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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Calpains are intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteases that are released in the extracellular milieu by tubular epithelial cells following renal ischemia. Here we show that externalized calpains increase epithelial cell mobility and thus are critical for tubule repair. In vitro, exposure of human tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells) to mu-calpain limited their adhesion to extracellular matrix and increased their mobility. Calpains acted primarily by promoting the cleavage of fibronectin, thus preventing fibronectin binding to the integrin alphavbeta3. Analyzing downstream integrin effects, we found that the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A pathway was activated in response to alphavbeta3 disengagement and was essential for calpain-mediated increase in HK-2 cell mobility. In a murine model of ischemic acute renal failure, injection of a fragment of calpastatin, which specifically blocked calpain activity in extracellular milieu, markedly delayed tubule repair, increasing functional and histological lesions after 24 and 48 h of reperfusion. These findings suggest that externalized calpains are critical for tubule repair process in acute renal failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
281
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26624-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Calnexin, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Calpain, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Fibronectins, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Integrin alphaVbeta3, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Kidney Tubules, Proximal, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:16822870-Reperfusion Injury
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Extracellular calpains increase tubular epithelial cell mobility. Implications for kidney repair after ischemia.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U702; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75020 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't