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- Title
Expression and localization of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in normal and proteinuric kidney glomeruli.
- Authors
Fujinaka, Hidehiko; Katsuyama, Koichi; Yamamoto, Keiko; Nameta, Masaaki; Yoshida, Yutaka; Yaoita, Eishin; Tomizawa, Shuichi; Yamamoto, Tadashi
- Abstract
Aim: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) acts on target cells in an endocrine and/or local manner through the IGF-I receptor ( IGF-IR), and its actions are modulated by multiple IGF binding proteins (IGFBP). To elucidate the roles of local IGFBP in kidney glomeruli, the expression and localization of their genes were examined and compared with normal and proteinuric kidney glomeruli. Methods: A cDNA microarray database (MAd-761) was constructed using human kidney glomeruli and cortices. The gene expression levels of IGF-I, IGF-1R and IGFBP ( 1-10) were examined in glomeruli and cortices by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH), and the expression levels of IGFBP that were abundantly found in the glomerulus were compared between normal and proteinuric kidneys in rats and humans. Results: IGFBP-2, -7 and -8 were demonstrated to be abundantly and preferentially expressed in the glomerulus. In PCR, the expression levels of the IGFBP-2, -7, -8 and -10 genes in glomeruli were shown to have more than doubled compared with their levels in the cortices. In ISH, the IGFBP-2, -7, -8 and -10 genes were found to be localized in glomerular cells including podocytes, and their increased expression was observed in inflammatory glomeruli. IGF-I gene expression was localized in glomerular podocytes, whereas the IGF-IR gene was expressed in glomerular podocytes and cortical tubular cells. In nephrotic rats, the expression of the IGFBP-10 gene was increased in glomerular podocytes; however, the expression levels of IGFBP-2, -7 and -8 did not change. Conclusion: IGFBP-2, -7, -8 and -10 are produced by normal and injured glomerular podocytes and may regulate local IGF-I actions in podocytes and/or cortical tubular cells in the kidney.
- Subjects
INSULIN-like growth factor-binding proteins; KIDNEY glomerulus; POLYMERASE chain reaction; GENETIC regulation; PATHOLOGICAL physiology; CELL fusion; DNA microarrays
- Publication
Nephrology, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 7, p700
- ISSN
1320-5358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1797.2010.01285.x