Deletion of UNC5B in Kidney Epithelium Exacerbates Diabetic Nephropathy in Mice.
Deletion of UNC5B in Kidney Epithelium Exacerbates Diabetic Nephropathy in Mice.
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DOI：
10.1159/000381428
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Ramesh G
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作者：
Ranganathan P;Mohamed R;Jayakumar C;Brands MW;Ramesh G
Guidance cue netrin-1 was shown to have protective effects in diabetic nephropathy. However, the role of its receptor UNC5B in diabetic kidney disease is unknown. Moreover, whether netrin-1 is protective against diabetic kidney disease in a genetic model of nephropathy and in the nephropathy prone DBA background is also unknown. The aim of this study is to determine the significance of UNC5B in tubular epithelial cells in chronic kidney disease due to diabetes and evaluate whether netrin-1 is also protective in a nephropathy prone mouse background. Proximal tubular epithelium specific UNC5B knockout mice as well as heterozygous UNC5B knockout mice were used to determine the roles of UNC5B in nephropathy. Diabetes was induced in these tissue specific knockout, heterozygous and WT mice and albuminuria was then monitored. WT and heterozygous diabetic mice developed significant albuminuria at 8 weeks after induction of diabetes as compared to buffer treated control mice. However, albuminuria was significantly more pronounced in mice with proximal tubule specific deletion of UNC5B. Transgenic overexpression of netrin-1 in proximal tubules in the DBA background and administration of recombinant netrin-1 to Ins2Akita mice also significantly reduced diabetes induced albuminuria and suppressed glomerular and interstitial lesions. Our data suggest that netrin-1 signaling in proximal tubular epithelium may play a critical role in the protection of kidney against diabetic kidney disease.
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