm as a downstream molecule of SV2B-mediated vesicle transport. Synbindin downregulation participates in slit diaphragm dysfunction. Synbindin can be an early marker to detect podocyte injury.
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- Veniamin Ivanov
- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Yaoita E, Nameta M, Yoshida Y, Fujinaka H. Dynamic changes of podocytes caused by fibroblast growth factor 2 in culture. Cell Tissue Res 2021. [PMID: 34309730 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-021-03511-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) augments podocyte injury, which induces glomerulosclerosis, although the mechanisms remain obscure. In this study, we investigated the effects of FGF2 on cultured podocytes with interdigitating cell processes in rats. After 48 h incubation with FGF2 dynamic changes in the shape of primary processes and cell bodies of podocytes resulted in the loss of interdigitation, which was clearly shown by time-lapse photography. FGF2 reduced the gene expressions of constituents of the slit diaphragm, inflections of intercellular junctions positive for nephrin, and the width of the intercellular space. Immunostaining for the proliferation marker Ki-67 was rarely seen and weakly stained in the control without FGF2, whereas intensely stained cells were frequently found in the presence of FGF2. Binucleation and cell division were also observed, although no significant increase in cell number was shown. An in vitro scratch assay revealed that FGF2 enhanced migration of podocytes. These findings show that FGF2 makes podocytes to transition from the quiescent state into the cell cycle and change their morphology due to enhanced motility, and that the culture system in this study is useful for analyzing the pathological changes of podocytes in vivo.
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Wang L, Wen P, van de Leemput J, Zhao Z, Han Z. Slit diaphragm maintenance requires dynamic clathrin-mediated endocytosis facilitated by AP-2, Lap, Aux and Hsc70-4 in nephrocytes. Cell Biosci 2021; 11:83. [PMID: 33975644 PMCID: PMC8111712 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-021-00595-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The Slit diaphragm (SD) is the key filtration structure in human glomerular kidney that is affected in many types of renal diseases. SD proteins are known to undergo endocytosis and recycling to maintain the integrity of the filtration structure. However, the key components of this pathway remain unclear. Methods Using the Drosophila nephrocyte as a genetic screen platform, we screened most genes involved in endocytosis and cell trafficking, and identified the key components of the cell trafficking pathway required for SD protein endocytosis and recycling. Results We discovered that the SD protein endocytosis and recycling pathway contains clathrin, dynamin, AP-2 complex, like-AP180 (Lap), auxilin and Hsc70-4 (the endocytosis part) followed by Rab11 and the exocyst complex (the recycling part). Disrupting any component in this pathway led to disrupted SD on the cell surface and intracellular accumulation of mislocalized SD proteins. We also showed the first in vivo evidence of trapped SD proteins in clathrin-coated pits at the plasma membrane when this pathway is disrupted. Conclusions All genes in this SD protein endocytosis and recycling pathway, as well as SD proteins themselves, are highly conserved from flies to humans. Thus, our results suggest that the SD proteins in human kidney undergo the same endocytosis and recycling pathway to maintain the filtration structure, and mutations in any genes in this pathway could lead to abnormal SD and renal diseases. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13578-021-00595-4.
