High glucose–induced Smad3 linker phosphorylation and CCN2 expression are inhibited by dapagliflozin in a diabetic tubule epithelial cell model
| Autor: | Xinlu Pan, Mark Edward Carl Dockrell, Mysore K. Phanish, Deborah L. Baines |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
MAPK/ERK pathway medicine.medical_treatment 030232 urology & nephrology Biophysics Smad2 Protein Glucose Transporters Biochemistry Kidney Tubules Proximal Transforming Growth Factor beta1 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Glucosides medicine Humans Diabetic Nephropathies Dapagliflozin Diabetic Kidney Disease Benzhydryl Compounds Phosphorylation Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases Molecular Biology Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors Diagnostics & Biomarkers Research Articles Cells Cultured Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders Kidney Gene Expression & Regulation Growth factor Glucose transporter Connective Tissue Growth Factor Epithelial Cells Cell Biology Molecular biology Fibrosis Blot 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Metabolism Glucose chemistry Sodium/Glucose Cotransporter 2 Cell Membranes Excitation & Transport Smad3 Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Bioscience Reports |
| ISSN: | 1573-4935 0144-8463 |
| Popis: | Background: In the kidney glucose is freely filtered by the glomerulus and, mainly, reabsorbed by sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) expressed in the early proximal tubule. Human proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs) undergo pathological and fibrotic changes seen in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in response to elevated glucose. We developed a specific in vitro model of DKD using primary human PTECs with exposure to high D-glucose and TGF-β1 and propose a role for SGLT2 inhibition in regulating fibrosis. Methods: Western blotting was performed to detect cellular and secreted proteins as well as phosphorylated intracellular signalling proteins. qPCR was used to detect CCN2 RNA. Gamma glutamyl transferase (GT) activity staining was performed to confirm PTEC phenotype. SGLT2 and ERK inhibition on high D-glucose, 25 mM, and TGF-β1, 0.75 ng/ml, treated cells was explored using dapagliflozin and U0126, respectively. Results: Only the combination of high D-glucose and TGF-β1 treatment significantly up-regulated CCN2 RNA and protein expression. This increase was significantly ameliorated by dapagliflozin. High D-glucose treatment raised phospho ERK which was also inhibited by dapagliflozin. TGF-β1 increased cellular phospho SSXS Smad3 serine 423 and 425, with and without high D-glucose. Glucose alone had no effect. Smad3 serine 204 phosphorylation was significantly raised by a combination of high D-glucose+TGF-β1; this rise was significantly reduced by both SGLT2 and MEK inhibition. Conclusions: We show that high D-glucose and TGF-β1 are both required for CCN2 expression. This treatment also caused Smad3 linker region phosphorylation. Both outcomes were inhibited by dapagliflozin. We have identified a novel SGLT2 -ERK mediated promotion of TGF-β1/Smad3 signalling inducing a pro-fibrotic growth factor secretion. Our data evince support for substantial renoprotective benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in the diabetic kidney. |
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