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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 401, Issue C, Pages 25-34Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.11.024
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Leptin; Megalin; Proximal tubule; TGF-beta 1; AMPK
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- Helen McPherson Smith Trust through the Australian Government's Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) program [6662]
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
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Increased leptin concentrations observed in obesity can lead to proteinuria, suggesting that leptin may play a role in obesity-related kidney disease. Obesity reduces activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and increases transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) expression in the kidney, leading to albuminuria. Thus we investigated if elevated leptin altered AMPK and TGF-beta 1 signaling in proximal tubule cells (PTCs). In opossum kidney (OK) PTCs Western blot analysis demonstrated that leptin upregulates TGF-beta 1 secretion (0.50 mu g/ml) and phosphorylated AMPK alpha (at 0.25, and 0.50 mu g/ml), and downregulates megalin expression at all concentrations (0.05-0.50 mu g/ml). Using the AMPK inhibitor, Compound C, leptin exposure regulated TGF-beta 1 expression and secretion in PTCs via an AMPK mediated pathway. In addition, elevated leptin exposure (0.50 mu g/ml) reduced albumin handling in OK cells independently of megalin expression. This study demonstrates that leptin upregulates TGF-beta 1, reduces megalin, and reduces albumin handling in PTCs by an AMPK mediated pathway. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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