scholarly journals The Long Noncoding RNA 150Rik Promotes Mesangial Cell Proliferation via miR-451/IGF1R/p38 MAPK Signaling in Diabetic Nephropathy

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 1410-1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yajuan Zhang ◽  
Yan Sun ◽  
Rui Peng ◽  
Handeng Liu ◽  
Weihao He ◽  
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Background/Aims: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) as the primary cause of end-stage kidney disease is a common complication of diabetes. However, the initiating molecular events triggering DN are unknown. Recently, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play important roles in DN. Methods: The expression level of lncRNA 1500026H17Rik (150Rik for short) was measured by qRT-PCR (quantitative real-time PCR). Cell proliferation ability was detected by 5-Ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU). The relationship between 150Rik and microRNA 451 (miR-451) was examined by luciferase assay and RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay. Finally, the effect of 150Rik on cell proliferation through the miR-451/insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R)/mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38MAPK) pathway was detected by EdU, flow cytometry analysis, western blot. Results: We found that 150Rik, an evolutionarily conserved lncRNA, was significantly upregulated in renal tissue of db/db DN mice and in mesangial cells (MCs) cultured under a high glucose condition. Further, overexpression or knockdown of 150Rik was found to regulate cell proliferation in MCs. Moreover, 150Rik was found to interact with miR-451 in both a direct and argonaute-2 (Ago2)-dependent manner. Results also revealed that overexpression of 150Rik inhibited cell proliferation through the miR-451/IGF1R/p38MAPK pathway in MCs under the high glucose condition, while knockdown of 150Rik increased cell proliferation via the miR-451/IGF1R/p38MAPK pathway. Conclusion: Taken together, these results provide new insight into the association between 150Rik and the miR-451/IGF1R/p38MAPK signaling pathway during DN progression.

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Feng ◽  
Ming-yue Jin ◽  
Dong-wei Liu ◽  
Li Wei

A common complication of both type I and type II diabetes is nephropathy, characterized by accumulation of extracellular matrix in the glomerular mesangium. This indicates a central role of mesangial cells in the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy. Using the proteomic approach, it was earlier elucidated in a rat model that the proteasome subunit-α type-6 protein (PSMA6) is suppressed in the renal cortex in nephropathic kidney. However, the underlying mechanism effecting suppression of PSMA6 protein in the renal cortex is not yet known. Twenty diabetic patients were enrolled and the expression level of PSMA6 in them was detected by immunohistochemistry. The protein and mRNA expression levels of PSMA6 in NRK-52E cells under high glucose condition were determined by Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR, respectively. Dual luciferase assay was used to detect the relationship of PSMA6 and miR-4490. Our results show that PSMA6 protein is down-regulated in patients with diabetic nephropathy compared with healthy control. Using the NRK-52E cell line cultured under high glucose condition as an in vitro model of diabetic nephropathy, we show that loss of PSMA6 protein expression occured independent of changes the in PSMA6 mRNA expression. We next elucidate that PSMA6 mRNA is post-transcriptionally regulated by the microRNA (miRNA)-4490, whose expression is inversely correlated to PSMA6 protein expression. Using reporter assays we show that PSMA6 is a direct target of the miR-4490. Exogenous manipulation of miR-4490 levels modulated expression of PSMA6, indicating that miR-4490 can be tested as a biomarker for nephropathy in diabetic patients.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Ai ◽  
Peiyi Xie ◽  
Li Ling ◽  
Yulan Gao ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
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Abstract Diabetic cardiomyopathy is the myocardium disorders caused by diabetes mellitus, which has become a key concern bringing heavy burden to the public health. Autophagy is one of activities involving in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Sphk1 gene plays a crucial role in cell survival and growth, and regulation of many diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy remains poorly understood. To this aim, the study established adenovirus vectors expressing Sphk1 and shSphk1 to investigate the effects of Sphk1 on autophagy and cell survival in myocardial cells under high glucose conditions (25 mM). It was found that overexpression of Sphk1 promoted autophagy activity in H9c2 cells under high glucose treatment measured by various methodologies including qRT-PCR, western blot, fluorescence microscope, and so on. Inhibition of autophagy decreased cell vitality under high glucose condition. A broadly used medicine silibinin was demonstrated to induce autophagy in a dose-dependent manner. Herein, the findings in the present study may provide useful reference for unveiling the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy and developing novel therapies treating diabetic cardiomyopathy.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1741-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunqian Wang ◽  
Lei Xue ◽  
Huicong Li ◽  
Jun Shi ◽  
Baoping Chen

