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Rapamycin Induces Autophagy and Reduces the Apoptosis of Podocytes Under a Stimulated Condition of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy.

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:Backgroud/Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the potential renoprotective effect of rapamycin on the autophagy of podocytes treated with the supernatant of mesangial cells cultured with aggregated IgA1 (aIgA1) from immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) patients. METHODS:Monomeric IgA1 (mIgA1) was isolated from the serum of IgAN patients or healthy volunteers, and then transformed to aIgA1 by heating. Subsequently, the aIgA1-mesangial cell supernatant was prepared by collecting the medium of mouse mesangial cells (MSC1097) cultured with aIgA1 (100 mg/L) from different IgAN patients or healthy volunteers for 48 h. Subsequently mouse podocytes (MPC5) were exposed to the supernatant of the aIgA1-mesangial cells for 24 h, using 100 mg/L aIgA1 from healthy volunteers as the control group or 100 mg/L aIgA1 from IgAN patients as the IgANs group, in RPMI 1640 medium. The MPC5 cells in the IgANs+Rap group were cultured with rapamycin (10 nmol/L) and the supernatant of MSC-1097 cells cultured with aIgA1 from IgAN patients in RPMI 1640 medium. Autophagy was assessed by western blot analysis (LC3, p62), electron microscopy, and immunofluorescence staining (LC3, p62, and CD63). The apoptosis of podocytes was evaluated by flow cytometry, and the expression of apoptosis-associated proteins cleaved-caspase-3 and caspase-3 were determined by western blot analysis. RESULTS:Deficient autophagy, which was evident by decreased LC3-II and CD63 levels, caused accumulation of p62, and fewer autophagosomes were observed in the MPC5 cells cultured with the IgAN supernatant, along with stronger expression of cleaved caspase-3 and a higher apoptosis rate. Inhibition of autophagy was alleviated in the IgANs+Rap group. The LC3-II/LC3-I ratio increased by almost 30%, the accumulated p62 amount was reduced by 50%, and the number of autophagosomes per podocyte increased to about 7 times that of the IgAN groups. These results were confirmed by immunofluorescence staining. In addition, the apoptosis rate of MPC5 cells decreased from 19.88% in the IgAN group to 16.78% in the IgANs+Rap group, which was accompanied by a weaker expression level of cleaved caspase-3. CONCLUSIONS:Rapamycin can reduce the apoptosis of podocytes by inducing autophagy in IgAN.

journal_name

Kidney Blood Press Res

journal_title

Kidney & blood pressure research

authors

Liang S,Jin J,Lin B,Gong J,Li Y,He Q

doi

10.1159/000475484

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-01-01 00:00:00

pages

177-187

issue

eissn

1420-4096

issn

1423-0143

pii

000475484

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Rapamycin Induces Autophagy and Reduces the Apoptosis of Podocytes Under a Stimulated Condition of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy.