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12644443

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
High-protein diets exacerbate glomerular hyperfiltration and the progression of diabetic nephropathy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether amino acids also produce nonhemodynamic injury in the glomerulus. When rat mesangial cells were cultured with an amino acid mixture designed to replicate the composition in plasma after protein feeding, production of mRNA (Northern blot analysis) and/or protein (ELISA or Western blot analysis) for transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), fibronectin, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), and collagen IV were enhanced in a manner comparable to a culture with high glucose (30.5 mM). The bioactive portion of total TGF-beta (NRK assay) increased in response to amino acids. The TSP-1 antagonist LSKL peptide reduced bioactive TGF-beta and fibronectin, indicating the dependence of TGF-beta1 activation on TSP-1. DNA synthesis ([3H]thymidine incorporation), an index of cellular proliferation, increased in response to amino acids and was further enhanced by culture with increased levels of both amino acids and glucose. TGF-beta1 and matrix proteins increased when mesangial cells were cultured with excess l-arginine (2.08 mM) alone. Although l-arginine is the precursor of nitric oxide (NO), such responses to amino acids do not appear to be mediated through increased NO production. NO metabolites decreased in the media, and these responses to mixed amino acids or l-arginine were not prevented by NO synthase inhibition. In conclusion, amino acids induce indicators of response to injury in mesangial cells, even when hemodynamic stress is absent. In conditions associated with increased circulating amino acids, such as diabetes and/or a high-protein diet, direct cellular effects could contribute to glomerular injury.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F79-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Amino acids induce indicators of response to injury in glomerular mesangial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Department, The Heart Institute of Spokane, Spokane, Washington 99204, USA. rmeek@this.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't