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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 293, Issue 6, Pages C1971-C1982Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00404.2007
Keywords
pro-epidermal growth factor receptor ligand; tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme; epidermal growth factor receptor; prostaglandin E-2
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In the renal medulla, cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is induced by osmotic stress as present in this kidney region during antidiuresis. Increasing evidence suggests that EGF receptor ( EGFR) signaling is involved in this process. The aim of the present study was to examine the mechanisms responsible for COX-2 expression and PGE(2) production during hypertonic conditions and to identify potential autocrine/paracrine EGFR ligands. Immunohistochemisty and Western blot analysis revealed abundant expression of the pro-EGFR ligand pro-transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha in renal medullary cells in vivo and in cultured Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. In Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, hypertonicity rapidly increased TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE)-dependent ectodomain shedding of pro-TGF-alpha; phosphorylation of EGFR, p38, and ERK1/2; expression of COX-2; and production of PGE2. Conversely, TACE inhibition prevented TGF-alpha release; EGFR, p38, and ERK1/2 activation; and COX-2 expression. Furthermore, cell survival was reduced substantially, a response that could be reversed by the addition of PGE2. Simultaneous addition of recombinant TGF-alpha during TACE inhibition restored EGFR and MAPK phosphorylation, COX-2 expression, PGE2 production, and cell survival during osmotic stress. These results indicate that hypertonicity induces TACE-mediated ectodomain shedding of pro-TGF-alpha, which subsequently activates COX-2 expression in an autocrine/paracrine fashion, via EGFR and MAPKs. We conclude that tonicity-induced TGF-alpha release is required for COX-2 expression, PGE2 synthesis, and survival of renal medullary cells during osmotic stress.
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