Activated protein C protects against diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting endothelial and podocyte apoptosis
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Activated protein C protects against diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting endothelial and podocyte apoptosis. / Isermann, Berend; Vinnikov, Ilya A; Madhusudhan, Thati; Herzog, Stefanie; Kashif, Muhammed; Blautzik, Janusch; Corat, Marcus A F; Zeier, Martin; Blessing, Erwin; Oh, Jun; Gerlitz, Bruce; Berg, David T; Grinnell, Brian W; Chavakis, Triantafyllos; Esmon, Charles T; Weiler, Hartmut; Bierhaus, Angelika; Nawroth, Peter P.
In: NAT MED, Vol. 13, No. 11, 11.2007, p. 1349-58.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Activated protein C protects against diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting endothelial and podocyte apoptosis
AU - Isermann, Berend
AU - Vinnikov, Ilya A
AU - Madhusudhan, Thati
AU - Herzog, Stefanie
AU - Kashif, Muhammed
AU - Blautzik, Janusch
AU - Corat, Marcus A F
AU - Zeier, Martin
AU - Blessing, Erwin
AU - Oh, Jun
AU - Gerlitz, Bruce
AU - Berg, David T
AU - Grinnell, Brian W
AU - Chavakis, Triantafyllos
AU - Esmon, Charles T
AU - Weiler, Hartmut
AU - Bierhaus, Angelika
AU - Nawroth, Peter P
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Data providing direct evidence for a causative link between endothelial dysfunction, microvascular disease and diabetic end-organ damage are scarce. Here we show that activated protein C (APC) formation, which is regulated by endothelial thrombomodulin, is reduced in diabetic mice and causally linked to nephropathy. Thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation mediates cytoprotection in diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting glomerular apoptosis. APC prevents glucose-induced apoptosis in endothelial cells and podocytes, the cellular components of the glomerular filtration barrier. APC modulates the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway via the protease-activated receptor PAR-1 and the endothelial protein C receptor EPCR in glucose-stressed cells. These experiments establish a new pathway, in which hyperglycemia impairs endothelial thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation. Loss of thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation interrupts cross-talk between the vascular compartment and podocytes, causing glomerular apoptosis and diabetic nephropathy. Conversely, maintaining high APC levels during long-term diabetes protects against diabetic nephropathy.
AB - Data providing direct evidence for a causative link between endothelial dysfunction, microvascular disease and diabetic end-organ damage are scarce. Here we show that activated protein C (APC) formation, which is regulated by endothelial thrombomodulin, is reduced in diabetic mice and causally linked to nephropathy. Thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation mediates cytoprotection in diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting glomerular apoptosis. APC prevents glucose-induced apoptosis in endothelial cells and podocytes, the cellular components of the glomerular filtration barrier. APC modulates the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway via the protease-activated receptor PAR-1 and the endothelial protein C receptor EPCR in glucose-stressed cells. These experiments establish a new pathway, in which hyperglycemia impairs endothelial thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation. Loss of thrombomodulin-dependent APC formation interrupts cross-talk between the vascular compartment and podocytes, causing glomerular apoptosis and diabetic nephropathy. Conversely, maintaining high APC levels during long-term diabetes protects against diabetic nephropathy.
KW - Amino Acid Substitution/genetics
KW - Animals
KW - Apoptosis/genetics
KW - Cell Line, Transformed
KW - Cells, Cultured
KW - Cytoprotection/genetics
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/enzymology
KW - Diabetic Nephropathies/enzymology
KW - Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
KW - Enzyme Activation/genetics
KW - Humans
KW - Kidney Glomerulus/blood supply
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW - Mice, Mutant Strains
KW - Mice, Transgenic
KW - Microcirculation/enzymology
KW - Podocytes/enzymology
KW - Protein C/biosynthesis
KW - Signal Transduction/genetics
KW - Thrombomodulin/physiology
U2 - 10.1038/nm1667
DO - 10.1038/nm1667
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 17982464
VL - 13
SP - 1349
EP - 1358
JO - NAT MED
JF - NAT MED
SN - 1078-8956
IS - 11
ER -