Podocyte-specific Rac1 deficiency ameliorates podocyte damage and proteinuria in STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy in mice.

Abstract:

:Activation of Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) has been implicated in diverse kidney diseases, yet its in vivo significance in diabetic nephropathy (DN) is largely unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated a podocyte-specific Rac1-deficient mouse strain and showed that specific inhibition of Rac1 was able to attenuate diabetic podocyte injury and proteinuria by the blockade of Rac1/PAK1/p38/β-catenin signaling cascade, which reinstated the integrity of podocyte slit diaphragms (SD), rectified the effacement of foot processes (FPs), and prevented the dedifferentiation of podocytes. In vitro, we showed Rac1/PAK1 physically bound to β-catenin and had a direct phosphorylation modification on its C-terminal Ser675, leading to less ubiquitylated β-catenin, namely more stabilized β-catenin, and its nuclear migration under high-glucose conditions; further, p38 activation might be responsible for β-catenin nuclear accumulation via potentiating myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2C (MEF2c) phosphorylation. These findings provided evidence for a potential renoprotective and therapeutic strategy of cell-specific Rac1 deficiency for DN and other proteinuric diseases.

journal_name

Cell Death Dis

journal_title

Cell death & disease

authors

Lv Z,Hu M,Fan M,Li X,Lin J,Zhen J,Wang Z,Jin H,Wang R

doi

10.1038/s41419-018-0353-z

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Has Abstract

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2018-03-01 00:00:00

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342

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3

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2041-4889

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10.1038/s41419-018-0353-z

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9

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