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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
High glucose concentration inhibits matrix degradation and affects the activities of the enzymes responsible, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs). Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression is increased in diabetic nephropathy and is a downstream mediator of TGF-beta actions. However, whether CTGF regulates matrix degradation and the mechanism of effect in diabetes has not been reported. Human mesangial cells were cultured in media containing 5 or 25 mM glucose and, in some experiments, with recombinant human (rh)CTGF (0-1000 ng/ml) and/or appropriate neutralizing antibodies. Matrix degradation was inhibited by rhCTGF in a dose-dependent manner, and the decrease in matrix degradation caused by high glucose and by TGF-beta was significantly attenuated by addition of CTGF-neutralizing antibody (by 40.2 and 69.1%, respectively). Similar to 25 mM glucose, addition of rhCTGF increased MMP-2, TIMP-1, and TIMP-3 mRNA by 2.5-, 2.1-, and 1.6-fold, respectively (P < 0.05) but had no effect on membrane-type (MT)1-MMP or TIMP-2. Addition of TIMP-1 antibody to conditioned medium abolished the decrease in degradation caused by rhCTGF and partially prevented (by 79%) the glucose-induced inhibition of matrix degradation. In vivo studies of glomeruli from diabetic and control rats showed that intensive insulin treatment prevented the increase in expression of CTGF and TIMP-1 and attenuated the decreased matrix degradation seen in diabetes. In summary, CTGF inhibits matrix degradation by increasing TIMP-1 expression, and by this action it contributes to the inhibition of matrix breakdown by high glucose, implying that CTGF has a role in the reduced matrix degradation observed in diabetic nephropathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5646-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Connective Tissue Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Diabetic Nephropathies, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Glomerular Mesangium, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Immediate-Early Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Matrix Metalloproteinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Matrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-Associated, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Rats, Inbred WF, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1, pubmed-meshheading:15345671-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Connective tissue growth factor mediates high glucose effects on matrix degradation through tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase type 1: implications for diabetic nephropathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. sue@med.usyd.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't