Processing Advanced Glycation End Product-Modified Albumin by the Renal Proximal Tubule and the Early Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy

Autor: Miriam F. Weiss, Aylin M. Ozdemir, Vincent M. Monnier, Ulrich Hopfer, Penny Erhard
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1043:625-636
ISSN: 0077-8923
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1338.071
Popis: Diabetes is characterized by increased quantities of circulating proteins modified by advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Proteins filtered at the glomerulus and presented to the renal proximal tubule are likely to be highly modified by AGEs. The proximal tubule binds, takes up, and catabolizes AGE-modified albumin by pathways different from those of unmodified albumin. These differences were examined in polarized, electrically resistant proximal tubular cells grown in monolayer culture. In patients with type 1 diabetes, urinary excretion of a lysosomal enzyme predicted the development of nephropathy.
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