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- Luyao Wang
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Eastern Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.,Center for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Center for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Center for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe Eastern Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
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- Center for Precision Disease Modeling, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. .,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Zhang Y, Fukusumi Y, Kayaba M, Nakamura T, Sakamoto R, Ashizawa N, Kawachi H. Xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitor topiroxostat ameliorates podocyte injury by inhibiting the reduction of nephrin and podoplanin. Nefrologia 2021. [PMID: 33707098 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2020.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Topiroxostat, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) was shown to reduce urinary albumin excretion of hyperuricemic patients with chronic kidney disease. However, its pharmacological mechanism is not well understood. In this study, we examined the effects of topiroxostat on glomerular podocytes. Podocyte is characterized by foot process and a unique cell-cell junction slit diaphragm functioning as a final barrier to prevent proteinuria. METHODS The effects of topiroxostat on the expressions of podocyte functional molecules were analysed in db/db mice, a diabetic nephropathy model, anti-nephrin antibody-induced rat podocyte injury model and cultured podocytes treated with adriamycin. RESULTS Topiroxostat treatment ameliorated albuminuria in db/db mice. The expression of desmin, a podocyte injury marker was increased, and nephrin and podocin, key molecules of slit diaphragm, and podoplanin, an essential molecule in maintaining foot process were downregulated in db/db mice. Topiroxostat treatment prevented the alterations in the expressions of these molecules in db/db mice. XOR activity in kidney was increased in rats with anti-nephrin antibody-induced podocyte injury. Topiroxostat treatment reduced XOR activity and restored the decreased expression of nephrin, podocin and podoplanin in the podocyte injury. Furthermore, topiroxostat enhanced the expression of podoplanin in injured human cultured podocytes. CONCLUSIONS Podocyte injury was evident in db/db mice. Topiroxostat ameliorated albuminuria in diabetic nephropathy model by preventing podocyte injury. Increase of XOR activity in kidney contributes to development of podocyte injury caused by stimulation to slit diaphragm. Topiroxostat has an effect to stabilize slit diaphragm and foot processes by inhibiting the reduction of nephrin, podocin and podoplanin.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Pharmacological Study Group, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Mie, Japan
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- Pharmacological Study Group, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Mie, Japan
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- Biological Research Group, Research Department, Medical R&D Division, Fuji Yakuhin, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
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Heiden S, Siwek R, Lotz ML, Borkowsky S, Schröter R, Nedvetsky P, Rohlmann A, Missler M, Krahn MP. Apical-basal polarity regulators are essential for slit diaphragm assembly and endocytosis in Drosophila nephrocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:3657-3672. [PMID: 33651172 PMCID: PMC8038974 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03769-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Apical-basal polarity is a key feature of most epithelial cells and it is regulated by highly conserved protein complexes. In mammalian podocytes, which emerge from columnar epithelial cells, this polarity is preserved and the tight junctions are converted to the slit diaphragms, establishing the filtration barrier. In Drosophila, nephrocytes show several structural and functional similarities with mammalian podocytes and proximal tubular cells. However, in contrast to podocytes, little is known about the role of apical-basal polarity regulators in these cells. In this study, we used expansion microscopy and found the apical polarity determinants of the PAR/aPKC and Crb-complexes to be predominantly targeted to the cell cortex in proximity to the nephrocyte diaphragm, whereas basolateral regulators also accumulate intracellularly. Knockdown of PAR-complex proteins results in severe endocytosis and nephrocyte diaphragm defects, which is due to impaired aPKC recruitment to the plasma membrane. Similar, downregulation of most basolateral polarity regulators disrupts Nephrin localization but had surprisingly divergent effects on endocytosis. Our findings suggest that morphology and slit diaphragm assembly/maintenance of nephrocytes is regulated by classical apical-basal polarity regulators, which have distinct functions in endocytosis.
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- Stefanie Heiden
- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Münster, Vesaliusweg 2-4, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Münster, Vesaliusweg 2-4, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Cell Biology, Medical Clinic D, University Hospital of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1-A14, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Selma-Soriano E, Llamusi B, Fernández-Costa JM, Ozimski LL, Artero R, Redón J. Rabphilin involvement in filtration and molecular uptake in Drosophila nephrocytes suggests a similar role in human podocytes. Dis Model Mech 2020; 13:dmm041509. [PMID: 32680845 PMCID: PMC7522021 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.041509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Drosophila nephrocytes share functional, structural and molecular similarities with human podocytes. It is known that podocytes express the rabphilin 3A (RPH3A)-RAB3A complex, and its expression is altered in mouse and human proteinuric disease. Furthermore, we previously identified a polymorphism that suggested a role for RPH3A protein in the development of urinary albumin excretion. As endocytosis and vesicle trafficking are fundamental pathways for nephrocytes, the objective of this study was to assess the role of the RPH3A orthologue in Drosophila, Rabphilin (Rph), in the structure and function of nephrocytes. We confirmed that Rph is required for the correct function of the endocytic pathway in pericardial Drosophila nephrocytes. Knockdown of Rph reduced the expression of the cubilin and stick and stones genes, which encode proteins that are involved in protein uptake and filtration. We also found that reduced Rph expression resulted in a disappearance of the labyrinthine channel structure and a reduction in the number of endosomes, which ultimately leads to changes in the number and volume of nephrocytes. Finally, we demonstrated that the administration of retinoic acid to IR-Rph nephrocytes rescued some altered aspects, such as filtration and molecular uptake, as well as the maintenance of cell fate. According to our data, Rph is crucial for nephrocyte filtration and reabsorption, and it is required for the maintenance of the ultrastructure, integrity and differentiation of the nephrocyte.
