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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Podocyte apoptosis initiates progressive glomerulosclerosis in TGF-beta1 transgenic and CD2AP-knockout (CD2AP-/-) mice. It was previously shown that in both mouse models, activation of the TGF-beta pathway is the key event during development of podocyte apoptosis. Furthermore, CD2AP is an important modifier of TGF-beta-induced survival signaling via activation of the phosphoinositol 3-kinase/AKT signaling pathway. This article presents IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) as a new modulator of apoptosis and survival signaling in glomerular podocytes. High expression of IGFBP-3 protein in the urine of diseased CD2AP-/- mice was discovered, and IGFBP-3 expression in glomerular podocytes and parietal cells was detected. IGFBP-3 can induce changes in podocyte actin cytoskeleton, leads to apoptosis in cultured murine podocytes, and can enhance TGF-beta1-induced apoptosis in vitro. For studying this process on a molecular level, proapoptotic p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways and antiapoptotic phosphoinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathways were examined in cultured murine podocytes. It was found that IGFBP-3 increments the level of TGF-beta1-induced phosphorylated p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and decreases the phosphorylation of antiapoptotic AKT. This effect is specific for the co-stimulation of IGFBP-3 with TGF-beta1 because a combination of IGFBP-3 with bone morphogenic protein-7 (BMP-7), another member of the TGF-beta superfamily, results in apoptosis opposing signaling effects with a strong increase of phosphorylated AKT and subsequent functional effects. These results demonstrate that the IGF/IGFBP axis plays an important role in the development of podocyte apoptosis by modulation of TGF-beta and BMP-7-induced pro- and antiapoptotic signals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1046-6673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1644-56
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
IGF-binding protein-3 modulates TGF-beta/BMP-signaling in glomerular podocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, Hannover, 30625 Germany, and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't