期刊
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 79, 期 1, 页码 67-76出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.07.015
关键词
Mammalian target of rapamycin; Proximal tubule injury; Albuminuria; Drug transporter; Chronic kidney disease
资金
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan [08062855]
- Japan Health Science Foundation [KH23303]
- Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Technology of Japan (MEXT) [20249036, 18689016]
- JSPS [20-2438]
Responsible factors in progressive tubular dysfunction in chronic renal failure have not been fully identified In the present study, we hypothesized that the mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR, was a key molecule in the degenerative and progressive tubular damage In chronic renal failure Everolimus,an mTOR inhibitor, was administered for 14 days in 5/6 nephrectomized (Nx) rats at 2 and 8 weeks after renal ablation. Marked activation of the mTOR pathway was found at glomeruli and proximal tubules in remnant kidneys of Nx rats. The reduced expression levels of the phosphorylated S6 indicated the satisfactory pharmacological effects of treatment with everolimus for 14 days Everolimus suppressed the accumulation of smooth Muscle alpha actin, infiltration of macrophages and expression of kidney Injury molecule-1 in the proximal tubules In addition, everolimus-treatment restored the tubular reabsorption of albumin. and had a restorative effect on the expression levels of membrane transporters in the polarized proximal tubular epithelium, when its administration was started at 8 weeks after Nx These results indicate that the constitutively activated mTOR pathway in proximal tubules has an important role in the progressive tubular dysfunction, and that mTOR inhibitors have renoprotective effects to improve the proximal tubular functions in end-stage renal disease (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
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