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- Estela Selma-Soriano
- Translational Genomics Group, Incliva Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ERI BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
- CIPF-INCLIVA Joint Unit, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Translational Genomics Group, Incliva Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ERI BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
- CIPF-INCLIVA Joint Unit, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Translational Genomics Group, Incliva Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ERI BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
- CIPF-INCLIVA Joint Unit, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Translational Genomics Group, Incliva Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ERI BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
- CIPF-INCLIVA Joint Unit, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Translational Genomics Group, Incliva Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (ERI BIOTECMED), University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
- CIPF-INCLIVA Joint Unit, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Hypertension Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Dysfunction of slit diaphragm, a cell–cell junction of glomerular podocytes, is involved in the development of proteinuria in several glomerular diseases. Slit diaphragm should be a target of a novel therapy for proteinuria. Nephrin, NEPH1, P-cadherin, FAT, and ephrin-B1 were reported to be extracellular components forming a molecular sieve of the slit diaphragm. Several cytoplasmic proteins such as ZO-1, podocin, CD2AP, MAGI proteins and Par-complex molecules were identified as scaffold proteins linking the slit diaphragm to the cytoskeleton. In this article, new insights into these molecules and the pathogenic roles of the dysfunction of these molecules were introduced. The slit diaphragm functions not only as a barrier but also as a signaling platform transfer the signal to the inside of the cell. For maintaining the slit diaphragm function properly, the phosphorylation level of nephrin is strictly regulated. The recent studies on the signaling pathway from nephrin, NEPH1, and ephrin-B1 were reviewed. Although the mechanism regulating the function of the slit diaphragm had remained unclear, recent studies revealed TRPC6 and angiotensin II-regulating mechanisms play a critical role in regulating the barrier function of the slit diaphragm. In this review, recent investigations on the regulation of the slit diaphragm function were reviewed, and a strategy for the establishment of a novel therapy for proteinuria was proposed.
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- Hiroshi Kawachi
- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Kidney Research Center, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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Hartley PS, Coward RJ. Modeling Podocyte Biology Using Drosophila Nephrocytes. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2067:11-24. [PMID: 31701442 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9841-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Vertebrate podocytes are kidney glomerular cells critically required for normal renal filtration. To fulfill their role, podocytes form molecular sieves known as slit diaphragms that contribute to the glomerular filtration barrier. The disruption of podocyte biology or slit diaphragm formation in humans is a precursor to albuminuria, renal failure, and cardiovascular morbidity. Due to genetic and functional similarities, the nephrocytes of Drosophila are increasingly used to model the genetic and metabolic basis of human podocyte biology. They have the advantage that they are a much quicker system to study compared to other murine transgenic models. In this chapter we present methods to modulate and study Drosophila nephrocyte function and diaphragm formation.
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Muraleedharan S, Sam A, Skaer H, Inamdar MS. Networks that link cytoskeletal regulators and diaphragm proteins underpin filtration function in Drosophila nephrocytes. Exp Cell Res 2018; 364:234-242. [PMID: 29458174 PMCID: PMC5883325 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Insect nephrocytes provide a valuable model for kidney disease, as they are structurally and functionally homologous to mammalian kidney podocytes. They possess an exceptional macromolecular assembly, the nephrocyte diaphragm (ND), which serves as a filtration barrier and helps maintain tissue homeostasis by filtering out wastes and toxic products. However, the elements that maintain nephrocyte architecture and the ND are not understood. We show that Drosophila nephrocytes have a unique cytoplasmic cluster of F-actin, which is maintained by the microtubule cytoskeleton and Rho-GTPases. A balance of Rac1 and Cdc42 activity as well as proper microtubule organization and endoplasmic reticulum structure, are required to position the actin cluster. Further, ND proteins Sns and Duf also localize to this cluster and regulate organization of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. Perturbation of any of these inter-dependent components impairs nephrocyte ultrafiltration. Thus cytoskeletal components, Rho-GTPases and ND proteins work in concert to maintain the specialized nephrocyte architecture and function. Drosophila nephrocytes have a unique cytoplasmic cluster of F-actin. Microtubules, Rho-GTPases and endoplasmic reticulum position the actin cluster. Nephrocyte diaphragm proteins localize to and regulate actin cluster organization. Perturbation of any of these inter-dependent components impairs ultrafiltration.
