mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice
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mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice. / Inoki, Ken; Mori, Hiroyuki; Wang, Junying; Suzuki, Tsukasa; Hong, SungKi; Yoshida, Sei; Blattner, Simone M; Ikenoue, Tsuneo; Rüegg, Markus A; Hall, Michael N; Kwiatkowski, David J; Rastaldi, Maria P; Huber, Tobias B; Kretzler, Matthias; Holzman, Lawrence B; Wiggins, Roger C; Guan, Kun-Liang.
in: J CLIN INVEST, Jahrgang 121, Nr. 6, 06.2011, S. 2181-96.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical step in the development of diabetic nephropathy in mice
AU - Inoki, Ken
AU - Mori, Hiroyuki
AU - Wang, Junying
AU - Suzuki, Tsukasa
AU - Hong, SungKi
AU - Yoshida, Sei
AU - Blattner, Simone M
AU - Ikenoue, Tsuneo
AU - Rüegg, Markus A
AU - Hall, Michael N
AU - Kwiatkowski, David J
AU - Rastaldi, Maria P
AU - Huber, Tobias B
AU - Kretzler, Matthias
AU - Holzman, Lawrence B
AU - Wiggins, Roger C
AU - Guan, Kun-Liang
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is among the most lethal complications that occur in type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Podocyte dysfunction is postulated to be a critical event associated with proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis in glomerular diseases including DN. However, molecular mechanisms of podocyte dysfunction in the development of DN are not well understood. Here we have shown that activity of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1), a kinase that senses nutrient availability, was enhanced in the podocytes of diabetic animals. Further, podocyte-specific mTORC1 activation induced by ablation of an upstream negative regulator (PcKOTsc1) recapitulated many DN features, including podocyte loss, glomerular basement membrane thickening, mesangial expansion, and proteinuria in nondiabetic young and adult mice. Abnormal mTORC1 activation caused mislocalization of slit diaphragm proteins and induced an epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like phenotypic switch with enhanced ER stress in podocytes. Conversely, reduction of ER stress with a chemical chaperone significantly protected against both the podocyte phenotypic switch and podocyte loss in PcKOTsc1 mice. Finally, genetic reduction of podocyte-specific mTORC1 in diabetic animals suppressed the development of DN. These results indicate that mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical event in inducing DN and suggest that reduction of podocyte mTORC1 activity is a potential therapeutic strategy to prevent DN.
AB - Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is among the most lethal complications that occur in type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Podocyte dysfunction is postulated to be a critical event associated with proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis in glomerular diseases including DN. However, molecular mechanisms of podocyte dysfunction in the development of DN are not well understood. Here we have shown that activity of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1), a kinase that senses nutrient availability, was enhanced in the podocytes of diabetic animals. Further, podocyte-specific mTORC1 activation induced by ablation of an upstream negative regulator (PcKOTsc1) recapitulated many DN features, including podocyte loss, glomerular basement membrane thickening, mesangial expansion, and proteinuria in nondiabetic young and adult mice. Abnormal mTORC1 activation caused mislocalization of slit diaphragm proteins and induced an epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like phenotypic switch with enhanced ER stress in podocytes. Conversely, reduction of ER stress with a chemical chaperone significantly protected against both the podocyte phenotypic switch and podocyte loss in PcKOTsc1 mice. Finally, genetic reduction of podocyte-specific mTORC1 in diabetic animals suppressed the development of DN. These results indicate that mTORC1 activation in podocytes is a critical event in inducing DN and suggest that reduction of podocyte mTORC1 activity is a potential therapeutic strategy to prevent DN.
KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
KW - Animals
KW - Carrier Proteins
KW - Cell Differentiation
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
KW - Diabetic Nephropathies
KW - Disease Models, Animal
KW - Endoplasmic Reticulum
KW - Enzyme Activation
KW - Glomerular Basement Membrane
KW - Glomerular Mesangium
KW - Male
KW - Membrane Proteins
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW - Mice, Knockout
KW - Mice, Mutant Strains
KW - Multiprotein Complexes
KW - Phosphorylation
KW - Podocytes
KW - Protein Processing, Post-Translational
KW - Proteins
KW - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases
KW - Sirolimus
KW - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
KW - Tumor Suppressor Proteins
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1172/JCI44771
DO - 10.1172/JCI44771
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 21606597
VL - 121
SP - 2181
EP - 2196
JO - J CLIN INVEST
JF - J CLIN INVEST
SN - 0021-9738
IS - 6
ER -