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- Title
VDR/Atg3 Axis Regulates Slit Diaphragm to Tight Junction Transition via p62-Mediated Autophagy Pathway in Diabetic Nephropathy.
- Authors
Wang, Bin; Qian, Jing-yi; Tang, Tao-tao; Lin, Li-lu; Yu, Nan; Guo, Hong-lei; Ni, Wei-jie; Lv, Ling-Li; Wen, Yi; Li, Zuo-Lin; Wu, Min; Cao, Jing-Yuan; Liu, Bi-Cheng
- Abstract
Foot process effacement is an important feature of early diabetic nephropathy (DN), which is closely related to the development of albuminuria. Under certain nephrotic conditions, the integrity and function of the glomerular slit diaphragm (SD) structure were impaired and replaced by the tight junction (TJ) structure, resulting in so-called SD-TJ transition, which could partially explain the effacement of foot processes at the molecular level. However, the mechanism underlying the SD-TJ transition has not been described in DN. Here, we demonstrated that impaired autophagic flux blocked p62-mediated degradation of ZO-1 (TJ protein) and promoted podocytes injury via activation of caspase3 and caspase8. Interestingly, the expression of VDR in podocytes was decreased under diabetes conditions, which impaired autophagic flux through downregulating Atg3. Of note, we also found that VDR abundance was negatively associated with impaired autophagic flux and SD-TJ transition in the glomeruli from human renal biopsy samples with DN. Furthermore, VDR activation improved autophagic flux and attenuated SD-TJ transition in the glomeruli of diabetic animal models. In conclusion, our data provided the novel insight that VDR/Atg3 axis deficiency resulted in SD-TJ transition and foot processes effacement via blocking the p62-mediated autophagy pathway in DN.
- Subjects
DIABETIC nephropathies; TIGHT junctions; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; RENAL biopsy
- Publication
Diabetes, 2021, Vol 70, Issue 11, p2639
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/db21-0205