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- Simi Muraleedharan
- Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India; Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, India.
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Kim YK, Refaeli I, Brooks CR, Jing P, Gulieva RE, Hughes MR, Cruz NM, Liu Y, Churchill AJ, Wang Y, Fu H, Pippin JW, Lin LY, Shankland SJ, Vogl AW, McNagny KM, Freedman BS. Gene-Edited Human Kidney Organoids Reveal Mechanisms of Disease in Podocyte Development. Stem Cells 2017; 35:2366-2378. [PMID: 28905451 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A critical event during kidney organogenesis is the differentiation of podocytes, specialized epithelial cells that filter blood plasma to form urine. Podocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC-podocytes) have recently been generated in nephron-like kidney organoids, but the developmental stage of these cells and their capacity to reveal disease mechanisms remains unclear. Here, we show that hPSC-podocytes phenocopy mammalian podocytes at the capillary loop stage (CLS), recapitulating key features of ultrastructure, gene expression, and mutant phenotype. hPSC-podocytes in vitro progressively establish junction-rich basal membranes (nephrin+ podocin+ ZO-1+ ) and microvillus-rich apical membranes (podocalyxin+ ), similar to CLS podocytes in vivo. Ultrastructural, biophysical, and transcriptomic analysis of podocalyxin-knockout hPSCs and derived podocytes, generated using CRISPR/Cas9, reveals defects in the assembly of microvilli and lateral spaces between developing podocytes, resulting in failed junctional migration. These defects are phenocopied in CLS glomeruli of podocalyxin-deficient mice, which cannot produce urine, thereby demonstrating that podocalyxin has a conserved and essential role in mammalian podocyte maturation. Defining the maturity of hPSC-podocytes and their capacity to reveal and recapitulate pathophysiological mechanisms establishes a powerful framework for studying human kidney disease and regeneration. Stem Cells 2017;35:2366-2378.
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- Yong Kyun Kim
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Hochapfel F, Denk L, Mendl G, Schulze U, Maaßen C, Zaytseva Y, Pavenstädt H, Weide T, Rachel R, Witzgall R, Krahn MP. Distinct functions of Crumbs regulating slit diaphragms and endocytosis in Drosophila nephrocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:4573-86. [PMID: 28717874 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2593-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mammalian podocytes, the key determinants of the kidney's filtration barrier, differentiate from columnar epithelial cells and several key determinants of apical-basal polarity in the conventional epithelia have been shown to regulate podocyte morphogenesis and function. However, little is known about the role of Crumbs, a conserved polarity regulator in many epithelia, for slit-diaphragm formation and podocyte function. In this study, we used Drosophila nephrocytes as model system for mammalian podocytes and identified a conserved function of Crumbs proteins for cellular morphogenesis, nephrocyte diaphragm assembly/maintenance, and endocytosis. Nephrocyte-specific knock-down of Crumbs results in disturbed nephrocyte diaphragm assembly/maintenance and decreased endocytosis, which can be rescued by Drosophila Crumbs as well as human Crumbs2 and Crumbs3, which were both expressed in human podocytes. In contrast to the extracellular domain, which facilitates nephrocyte diaphragm assembly/maintenance, the intracellular FERM-interaction motif of Crumbs is essential for regulating endocytosis. Moreover, Moesin, which binds to the FERM-binding domain of Crumbs, is essential for efficient endocytosis. Thus, we describe here a new mechanism of nephrocyte development and function, which is likely to be conserved in mammalian podocytes.
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Ha TS, Nam JA, Seong SB, Saleem MA, Park SJ, Shin JI. Montelukast improves the changes of cytoskeletal and adaptor proteins of human podocytes by interleukin-13. Inflamm Res 2017; 66:793-802. [PMID: 28608180 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-017-1058-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has recently been reported to be a potential cytokine in the pathogenesis of minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS). However, the mechanistic insights associated with podocyte dysfunction mediated by IL-13-induced changes in various slit diaphragm (SD) and cytoskeletal molecules have not yet been shown in cultured human podocytes in vitro. MATERIALS Human conditionally immortalized podocytes were used. TREATMENT Podocytes were incubated with various concentrations of IL-13 during the indicated time periods (6, 12, and 24 h) and montelukast was administered with the dose of 0.1 μg. RESULTS Treatment of IL-13 resulted in a progressive decrease in distinct processes or projections of the human podocytes and high dose of IL-13 increased podocyte permeability in vitro at 6 h. IL-13 had a substantial impact on the redistribution and rearrangement of zonula occludens (ZO)-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) in podocytes and disrupted the cytoskeletal connections in a concentration-dependent manner on confocal microscopy. IL-13 also down-modulated ZO-1, synaptopodin, α-actinin, CD2AP, and p130Cas at protein levels and upregulated β-catenin and B7-1 in podocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrated that down-modulated changes in various SD and cytoskeletal structures of human podocytes induced by IL-13 was significantly restored after treatment with montelukast with upregulation of B7-1. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that targeting IL-13 may be one of the important cytokines in the pathogenesis of MCNS and targeting IL-13 could be one of the potential therapeutic strategies in MCNS.
