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ArticleHypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension2010

Glomerular angiotensinogen is induced in mesangial cells in diabetic rats via reactive oxygen species--ERK/JNK pathways.

Naro Ohashi, Maki Urushihara, Ryousuke Satou, Hiroyuki Kobori

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Article in Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Renoprotective effects of direct renin inhibition in glomerulonephritis.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2014
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naro OhashiDepartment of Physiology, and Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA.
Maki Urushihara
Ryousuke Satou
Hiroyuki Kobori
Tulane University · US

Funding

TULANE COBRE: TRANSGENIC &GENE-TARGETED ANIMAL COREP20RR017659 · NCRR · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI PRIETO, MINOLFA C · 2002 to 2011
$22.1M
Intrarenal Augmentation of Angiotensinogen by Ang IIR01DK072408 · NIDDK · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI NAVAR, LUIS GABRIEL · 2006 to 2010
$1.2M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017659NCRR NIH HHS P20RR017659NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK072408NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK072408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whereas intra-renal angiotensinogen is predominantly localized in proximal tubular cells under basal conditions, it has been previously reported that angiotensinogen expression is induced in glomeruli under pathological conditions. However, there is no detailed information regarding the mechanism of the induced glomerular angiotensinogen. We used genetic pairs of Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) obese and lean rats to determine glomerular angiotensinogen expression. The levels of glomerular angiotensinogen immunoreactivity in ZDF obese rats were higher than those in ZDF lean rats. Double staining by IHC or IF with angiotensinogen and Thy1.1 antibodies showed that the majority of angiotensinogen in glomeruli was seen in mesangial cells. The levels of glomerular immunoreactivity for 4-HNE and urinary excretion of 8-isoprostane-markers of ROS-in ZDF obese rats were higher than those in ZDF lean rats. To confirm this system, primary rat mesangial cells were treated with hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) to clarify the signal transduction pathway for glomerular angiotensinogen expression. H₂O₂ induced an increase in angiotensinogen expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner, and the H₂O₂-induced upregulation of angiotensinogen was suppressed by catalase. Furthermore, the H₂O₂-induced upregulation of angiotensinogen was inhibited by a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase (MEK) inhibitor and a c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor, but not inhibited by a p38 MAPK inhibitor. These data suggest that the majority of angiotensinogen was induced in mesangial cells in glomeruli under pathological conditions such as diabetic nephropathy, and angiotensinogen expression in mesangial cells was mediated by H₂O₂ and the subsequent activation of extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK)/JNK pathways.

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AngiotensinogenAnimalsDiabetic NephropathiesExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesKidney GlomerulusMesangial CellsRatsRats, ZuckerReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, MessengerAngiotensinogenExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, Messenger

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PMID20686488
PMCPMC2974762
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