Forkhead box O 6 (FOXO6), a FOX transcription factor, has been found to be involved in diabetes mellitus and related complications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 362-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ueda ◽  
A. Inui ◽  
Y. Mifune ◽  
R. Sakata ◽  
T. Muto ◽  
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ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hyperglycaemia on oxidative stress markers and inflammatory and matrix gene expression within tendons of normal and diabetic rats and to give insights into the processes involved in tendinopathy.MethodsUsing tenocytes from normal Sprague-Dawley rats, cultured both in control and high glucose conditions, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, cell proliferation, messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of NADPH oxidase (NOX) 1 and 4, interleukin-6 (IL-6), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and -2 and type I and III collagens were determined after 48 and 72 hours in vitro. In an in vivo study, using diabetic rats and controls, NOX1 and 4 expressions in Achilles tendon were also determined.ResultsIn tenocyte cultures grown under high glucose conditions, gene expressions of NOX1, MMP-2, TIMP-1 and -2 after 48 and 72 hours, NOX4 after 48 hours and IL-6, type III collagen and TIMP-2 after 72 hours were significantly higher than those in control cultures grown under control glucose conditions. Type I collagen expression was significantly lower after 72 hours. ROS accumulation was significantly higher after 48 hours, and cell proliferation after 48 and 72 hours was significantly lower in high glucose than in control glucose conditions. In the diabetic rat model, NOX1 expression within the Achilles tendon was also significantly increased.ConclusionThis study suggests that high glucose conditions upregulate the expression of mRNA for NOX1 and IL-6 and the production of ROS. Moreover, high glucose conditions induce an abnormal tendon matrix expression pattern of type I collagen and a decrease in the proliferation of rat tenocytes. Cite this article: Y. Ueda, A. Inui, Y. Mifune, R. Sakata, T. Muto, Y. Harada, F. Takase, T. Kataoka, T. Kokubu, R. Kuroda. The effects of high glucose condition on rat tenocytes in vitro and rat Achilles tendon in vivo. Bone Joint Res 2018;7:362–372. DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.75.BJR-2017-0126.R2


Hypertension ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryousuke Satou ◽  
Andrea Zsombok ◽  
Kayoko Miyata ◽  
Akemi Katsurada ◽  
Andrei V Derbenev

Clinical and basic studies have revealed that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays crucial roles in the development of kidney injury during progression of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) whereas the activity of systemic RAS is suppressed in T1DM. Thus, intrarenal RAS is increasingly being recognized as an important factor in the development of diabetic nephropathy. We recently demonstrated expression of TRPA1, an oxidative stress-sensitive calcium channel, in renal proximal tubular cells (PTC) and TRPA1 mediates angiotensinogen (AGT) augmentation in the cells. However, regulation and function of the intrarenal TRPA1 in T1DM have not been elucidated. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate intrarenal TRPA1 expression and its contribution to AGT augmentation under high glucose condition. Streptozotocin (STZ, 200 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected to male C57BL/6 mice. Intrarenal TRPA1 expression, kidney AGT, urinary AGT, urinary 8-isoprostane, a maker of oxidative stress, and blood glucose levels were determined one week after STZ injection. Furthermore, contribution of TRPA1 to AGT regulation was tested by using mouse PTC which was cultured with normal (1.0 g/L) or high (4.5 g/L) glucose media. Under these conditions, PTC was treated with 100 μM hydrogen peroxide. Blood glucose and urinary 8-isoprostane levels were higher in the STZ-treated mice compared with control mice. TRPA1 mRNA levels were augmented in the kidney of STZ-treated mice (2.26 ± 0.2, ratio to control mice) accompanied by increases in kidney AGT and urinary AGT levels. TPRA1 upregulation was also observed in PTC which was cultured with the high glucose medium (1.55 ± 0.11, ratio to the normal glucose). Hydrogen peroxide stimulated AGT expression in PTC. The AGT elevation was enhanced in the cultured cells with the high glucose (1.52 ± 0.13-fold in the normal glucose medium vs. 1.97 ± 0.29-fold in the high glucose medium). Treatment with a TRPA1 antagonist attenuated the enhanced AGT augmentation in PTC. These results demonstrate that intrarenal TRPA1 mediates enhanced AGT upregulation under high glucose condition and suggest that intrarenal TRPA1 is implicated in intrarenal RAS activation leading to the development of T1DM-associated diabetic nephropathy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Feng ◽  
Junling Gu ◽  
Fang Gou ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Chenlin Gao ◽  
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While inflammation is considered a central component in the development in diabetic nephropathy, the mechanism remains unclear. The NLRP3 inflammasome acts as both a sensor and a regulator of the inflammatory response. The NLRP3 inflammasome responds to exogenous and endogenous danger signals, resulting in cleavage of procaspase-1 and activation of cytokines IL-1β, IL-18, and IL-33, ultimately triggering an inflammatory cascade reaction. This study observed the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome signaling stimulated by high glucose, lipopolysaccharide, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitor N-acetyl-L-cysteine in glomerular mesangial cells, aiming to elucidate the mechanism by which the NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway may contribute to diabetic nephropathy. We found that the expression of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), NLRP3, and IL-1βwas observed by immunohistochemistry in vivo. Simultaneously, the mRNA and protein levels of TXNIP, NLRP3, procaspase-1, and IL-1βwere significantly induced by high glucose concentration and lipopolysaccharide in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner in vitro. This induction by both high glucose and lipopolysaccharide was significantly inhibited by N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Our results firstly reveal that high glucose and lipopolysaccharide activate ROS/TXNIP/ NLRP3/IL-1βinflammasome signaling in glomerular mesangial cells, suggesting a mechanism by which inflammation may contribute to the development of diabetic nephropathy.


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