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ArticleAmerican journal of nephrology2015

Deletion of UNC5B in Kidney Epithelium Exacerbates Diabetic Nephropathy in Mice.

Punithavathi Ranganathan, Riyaz Mohamed, Calpurnia Jayakumar, Michael W Brands, Ganesan Ramesh

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Article in American journal of nephrology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Punithavathi RanganathanDepartment of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Ga., USA.
Riyaz Mohamed
Calpurnia Jayakumar
Michael W Brands
Ganesan Ramesh
Augusta University Health · USGraduate School USA · US

Funding

Netrin-1 Signaling in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury of the KidneyR01DK083379 · NIDDK · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI RAMESH, GANESAN · 2010 to 2014
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS 1R01DK083379 - 01A5NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGuidance cue netrin-1 was shown to have protective effects in diabetic nephropathy. However, the role of its receptor UNC5B in diabetic kidney disease is unknown. Moreover, whether netrin-1 is protective against diabetic kidney disease in a genetic model of nephropathy and in the nephropathy prone DBA background is also unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the significance of UNC5B in tubular epithelial cells in chronic kidney disease due to diabetes and evaluate whether netrin-1 is also protective in the case of a nephropathy-prone mouse.

methodsProximal tubular epithelium-specific UNC5B knockout mice as well as heterozygous UNC5B knockout mice were used to determine the roles of UNC5B in nephropathy. Diabetes was induced in these tissue-specific knockout, heterozygous and WT mice, and albuminuria was then monitored.

resultsWT and heterozygous diabetic mice developed significant albuminuria at 8 weeks after induction of diabetes as compared to buffer-treated control mice. However, albuminuria was significantly more pronounced in mice with proximal tubule specific deletion of UNC5B. Transgenic overexpression of netrin-1 in proximal tubules in the DBA background and administration of recombinant netrin-1 to Ins2Akita mice also significantly reduced diabetes-induced albuminuria and suppressed glomerular and interstitial lesions.

conclusionOur data suggested that netrin-1 signaling in proximal tubular epithelium may play a critical role in the protection of kidney against diabetic kidney disease.

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AlbuminuriaAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsHeterozygoteKidney Tubules, ProximalMiceMice, KnockoutNerve Growth FactorsNetrin-1Netrin ReceptorsReceptors, Cell SurfaceSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeNerve Growth FactorsNetrin-1Netrin ReceptorsNtn1 protein, mouseReceptors, Cell SurfaceTumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMCPMC4441848
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