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- Tae-Sun Ha
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.,Department of Pediatrics, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Children's and Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Daewoo General Hospital, Ajou University School of Medicine, Geoje, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Severance Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. .,Institute of Kidney Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Udagawa T, Jo T, Yanagihara T, Shimizu A, Mitsui J, Tsuji S, Morishita S, Onai R, Miura K, Kanda S, Kajiho Y, Tsurumi H, Oka A, Hattori M, Harita Y. Altered expression of Crb2 in podocytes expands a variation of CRB2 mutations in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 2017; 32:801-809. [PMID: 27942854 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-016-3549-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder for which more than 25 single-gene hereditary causes have been identified. METHODS Whole exome sequencing was performed in a 3-year-old girl with SRNS. We analyzed the expression of Crb2 and slit diaphragm molecules in the patient's glomeruli, and compared it with that of controls or other nephrotic patients. RESULTS Whole-exome analysis identified novel compound heterozygous mutations in exons 10 and 12 of CRB2 (p.Trp1086ArgfsX64 and p.Asn1184Thr, each from different parents; Asn1184 within extracellular 15th EGF repeat domain). Renal pathology showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with effaced podocyte foot processes in a small area, with significantly decreased Crb2 expression. Molecules critical for slit diaphragm were well-expressed in this patient's podocytes. Crb2 expression was not altered in the other patients with congenital nephrotic syndrome with NPHS1 mutations. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that Crb2 abnormalities caused by these mutations are the mechanism of steroid-resistant NS. Although CRB2 mutations previously found in SRNS patients have been clustered within the extracellular tenth EGF-like domain of this protein, the present results expand the variation of CRB2 mutations that cause SRNS.
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- Tomohiro Udagawa
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Analytic Human Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Sinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
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The last 5 years have witnessed tremendous advances in both light- and electron-microscopic techniques in the biomedical sciences. Application of these new cutting-edge methods to glomerular biology has advanced considerably and, in part, completed our endeavor to draw a detailed map of the glomerular tuft. The scope of this review is to illustrate these new insights within both the morphometry of podocyte cells and the architecture of the glomerular filtration barrier and to assess whether these findings have indeed had an impact on our biological understanding of glomerular function.
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- Florian Grahammer
- Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacherstrasse 66, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. .,III. Medical Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Kriz W, Lemley KV. Mechanical challenges to the glomerular filtration barrier: adaptations and pathway to sclerosis. Pediatr Nephrol 2017; 32:405-417. [PMID: 27008645 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-016-3358-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Podocytes are lost as viable cells by detachment from the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), possibly due to factors such as pressure and filtrate flow. Distension of glomerular capillaries in response to increased pressure is limited by the elastic resistance of the GBM. The endothelium and podocytes adapt to changes in GBM area. The slit diaphragm (SD) seems to adjust by shuttling SD components between the SD and the adjacent foot processes (FPs), resulting in changes in SD area that parallel those in perfusion pressure.Filtrate flow tends to drag podocytes towards the urinary orifice by shear forces, which are highest within the filtration slits. The SD represents an atypical adherens junction, mechanically interconnecting the cytoskeleton of opposing FPs and tending to balance the shear forces.If under pathological conditions, increased filtrate flows locally overtax the attachment of FPs, the SDs are replaced by occluding junctions that seal the slits and the attachment of podocytes to the GBM is reinforced by FP effacement. Failure of these temporary adaptive mechanisms results in a steady process of podocyte detachment due to uncontrolled filtrate flows through bare areas of the GBM and, subsequently, the labyrinthine subpodocyte spaces, presenting as pseudocysts. In our view, shear stress due to filtrate flow-not capillary hydrostatic pressure-is the major challenge to the attachment of podocytes to the GBM.
