Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Proteoglycans are integral components of the mesangial matrix and glomerular permeability barrier. Recent studies have shown that changes in glomerular proteoglycan expression may play a major role in the pathogenesis of renal disease. Steroid hormones are used as first-choice therapy for the treatment of glomerular diseases, however, the effects of glucocorticoids on expression of glomerular proteoglycans are unknown. METHODS:This study examined the effects of in vitro and in vivo administration of dexamethasone on proteoglycan synthesis and gene expression of proteoglycan core proteins using rat (RMC) and human (HMC) mesangial cells. RESULTS:Treatment of cultured RMC with dexamethasone resulted in a dose- and time-dependent decrease (P < 0.05) in both cell-associated and secreted proteoglycan synthesis to approximately 50% of control levels. This effect was inhibited by the glucocorticoid antagonist mifepristone, and mimicked by prednisolone or corticosterone treatment. Separation of proteoglycans by ion-exchange and gel permeation chromatography suggested that chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate proteoglycans were down-regulated after steroid treatment. Northern blot analysis, RT-PCR, Western blot, and promoter activity assays revealed that dexamethasone caused a significant decrease in decorin mRNA (to 61 +/- 8% of controls), whereas biglycan expression and promoter activity were increased after steroid treatment. A similar trend was found in glomeruli isolated from rats treated in vivo with dexamethasone. CONCLUSIONS:These results demonstrate that treatment of mesangial cells with steroids results in a decrease in total proteoglycan synthesis, as well as subtype-specific changes in proteoglycan core protein gene expression by transcriptional control, furthering our understanding of the effects of steroid treatment on the renal glomeruli.
journal_name
Kidney Intjournal_title
Kidney internationalauthors
Kuroda M,Sasamura H,Shimizu-Hirota R,Mifune M,Nakaya H,Kobayashi E,Hayashi M,Saruta Tdoi
10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00524.xsubject
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2002-09-01 00:00:00pages
780-9issue
3eissn
0085-2538issn
1523-1755pii
S0085-2538(15)48613-2journal_volume
62pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Vitamin D receptor agonists (VDRAs) inhibit the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and reduce podocyte loss and fibrosis over and above RAS blockade. Several studies in humans show that VDRAs are antiproteinuric and have the potential to delay the progression of renal disease. Whether VDRAs will accomplish this goal among...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1996.304
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Progression of diabetic nephropathy appears directly related to renal tubulointerstitial injury, but the involved genes are incompletely delineated. To identify such genes, DNA microarray analysis was performed with RNA from renal proximal tubules (RPTs) of streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats, spontaneously di...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1990.314
更新日期:1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00161.x
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/ki.2014.293
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590051798.x
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/ki.1986.13
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00724.x
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a widely accepted form of renal replacement therapy (RRT), concerns remain regarding the bioincompatible nature of standard PD fluid. In order to evaluate whether a newly formulated fluid of neutral pH, and containing low levels of glucose degradation products (GDP), resu...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00747.x
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00949.x
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001834
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1994.440
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.kint.2017.08.013
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1993.53
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2010.321
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1978.45
更新日期:1978-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Observational studies are valuable and provocative. We are learning about how we practice peritoneal dialysis (PD) and how we might improve on that practice. For example, outcomes of PD therapy are not worse in large patients. Perhaps this will encourage physicians and patients to utilize PD in large patients. In addi...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2009.65
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypertriglyceridemia is the most prevalent lipid alteration in end-stage renal disease, and we studied the relationship between serum triglycerides and all-cause and cardiovascular death in these patients. Since abdominal fat modifies the effect of lipids on atherosclerosis, we analyzed the interaction between serum l...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2010.493
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence of CR1 mRNA in podocytes was investigated using a 35S-labeled CR1 cDNA probe and in situ hybridization in sections from fetal and adult human kidneys. CR1 mRNA was only detected in immature podocytes at early stages of glomerular differentiation in the fetal kidney. In contrast, CR1 antigen was abundantly...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1990.198
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:An imbalance between protein load and folding capacity is referred to as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. As a defense mechanism, cells express ER stress inducible chaperons, such as oxygen-regulated proteins 150 (ORP150) and glucose-regulated proteins (GRPs). While ER stress is important in various diseas...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00736.x
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies suggest the presence of local angiotensin generating system in the kidney. By using in situ hybridization technique, mRNA for angiotensinogen has been shown to be present in the proximal tubule. In the present study, we have attempted to examine the production of angiotensinogen and renin-like activity ...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.1991.117
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Suramin is a polysulfonated naphthylurea originally designed as a treatment for trypanosomiasis; but that has also been used to treat rodent models of fulminant hepatic failure and focal brain ischemia. In this study, we determined the effects of suramin on renal ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury in mic...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/ki.2008.506
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In landmark clinical trials, pharmacological inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) attenuated the decline in renal function associated with chronic renal disease (CRD). Hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) attest to its centr...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00031.x
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Elimination of residual proteinuria is the novel target in renoprotection; nevertheless, whether a greater suppression of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) effectively improves the antiproteinuric response in patients with moderate proteinuria remains ill-defined. METHODS:We evaluated the effects of maximizing...
journal_title:Kidney international
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00015.x
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00