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Albumin Expands Albumin Reabsorption Capacity in Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells through a Positive Feedback Loop between AKT and Megalin

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DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020848

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albumin endocytosis; AKT; PKB; megalin; proximal tubule; endosome signaling

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Renal proximal tubule cells regulate protein reabsorption through the phosphoinositide-3-kinase/protein kinase B pathway. Physiologic albumin concentration and PI3K/AKT pathway form a positive feedback loop, expanding endocytic capacity and adapting to physiological fluctuations in albumin filtration, preventing urinary excretion.
Renal proximal tubule cells (PTECs) act as urine gatekeepers, constantly and efficiently avoiding urinary protein waste through receptor-mediated endocytosis. Despite its importance, little is known about how this process is modulated in physiologic conditions. Data suggest that the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) pathway regulates PTEC protein reabsorption. Here, we worked on the hypothesis that the physiologic albumin concentration and PI3K/AKT pathway form a positive feedback loop to expand endocytic capacity. Using LLC-PK1 cells, a model of PTECs, we showed that the PI3K/AKT pathway is required for megalin recycling and surface expression, affecting albumin uptake. Inhibition of this pathway stalls megalin at EEA1(+) endosomes. Physiologic albumin concentration (0.01 mg/mL) activated AKT; this depends on megalin-mediated albumin endocytosis and requires previous activation of PI3K/mTORC2. This effect is correlated to the increase in albumin endocytosis, a phenomenon that we refer to as albumin-induced albumin endocytosis. Mice treated with L-lysine present decreased albumin endocytosis leading to proteinuria and albuminuria associated with inhibition of AKT activity. Renal cortex explants obtained from control mice treated with MK-2206 decreased albumin uptake and promoted megalin internalization. Our data highlight the mechanism behind the capacity of PTECs to adapt albumin reabsorption to physiologic fluctuations in its filtration, avoiding urinary excretion.

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