Targeting Collagen Type III in Proteinuric Kidney Disease: Informing Drug Potential Using the Jaccard–Tanimoto Index

Autor: Kai Jiang, Natalia Prakash, Anthony J Pellicano, Anoushka Dalvi, Sony Dalapati, Ping Zhou, Itzhak D. Goldberg, Zhijian Hu, Michelle Liu, Prakash Narayan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Processes
Volume 8
Issue 8
Processes, Vol 8, Iss 996, p 996 (2020)
ISSN: 2227-9717
DOI: 10.3390/pr8080996
Popis: Collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy, a collagen type III kidney disease, is associated with proteinuria and accumulation ofcollagen type III in the glomerulus specifically the mesangium and/or capillary walls. The puromcyin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy model was evaluated to examine the relation between COL3A1 mRNA and proteinuria. In Wistar rats administered PAN, a robust increase in proteinuria was accompanied by glomerular hypertrophy and expansion of both the Bowman&rsquo
s capsule and Bowman&rsquo
s space. An ~4-fold increase in renal COL3A1 mRNA was observed in the PAN cohort with urine protein exhibiting a direct (r = 0.8) and significant correlation with kidney COL3A1 mRNA level. Both Picrosirius red polarized microscopy and immunohistochemical analysis showed localization of collagen type III to the glomerular mesangium. Gene ontology-driven transcriptomic analysis reveals a robust COL3A1 network in the glomerular compartment.
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