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NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 17, Issue 10, Pages 1751-1757Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.10.1751
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albumin; fibronectin; lipids; protein kinase C; proteinuria; renal failure
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Background. Proteinuric renal disease is associated with accumulation of tubulointerstitial matrix proteins. Human proximal tubular cells (PTCs) produce fibronectin in response to serum proteins but not albumin alone. It has been suggested that renal toxicity of filtered albumin depends on its lipid moiety. We therefore investigated the functional consequences of different fatty acids (FAs) carried on human albumin after exposure to human PTCs in culture. Methods. Confluent human PTCs were exposed to recombinant human serum albumin (rHSA) or palmitate (P)-, stearate (S)-, oleate (0)-, and linoleate (L)complexed rHSA. In all experimental conditions, test media contained 1 mg/ml rHSA alone or carrying 100 mmol FAs. Mitogenic response was assessed by [H-3]thymidine incorporation. Cell culture supernatants were assayed for fibronectin. Protein kinase C (PKC) activity was assessed in cell lysates. Results. Apical exposure to rHSA alone or the O-rHSA complex stimulated a significant increase in [H-3]thymidine incorporation, whereas the L-rHSA complex was markedly inhibitory to human PTC growth. The L-rHSA complex was associated with severe cytotoxicity as assessed by lactate dehydrogenase release. Among all conditions, O-rHSA was the only test media that significantly increased fibronectin levels over control conditions (150.1 +/- 10.6% over control, P<0.05, n=3). Pre-treatment of PTCs with PKC inhibitors before O-rHSA exposure resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in fibronectin secretion. O-rHSA activated PKC significantly compared with controls. Conclusions. We conclude that rHSA has a mitogenic effect on human PTCs, but fibronectin secretion was only induced by O-complexed rHSA and the O-rHSA effect was mediated via PKC activation. Involvement of PKC signal transduction pathway may be a novel therapeutic target for ameliorating proteinuria-induced tubular injury.
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