Podocyte-specific knockin of PTEN protects kidney from hyperglycemia
Podocyte-specific knockin of PTEN protects kidney from hyperglycemia
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PTEN 足细胞特异性敲入可保护肾脏免受高血糖的影响
DOI：
10.1152/ajprenal.00575.2017
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Wang, Wenjian
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作者：
Wang, Huizhen;Feng, Ziwei;Wang, Wenjian
Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) has proven to be downregulated in podocytes challenged with high glucose (HG), and knockout of PTEN in podocytes aggravated the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, whether podocyte-specific knockin of PTEN protects the kidney against hyperglycemia in vivo remains unknown. The inducible podocyte-specific PTEN knockin (PPKI) mice were generated by crossing newly created transgenic loxP-stop-loxP-PTEN mice with podocin-iCreER(T2) mice. Diabetes mellitus was induced in mice by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin at a dose of 150 mg/kg. In vitro, small interfering RNA and adenovirus interference were used to observe the role of PTEN in HG-treated podocytes. Our data demonstrated that PTEN was markedly reduced in the podocytes of patients with DKD and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, as well as in those of db/db mice. Interestingly, podocyte-specific knockin of PTEN significantly alleviated albuminuria, mesangial matrix expansion, effacement of podocyte foot processes, and incrassation of glomerular basement membrane in diabetic PPKI mice compared with wild-type diabetic mice, whereas no alteration was observed in the level of blood glucose. The potential renal protection of overexpressed PTEN in podocytes was partly attributed with an improvement in autophagy and motility and the inhibition of apoptosis. Our results showed that podocyte-specific knockin of PTEN protected the kidney against hyperglycemia in vivo, suggesting that targeting PTEN might be a novel and promising therapeutic strategy against DKD.
