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CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 389-395出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cam.28988
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alpha 8 integrin-deficient mice; cell adhesion; fibrillin-1; integrins; mesangial cells; migration; glomerulus; glomerulonephritis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn [Sonderforschungsbereich 423, TP A2]
Fibrillin-1 is a microfibrillar extracellular matrix protein that was described to be a ligand for 8 integrin. 8 integrin is a matrix receptor specifically expressed in mesangial and smooth muscle cells of the kidney. In previous studies we detected glomerular expression of fibrillin-1. Moreover, fibrillin-1 promoted adhesion, migration, and proliferation of mesangial cells. We hypothesized that fibrillin-1 and 8 integrin might interact in the glomerulus, and thus, regulate mesangial cell properties. Our studies showed that fibrillin-1 and 8 integrin colocalize in the glomerular mesangium. Induction of experimental glomerulonephritis led to an increase of both fibrillin-1 and 8 integrin expression. In vitro studies revealed that mesangial cells deficient for 8 integrin adhere weaker to fibrillin-1 and migrate more easily on fibrillin-1 than wild-type mesangial cells. Baseline proliferation on fibrillin-1 is higher in 8 integrin-deficient mesangial cells, but the induction of proliferation is not different in 8 integrin-deficient and wild-type mesangial cells. We conclude that fibrillin-1 and 8 integrin interact, and thus, regulate mesangial cell adhesion and migration. The concomitant induction of both fibrillin-1 and 8 integrin in a self-limited model of glomerular injury points to a protective role of the interaction of fibrillin-1 with 8 integrin in the glomerulus resulting in reduced damage of the glomerular tuft as a consequence of firm adhesion of mesangial cells.
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