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DIABETES
Volume 51, Issue 12, Pages 3505-3509Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.12.3505
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 58139] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 50268] Funding Source: Medline
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High glucose (HG) causes glomerular mesangial cell (GMC) growth, production of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, and increased synthesis of matrix proteins such as fibronectin, contributing to diabetic nephropathy. We recently found that exposure of cells to HG also activates the growth-promoting enzyme janus kinase 2 (JAK2) and its latent signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) transcription factors (STAT1, STAT3, and STAT5). Our purpose was to determine the effect that inhibition of JAK2 and these STAT transcription factors has on the HG-induced increase in TGF-beta and fibronectin synthesis in GMC. Exposure of GMC to 25 mmol/l glucose caused the activation of JAK2, STAT1, STAT3, and STAT5 plus an increase in TGF-beta and fibronectin synthesis, as compared with 5.5 mmol/l glucose. This HG-induced increase in synthesis of TGF-beta and fibronectin was prevented by concomitant incubation with AG-490, a specific JAK2 inhibitor. The HG-induced JAK2, STAT1, and STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylations in GMC were also abolished by AG-490. Preincubation of GMC cultured in 25 mmol/l glucose with a specific JAK2 or STAT1. antisense oligonucleotide also prevented both TGF-beta and fibronectin synthesis. These results provide direct evidence for linkages between JAK2, STAT1, and the glucose-induced overproduction of TGF-beta and fibronectin in GMC.
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