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CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 191-200出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000369687
关键词
AMPK; Diabetic nephropathy; Extracellular matrix; mTOR
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81000331]
Background/Aims: Extracellular matrix accumulation contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Although AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has been found to inhibit extracellular matrix synthesis by experiments in vivo and vitro, its role in alleviating the deposition of extracellular matrix in renal interstitial fibroblasts has not been well defined. Methods: Currently, we conducted this study to investigate the effects of AMPK on high glucose-induced extracellular matrix synthesis and involved intracellular signaling pathway by using western blot in the kidney fibroblast cell line (NRK-49f). Results: Collagen IV protein levels were significantly increased by high glucose in a time-dependent manner. This was associated with a decrease in Thr72 phosphorylation of AMPK and an increase in phosphorylation of mTOR on Ser2448. High glucose-induced extracellular matrix accumulation and mTOR activation were significantly inhibited by the co-treatment of rAAV-AMPK alpha 1(312) (encoding constitutively active AMPK alpha 1) whereas activated by r-AAV-AMPK alpha 1D157A (encoding dominant negative AMPK alpha 1). In cultured renal fibroblasts, overexpression of AMPK alpha 1D157A upregulated mTOR signaling and matrix synthesis, which were ameliorated by co-treatment with the inhibitor of mTOR, rapamycin. Conclusion: Collectively, these findings indicate that AMPK exerts renoprotective effects by inhibiting the accumulation of extracellular matrix through mTOR signaling pathway. Copyright (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel
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