Journal
DIABETOLOGIA
Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 1517-1526Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2107-7
Keywords
Advanced glycation end-products; Basement membrane hypertrophy; Blood-nerve barrier; Diabetic neuropathy
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan [22790821, 21390268]
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan [K2002528]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22790821, 23659457, 21390268, 23790994] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The breakdown of the blood-nerve barrier (BNB) is considered to be a key step in diabetic neuropathy. Although basement membrane hypertrophy and breakdown of the BNB are characteristic features of diabetic neuropathy, the underlying pathogenesis remains unclear. The purpose of the present study was to identify the possible mechanisms responsible for inducing the hypertrophy of basement membrane and the disruption of the BNB after exposure to AGEs. The newly established human peripheral nerve microvascular endothelial cell (PnMEC) and pericyte cell lines were used to elucidate which cell types constituting the BNB regulate the basement membrane and to investigate the effect of AGEs on the basement membrane of the BNB using western blot analysis. Fibronectin, collagen type IV and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP-1) protein were produced mainly by peripheral nerve pericytes, indicating that the basement membrane of the BNB is regulated mainly by these cells. AGEs reduced the production of claudin-5 in PnMECs by increasing autocrine signalling through vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secreted by the PnMECs themselves. Furthermore, AGEs increased the amount of fibronectin, collagen type IV and TIMP-1 in pericytes through a similar upregulation of autocrine VEGF and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta released by pericytes. These results indicate that pericytes may be the main regulators of the basement membrane at the BNB. AGEs induce basement membrane hypertrophy and disrupt the BNB by increasing autocrine VEGF and TGF-beta signalling by pericytes under diabetic conditions.
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