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- Wilhelm Kriz
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
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- Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The kidney filtration barrier consists of three well-defined anatomic layers comprising a fenestrated endothelium, the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and glomerular epithelial cells, the podocytes. Podocytes are post-mitotic and terminally differentiated cells with primary and secondary processes. The latter are connected by a unique cell-cell contact, the slit diaphragm. Podocytes maintain the GBM and seal the kidney filtration barrier to prevent the onset of proteinuria. Loss of prohibitin-1/2 (PHB1/2) in podocytes results not only in a disturbed mitochondrial structure but also in an increased insulin/IGF-1 signaling leading to mTOR activation and a detrimental metabolic switch. As a consequence, PHB-knockout podocytes develop proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis and eventually loss of renal function. In addition, experimental evidence suggests that PHB1/2 confer additional, extra-mitochondrial functions in podocytes as they localize to the slit diaphragm and thereby stabilize the unique intercellular contact between podocytes required to maintain an effective filtration barrier.
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Takahashi A, Fukusumi Y, Yamazaki M, Kayaba M, Kitazawa Y, Tomita M, Kawachi H. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade ameliorates proteinuria in puromycin aminonucleoside nephropathy by inhibiting the reduction of NEPH1 and nephrin. J Nephrol 2014; 27:627-34. [PMID: 25298195 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-014-0147-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The precise pathogenic mechanism and role of angiotensin II (Ang II) action in the development of proteinuria in minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) is uncertain. METHODS The glomerular expressions of the slit diaphragm (SD) molecules nephrin, podocin and NEPH1 in rat puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy, a mimic of MCNS, were analyzed. The effects of Ang II receptor blockade (ARB) (irbesartan 15 mg/kg body weight/day) on proteinuria and on the expression of the SD molecules were analyzed. RESULTS mRNA expressions of nephrin, podocin and NEPH1 were decreased to an undetectable level at 1 h. The staining of these SD molecules shifted to a discontinuous pattern, and their intensity was reduced. NEPH1 staining was reduced to an undetectable level on day 10. ARB treatment ameliorated the peak value of proteinuria (237.6 ± 97.0 vs. 359.0 ± 63.3 mg/day, p < 0.05), and prevented the decrease in the mRNA expression of the SD molecules (nephrin 66.96 %, podocin 60.40 %, NEPH1 77.87 % of normal level). The immunofluorescence staining of NEPH1 was restored by ARB. ARB treatment enhanced the expression of NEPH1 of normal rats. CONCLUSIONS Dysfunction of the SD molecules including NEPH1 is a crucial initiation event of PAN nephropathy. ARB treatment ameliorates proteinuria in PAN nephropathy by inhibiting the reduction of NEPH1 and nephrin. Ang II action regulates the expression of NEPH1 and nephrin in not only the pathological but also physiological state.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers/pharmacology
- Animals
- Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Irbesartan
- Kidney Glomerulus/drug effects
- Kidney Glomerulus/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/chemically induced
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/drug therapy
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/genetics
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/metabolism
- Proteinuria/chemically induced
- Proteinuria/genetics
- Proteinuria/metabolism
- Proteinuria/prevention & control
- Puromycin Aminonucleoside
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/drug effects
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/metabolism
- Tetrazoles/pharmacology
- Time Factors
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- Aya Takahashi
- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
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Fukusumi Y, Miyauchi N, Hashimoto T, Saito A, Kawachi H. Therapeutic target for nephrotic syndrome: Identification of novel slit diaphragm associated molecules. World J Nephrol 2014; 3:77-84. [PMID: 25332898 PMCID: PMC4202494 DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i3.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The slit diaphragm bridging the neighboring foot processes functions as a final barrier of glomerular capillary wall for preventing the leak of plasma proteins into primary urine. It is now accepted that the dysfunction of the sit diaphragm contributes to the development of proteinuria in several glomerular diseases. Nephrin, a gene product of NPHS1, a gene for a congenital nephrotic syndrome of Finnish type, constitutes an extracellular domain of the slit diaphragm. Podocin was identified as a gene product of NPHS2, a gene for a familial steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome of French. Podocin binds the cytoplasmic domain of nephrin. After then, CD2 associated protein, NEPH1 and transient receptor potential-6 were also found as crucial molecules of the slit diaphragm. In order to explore other novel molecules contributing to the development of proteinuria, we performed a subtraction hybridization assay with a normal rat glomerular RNA and a glomerular RNA of rats with a puromycin aminonucleoside nephropathy, a mimic of a human minimal change type nephrotic syndrome. Then we have found that synaptic vesicle protein 2B, ephrin-B1 and neurexin were already downregulated at the early stage of puromycin aminonucleoside nephropathy, and that these molecules were localized close to nephrin. It is conceivable that these molecules are the slit diaphragm associated molecules, which participate in the regulation of the barrier function. These molecules could be targets to establish a novel therapy for nephrotic syndrome.
