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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2014

Augmenting podocyte injury promotes advanced diabetic kidney disease in Akita mice.

Liming Wang, Yuping Tang, William Eisner, Matthew A Sparks, Anne F Buckley, Robert F Spurney

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liming WangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Yuping TangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
William EisnerDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Matthew A SparksDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Anne F BuckleyDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
Robert F SpurneyDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, NC 27710, United States. Electronic address: robert.spurney@dm.duke.edu.
Duke University · USDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

Renal Genomics CoreP30DK096493 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FOSTER, MARY H., SVETKEY, LAURA P · 2012 to 2016
$5.9M
Role of Gq Signaling in Promoting Podocyte Injury in Diabetes MellitusR01DK087707 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SPURNEY, ROBERT · 2011 to 2014
$1.4M
A Novel Mouse Model of Podocyte InjuryR01DK075688 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SPURNEY, ROBERT · 2009 to 2011
$1.2M
Mechanisms of proteinuria induced by RhoA GTPasesI01BX000791 · VA · DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI SPURNEY, ROBERT · 2011 to 2014
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BLRD VA I01 BX000791NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK096493NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075688NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK075688NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087707NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK087707
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To determine if augmenting podocyte injury promotes the development of advanced diabetic nephropathy (DN), we created mice that expressed the enzyme cytosine deaminase (CD) specifically in podocytes of diabetic Akita mice (Akita-CD mice). In these mice, treatment with the prodrug 5-flucytosine (5-FC) causes podocyte injury as a result of conversion to the toxic metabolite 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). We found that treatment of 4-5 week old Akita mice with 5-FC for 5 days caused robust albuminuria at 16 and 20 weeks of age compared to 5-FC treated Akita controls, which do not express CD (Akita CTLs). By 20 weeks of age, there was a significant increase in mesangial expansion in Akita-CD mice compared to Akita CTLs, which was associated with a variable increase in glomerular basement membrane (GBM) width and interstitial fibrosis. At 20 weeks of age, podocyte number was similarly reduced in both groups of Akita mice, and was inversely correlated with the albuminuria and mesangial expansion. Thus, enhancing podocyte injury early in the disease process promotes the development of prominent mesangial expansion, interstitial fibrosis, increased GBM thickness and robust albuminuria. These data suggest that podocytes play a key role in the development of advanced features of diabetic kidney disease.

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AlbuminuriaAnimalsAntimetabolitesCytosine DeaminaseDiabetic NephropathiesDisease Models, AnimalFlucytosineFluorouracilGene ExpressionKidneyMicePodocytesProdrugsAntimetabolitesCytosine DeaminaseFlucytosineFluorouracilProdrugsDiabetes mellitusDiabetic nephropathyPodocyte

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PMCPMC3985087
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