Childhood Kidney Diseases
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.119-127
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- 2005
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- 2384-0242(pISSN)
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- 2384-0250(eISSN)
High Glucose and Advanced Glycosylation Endproducts(AGE) Modulate the P-cadherin Expression in Glomerular Epithelial Cells(GEpC)
배양한 사구체 상피세포에서 고농도 당과 후기 당화합물에 의한 P-cadherin의 변화
- Ha Tae-Sun (Department of Pediatrics, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Koo Hyun-Hoe (Department of Pediatrics, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Lee Hae-Soo (Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Yoon Ok-Ja (Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University)
- Published : 2005.11.01
Abstract
Purpose : Podocytes are critical in maintaining the filtration barrier of the glomerulus and are dependent on the integrity of slit diaphragm(SD) proteins including nephrin, p-cadherin, and others. Diabetic proteinuric condition demonstrates defects in SD molecules as well as ultrastructural changes in podocytes. We examined the molecular basis for this alteration of SD molecules especially on P-cadherin as a candidate regulating the modulation of pathogenic changes in the barrier to protein filtration. Methods : To investigate whether high glucose and AGE induce changes in SD, we cultured rat GEpC under normal(5 mM) or high glucose(30 mM) and AGE- or BSA-added conditions and measured the change of P-cadherin expression by Western blotting and RT-PCR. Results : We found that administration of high glucose decreased the P-cadherin production significantly in the presence or absence of AGE by Western blotting. In RT-PCR high glucose with or without AGE also significantly decreased the expression of P-cadherin mRNA compared to those of controls. Such changes were not seen in the osmotic control. Conclusion : We suggest that high glucose with or without AGE suppresses the Production of P-cadherin at the transcriptional level and that these changes nay explain the functional changes of SD in diabetic conditions. (J Korean Soc Pediatr Nephrol 2005;9:119-127)
목 적 : 단백뇨 질환에서 볼 수 있는 사구체 상피세포(glomerular epithelial cells, GEpC) 족돌기 사이에 위치한 세극막(slit diaphragm)의 P-cadherin의 당뇨조건에 따른 병리학적 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 백서 GEpC을 배양하고 고농도의 당과 후기당화합물(advanced glycosylation endproducts, AGE)을 적용하여 당뇨병 환경에 가까운 조건을 설정한 후, p-cadherin 단백양은 Western 분석으로, 유전자 표현의 변화는 RT-PCR로 관찰하였다. 실험군은 당의 농도를 5 또는 30mM로, AGE와 BSA를 첨가하고 osmotic control로서 당 5 mM에 mannitol 25 mM을 섞은 것을 조합하여 A5, A30, B5, B30, Aosm로 하였다. 결 과 : P-cadherin 단백양은 B5 결과를 대조군으로 비교하여 당을 첨가한 B30에서 50.4
Keywords
- Diabetic nephropathy;
- Advanced glycosylation endproducts;
- p-cadherin;
- Glomerular epithelial cells;
- Podocyte