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Tutor AS, Prieto-Sánchez S, Ruiz-Gómez M. Src64B phosphorylates Dumbfounded and regulates slit diaphragm dynamics: Drosophila as a model to study nephropathies. Development 2013; 141:367-76. [PMID: 24335255 DOI: 10.1242/dev.099408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Drosophila nephrocytes are functionally homologous to vertebrate kidney podocytes. Both share the presence of slit diaphragms that function as molecular filters during the process of blood and haemolymph ultrafiltration. The protein components of the slit diaphragm are likewise conserved between flies and humans, but the mechanisms that regulate slit diaphragm dynamics in response to injury or nutritional changes are still poorly characterised. Here, we show that Dumbfounded/Neph1, a key diaphragm constituent, is a target of the Src kinase Src64B. Loss of Src64B activity leads to a reduction in the number of diaphragms, and this effect is in part mediated by loss of Dumbfounded/Neph1 tyrosine phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of Duf by Src64B, in turn, regulates Duf association with the actin regulator Dock. We also find that diaphragm damage induced by administration of the drug puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN model) directly associates with Src64B hyperactivation, suggesting that diaphragm stability is controlled by Src-dependent phosphorylation of diaphragm components. Our findings indicate that the balance between diaphragm damage and repair is controlled by Src-dependent phosphorylation of diaphragm components, and point to Src family kinases as novel targets for the development of pharmacological therapies for the treatment of kidney diseases that affect the function of the glomerular filtration barrier.
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- Antonio S Tutor
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Podocytes covering the glomerular basement membrane over the glomerular capillary consist of three morphologically and functionally different segments, the cell body, major processes and extending finger-like foot processes (FPs). The FPs of neighboring podocytes are connected by a continuous adherent junction structure named the slit diaphragm (SD). The extracellular SD is linked to the intracellular, a highly dynamic, cytoskeleton through adaptor proteins. These adaptor proteins, such as CD2-associated protein, zonula occludens 1, β-catenin, Nck and p130Cas, located at the intracellular SD insertion area near lipid rafts, have important structural and functional roles. Adaptor proteins in podocytes play important roles as a structural component of the podocyte structure, linking the SD to the cytoskeletal structure and as a signaling platform sending signals from the SD to the actin cytoskeleton. This review discusses the roles of adaptor proteins in the podocyte cytoskeletal structure and signaling from the SD to the actin cytoskeleton.
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Nephrotic syndrome is a disorder of the glomerular filtration barrier, and central to the filtration mechanism of the glomerular filtration barrier is the podocyte. We are starting to better understand how this cell, with its unique architectural features, fulfils its exact filtration properties. The multiprotein complex between adjacent podocyte foot processes, the slit diaphragm, is essential to the control of the actin cytoskeleton and cell morphology. Many of the proteins within the slit diaphragm, including nephrin, podocin, transient receptor potential-6 channel, and α-actinin-4, have been identified via genetic studies of inherited nephrotic syndromes. Signaling from slit diaphragm proteins to the actin cytoskeleton is mediated via the Rho GTPases. These are thought to be involved in the control of podocyte motility, which has been postulated as a focus of proteinuric pathways. Nephrotic syndrome is currently treated with immunosuppressive therapy, with significant adverse effects. These therapies may work in nephrotic syndrome due to specific effects on the podocytes. This review aims to describe our current understanding of the cellular pathways and molecules within the podocyte relevant to nephrotic syndrome and its treatment. With our current knowledge of the cellular biology of the podocyte, there is much hope for targeted therapies for nephrotic syndromes.
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- Wen Y Ding
- Academic Renal Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- Academic Renal Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
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